Free games like Settlers of Idlestan
Below are 8 free-to-play Steam games similar to Settlers of Idlestan, 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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Bongo Cat
Free-to-play alternative to Settlers of Idlestan — no purchase or trial window.
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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Virtual Cottage
Free-to-play alternative to Settlers of Idlestan — no purchase or trial window. Shares Casual with Settlers of Idlestan.
Virtual Cottage gives you a comfy place to rest and be productive without any distractions. Open the game, set yourself a goal and enjoy the atmosphere.
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Magic Archery
Free-to-play alternative to Settlers of Idlestan — no purchase or trial window.
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 Settlers of Idlestan — no purchase or trial window. Shares Casual with Settlers of Idlestan.
A relaxing coloring by numbers game. Enjoy completing a variety of images with differing themes, complexity, and sizes.
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Eternal Senia
Free-to-play alternative to Settlers of Idlestan — no purchase or trial window.
Thoughts and expectations ARPG
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Floating Point
Free-to-play alternative to Settlers of Idlestan — no purchase or trial window. Shares Casual with Settlers of Idlestan.
Floating Point is a peaceful, free game about using a grappling hook to swing yourself gracefully through randomly generated spaces. The only objective is to collect points, and the only thing that increases your points is swinging swiftly, smoothly and elegantly without hitting anything.
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Landfall Archives
Free-to-play alternative to Settlers of Idlestan — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy with Settlers of Idlestan.
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 Settlers of Idlestan — no purchase or trial window.
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!