Free games like Star Nomad 2
Below are 8 free-to-play Steam games similar to Star Nomad 2, 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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Magic Archery
Free-to-play alternative to Star Nomad 2 — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Simulation with Star Nomad 2.
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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Paper Lily - Chapter 1
Free-to-play alternative to Star Nomad 2 — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and RPG with Star Nomad 2.
Paper Lily is an RPG horror game in which you can solve puzzles in different ways. Explore a hidden world, meet strange characters, and guide Lacie as she attempts to find answers about her unusual condition.
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The Lab
Free-to-play alternative to Star Nomad 2 — no purchase or trial window.
Welcome to The Lab, a compilation of Valve’s room-scale VR experiments set in a pocket universe within Aperture Science. Fix a robot, defend a castle, adopt a mechanical dog, and more. Still not sold? It’s free!
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Project Kat - Paper Lily Prologue
Free-to-play alternative to Star Nomad 2 — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and RPG with Star Nomad 2.
Project Kat is a short, unconventional RPG horror game in which there is always another way. Solve puzzles, make friends (or not), and guide Kat as she attempts to uncover the mystery behind a strange golden letter.
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Landfall Archives
Free-to-play alternative to Star Nomad 2 — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy and Indie with Star Nomad 2.
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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one night, hot springs
Free-to-play alternative to Star Nomad 2 — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Simulation with Star Nomad 2.
Haru is invited by her old friend Manami to spend a night at the hot springs. All Haru wants to do is enjoy the hot springs like everyone else, but she doesn't want to cause any trouble...
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Epic Battle Fantasy 3
Free-to-play alternative to Star Nomad 2 — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and RPG with Star Nomad 2.
Epic Battle Fantasy 3 is a silly turn-based JRPG, full of useless NPCs, rabid cats, childish humor, unreasonably large weapons, anime boobs, and other nonsense. And it's totally free!
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The Riftbreaker: Prologue
Free-to-play alternative to Star Nomad 2 — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy and Indie with Star Nomad 2.
The Riftbreaker: Prologue allows you to experience the events taking place before the story campaign of the main game. Explore an entirely new world. Gather resources. Build up a base. Defend yourself from thousands of alien creatures.