Free games like The Joust
Below are 11 free-to-play Steam games similar to The Joust, 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 The Joust — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action with The Joust.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
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Bongo Cat
Free-to-play alternative to The Joust — no purchase or trial window. Shares Simulation with The Joust.
Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?
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The Looker
Free-to-play alternative to The Joust — no purchase or trial window.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
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Counter-Strike:Global Offensive
Free-to-play alternative to The Joust — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action with The Joust.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive (CS:GO) expands upon the team-based action gameplay that it pioneered when it was launched over 2 decades ago. CS:GO features new maps, characters, weapons, and game modes, and delivers updated versions of the classic CS content (de_dust2, etc.).
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Magic Archery
Free-to-play alternative to The Joust — no purchase or trial window. Shares Simulation with The Joust.
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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Control, I'm Not Coming Back
Free-to-play alternative to The Joust — no purchase or trial window.
Control, I'm Not Coming Back is a short and emotional narrative game about a lost astronaut searching for a reason to keep going forward while facing the emptiness of space. Inspired by the Hopecore aesthetic, it’s a story about positivism, friendship and our human connection with Voyager 1.
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OnlyCans: Thirst Date
Free-to-play alternative to The Joust — no purchase or trial window. Shares Simulation with The Joust.
Feel The Fizz Inside You™ with the brand new Shize™ Collection!
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DORONKO WANKO
Free-to-play alternative to The Joust — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Simulation with The Joust.
『DORONKO WANKO』 is a DORONKO Action Game. In this game, You can become a cute, innocent Pomeranian, make your master's home messy and dirty. "Will the master be angry with me?" Don't worry. Because you are a sweet doggie.
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Crown Chaos
Free-to-play alternative to The Joust — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action with The Joust.
Crown Chaos is a multiplayer party game where you try to gain points by being the only one in the zone while everyone else is trying to shove you off. Every time the zone moves, the game slows down and you pick an upgrade that changes how you play.
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REK
Free-to-play alternative to The Joust — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Simulation with The Joust.
A robot fighting simulator powered by the same AI as our real world humanoid robots. Become Pro in the Sim and qualify for fighting real robots at live REK events.
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SillyAhhPVP
Free-to-play alternative to The Joust — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action with The Joust.
Random attacks every match. Chaotic and fun. Adapt fast and win with whatever you're dealt.