Free games like Nova
Below are 12 free-to-play Steam games similar to Nova, 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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The Looker
Free-to-play alternative to Nova — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Nova.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
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UNBEATABLE [white label]
Free-to-play alternative to Nova — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Nova.
A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.
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Magic Archery
Free-to-play alternative to Nova — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and RPG with Nova.
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.
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Eternal Senia
Free-to-play alternative to Nova — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Nova.
Thoughts and expectations ARPG
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Control, I'm Not Coming Back
Free-to-play alternative to Nova — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with Nova.
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.
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Landfall Archives
Free-to-play alternative to Nova — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Nova.
Break into the Landfall Archives to steal and play previously unreleased games, demos, interactive slide shows, and even an unreleased version of Totally Accurate Battle Simulator from 2017!
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Electoral Carnage
Free-to-play alternative to Nova — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Early Access with Nova.
Electoral Carnage is an absurd 2D fighting game featuring America's most famous (and infamous) politicians. If you don't download it you hate America. Also JFK can assassinate himself. What more do you need to know?
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Epic Battle Fantasy 3
Free-to-play alternative to Nova — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with Nova.
Epic Battle Fantasy 3 is a silly turn-based JRPG, full of useless NPCs, rabid cats, childish humor, unreasonably large weapons, anime boobs, and other nonsense. And it's totally free!
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RUSTCAN
Free-to-play alternative to Nova — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Nova.
Hollow Pines has a curfew, and something is keeping it. Kick the can, free your friends from the pen, and last until sunrise. A multiplayer horror chase where the monster hears your voice and remembers who ran.
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ZuOnline
Free-to-play alternative to Nova — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Adventure with Nova.
Return to the legendary world of Zu Online - a martial arts MMORPG reborn. Explore ancient skies, master cultivation, and battle for immortality in a world inspired by Chinese mythology.
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Grand Battle
Free-to-play alternative to Nova — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and RPG with Nova.
In this intense fully featured Action RPG, players fight with multiple heroes to save the world. And sometimes they chill and do some crafting!
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Runes of Magic
Free-to-play alternative to Nova — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Adventure with Nova.
Start your heroic saga today in a world full of magic and excitement: Choose your race, build a home and discover the fantastic world of Taborea in the classic free-to-play MMO!