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Free games like Swing the cat

Below are 8 free-to-play Steam games similar to Swing the cat, 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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    Belko VR: An Escape Room Experiment — Steam game cover

    Belko VR: An Escape Room Experiment

    Free-to-play alternative to Swing the cat — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Swing the cat.

    Exploring the themes in THE BELKO EXPERIMENT, the Belko VR – Escape Room Experiment provokes the question: “What does it take to survive at work?” Players are prompted to solve a series of challenging puzzles in order to escape from their office before a microchip in their head explodes.

    2017ActionStrategyIndieFreeFree to playSimilar games →
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    Fishing Grind — Steam game cover

    Fishing Grind

    Free-to-play alternative to Swing the cat — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Casual with Swing the cat.

    Fishing Grind is a first person 1-6 player co-op fishing game with a twist. The place you are fishing may not always be safe...

    2024ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableFree to playSimilar games →
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    Nevrosa: Prelude — Steam game cover

    Nevrosa: Prelude

    Free-to-play alternative to Swing the cat — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Swing the cat.

    You wake up in a strange, but yet familiar place. You feel like you are supposed to be here for something.VR roomscale puzzle-horror game with redirect walking locomotion.

    2017ActionIndieAdventureFreeFree to playSimilar games →
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    Egg Time — Steam game cover

    Egg Time

    Free-to-play alternative to Swing the cat — no purchase or trial window. Shares Sports and Indie with Swing the cat.

    The game revolves around simple mechanics and physics. Catching eggs, defusing bombs, using “egg time” a variation of bullet time to catch even the most hard to catch eggs.

    2016ActionSportsIndieFreeFree to playSimilar games →
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    Beer and Skittls VR — Steam game cover

    Beer and Skittls VR

    Free-to-play alternative to Swing the cat — no purchase or trial window. Shares Sports and Indie with Swing the cat.

    Beer and Skittls is a strategic VR game that will challenge your skill level of throwing.

    2018SportsStrategyIndieFreeFree to playSimilar games →
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    Power Link VR — Steam game cover

    Power Link VR

    Free-to-play alternative to Swing the cat — no purchase or trial window. Shares Sports and Indie with Swing the cat.

    The Power Link game reforms the traditional wire loop game in a rather creative way. This game requires you to pick up and guide the metal piece from top to the end of maze without it touching. In virtual world, we can design mazes unlimitedly which makes the game more interesting and exciting.

    2016SportsIndieSimulationFreeFree to playSimilar games →
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    Real Pool 3D - Poolians — Steam game cover

    Real Pool 3D - Poolians

    Free-to-play alternative to Swing the cat — no purchase or trial window. Shares Sports and Indie with Swing the cat.

    Real Pool 3D (Poolians) is one of the best online pool games. Play against the computer or real players all over the world! It supports 8 different types of pool games and team play mode.

    2018ActionSportsStrategyFreeDeck PlayableFree to playSimilar games →
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    ChilloutVR — Steam game cover

    ChilloutVR

    Free-to-play alternative to Swing the cat — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Swing the cat.

    ChilloutVR is a social sandbox game enabling players and content creators to create, share and explore content in a massive multiplayer metaverse alone, with friends or anyone around the world. Meet new people and explore virtual worlds together. Playable with and without a VR-Headset.

    2021ActionStrategyIndieFreeDeck PlayableFree to playSimilar games →