Free games like The Swarm
Below are 9 free-to-play Steam games similar to The Swarm, 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 The Swarm — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action with The Swarm.
Awaria is a short game about working in haunted maintenance tunnels.
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The Expendabros
Free-to-play alternative to The Swarm — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Adventure with The Swarm.
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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Star Fetchers
Free-to-play alternative to The Swarm — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Adventure with The Swarm.
The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories
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Disfigure
Free-to-play alternative to The Swarm — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action with The Swarm.
Disfigure is a grim-dark action rogue-like where you battle relentless hordes of monsters lurking in the shadows. Unlock powerful weapons, craft god-like builds with hundreds of upgrades, slay colossal bosses, and push your limits in intense 20–30 minute survival runs!
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Tails Noir: Prologue
Free-to-play alternative to The Swarm — no purchase or trial window. Shares Adventure with The Swarm.
Tails Noir: Prologue is the first act of a post-noir narrative adventure. Become raccoon private eye Howard Lotor and explore dystopian Vancouver inhabited by animals as you uncover a deeply personal story of change and transformation.
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Princess Remedy in a World of Hurt
Free-to-play alternative to The Swarm — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Adventure with The Swarm.
Remedy, a recent graduate from the Saturnian healing school, must descend to Hurtland and use her powers to heal everyone from stray ducks to dark lords, and finally cure the ailing Prince Hingst. It's a short, whimsical adventure with plenty of heart(s).
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Lily's Well
Free-to-play alternative to The Swarm — no purchase or trial window. Shares Adventure with The Swarm.
It is a rainy night in the Spring of 2005. Lily is left home alone after her Papa put her to bed. She is awoken by a cry for help outside her window. It is coming from the well. Help Lily gather rope to go down the well and save the poor soul trapped down there.
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Trick & Treat
Free-to-play alternative to The Swarm — no purchase or trial window. Shares Adventure with The Swarm.
Trick or treating in a vampire's house.Trick & Treat is a light-hearted Halloween adventure. It's about exploring and solving puzzles in a spooky atmosphere. There will be some horror elements, romance, many bad ends and a happy ending of true love.
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Dustin Sunset
Free-to-play alternative to The Swarm — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action with The Swarm.
A post-apocalyptic world, a bastion of hope, the wasteland gangs united to destroy it, and only one man crazy enough to try to save it. Dustin Sunset is a vertical shoot ’em up with a touch of bullet hell and a whole lot of love, made by fans of the genre for fans of the genre.