Free games like Survive
Below are 8 free-to-play Steam games similar to Survive, 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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Unturned
Free-to-play alternative to Survive — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Adventure with Survive.
You're a survivor in the zombie infested ruins of society, and must work with your friends and forge alliances to remain among the living.
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Muck
Free-to-play alternative to Survive — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Adventure with Survive.
Muck is a survival-roguelike. Collect resources, find items & build a base to survive for as long as you can.
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SCP: Secret Laboratory
Free-to-play alternative to Survive — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action with Survive.
Deep within a secure underground facility, a sudden containment breach allows many of the secured anomalies to escape from their chambers. Assist the Foundation in re-securing the facility, help the Insurgency in their goal to capture it, or wreak havoc as an SCP in a frantic bid to escape.
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Cry of Fear
Free-to-play alternative to Survive — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Adventure with Survive.
Cry of Fear is a psychological single-player and co-op horror game set in a deserted town filled with horrific creatures and nightmarish delusions. You play as a young man desperately searching for answers in the cold Scandinavian night, finding his way through the city as he slowly descends into madness.
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Fallout Shelter
Free-to-play alternative to Survive — no purchase or trial window.
Fallout Shelter puts you in control of a state-of-the-art underground Vault from Vault-Tec. Build the perfect Vault, keep your Dwellers happy, and protect them from the dangers of the Wasteland.
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No More Room in Hell
Free-to-play alternative to Survive — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action with Survive.
The chances of you surviving this all out war of society and the undead are slim to none. Already, there are millions of the walking dead shambling about, searching for food to eat. There's no known cure. One bite can possibly end it all for you. However, you aren't alone in this nightmare.
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NARAKA: BLADEPOINT
Free-to-play alternative to Survive — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Adventure with Survive.
Dive into the legends of the Far East in NARAKA: BLADEPOINT; team up with friends in fast-paced melee fights for a Battle Royale experience unlike any other. Find your playstyle with a varied cast of heroes with unique skills. More than 40 million players have already joined the fray, play free now!
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Fistful of Frags
Free-to-play alternative to Survive — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action with Survive.
Multiplayer based, first person enabled, action packed and skill demanding shooter set in the Wild West times. A unique combination of non stop action and slow but powerful weaponry.