Free games like Insurgency: Sandstorm
Below are 8 free-to-play Steam games similar to Insurgency: Sandstorm, 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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Counter-Strike 2
Free-to-play alternative to Insurgency: Sandstorm — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action with Insurgency: Sandstorm.
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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PlanetSide 2
Free-to-play alternative to Insurgency: Sandstorm — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action with Insurgency: Sandstorm.
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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Talvisota - Winter War
Free-to-play alternative to Insurgency: Sandstorm — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action with Insurgency: Sandstorm.
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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Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory
Free-to-play alternative to Insurgency: Sandstorm — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action with Insurgency: Sandstorm.
Wolfenstein®: Enemy Territory is a free-to-play, objective-based multiplayer World War 2 first-person shooter. Featuring up to 32 players, choose either the Axis or Allies, as you fight across six maps based on real-world battle locations.
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Combat Master: Season 5
Free-to-play alternative to Insurgency: Sandstorm — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action with Insurgency: Sandstorm.
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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BRAIN / OUT
Free-to-play alternative to Insurgency: Sandstorm — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action with Insurgency: Sandstorm.
Brain / Out is a multiplayer shooter with a nostalgic post-Soviet feel. Experience dynamic battles and exterminate your enemies with a large arsenal of modern weaponry. Lock'n'load!
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Intravenous 2: Mercenarism
Free-to-play alternative to Insurgency: Sandstorm — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action with Insurgency: Sandstorm.
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.
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DCS World Steam Edition
Free-to-play alternative to Insurgency: Sandstorm — no purchase or trial window.
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!