Games like Star Shift Freelancers
If Star Shift Freelancers is your kind of game, the closest matches are Dream Ocean, TROUBLESHOOTER: Abandoned Children and Crimson Tactics: The Rise of The White Banner — picked from the ranked list below. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Get personalized picks →About Star Shift Freelancers: In a galaxy where loyalty is tested and alliances shift like stars, Captain Max Triton and his crew find themselves embroiled in a sea of treachery. When their own government betrays them, Triton and his crew must forge their own path, or lose everything.
Players who liked Star Shift Freelancers also play
Steam players who put hours into Star Shift Freelancers also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.
Dream Ocean
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Top pick for Star Shift Freelancers fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with Star Shift Freelancers.
A surreal JRPG where battles shift between party-based and tactical combat and worlds change in style, scale, and logic. Explore strange places, uncover fractured memories, and discover what lies beneath the Dream Ocean.
TROUBLESHOOTER: Abandoned Children
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Star Shift Freelancers fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Star Shift Freelancers.
TROUBLESHOOTER: Abandoned Children is the first season of a turn-based strategy SRPG that takes place in the world of Troubleshooter.
Crimson Tactics: The Rise of The White Banner
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Star Shift Freelancers fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with Star Shift Freelancers.
Crimson Tactics: The Rise of The White Banner brings you an epic adventure in the form of a turn-based tactical RPG. Set in a medieval high fantasy world, witness a massive political disruption through the lives of different characters and fight for the fate of Wendalle.
Dark Deity 2
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Ranked #4 for Star Shift Freelancers fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Star Shift Freelancers.
Verroa is a peaceful continent on the brink of war as the Asverellian Empire seeks to expand - at your homeland’s expense. Command unlikely heroes, fight challenging turn-based battles, and watch hardship forge iron into steel. Dark Deity is back, bigger and better than before!
封神榜2022
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Ranked #5 for Star Shift Freelancers fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Star Shift Freelancers.
This game takes Nezha, Xiaolongnv, Yang Jian and Jiang Taigong as the protagonists. It tells the legendary story of the protagonists going to various places to adventure, and finally to Chaoge City to destroy the three demons and defeat King Zhou.
Dark Deity
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Ranked #6 for Star Shift Freelancers fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Star Shift Freelancers.
Step into the world of Terrazael and lead soon-to-be legendary heroes in a quest to restore a land fractured by broken oaths, reckless wars, and untamed magic. Fight back in turn-based battles, manage character relationships, collect dangerous artifacts, and hopefully restore the world...
吞食天地之乱舞三国
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Ranked #7 for Star Shift Freelancers fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Star Shift Freelancers.
This game starts from Yuan Shu's proclaimed emperor,Liu Bei's crusade by imperial decree，participated in Dong Cheng's plan to assassinate Cao Cao on the way.Main chapters:Attack Yuan Shu、war of Guandu、Story of Jingzhou、war of Chibi、Attack the Cities near Jingzhou、capture Sichuan、Attack Wei State.
Guild Saga: Vanished Worlds
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Star Shift Freelancers fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Star Shift Freelancers.
On your maiden voyage with the Heroes Guild, your ship was capsized by an enigmatic maelstrom, stranding your party on Respite Island. Navigate your way through pirates, ferocious beasts, and shady alchemists as you unravel its mysteries.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Grimm's Hollow
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with Star Shift Freelancers.
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.
Eternal Senia
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with Star Shift Freelancers.
Thoughts and expectations ARPG
Disfigure
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Star Shift Freelancers.
Disfigure is a grim-dark action rogue-like where you battle relentless hordes of monsters lurking in the shadows. Unlock powerful weapons, craft god-like builds with hundreds of upgrades, slay colossal bosses, and push your limits in intense 20–30 minute survival runs!
Paper Lily - Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with Star Shift Freelancers.
Paper Lily is an RPG horror game in which you can solve puzzles in different ways. Explore a hidden world, meet strange characters, and guide Lacie as she attempts to find answers about her unusual condition.
Z.A.T.O. // I Love the World and Everything In It
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Star Shift Freelancers.
USSR, 1986. A girl goes missing in the closed city of Vorkuta-5, yet not a soul seems to be concerned. Uncover the mystery behind her disappearance and transmit your signal to the universe.
Project Kat - Paper Lily Prologue
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with Star Shift Freelancers.
Project Kat is a short, unconventional RPG horror game in which there is always another way. Solve puzzles, make friends (or not), and guide Kat as she attempts to uncover the mystery behind a strange golden letter.
Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.1 Onikakushi
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Higurashi When They Cry is a sound novel. The music, backgrounds and characters work together to create a world that is the stage of a novel for the user to read. They laugh and cry and get angry. The user takes the point of view of the protagonist to experience the story.
Tails Noir: Prologue
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with Star Shift Freelancers.
Tails Noir: Prologue is the first act of a post-noir narrative adventure. Become raccoon private eye Howard Lotor and explore dystopian Vancouver inhabited by animals as you uncover a deeply personal story of change and transformation.
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More from Psychronic Game Studios
Other recommendable Steam games by Psychronic Game Studios, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Star Shift Legacy
WHY THIS
Another title from Psychronic Game Studios, the studio behind Star Shift Freelancers. Shares Strategy and Indie with Star Shift Freelancers.
The year is 2357. Humans have explored the stars and colonized many worlds under the authority of the Earth Systems Alliance (ESA). Amidst the chaos of a civil war, what would be your legacy?
Star Shift Origins
WHY THIS
Another title from Psychronic Game Studios, the studio behind Star Shift Freelancers. Shares Strategy and Indie with Star Shift Freelancers.
Star Shift Origins tells the story of the first crew of the Dauntless. Trapped in an alternate reality and on the run, the crew desperately searches for answers while being hunted by the relentless Earth Systems Alliance (ESA).
Star Shift Rebellion
WHY THIS
Another title from Psychronic Game Studios, the studio behind Star Shift Freelancers. Shares Strategy and Indie with Star Shift Freelancers.
Infernis Prime is a mining colony in the Outer Rim, under brutal occupation. With the help of a hacked android and the discovery of a dark secret, the rebels finally have a chance. This is the story of how the Outer Rim Coalition formed, and how they broke free...
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Dark Deity 2
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Star Shift Freelancers.
Verroa is a peaceful continent on the brink of war as the Asverellian Empire seeks to expand - at your homeland’s expense. Command unlikely heroes, fight challenging turn-based battles, and watch hardship forge iron into steel. Dark Deity is back, bigger and better than before!
Dark Deity
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Star Shift Freelancers.
Step into the world of Terrazael and lead soon-to-be legendary heroes in a quest to restore a land fractured by broken oaths, reckless wars, and untamed magic. Fight back in turn-based battles, manage character relationships, collect dangerous artifacts, and hopefully restore the world...
Guild Saga: Vanished Worlds
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Star Shift Freelancers.
On your maiden voyage with the Heroes Guild, your ship was capsized by an enigmatic maelstrom, stranding your party on Respite Island. Navigate your way through pirates, ferocious beasts, and shady alchemists as you unravel its mysteries.
Frequently asked about Star Shift Freelancers
- What games are most similar to Star Shift Freelancers?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Star Shift Freelancers are Dream Ocean, TROUBLESHOOTER: Abandoned Children, Crimson Tactics: The Rise of The White Banner.
- Who developed Star Shift Freelancers?
- Star Shift Freelancers was developed by Psychronic Game Studios and published by Psychronic Games.
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