Free games like Ninja Shodown
Below are 8 free-to-play Steam games similar to Ninja Shodown, 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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The Expendabros
Free-to-play alternative to Ninja Shodown — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action with Ninja Shodown.
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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Electoral Carnage
Free-to-play alternative to Ninja Shodown — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action with Ninja Shodown.
Electoral Carnage is an absurd 2D fighting game featuring America's most famous (and infamous) politicians. If you don't download it you hate America. Also JFK can assassinate himself. What more do you need to know?
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Khimera: Destroy All Monster Girls
Free-to-play alternative to Ninja Shodown — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action with Ninja Shodown.
Play as Chelshia the chimera in this platforming beat-em-up adventure into the wonderful world of monster girls!
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Wheelchair Wizards
Free-to-play alternative to Ninja Shodown — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action with Ninja Shodown.
Wheelchair Wizards is a 4 player party game where you battle your friends while upgrading your wizard.
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Ninja Kiwi Archive
Free-to-play alternative to Ninja Shodown — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action with Ninja Shodown.
Enjoy some of the best loved Flash games of the past in this awesome time capsule of over 60 Ninja Kiwi classics. Experience a piece of history and play the original Flash games that spawned the worldwide phenomenon of Bloons TD.
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Super Crate Box
Free-to-play alternative to Ninja Shodown — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action with Ninja Shodown.
Vlambeer's SUPER CRATE BOX is coming to bring back the glory of the golden arcade age, when all that really mattered was getting on that high score list. Grab your baseball cap and loosen your pants, it's time to fight endless hordes of enemies and collect every weapon crate you can.
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Idol Showdown
Free-to-play alternative to Ninja Shodown — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action with Ninja Shodown.
Made by hololive fans, for hololive fans. Idol Showdown is the definitive fan-made hololive fighting game experience, powered by rollback netcode. Engage in exciting duels as your favorite hololive talent and prove once and for all who the strongest idol is using the game’s easy-to-learn controls.
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You Have to Win the Game
Free-to-play alternative to Ninja Shodown — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action with Ninja Shodown.
You Have to Win the Game is a free exploration platformer with a retro 1980s PC aesthetic.