Free games like Stella Nova
Below are 8 free-to-play Steam games similar to Stella Nova, 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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Ultimate Custom Night
Free-to-play alternative to Stella Nova — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Stella Nova.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
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Bongo Cat
Free-to-play alternative to Stella Nova — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Simulation with Stella Nova.
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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Awaria
Free-to-play alternative to Stella Nova — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Stella Nova.
Awaria is a short game about working in haunted maintenance tunnels.
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Steam Engine Simulator
Free-to-play alternative to Stella Nova — no purchase or trial window. Shares Simulation with Stella Nova.
The Steam Engine Simulator shown on AngeTheGreat's YouTube channel.
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Magic Archery
Free-to-play alternative to Stella Nova — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Simulation with Stella Nova.
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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The Lab
Free-to-play alternative to Stella Nova — 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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OnlyCans: Thirst Date
Free-to-play alternative to Stella Nova — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Simulation with Stella Nova.
Feel The Fizz Inside You™ with the brand new Shize™ Collection!
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Tails Noir: Prologue
Free-to-play alternative to Stella Nova — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Stella Nova.
Tails Noir: Prologue is the first act of a post-noir narrative adventure. Become raccoon private eye Howard Lotor and explore dystopian Vancouver inhabited by animals as you uncover a deeply personal story of change and transformation.