Free games like Vanguard Monsters
Below are 8 free-to-play Steam games similar to Vanguard Monsters, 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 Vanguard Monsters — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Vanguard Monsters.
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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Sheepy: A Short Adventure
Free-to-play alternative to Vanguard Monsters — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Casual with Vanguard Monsters.
A Short Handcrafted Pixel Art Platformer that follows Sheepy, an abandoned plushy brought to life. Sheepy: A Short Adventure is the first short game from MrSuicideSheep.
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NGU IDLE
Free-to-play alternative to Vanguard Monsters — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Vanguard Monsters.
NGU Idle is a Free To Play Idle game that's full of weird humor, tons of upgrades and hundreds of hours of content! Try out NGU Idle today and experience the joy of Numbers Going Up!
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Travellin Cats in Paris
Free-to-play alternative to Vanguard Monsters — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Casual with Vanguard Monsters.
Find 100 cats hidden in Paris, France in this cute hand-drawn hidden object game by Travellin Cats - the original viral hidden cat game creator!
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Grimm's Hollow
Free-to-play alternative to Vanguard Monsters — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and RPG with Vanguard Monsters.
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 Vanguard Monsters — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Vanguard Monsters.
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 Vanguard Monsters — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Vanguard Monsters.
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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Star Fetchers
Free-to-play alternative to Vanguard Monsters — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Vanguard Monsters.
The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories