Free games like Star Defence
Below are 9 free-to-play Steam games similar to Star Defence, 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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Helltaker
Free-to-play alternative to Star Defence — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Star Defence.
Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.
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Ultimate Custom Night
Free-to-play alternative to Star Defence — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Star Defence.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
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Bongo Cat
Free-to-play alternative to Star Defence — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Simulation with Star Defence.
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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Sheepy: A Short Adventure
Free-to-play alternative to Star Defence — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Star Defence.
A Short Handcrafted Pixel Art Platformer that follows Sheepy, an abandoned plushy brought to life. Sheepy: A Short Adventure is the first short game from MrSuicideSheep.
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Awaria
Free-to-play alternative to Star Defence — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Star Defence.
Awaria is a short game about working in haunted maintenance tunnels.
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Grimm's Hollow
Free-to-play alternative to Star Defence — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Star Defence.
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 Star Defence — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Star Defence.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
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Steam Engine Simulator
Free-to-play alternative to Star Defence — no purchase or trial window. Shares Simulation with Star Defence.
The Steam Engine Simulator shown on AngeTheGreat's YouTube channel.
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Pixel Starships 2
Free-to-play alternative to Star Defence — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Star Defence.
First Glimpse on Steam Next: Build, Configure, and Manage every aspect of your own Starship. An FTL-esque game in a MMO setting. Pre bundled with deep strategy, exploration, PVP, market economy, trading, mining. Basically everything a star captain wants to do after a day at the office :)