Free games like Starbound
Below are 8 free-to-play Steam games similar to Starbound, 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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Life is Strange - Episode 1
Free-to-play alternative to Starbound — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Adventure with Starbound.
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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Ultimate Custom Night
Free-to-play alternative to Starbound — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Starbound.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
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Bongo Cat
Free-to-play alternative to Starbound — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Starbound.
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 Starbound — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Starbound.
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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STRAFTAT
Free-to-play alternative to Starbound — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action with Starbound.
STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.
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The Looker
Free-to-play alternative to Starbound — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Starbound.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
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Grimm's Hollow
Free-to-play alternative to Starbound — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with Starbound.
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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The Expendabros
Free-to-play alternative to Starbound — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Starbound.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.