Free games like Solar Shifter EX
Below are 8 free-to-play Steam games similar to Solar Shifter EX, 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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Princess Remedy in a World of Hurt
Free-to-play alternative to Solar Shifter EX — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Solar Shifter EX.
Remedy, a recent graduate from the Saturnian healing school, must descend to Hurtland and use her powers to heal everyone from stray ducks to dark lords, and finally cure the ailing Prince Hingst. It's a short, whimsical adventure with plenty of heart(s).
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Jigoku Kisetsukan: Sense of the Seasons
Free-to-play alternative to Solar Shifter EX — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Solar Shifter EX.
Jigoku Kisetsukan is a bullet hell shootergame with anime-style drawings and chip music.
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Echoes+
Free-to-play alternative to Solar Shifter EX — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Solar Shifter EX.
Echoes+ is an intense retro action space shooter that will test your reaction and concentration levels to the max!
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Shooty Skies
Free-to-play alternative to Solar Shifter EX — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Solar Shifter EX.
The creators of Crossy Road present Shooty Skies! Shoot, dodge, duck, goose and weave. Take to the skies!
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WOWOWOW KORONE BOX
Free-to-play alternative to Solar Shifter EX — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action with Solar Shifter EX.
A hololive fangame featuring Inugami Korone of hololive GAMERS! Collect as many Korone Boxes as possible while contending with an endless onslaught of enemies and bosses using whatever weapons you happen to pick up!
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1982
Free-to-play alternative to Solar Shifter EX — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Solar Shifter EX.
1982 is a FREE retro inspired blasta-thon that will test your gaming skills to the max.
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SWARMRIDERS
Free-to-play alternative to Solar Shifter EX — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Solar Shifter EX.
SWARMRIDERS is a FREE "endless runner"+"twin stick shooter" ARCADE mashup. A "machine gun swarm surfing minigame" made as a bonus content for the UBERMOSH community.
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Touhou Fantasia / 东方梦想曲
Free-to-play alternative to Solar Shifter EX — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Solar Shifter EX.
This is a fan-made Touhou shmup with one single stage, similar to the extra stage of official Touhou games. This game has an auto dodging system, which gives you a choice to ignore all the danmaku and only focus on the story.