Free games like The Cold War Era
Below are 8 free-to-play Steam games similar to The Cold War Era, 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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Ultimate Custom Night
Free-to-play alternative to The Cold War Era — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with The Cold War Era.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
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Bongo Cat
Free-to-play alternative to The Cold War Era — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Cold War Era.
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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Steam Engine Simulator
Free-to-play alternative to The Cold War Era — no purchase or trial window. Shares Simulation with The Cold War Era.
The Steam Engine Simulator shown on AngeTheGreat's YouTube channel.
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Magic Archery
Free-to-play alternative to The Cold War Era — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Cold War Era.
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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![We Become What We Behold [Fan-Made Port] — Steam game cover](https://shared.akamai.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/1103210/header.jpg?t=1563495717)
We Become What We Behold [Fan-Made Port]
Free-to-play alternative to The Cold War Era — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with The Cold War Era.
a game about news cycles, vicious cycles, infinite cycles
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Landfall Archives
Free-to-play alternative to The Cold War Era — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Cold War Era.
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 The Cold War Era — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Cold War Era.
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!
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one night, hot springs
Free-to-play alternative to The Cold War Era — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Cold War Era.
Haru is invited by her old friend Manami to spend a night at the hot springs. All Haru wants to do is enjoy the hot springs like everyone else, but she doesn't want to cause any trouble...