Free games like Scrap Vanguard
Below are 8 free-to-play Steam games similar to Scrap Vanguard, 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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Ultimate Custom Night
Free-to-play alternative to Scrap Vanguard — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Scrap Vanguard.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
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The Lab
Free-to-play alternative to Scrap Vanguard — no purchase or trial window.
Welcome to The Lab, a compilation of Valve’s room-scale VR experiments set in a pocket universe within Aperture Science. Fix a robot, defend a castle, adopt a mechanical dog, and more. Still not sold? It’s free!
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Electoral Carnage
Free-to-play alternative to Scrap Vanguard — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action with Scrap Vanguard.
Electoral Carnage is an absurd 2D fighting game featuring America's most famous (and infamous) politicians. If you don't download it you hate America. Also JFK can assassinate himself. What more do you need to know?
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Aircar
Free-to-play alternative to Scrap Vanguard — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Scrap Vanguard.
A simple immersive flying game built for VR. Pilot an aircar through a futuristic cityscape.
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I MAED A GAM3 W1TH Z0MB1ES 1N IT!!!1
Free-to-play alternative to Scrap Vanguard — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Scrap Vanguard.
A top down twin stick zombie slaying shooter that you are sure to play again and again!
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Epic Battle Fantasy 3
Free-to-play alternative to Scrap Vanguard — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Scrap Vanguard.
Epic Battle Fantasy 3 is a silly turn-based JRPG, full of useless NPCs, rabid cats, childish humor, unreasonably large weapons, anime boobs, and other nonsense. And it's totally free!
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South Scrimshaw, Part One
Free-to-play alternative to Scrap Vanguard — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Scrap Vanguard.
South Scrimshaw is the story of a newborn whale in a vast alien ocean. It is a richly illustrated experimental visual novel, written in the style of a nature documentary.
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The Riftbreaker: Prologue
Free-to-play alternative to Scrap Vanguard — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Strategy with Scrap Vanguard.
The Riftbreaker: Prologue allows you to experience the events taking place before the story campaign of the main game. Explore an entirely new world. Gather resources. Build up a base. Defend yourself from thousands of alien creatures.