Free games like Starbase Tactics
Below are 8 free-to-play Steam games similar to Starbase Tactics, 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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Bongo Cat
Free-to-play alternative to Starbase Tactics — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Starbase Tactics.
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 Starbase Tactics — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Starbase Tactics.
Awaria is a short game about working in haunted maintenance tunnels.
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The Expendabros
Free-to-play alternative to Starbase Tactics — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Starbase Tactics.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
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Steam Engine Simulator
Free-to-play alternative to Starbase Tactics — no purchase or trial window.
The Steam Engine Simulator shown on AngeTheGreat's YouTube channel.
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Magic Archery
Free-to-play alternative to Starbase Tactics — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Starbase Tactics.
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 Starbase Tactics — 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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Z.A.T.O. // I Love the World and Everything In It
Free-to-play alternative to Starbase Tactics — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Starbase Tactics.
USSR, 1986. A girl goes missing in the closed city of Vorkuta-5, yet not a soul seems to be concerned. Uncover the mystery behind her disappearance and transmit your signal to the universe.
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Cube Escape: Paradox
Free-to-play alternative to Starbase Tactics — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Starbase Tactics.
The tenth Cube Escape follows the story of detective Dale Vandermeer who finds himself trapped in two different universes and needs to escape. Cube Escape: Paradox will be released together with the accompanying Paradox: A Rusty Lake Film.