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Free games like SPACERIFT: Arcanum System

Below are 11 free-to-play Steam games similar to SPACERIFT: Arcanum System, 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 SPACERIFT: Arcanum System — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with SPACERIFT: Arcanum System.

    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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    The Looker — Steam game cover

    The Looker

    Free-to-play alternative to SPACERIFT: Arcanum System — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with SPACERIFT: Arcanum System.

    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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    Star Fetchers — Steam game cover

    Star Fetchers

    Free-to-play alternative to SPACERIFT: Arcanum System — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with SPACERIFT: Arcanum System.

    The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories

    2020ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableFree to playSimilar games →
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    Magic Archery — Steam game cover

    Magic Archery

    Free-to-play alternative to SPACERIFT: Arcanum System — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Simulation with SPACERIFT: Arcanum System.

    Train a commoner to become the greatest archer in this short incremental game! Increase your stats, gather wealth from quests, buy upgrades, and infuse your arrows with magic.

    2024IndieSimulationRPGFreeDeck PlayableFree to playSimilar games →
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    The Lab — Steam game cover

    The Lab

    Free-to-play alternative to SPACERIFT: Arcanum System — 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!

    2016Free To PlayFreeFree to playSimilar games →
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    Z.A.T.O. // I Love the World and Everything In It — Steam game cover

    Z.A.T.O. // I Love the World and Everything In It

    Free-to-play alternative to SPACERIFT: Arcanum System — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with SPACERIFT: Arcanum System.

    USSR, 1986. A girl goes missing in the closed city of Vorkuta-5, yet not a soul seems to be concerned. Uncover the mystery behind her disappearance and transmit your signal to the universe.

    2025IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck VerifiedFree 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 SPACERIFT: Arcanum System — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with SPACERIFT: Arcanum System.

    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 PlayFreeDeck VerifiedFree to playSimilar games →
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    No Results Found — Steam game cover

    No Results Found

    Free-to-play alternative to SPACERIFT: Arcanum System — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with SPACERIFT: Arcanum System.

    Search, dig deeper, and search again. Can you reach the end of the truth?

    2026IndieAdventureSimulationFreeFree to playSimilar games →
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    Kron Wars — Steam game cover

    Kron Wars

    Free-to-play alternative to SPACERIFT: Arcanum System — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Massively Multiplayer with SPACERIFT: Arcanum System.

    A persistent space MMO that runs in your browser. No download. No installation. Open a tab and you are in the Frontier. Trade, mine and fight across 2 universes and 12,000 sectors, in an economy that players build. And one mechanic that no other MMO has: war rewrites the map.

    2026StrategyIndieMassively MultiplayerFreeFree to playSimilar games →
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    EVE Online — Steam game cover

    EVE Online

    Free-to-play alternative to SPACERIFT: Arcanum System — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Massively Multiplayer with SPACERIFT: Arcanum System.

    Over 20 years of legendary space battles! Explore a massive living universe of danger and opportunity in a challenging and highly rewarding space adventure. Fight, trade, build, and connect with a universe driven and shaped directly by players.

    2010ActionStrategyMassively MultiplayerFreeDeck PlayableFree to playSimilar games →
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    StarFrame — Steam game cover

    StarFrame

    Free-to-play alternative to SPACERIFT: Arcanum System — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Simulation with SPACERIFT: Arcanum System.

    A single persistent galaxy shared by every player. Full loot. Rich skill system. Exploration, Industry, PvE/PvP Combat

    2026ActionSimulationMassively MultiplayerFreeFree to playSimilar games →