Free games like Empires of a Tiny Universe
Below are 8 free-to-play Steam games similar to Empires of a Tiny Universe, 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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Bongo Cat
Free-to-play alternative to Empires of a Tiny Universe — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Empires of a Tiny Universe.
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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Magic Archery
Free-to-play alternative to Empires of a Tiny Universe — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Empires of a Tiny Universe.
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.
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Coloring Pixels
Free-to-play alternative to Empires of a Tiny Universe — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Empires of a Tiny Universe.
A relaxing coloring by numbers game. Enjoy completing a variety of images with differing themes, complexity, and sizes.
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Z.A.T.O. // I Love the World and Everything In It
Free-to-play alternative to Empires of a Tiny Universe — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Empires of a Tiny Universe.
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.
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Control, I'm Not Coming Back
Free-to-play alternative to Empires of a Tiny Universe — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Empires of a Tiny Universe.
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.
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Floating Point
Free-to-play alternative to Empires of a Tiny Universe — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Empires of a Tiny Universe.
Floating Point is a peaceful, free game about using a grappling hook to swing yourself gracefully through randomly generated spaces. The only objective is to collect points, and the only thing that increases your points is swinging swiftly, smoothly and elegantly without hitting anything.
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Landfall Archives
Free-to-play alternative to Empires of a Tiny Universe — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy and Indie with Empires of a Tiny Universe.
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!
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SuchArt: Creative Space
Free-to-play alternative to Empires of a Tiny Universe — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Empires of a Tiny Universe.
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!