Free games like Time Boxing
Below are 12 free-to-play Steam games similar to Time Boxing, 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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Life is Strange - Episode 1
Free-to-play alternative to Time Boxing — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action with Time Boxing.
Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.
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Helltaker
Free-to-play alternative to Time Boxing — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Time Boxing.
Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.
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Bongo Cat
Free-to-play alternative to Time Boxing — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Time Boxing.
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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Indigo Park: Chapter 1
Free-to-play alternative to Time Boxing — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Time Boxing.
Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.
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STRAFTAT
Free-to-play alternative to Time Boxing — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action with Time Boxing.
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 Time Boxing — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action with Time Boxing.
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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Awaria
Free-to-play alternative to Time Boxing — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Time Boxing.
Awaria is a short game about working in haunted maintenance tunnels.
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Grimm's Hollow
Free-to-play alternative to Time Boxing — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Time Boxing.
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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Xeno Strike
Free-to-play alternative to Time Boxing — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Time Boxing.
Build your collection, construct decks, and duel against other players in a sci-fi card battler.
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Chrono CCG
Free-to-play alternative to Time Boxing — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Time Boxing.
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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Gear Slayer CCG
Free-to-play alternative to Time Boxing — no purchase or trial window.
A free-to-play anime-style multiplayer trading card game set in the sci-fi fantasy world of Aurellia; featuring epic elemental combat and vast deck building.
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Shinayu
Free-to-play alternative to Time Boxing — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Time Boxing.
Shinayu is a brand-new game concept combining round-based strategy card game with mechanical based 3D combat game. The first game where cards can be played in two vastly different game modes. Enjoy the strategical card game and bring the cards alive in intense 3D arenas whenever characters clash.