Free games like Sid Meier's Starships
Below are 8 free-to-play Steam games similar to Sid Meier's Starships, 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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Sunrider: Mask of Arcadius
Free-to-play alternative to Sid Meier's Starships — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy with Sid Meier's Starships.
As Captain Kayto Shields, embark on a galactic voyage of heroism and survival. With his home world destroyed and his nation conquered, the inexperienced Captain Shields, and his newly minted vessel, the Sunrider, are left as the only hope against a galactic evil intent on subjugating all sentient life.
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Star Realms
Free-to-play alternative to Sid Meier's Starships — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy with Sid Meier's Starships.
Star Realms is a hugely popular space combat deckbuilding game. Download and play today (note: base set is required to play online) to find out why Star Realms is the winner of SXSW 2014 Board Game of the Year, 7 Golden Geek Awards from BoardGameGeek, and 2 Dice Tower awards!
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Age of Conquest IV
Free-to-play alternative to Sid Meier's Starships — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy with Sid Meier's Starships.
Age of Conquest is a turn-based grand strategy wargame.
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Battle for Wesnoth
Free-to-play alternative to Sid Meier's Starships — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy with Sid Meier's Starships.
The Battle for Wesnoth is an open source, turn-based strategy game with a high fantasy theme. Explore the four corners of Irdya in seventeen solo campaigns and dozens of multiplayer maps, taking part in countless adventures as you go.
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Card Hunter
Free-to-play alternative to Sid Meier's Starships — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy with Sid Meier's Starships.
Shuffle your cards and ready your dice - Card Hunter is a fresh new card gaming spin on classic tabletop RPGs. Battle your way through a massive campaign solo or with friends and compete with other players in ranked play and tournaments.
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Dota Underlords
Free-to-play alternative to Sid Meier's Starships — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy with Sid Meier's Starships.
Hire a crew and destroy your rivals in this new strategy battler set in the world of Dota. Introducing Season One: Explore White Spire and earn rewards on the Battle Pass. Pick from several different game modes, play on your own or with friends, and take advantage of crossplay on PC and mobile.
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Die in the Dungeon: Origins
Free-to-play alternative to Sid Meier's Starships — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy with Sid Meier's Starships.
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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Miscrits: World of Creatures
Free-to-play alternative to Sid Meier's Starships — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy with Sid Meier's Starships.
After years of absence, Miscrits is back and better than ever! Return to the world of Miscria and capture hundreds of iconic Miscrits. Train your Miscrits to their strongest forms and put a stop to the Magicites, who threaten to eliminate all Miscrit life from the world!