Free games like Cult Defense
Below are 8 free-to-play Steam games similar to Cult Defense, 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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Counter-Strike:Global Offensive
Free-to-play alternative to Cult Defense — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action with Cult Defense.
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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Magic Archery
Free-to-play alternative to Cult Defense — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Cult Defense.
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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Disfigure
Free-to-play alternative to Cult Defense — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Cult Defense.
Disfigure is a grim-dark action rogue-like where you battle relentless hordes of monsters lurking in the shadows. Unlock powerful weapons, craft god-like builds with hundreds of upgrades, slay colossal bosses, and push your limits in intense 20–30 minute survival runs!
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SuchArt: Creative Space
Free-to-play alternative to Cult Defense — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Cult Defense.
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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Outpath: First Journey
Free-to-play alternative to Cult Defense — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Cult Defense.
Outpath: First Journey is a prologue chapter of the main game, Outpath. An experimental clicker base building game. Craft, gather & manage resources, build your base and buy more islands to exploit and expand!
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The Riftbreaker: Prologue
Free-to-play alternative to Cult Defense — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Strategy with Cult Defense.
The Riftbreaker: Prologue allows you to experience the events taking place before the story campaign of the main game. Explore an entirely new world. Gather resources. Build up a base. Defend yourself from thousands of alien creatures.
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The Last Sovereign
Free-to-play alternative to Cult Defense — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy and Indie with Cult Defense.
Explore a world torn between armies of lust and purity in which everything is more complex than it seems, deciding the fate of nations through might, politics, and finance. Every decision matters in an intricate saga that tracks thousands of variables.
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DFHack - Dwarf Fortress Modding Engine
Free-to-play alternative to Cult Defense — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy with Cult Defense.
Extensions for Dwarf Fortress, including bugfixes, interface improvements, automation agents, design blueprints, modding building blocks, and other tools.