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Free games like Starlink: Battle for Atlas

Below are 8 free-to-play Steam games similar to Starlink: Battle for Atlas, 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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    The Riftbreaker: Prologue — Steam game cover

    The Riftbreaker: Prologue

    Free-to-play alternative to Starlink: Battle for Atlas — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Adventure with Starlink: Battle for Atlas.

    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.

    2020ActionStrategyIndieFreeDeck PlayableFree to playSimilar games →
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    Warframe — Steam game cover

    Warframe

    Free-to-play alternative to Starlink: Battle for Atlas — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action with Starlink: Battle for Atlas.

    Awaken as an unstoppable warrior and battle alongside your friends in this story-driven free-to-play online action game

    2013ActionRPGFree To PlayFreeDeck VerifiedFree to playSimilar games →
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    Muck — Steam game cover

    Muck

    Free-to-play alternative to Starlink: Battle for Atlas — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Adventure with Starlink: Battle for Atlas.

    Muck is a survival-roguelike. Collect resources, find items & build a base to survive for as long as you can.

    2021ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableFree to playSimilar games →
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    STAR WARS™: The Old Republic™ — Steam game cover

    STAR WARS™: The Old Republic™

    Free-to-play alternative to Starlink: Battle for Atlas — no purchase or trial window.

    STAR WARS™: The Old Republic™ is a free-to-play MMORPG that puts you at the center of your own story-driven saga. Play as a Jedi, Sith, Bounty Hunter, or one of many other iconic STAR WARS roles in the galaxy far, far away over three thousand years before the classic films.

    2020Massively MultiplayerRPGFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableFree to playSimilar games →
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    PlanetSide 2 — Steam game cover

    PlanetSide 2

    Free-to-play alternative to Starlink: Battle for Atlas — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action with Starlink: Battle for Atlas.

    PlanetSide 2 is an all-out planetary war, where thousands of players battle as one across enormous continents. Utilize infantry, ground and air vehicles, and teamwork to destroy your enemies in this revolutionary first-person shooter on a massive scale.

    2012ActionMassively MultiplayerFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableFree to playSimilar games →
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    Wuthering Waves — Steam game cover

    Wuthering Waves

    Free-to-play alternative to Starlink: Battle for Atlas — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Adventure with Starlink: Battle for Atlas.

    Wuthering Waves is a story-rich open-world action RPG with a high degree of freedom. You wake from your slumber as Rover, joined by a vibrant cast of Resonators on a journey to reclaim your lost memories and change the world.

    2025ActionAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableFree to playSimilar games →
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    RuneScape ® — Steam game cover

    RuneScape ®

    Free-to-play alternative to Starlink: Battle for Atlas — no purchase or trial window.

    RuneScape is a high fantasy open world MMORPG. Explore an ever changing and evolving living world where new challenges, skills, and quests await. Featuring unprecedented player freedom, you choose how to play, adventure, and grow.

    2020Massively MultiplayerRPGFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableFree to playSimilar games →
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    Old School RuneScape — Steam game cover

    Old School RuneScape

    Free-to-play alternative to Starlink: Battle for Atlas — no purchase or trial window. Shares Adventure with Starlink: Battle for Atlas.

    The best retro fantasy MMORPG on the planet. Old School is RuneScape but… older! This is the open world you know and love, but as it was in 2007. Saying that, it’s even better than that – Old School is shaped by you, its players, with regular new content, fixes and expansions voted for by the fans!

    2021AdventureMassively MultiplayerRPGFreeDeck PlayableFree to playSimilar games →