Free games like Galactic Refugees
Below are 9 free-to-play Steam games similar to Galactic Refugees, 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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Life is Strange - Episode 1
Free-to-play alternative to Galactic Refugees — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action with Galactic Refugees.
Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.
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Helltaker
Free-to-play alternative to Galactic Refugees — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Galactic Refugees.
Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.
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Bongo Cat
Free-to-play alternative to Galactic Refugees — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Galactic Refugees.
Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?
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Indigo Park: Chapter 1
Free-to-play alternative to Galactic Refugees — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Galactic Refugees.
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.
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Our Life: Beginnings & Always
Free-to-play alternative to Galactic Refugees — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Galactic Refugees.
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.
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missed messages.
Free-to-play alternative to Galactic Refugees — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Galactic Refugees.
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
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Awaria
Free-to-play alternative to Galactic Refugees — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Galactic Refugees.
Awaria is a short game about working in haunted maintenance tunnels.
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Grimm's Hollow
Free-to-play alternative to Galactic Refugees — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Galactic Refugees.
A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.
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Phoenix 2
Free-to-play alternative to Galactic Refugees — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Galactic Refugees.
A fast-paced shoot 'em up where skill matters. Master over 100 ships, unleash powerful special abilities, and blast through waves of Invaders. Play a new mission every day and climb the world-wide leaderboards.