Free games like Impulse
Below are 11 free-to-play Steam games similar to Impulse, 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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STRAFTAT
Free-to-play alternative to Impulse — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action with Impulse.
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 Impulse — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action with Impulse.
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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The Expendabros
Free-to-play alternative to Impulse — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Impulse.
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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UNBEATABLE [white label]
Free-to-play alternative to Impulse — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Impulse.
A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.
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Disfigure
Free-to-play alternative to Impulse — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Impulse.
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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Control, I'm Not Coming Back
Free-to-play alternative to Impulse — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Impulse.
Control, I'm Not Coming Back is a short and emotional narrative game about a lost astronaut searching for a reason to keep going forward while facing the emptiness of space. Inspired by the Hopecore aesthetic, it’s a story about positivism, friendship and our human connection with Voyager 1.
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DORONKO WANKO
Free-to-play alternative to Impulse — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action with Impulse.
『DORONKO WANKO』 is a DORONKO Action Game. In this game, You can become a cute, innocent Pomeranian, make your master's home messy and dirty. "Will the master be angry with me?" Don't worry. Because you are a sweet doggie.
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Landfall Archives
Free-to-play alternative to Impulse — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Impulse.
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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Defuse or u ded
Free-to-play alternative to Impulse — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Impulse.
Fast-paced FPS game to play with others, featuring lots of silly weapons, abilities, and maps.
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REK
Free-to-play alternative to Impulse — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Impulse.
A robot fighting simulator powered by the same AI as our real world humanoid robots. Become Pro in the Sim and qualify for fighting real robots at live REK events.
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Combat Master: Season 5
Free-to-play alternative to Impulse — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action with Impulse.
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.