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Free games like Dead Days

Below are 9 free-to-play Steam games similar to Dead Days, 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 — Steam game cover

    STRAFTAT

    Free-to-play alternative to Dead Days — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action with Dead Days.

    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.

    2024ActionFreeDeck PlayableFree to playSimilar games →
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    Iron Snout — Steam game cover

    Iron Snout

    Free-to-play alternative to Dead Days — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Dead Days.

    Iron Snout is a fast, colorful and brutal fighting game in which you will be helping a piglet fight for its life against hordes of wolves.

    2016ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableFree to playSimilar games →
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    Meteor 60 Seconds! — Steam game cover

    Meteor 60 Seconds!

    Free-to-play alternative to Dead Days — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Dead Days.

    Meteor 60 seconds! is a simple, fun, comic-like action game that simulates your life if there were a meteor heading towards Earth and you had 60 seconds to live. Do anything you want to do with your last 60 seconds, even if it's illegal! What about planting an apple tree?

    2018ActionIndieSimulationFreeDeck PlayableFree to playSimilar games →
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    Blackwake — Steam game cover

    Blackwake

    Free-to-play alternative to Dead Days — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Dead Days.

    Blackwake is a multiplayer naval FPS focused on teamwork and cooperation. Fire the cannons, sink enemy ships or board them with firearms and steel.

    2020ActionStrategyIndieFreeDeck PlayableFree to playSimilar games →
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    Propagation VR — Steam game cover

    Propagation VR

    Free-to-play alternative to Dead Days — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action with Dead Days.

    Combining survival horror and static wave shooting, Propagation VR will get your adrenaline pumping as you try to survive a zombie apocalypse. Armed only with your guns and your fists, fight off terrifying zombies and other multi-species mutants. Will you get out alive?

    2020ActionFreeFree to playSimilar games →
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    BRAIN / OUT — Steam game cover

    BRAIN / OUT

    Free-to-play alternative to Dead Days — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Dead Days.

    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!

    2017ActionIndieMassively MultiplayerFreeDeck PlayableFree to playSimilar games →
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    Belko VR: An Escape Room Experiment — Steam game cover

    Belko VR: An Escape Room Experiment

    Free-to-play alternative to Dead Days — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Dead Days.

    Exploring the themes in THE BELKO EXPERIMENT, the Belko VR – Escape Room Experiment provokes the question: “What does it take to survive at work?” Players are prompted to solve a series of challenging puzzles in order to escape from their office before a microchip in their head explodes.

    2017ActionStrategyIndieFreeFree to playSimilar games →
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    The Cubicle. — Steam game cover

    The Cubicle.

    Free-to-play alternative to Dead Days — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Dead Days.

    The Cubicle is a short VR experience about your regular everyday job in an office, or is it?

    2016ActionIndieAdventureFreeFree to playSimilar games →
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    Covert Syndrome — Steam game cover

    Covert Syndrome

    Free-to-play alternative to Dead Days — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Dead Days.

    Covert Syndrome is a free to play Coop corridor shooter with a focus on unscripted AI and fast tough combat. Created as a prototyping project we wanted to release it to the community so people can experience Co-op VR for free.

    2017ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeFree to playSimilar games →