Free games like Vanguard Tides
Below are 8 free-to-play Steam games similar to Vanguard Tides, ranked by player overlap and content similarity. No purchase or Steam login required to view the list. Every pick is a full free-to-play title — not a demo, trial, or time-limited giveaway. imho.run's catalogue refreshes daily, so newly free or newly popular titles surface here without manual editing.
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Ranked picks
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Awaria
Free-to-play alternative to Vanguard Tides — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Vanguard Tides.
Awaria is a short game about working in haunted maintenance tunnels.
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Grimm's Hollow
Free-to-play alternative to Vanguard Tides — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and RPG with Vanguard Tides.
A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.
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The Expendabros
Free-to-play alternative to Vanguard Tides — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Vanguard Tides.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
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Iron Snout
Free-to-play alternative to Vanguard Tides — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Vanguard Tides.
Iron Snout is a fast, colorful and brutal fighting game in which you will be helping a piglet fight for its life against hordes of wolves.
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Star Fetchers
Free-to-play alternative to Vanguard Tides — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Vanguard Tides.
The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories
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Magic Archery
Free-to-play alternative to Vanguard Tides — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and RPG with Vanguard Tides.
Train a commoner to become the greatest archer in this short incremental game! Increase your stats, gather wealth from quests, buy upgrades, and infuse your arrows with magic.
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Coloring Pixels
Free-to-play alternative to Vanguard Tides — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Vanguard Tides.
A relaxing coloring by numbers game. Enjoy completing a variety of images with differing themes, complexity, and sizes.
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Eternal Senia
Free-to-play alternative to Vanguard Tides — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Vanguard Tides.
Thoughts and expectations ARPG