Free games like The Outpost: Outer Frontier
Below are 8 free-to-play Steam games similar to The Outpost: Outer Frontier, 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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Control, I'm Not Coming Back
Free-to-play alternative to The Outpost: Outer Frontier — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with The Outpost: Outer Frontier.
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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Landfall Archives
Free-to-play alternative to The Outpost: Outer Frontier — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Outpost: Outer Frontier.
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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The Riftbreaker: Prologue
Free-to-play alternative to The Outpost: Outer Frontier — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Outpost: Outer Frontier.
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.
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Jigsaw Puzzle Dreams
Free-to-play alternative to The Outpost: Outer Frontier — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with The Outpost: Outer Frontier.
Beautiful Multiplayer Jigsaw Puzzle game where you can design the room you play in!
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Counter-Strike 2
Free-to-play alternative to The Outpost: Outer Frontier — no purchase or trial window.
For over two decades, Counter-Strike has offered an elite competitive experience, one shaped by millions of players from across the globe. And now the next chapter in the CS story is about to begin. This is Counter-Strike 2.
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Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege
Free-to-play alternative to The Outpost: Outer Frontier — no purchase or trial window.
Rainbow Six® Siege is the reference in tactical team shooters, where elite strategy and execution triumph. Enjoy free access to Quick Match, Unranked, and Dual Front game modes with a selection of operators.
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Splitgate
Free-to-play alternative to The Outpost: Outer Frontier — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with The Outpost: Outer Frontier.
Splitgate is a free-to-play, fast-paced multiplayer shooter that features player-controlled portals. This sci-fi shooter takes the FPS genre to a new dimension with its portal mechanics, delivering high-flying, multi-dimensional combat.
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World of Warships
Free-to-play alternative to The Outpost: Outer Frontier — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy with The Outpost: Outer Frontier.
Immerse yourself in thrilling naval battles and assemble an armada of over 800 ships from the first half of the 20th century — from stealthy destroyers to gigantic battleships. Change the look of your ship, choose upgrades to suit your play style, and go into battle with other players!