Free games like Industrial Petting
Below are 8 free-to-play Steam games similar to Industrial Petting, 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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My Singing Monsters
Free-to-play alternative to Industrial Petting — no purchase or trial window. Shares Simulation and Casual with Industrial Petting.
Dive into the Musical World of My Singing Monsters! Breed them, feed them, listen to them sing! Breed & collect a menagerie of Monsters, each a living instrument! Build your paradise across 35+ Islands, customize your world, and enjoy endless music! There's never a dull moment in the Monster World!
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Palia
Free-to-play alternative to Industrial Petting — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with Industrial Petting.
Discover a welcoming world in Palia, a free-to-play fantasy life sim adventure where you can craft, explore, and create the life and home of your dreams. With nearly endless ways to make Palia your home, you’ll find relaxation and joy in every corner of this vibrant, heartwarming world.
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Outpath: First Journey
Free-to-play alternative to Industrial Petting — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with Industrial Petting.
Outpath: First Journey is a prologue chapter of the main game, Outpath. An experimental clicker base building game. Craft, gather & manage resources, build your base and buy more islands to exploit and expand!
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Fallout Shelter
Free-to-play alternative to Industrial Petting — no purchase or trial window. Shares Simulation with Industrial Petting.
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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CHKN
Free-to-play alternative to Industrial Petting — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with Industrial Petting.
Behold, the miracle of life… packed into cubes! Create fantastic creatures in an open-world sandbox game like no other. Explore, craft, and survive—all with the help of your very own creations.
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Idle Research
Free-to-play alternative to Industrial Petting — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy and Indie with Industrial Petting.
Idle Research is an addictive, resource management, incremental game with both idle and active playstyles. Research and craft colorful Flasks and Tubes to earn as much Energy as possible! Big numbers guaranteed.
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Plasma
Free-to-play alternative to Industrial Petting — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Simulation with Industrial Petting.
Plasma is a pure engineering sandbox. Use advanced visual programming and robotics tools to create anything you can imagine.
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Rock Life: The Rock Simulator
Free-to-play alternative to Industrial Petting — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Simulation with Industrial Petting.
Built from the ground up, Rock Life is the next generation of immersion and simulations. Live, do, and experience what it is like to truly become one with nature... as a rock!