Free games like Pax Nova
Below are 8 free-to-play Steam games similar to Pax 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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Grimm's Hollow
Free-to-play alternative to Pax Nova — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Pax Nova.
A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.
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Mitoza
Free-to-play alternative to Pax Nova — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Pax Nova.
It's not a game, it's a toy. Explore all cycles and prepare yourself to accept the inevitable effects of Mitoza.
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Die in the Dungeon: Origins
Free-to-play alternative to Pax Nova — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy and Indie with Pax Nova.
Fight your way through a mysterious dungeon in this deck-building, turn-based roguelike game where you don't use cards, but DICE! Deal with enemies by combining dice on your board, boost their effects with magical relics, and discover the story behind Die in the Dungeon!
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Epic Battle Fantasy 3
Free-to-play alternative to Pax Nova — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Pax Nova.
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 Pax Nova — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy and Indie with Pax Nova.
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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The Last Sovereign
Free-to-play alternative to Pax Nova — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy and Indie with Pax Nova.
Explore a world torn between armies of lust and purity in which everything is more complex than it seems, deciding the fate of nations through might, politics, and finance. Every decision matters in an intricate saga that tracks thousands of variables.
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The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante — Chapter 1&2
Free-to-play alternative to Pax Nova — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy and Indie with Pax Nova.
A narrative-driven hardcore RPG set in a gritty world where the gods are real. Set out on a challenging lifetime journey, where every choice you make has a price to pay and consequence to it. Will you become an inquisitor, a judge, or conspire against the old order? Dare to decide!
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Crusader Kings II
Free-to-play alternative to Pax Nova — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy with Pax Nova.
Explore one of the defining periods in world history in an experience crafted by the masters of Grand Strategy.