Free games like Onward
Below are 8 free-to-play Steam games similar to Onward, 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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DCS World Steam Edition
Free-to-play alternative to Onward — no purchase or trial window. Shares Simulation with Onward.
Feel the excitement of flying the Su-25T "Frogfoot" attack jet and the TF-51D "Mustang" in the free-to-play Digital Combat Simulator World!
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PlanetSide 2
Free-to-play alternative to Onward — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action with Onward.
PlanetSide 2 is an all-out planetary war, where thousands of players battle as one across enormous continents. Utilize infantry, ground and air vehicles, and teamwork to destroy your enemies in this revolutionary first-person shooter on a massive scale.
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Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege
Free-to-play alternative to Onward — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action with Onward.
Rainbow Six® Siege is the reference in tactical team shooters, where elite strategy and execution triumph. Enjoy free access to Quick Match, Unranked, and Dual Front game modes with a selection of operators.
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Counter-Strike 2
Free-to-play alternative to Onward — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action with Onward.
For over two decades, Counter-Strike has offered an elite competitive experience, one shaped by millions of players from across the globe. And now the next chapter in the CS story is about to begin. This is Counter-Strike 2.
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Propagation VR
Free-to-play alternative to Onward — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action with Onward.
Combining survival horror and static wave shooting, Propagation VR will get your adrenaline pumping as you try to survive a zombie apocalypse. Armed only with your guns and your fists, fight off terrifying zombies and other multi-species mutants. Will you get out alive?
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Combat Master: Season 5
Free-to-play alternative to Onward — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action with Onward.
Join fast-paced action-packed combat. Play Combat Master -- AAA experience on any hardware. Best-in-class multiplayer gunfight. Next-level extreme performance. Lightning-speed loading time and a whole lot more.
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Talvisota - Winter War
Free-to-play alternative to Onward — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Simulation with Onward.
Talvisota for Rising Storm 2 brings players from the steaming jungles of Vietnam to the frozen forests of Finland, during the Soviet-Finnish Winter War of the late 1930s.
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Intravenous 2: Mercenarism
Free-to-play alternative to Onward — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Strategy with Onward.
Playing as Gideon, a cold-hearted mercenary willing to kill for money without any moral principles, you'll have tactical freedom with a wide variety of weapons and special gadgets to complete your mission in the prologue of Intravenous 2.