IMHO.

Free games like Space Tales

Below are 9 free-to-play Steam games similar to Space Tales, 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.

Want the full alternatives list (paid + free + Steam Deck + cheaper picks)? See the parent games like Space Tales page.

Ranked picks

  1. 1
    Magic Archery — Steam game cover

    Magic Archery

    Free-to-play alternative to Space Tales — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Space Tales.

    Train a commoner to become the greatest archer in this short incremental game! Increase your stats, gather wealth from quests, buy upgrades, and infuse your arrows with magic.

    2024IndieSimulationRPGFreeDeck PlayableFree to playSimilar games →
  2. 2
    The Lab — Steam game cover

    The Lab

    Free-to-play alternative to Space Tales — 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!

    2016Free To PlayFreeFree to playSimilar games →
  3. 3
    Landfall Archives — Steam game cover

    Landfall Archives

    Free-to-play alternative to Space Tales — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy and Indie with Space Tales.

    Break into the Landfall Archives to steal and play previously unreleased games, demos, interactive slide shows, and even an unreleased version of Totally Accurate Battle Simulator from 2017!

    2023ActionStrategyIndieFreeFree to playSimilar games →
  4. 4
    SuchArt: Creative Space — Steam game cover

    SuchArt: Creative Space

    Free-to-play alternative to Space Tales — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with Space Tales.

    Paint on any surfaces with numerous tools in Creative Space — a free sandbox version of SuchArt: Genius Artist Simulator. Create masterpieces, complete commissions, and decorate your studio in the most advanced artist sim!

    2021ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableFree to playSimilar games →
  5. 5
    Control, I'm Not Coming Back — Steam game cover

    Control, I'm Not Coming Back

    Free-to-play alternative to Space Tales — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with Space Tales.

    Control, I'm Not Coming Back is a short and emotional narrative game about a lost astronaut searching for a reason to keep going forward while facing the emptiness of space. Inspired by the Hopecore aesthetic, it’s a story about positivism, friendship and our human connection with Voyager 1.

    2026IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeFree to playSimilar games →
  6. 6
    Samorost 1 — Steam game cover

    Samorost 1

    Free-to-play alternative to Space Tales — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with Space Tales.

    Explore the beginnings of the Samorost series in the space gnome’s original bite-sized adventure, formerly released in 2003. Now with remastered sounds, enhanced graphics, and new music by Floex.

    2021IndieAdventureCasualFreeFree to playSimilar games →
  7. 7
    Outpath: First Journey — Steam game cover

    Outpath: First Journey

    Free-to-play alternative to Space Tales — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with Space Tales.

    Outpath: First Journey is a prologue chapter of the main game, Outpath. An experimental clicker base building game. Craft, gather & manage resources, build your base and buy more islands to exploit and expand!

    2022IndieAdventureCasualFreeDeck PlayableFree to playSimilar games →
  8. 8
    Epic Battle Fantasy 3 — Steam game cover

    Epic Battle Fantasy 3

    Free-to-play alternative to Space Tales — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with Space Tales.

    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!

    2016IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableFree to playSimilar games →
  9. 9
    Pixel Starships 2 — Steam game cover

    Pixel Starships 2

    Free-to-play alternative to Space Tales — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy with Space Tales.

    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 :)

    2025StrategySimulationMassively MultiplayerFreeDeck PlayableFree to playSimilar games →