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Free games like Project Tarvotan

Below are 8 free-to-play Steam games similar to Project Tarvotan, 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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    Toribash — Steam game cover

    Toribash

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

    Toribash is an innovative free-to-play online turn-based fighting game where you’re able to design your own moves. Complete control over character's body, hundreds of game mods and bloody mess with full body dismemberment - you've never been able to annihilate your enemies like that before!

    2014ActionStrategyIndieFreeDeck PlayableFree to playSimilar games →
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    Learn to Fly 3 — Steam game cover

    Learn to Fly 3

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

    Build your spaceship from scratch, earn funds and invest them into building a bigger, better spaceship as you try and fly your way up to space!

    2017ActionStrategyIndieFreeDeck PlayableFree to playSimilar games →
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    Endless Sky — Steam game cover

    Endless Sky

    Free-to-play alternative to Project Tarvotan — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Simulation with Project Tarvotan.

    Endless Sky is a 2D space trading and combat game inspired by the classic Escape Velocity series. Work your way up from a relatively wimpy shuttle, cargo ship, or fighter, to a highly upgraded and customized flagship or to a massive fleet of warships or freighters.

    2015ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableFree to playSimilar games →
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    Sunrider: Mask of Arcadius — Steam game cover

    Sunrider: Mask of Arcadius

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

    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.

    2014StrategyIndieRPGFreeDeck VerifiedFree to playSimilar games →
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    Star Realms — Steam game cover

    Star Realms

    Free-to-play alternative to Project Tarvotan — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy with Project Tarvotan.

    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!

    2016StrategyFreeDeck PlayableFree to playSimilar games →
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    Tactical Monsters Rumble Arena — Steam game cover

    Tactical Monsters Rumble Arena

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

    Are you ready to RUMMMBLE?

    2018StrategyIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableFree to playSimilar games →
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    Prismata — Steam game cover

    Prismata

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

    A perfect-information strategy game inspired by RTS, deckbuilders, and board games. Choose from three distinct technology classes and outwit your foes by snowballing your starting resources into a powerful cybernetic army. ABSOLUTELY NO PAY-TO-WIN.

    2018StrategyIndieSimulationFreeDeck PlayableFree to playSimilar games →
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    Quasimorph: End of Dream — Steam game cover

    Quasimorph: End of Dream

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

    Quasimorph: End of Dream is the first chapter of the extraction turn-based RPG Quasimorph. Confront your fears in brutal shootouts with PMC -fighters and demons and try to survive to complete your mission and bring the gear back to your spaceship!

    2023StrategyIndieSimulationFreeDeck PlayableFree to playSimilar games →