Free games like STARWHAL
Below are 8 free-to-play Steam games similar to STARWHAL, 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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Orbital Gear
Free-to-play alternative to STARWHAL — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with STARWHAL.
Orbital Gear is a fast paced sidescroller shooter where you utilize the gravitation of celestial objects to give you momentum through space. Arm your Mech with two of the twelve different weapons and destroy your enemies.
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Circle of Sumo: Online Rumble!
Free-to-play alternative to STARWHAL — no purchase or trial window. Shares Sports and Indie with STARWHAL.
Use your belly to your advantage! Challenge players all over the world and climb the leaderboards. Fight into the arena: charge, hit, dodge and defeat the opponents. Let's have some good old fun!
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Ultra Fight Da ! Kyanta 2
Free-to-play alternative to STARWHAL — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with STARWHAL.
Ultra Fight Kyanta 2 is a fighting game with a frantic pace and easy to learn controls. You can perform special attacks using single button presses! Fight in 2D battles across various modes using teams of hand-drawn characters.
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Killer Instinct
Free-to-play alternative to STARWHAL — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action with STARWHAL.
The legendary fighting franchise is back with over-the-top action, a wild cast of combatants, rocking reactive music, and C-C-C-COMBO BREAKERS!!! Choose your ultimate combatants each with fluid animations, unique combat tactics, and enthralling special attacks.
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Slapshot: Rebound
Free-to-play alternative to STARWHAL — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Sports with STARWHAL.
Slapshot: Rebound is a physics-based multiplayer game where you play an arcade style match of hockey. No shoot button, no puck glue, no RNG. It’s up to you and your team to take control of the puck, pass, shoot, outplay your opponents. Play with your friends or team up with other Slapshot players!
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SurfsUp
Free-to-play alternative to STARWHAL — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Sports with STARWHAL.
SurfsUp is a free-to-play, high-speed multiplayer platformer where precision movement and air-surfing are the keys to setting your personal best time or even breaking a world record!
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Dark Roll: Free Kick Challenge
Free-to-play alternative to STARWHAL — no purchase or trial window. Shares Sports and Indie with STARWHAL.
A ball rolling game, where you take football free kicks. Single player challenges, Steam Leaderboards and ranked multiplayer. Free to play.
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Super Buckyball Tournament Preseason
Free-to-play alternative to STARWHAL — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Sports with STARWHAL.
Super Buckyball Tournament Preseason is currently offline. Please join us again in early February 2021 for another round of SBT!