Free games like After the Empire
Below are 8 free-to-play Steam games similar to After the Empire, 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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Learn to Fly 3
Free-to-play alternative to After the Empire — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy and Indie with After the Empire.
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!
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Endless Sky
Free-to-play alternative to After the Empire — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Simulation with After the Empire.
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.
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Galcon 2: Galactic Conquest
Free-to-play alternative to After the Empire — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy and Indie with After the Empire.
Galcon 2 is a demolition derby in space! Send swarms of ships from planet to planet to conquer the galaxy in this fast paced multiplayer strategy game!
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Quasimorph: End of Dream
Free-to-play alternative to After the Empire — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy and Indie with After the Empire.
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!
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Space Choice: Data Analyzer
Free-to-play alternative to After the Empire — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy and Indie with After the Empire.
A little experimental game about making many choices quickly. Pick from 3 options, then do it again, and again, and again... Make the best out of a bad situation. Do it as quickly as you can because time is the most valuable resource at your disposal.
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Bow to Blood: Last Captain Standing
Free-to-play alternative to After the Empire — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy and Indie with After the Empire.
Become a Captain! Fly your ship and command your crew as you compete to become Champion in a winner-takes-all reality show. Build relationships and plot betrayals to avoid getting voted off the season and become the last captain standing. Optional VR support.
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Star Tactics Redux
Free-to-play alternative to After the Empire — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy and Indie with After the Empire.
Turn-based strategy game full of spacefleet battles. 30+ hours of gameplay, randomized battles, huge campaign with different ways of completion. Experience infinite tactical situations and outsmart the tricky AI using dozens of ships and special abilities.
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Orbit-X
Free-to-play alternative to After the Empire — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy and Indie with After the Empire.
Launch a rocket. Extend the Antenna. Set your internet service price and start making money. Oh and shoot down asteroids if they threaten your satellites.