Free games like Skyward
Below are 8 free-to-play Steam games similar to Skyward, 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 Looker
Free-to-play alternative to Skyward — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Skyward.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
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Magic Archery
Free-to-play alternative to Skyward — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Simulation with Skyward.
Train a commoner to become the greatest archer in this short incremental game! Increase your stats, gather wealth from quests, buy upgrades, and infuse your arrows with magic.
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DORONKO WANKO
Free-to-play alternative to Skyward — no purchase or trial window. Shares Simulation with Skyward.
『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 Skyward — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy and Indie with Skyward.
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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The Riftbreaker: Prologue
Free-to-play alternative to Skyward — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy and Indie with Skyward.
The Riftbreaker: Prologue allows you to experience the events taking place before the story campaign of the main game. Explore an entirely new world. Gather resources. Build up a base. Defend yourself from thousands of alien creatures.
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Liquidators
Free-to-play alternative to Skyward — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Simulation with Skyward.
Chernobyl, USSR, 1986. Three nuclear plant workers go on a daring mission to prevent a radioactive fallout that would affect half of Europe. Every moment is permanent, and all is at stake.
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The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante — Chapter 1&2
Free-to-play alternative to Skyward — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy and Indie with Skyward.
A narrative-driven hardcore RPG set in a gritty world where the gods are real. Set out on a challenging lifetime journey, where every choice you make has a price to pay and consequence to it. Will you become an inquisitor, a judge, or conspire against the old order? Dare to decide!
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SCP – Containment Breach
Free-to-play alternative to Skyward — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Skyward.
A procedural first-person horror adventure. You are on your own after something goes terribly wrong in this top-secret containment facility. Collect items to aid in your escape and try to uncover the truth, as horror lurks behind every door. Can you make it out alive?