Free games like HordeCore
Below are 8 free-to-play Steam games similar to HordeCore, 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.
Want the full alternatives list (paid + free + Steam Deck + cheaper picks)? See the parent games like HordeCore page.
Ranked picks
- 1

Our Life: Beginnings & Always
Free-to-play alternative to HordeCore — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Casual with HordeCore.
A twenty-dollar bill, four summers, fifteen years, and a one of a kind life. Create an experience that’s all your own in this near-fully customizable visual novel where you grow from childhood to adulthood with the lonely boy next door.
- 2

A Date with Death
Free-to-play alternative to HordeCore — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with HordeCore.
Fight against & romance the one hunting for your soul in A Date with Death, a romance chat simulator where you date(?) the Grim Reaper himself. Create your own character, decorate your apartment, and chat away with the charming yet dangerous Grim Reaper through text and video calls.
- 3

Eternal Senia
Free-to-play alternative to HordeCore — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with HordeCore.
Thoughts and expectations ARPG
- 4

one night, hot springs
Free-to-play alternative to HordeCore — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with HordeCore.
Haru is invited by her old friend Manami to spend a night at the hot springs. All Haru wants to do is enjoy the hot springs like everyone else, but she doesn't want to cause any trouble...
- 5

Mitoza
Free-to-play alternative to HordeCore — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with HordeCore.
It's not a game, it's a toy. Explore all cycles and prepare yourself to accept the inevitable effects of Mitoza.
- 6

The Test: Secrets of the Soul
Free-to-play alternative to HordeCore — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with HordeCore.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal things from deep within. Some will be uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and are you SURE you want the answers you seek? For it is time to unlock "Secrets of the Soul..."
- 7

The Riftbreaker: Prologue
Free-to-play alternative to HordeCore — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Strategy with HordeCore.
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.
- 8

The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante — Chapter 1&2
Free-to-play alternative to HordeCore — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy and Indie with HordeCore.
A narrative-driven hardcore RPG set in a gritty world where the gods are real. Set out on a challenging lifetime journey, where every choice you make has a price to pay and consequence to it. Will you become an inquisitor, a judge, or conspire against the old order? Dare to decide!