Free games like Metropolis
Below are 8 free-to-play Steam games similar to Metropolis, 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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Kingdom: Classic
Free-to-play alternative to Metropolis — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Metropolis.
Kingdom is a 2D sidescrolling strategy/resource management hybrid with a minimalist feel wrapped in a beautiful, modern pixel art aesthetic.
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Urbek City Builder: Prologue
Free-to-play alternative to Metropolis — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Metropolis.
Urbek City Builder: Prologue is a free city building game where you can build your own neighbourhoods: from nightlife district to industrial district. Don't exhaust your natural resources before you have an educated population to build more efficient structures. Try it yourself for free!
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Let's School Homeroom
Free-to-play alternative to Metropolis — no purchase or trial window. Shares Simulation with Metropolis.
Let's School: Homeroom is the prologue of Let's School. You can experience 2 weeks of in game time. If you like the experience, please go to Let's School Full Version's Store page and add to wishlist!
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Oxygen: First Breath
Free-to-play alternative to Metropolis — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Metropolis.
This is a free version of Oxygen, featuring the first 50 game-days. Build your city around the Oxygen Center and ensure your people's survival in a post-apocalyptic future, threatened by crack explosions, deadly winds, droughts and frosts. Lead your people and keep the Oxygen Center running!
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Terraformers: First Steps on Mars
Free-to-play alternative to Metropolis — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Metropolis.
Terraformers: First Steps on Mars is a free prologue of Terraformers, featuring an exclusive challenge to lead humanity's first attempt at settling the Red Planet.
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TM - Prologue
Free-to-play alternative to Metropolis — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Metropolis.
Tavern Master is all about managing your medieval tavern. You start with a very small room, couple of benches and tables and build your way up to a huge successful tavern with a kitchen, rooms for guests, group of loyal staff and much more!
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Mini Settlers: Prologue
Free-to-play alternative to Metropolis — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Metropolis.
Mini Settlers: Prologue is a free version of Mini Settlers. In this minimalist city builder, settle islands, construct cities, and design efficient logistic networks to fulfill your buildings' needs and fuel population growth to adventure into new worlds.
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Drill Deal: Borehole (Alpha)
Free-to-play alternative to Metropolis — no purchase or trial window.
Drill Deal is a unique simulator in a fun style that will draw you for hours. It's a building simulator like never before. Feel the thrill of a drill hitting underwater oil fields. Sell the precious substance and make your oil rig more efficient.