Free games like Galactic Civilizations® I: Ultimate Edition
Below are 8 free-to-play Steam games similar to Galactic Civilizations® I: Ultimate Edition, 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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Awaria
Free-to-play alternative to Galactic Civilizations® I: Ultimate Edition — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Galactic Civilizations® I: Ultimate Edition.
Awaria is a short game about working in haunted maintenance tunnels.
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The Lab
Free-to-play alternative to Galactic Civilizations® I: Ultimate Edition — 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!
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Die in the Dungeon: Origins
Free-to-play alternative to Galactic Civilizations® I: Ultimate Edition — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy and Indie with Galactic Civilizations® I: Ultimate Edition.
Fight your way through a mysterious dungeon in this deck-building, turn-based roguelike game where you don't use cards, but DICE! Deal with enemies by combining dice on your board, boost their effects with magical relics, and discover the story behind Die in the Dungeon!
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Epic Battle Fantasy 3
Free-to-play alternative to Galactic Civilizations® I: Ultimate Edition — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Galactic Civilizations® I: Ultimate Edition.
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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South Scrimshaw, Part One
Free-to-play alternative to Galactic Civilizations® I: Ultimate Edition — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Galactic Civilizations® I: Ultimate Edition.
South Scrimshaw is the story of a newborn whale in a vast alien ocean. It is a richly illustrated experimental visual novel, written in the style of a nature documentary.
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The Riftbreaker: Prologue
Free-to-play alternative to Galactic Civilizations® I: Ultimate Edition — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy and Indie with Galactic Civilizations® I: Ultimate Edition.
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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The Last Sovereign
Free-to-play alternative to Galactic Civilizations® I: Ultimate Edition — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy and Indie with Galactic Civilizations® I: Ultimate Edition.
Explore a world torn between armies of lust and purity in which everything is more complex than it seems, deciding the fate of nations through might, politics, and finance. Every decision matters in an intricate saga that tracks thousands of variables.
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Warframe
Free-to-play alternative to Galactic Civilizations® I: Ultimate Edition — no purchase or trial window.
Awaken as an unstoppable warrior and battle alongside your friends in this story-driven free-to-play online action game