Free games like Children of a Dead Earth
Below are 8 free-to-play Steam games similar to Children of a Dead Earth, 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 Children of a Dead Earth — no purchase or trial window.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
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Steam Engine Simulator
Free-to-play alternative to Children of a Dead Earth — no purchase or trial window. Shares Simulation with Children of a Dead Earth.
The Steam Engine Simulator shown on AngeTheGreat's YouTube channel.
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The Lab
Free-to-play alternative to Children of a Dead Earth — 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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Landfall Archives
Free-to-play alternative to Children of a Dead Earth — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy with Children of a Dead Earth.
Break into the Landfall Archives to steal and play previously unreleased games, demos, interactive slide shows, and even an unreleased version of Totally Accurate Battle Simulator from 2017!
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SuchArt: Creative Space
Free-to-play alternative to Children of a Dead Earth — no purchase or trial window. Shares Simulation with Children of a Dead Earth.
Paint on any surfaces with numerous tools in Creative Space — a free sandbox version of SuchArt: Genius Artist Simulator. Create masterpieces, complete commissions, and decorate your studio in the most advanced artist sim!
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South Scrimshaw, Part One
Free-to-play alternative to Children of a Dead Earth — no purchase or trial window.
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 Children of a Dead Earth — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy with Children of a Dead Earth.
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.
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Jigsaw Puzzle Dreams
Free-to-play alternative to Children of a Dead Earth — no purchase or trial window.
Beautiful Multiplayer Jigsaw Puzzle game where you can design the room you play in!