Free games like Gadgeteer
Below are 8 free-to-play Steam games similar to Gadgeteer, 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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Steam Engine Simulator
Free-to-play alternative to Gadgeteer — no purchase or trial window. Shares Simulation with Gadgeteer.
The Steam Engine Simulator shown on AngeTheGreat's YouTube channel.
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The Lab
Free-to-play alternative to Gadgeteer — no purchase or trial window.
Welcome to The Lab, a compilation of Valve’s room-scale VR experiments set in a pocket universe within Aperture Science. Fix a robot, defend a castle, adopt a mechanical dog, and more. Still not sold? It’s free!
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Floating Point
Free-to-play alternative to Gadgeteer — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Gadgeteer.
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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Landfall Archives
Free-to-play alternative to Gadgeteer — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Gadgeteer.
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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SuchArt: Creative Space
Free-to-play alternative to Gadgeteer — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Simulation with Gadgeteer.
Paint on any surfaces with numerous tools in Creative Space — a free sandbox version of SuchArt: Genius Artist Simulator. Create masterpieces, complete commissions, and decorate your studio in the most advanced artist sim!
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The Riftbreaker: Prologue
Free-to-play alternative to Gadgeteer — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Gadgeteer.
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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Jigsaw Puzzle Dreams
Free-to-play alternative to Gadgeteer — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Gadgeteer.
Beautiful Multiplayer Jigsaw Puzzle game where you can design the room you play in!
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Sprout
Free-to-play alternative to Gadgeteer — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Gadgeteer.
Embark on a casual, botanical-puzzle-adventure. Make friends, learn new skills, solve puzzles, and become the mighty oak that you were always meant to be.