Free games like Excava
Below are 10 free-to-play Steam games similar to Excava, 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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Bongo Cat
Free-to-play alternative to Excava — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Excava.
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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STRAFTAT
Free-to-play alternative to Excava — no purchase or trial window.
STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.
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Counter-Strike:Global Offensive
Free-to-play alternative to Excava — no purchase or trial window.
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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Grimm's Hollow
Free-to-play alternative to Excava — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Excava.
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 Excava — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Excava.
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 Excava — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Excava.
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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Magic Archery
Free-to-play alternative to Excava — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Excava.
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 Excava — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Casual with Excava.
A relaxing coloring by numbers game. Enjoy completing a variety of images with differing themes, complexity, and sizes.
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Chrono CCG
Free-to-play alternative to Excava — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy and Indie with Excava.
Chrono CCG is an indie game from genre veterans where time-traveling agents battle for control of history. Timelines shift mid-match, agents evolve, and deep strategy meets accessible play. For the community, by the community.
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召唤之王 (Supreme Summoner)
Free-to-play alternative to Excava — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy and Indie with Excava.
‘Supreme Summoner’ is a turn-based strategy chess game. Taking the imaginative Romance of the Three Kingdoms as its theme, it innovatively blends elements of gods, demons, and mystical creatures, making each faction and character's attributes even more prominent.