Free games like Direct
Below are 8 free-to-play Steam games similar to Direct, 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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Life is Strange - Episode 1
Free-to-play alternative to Direct — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action with Direct.
Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.
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Indigo Park: Chapter 1
Free-to-play alternative to Direct — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Direct.
Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.
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Iron Snout
Free-to-play alternative to Direct — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Direct.
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.
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Eternal Senia
Free-to-play alternative to Direct — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Direct.
Thoughts and expectations ARPG
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Floating Point
Free-to-play alternative to Direct — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Casual with Direct.
Floating Point is a peaceful, free game about using a grappling hook to swing yourself gracefully through randomly generated spaces. The only objective is to collect points, and the only thing that increases your points is swinging swiftly, smoothly and elegantly without hitting anything.
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Meteor 60 Seconds!
Free-to-play alternative to Direct — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Direct.
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?
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Epic Battle Fantasy 3
Free-to-play alternative to Direct — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Direct.
Epic Battle Fantasy 3 is a silly turn-based JRPG, full of useless NPCs, rabid cats, childish humor, unreasonably large weapons, anime boobs, and other nonsense. And it's totally free!
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Trick & Treat
Free-to-play alternative to Direct — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Casual with Direct.
Trick or treating in a vampire's house.Trick & Treat is a light-hearted Halloween adventure. It's about exploring and solving puzzles in a spooky atmosphere. There will be some horror elements, romance, many bad ends and a happy ending of true love.