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Free games like The Cycle: Frontier

Below are 11 free-to-play Steam games similar to The Cycle: Frontier, 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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    Indigo Park: Chapter 1 — Steam game cover

    Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    Free-to-play alternative to The Cycle: Frontier — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Free To Play with The Cycle: Frontier.

    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.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableFree to playSimilar games →
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    STRAFTAT — Steam game cover

    STRAFTAT

    Free-to-play alternative to The Cycle: Frontier — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action with The Cycle: Frontier.

    STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.

    2024ActionFreeDeck PlayableFree to playSimilar games →
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    The Looker — Steam game cover

    The Looker

    Free-to-play alternative to The Cycle: Frontier — no purchase or trial window.

    You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableFree to playSimilar games →
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    Counter-Strike:Global Offensive — Steam game cover

    Counter-Strike:Global Offensive

    Free-to-play alternative to The Cycle: Frontier — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Free To Play with The Cycle: Frontier.

    Counter-Strike:Global Offensive (CS:GO) expands upon the team-based action gameplay that it pioneered when it was launched over 2 decades ago. CS:GO features new maps, characters, weapons, and game modes, and delivers updated versions of the classic CS content (de_dust2, etc.).

    2012ActionFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableFree to playSimilar games →
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    The Expendabros — Steam game cover

    The Expendabros

    Free-to-play alternative to The Cycle: Frontier — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Free To Play with The Cycle: Frontier.

    The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.

    2014ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedFree to playSimilar games →
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    The Lab — Steam game cover

    The Lab

    Free-to-play alternative to The Cycle: Frontier — no purchase or trial window. Shares Free To Play with The Cycle: Frontier.

    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!

    2016Free To PlayFreeFree to playSimilar games →
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    SuchArt: Creative Space — Steam game cover

    SuchArt: Creative Space

    Free-to-play alternative to The Cycle: Frontier — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action with The Cycle: Frontier.

    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!

    2021ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableFree to playSimilar games →
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    Control, I'm Not Coming Back — Steam game cover

    Control, I'm Not Coming Back

    Free-to-play alternative to The Cycle: Frontier — no purchase or trial window. Shares Free To Play with The Cycle: Frontier.

    Control, I'm Not Coming Back is a short and emotional narrative game about a lost astronaut searching for a reason to keep going forward while facing the emptiness of space. Inspired by the Hopecore aesthetic, it’s a story about positivism, friendship and our human connection with Voyager 1.

    2026IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeFree to playSimilar games →
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    Destiny 2 — Steam game cover

    Destiny 2

    Free-to-play alternative to The Cycle: Frontier — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Free To Play with The Cycle: Frontier.

    Destiny 2 is an action MMO with a single evolving world that you and your friends can join anytime, anywhere, absolutely free.

    2019ActionAdventureFree To PlayFreeFree to playSimilar games →
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    Apex Legends™ — Steam game cover

    Apex Legends™

    Free-to-play alternative to The Cycle: Frontier — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Free To Play with The Cycle: Frontier.

    Apex Legends is the award-winning, free-to-play Hero Shooter from Respawn Entertainment. Master an ever-growing roster of legendary characters with powerful abilities, and experience strategic squad play and innovative gameplay in the next evolution of Hero Shooter and Battle Royale.

    2020ActionAdventureFree To PlayFreeFree to playSimilar games →
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    Delta Force — Steam game cover

    Delta Force

    Free-to-play alternative to The Cycle: Frontier — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Massively Multiplayer with The Cycle: Frontier.

    Play for free in operator-based extraction and full-scale combined arms warfare. Become elite Operators, customize an ever-expanding arsenal of weapons, and deploy into thrill-packed missions across multiple modes.

    2024ActionAdventureMassively MultiplayerFreeFree to playSimilar games →