Free games like Starscape
Below are 8 free-to-play Steam games similar to Starscape, 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 Riftbreaker: Prologue
Free-to-play alternative to Starscape — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Strategy with Starscape.
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.
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SCP: Secret Laboratory
Free-to-play alternative to Starscape — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Starscape.
Deep within a secure underground facility, a sudden containment breach allows many of the secured anomalies to escape from their chambers. Assist the Foundation in re-securing the facility, help the Insurgency in their goal to capture it, or wreak havoc as an SCP in a frantic bid to escape.
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Splitgate
Free-to-play alternative to Starscape — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Starscape.
Splitgate is a free-to-play, fast-paced multiplayer shooter that features player-controlled portals. This sci-fi shooter takes the FPS genre to a new dimension with its portal mechanics, delivering high-flying, multi-dimensional combat.
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PlanetSide 2
Free-to-play alternative to Starscape — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action with Starscape.
PlanetSide 2 is an all-out planetary war, where thousands of players battle as one across enormous continents. Utilize infantry, ground and air vehicles, and teamwork to destroy your enemies in this revolutionary first-person shooter on a massive scale.
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Bloons TD Battles 2
Free-to-play alternative to Starscape — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Strategy with Starscape.
From the creators of Bloons TD6... Bloons TD Battles 2 is a brand new installment of the top-rated head-to-head tower defense game. Gather your Hero, choose your team of powerful Monkey Towers, and prepare to battle one on one against other players and relentless waves of Bloons!
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Eternal Return
Free-to-play alternative to Starscape — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy and Indie with Starscape.
Eternal Return is a free-to-play, 2.5D perspective Battle Royale game. Search, Craft, Hunt, and Fight using a variety of characters. Plan your strategy and become the last survivor on this eternal experiment.
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Alien Swarm
Free-to-play alternative to Starscape — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action with Starscape.
Co-operative multiplayer game and complete code base available for free.
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Endless Sky
Free-to-play alternative to Starscape — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Starscape.
Endless Sky is a 2D space trading and combat game inspired by the classic Escape Velocity series. Work your way up from a relatively wimpy shuttle, cargo ship, or fighter, to a highly upgraded and customized flagship or to a massive fleet of warships or freighters.