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[CT]

Title. It's specific but i wanted to find something cheap and fun to play with my friends during the summer but space station 13's horrid graphics and wonky interface turned me off too much.

[Criptfeind]

What like. Genre are your friends interested in? To be honest I can't think of any other game like SS13, so if you want that only with less terrible graphics and less being on byond you will be pretty much be outa luck. Probably. Multiplayer simulation arn't really a thing that exists for the most part outside of ss13. On the other hand if you like the hidden role aspect you could try the mafia section of fg&rp. Which is sorta like the traitor thing in ss13 only played on a forum.

On the other hand, if you just want to play ftp games with your friends, warframe, dota2, and path of exile are all good.

Warframe is a FTP FPS, although I didn't get far into it because I am not a fps player, it seemed good from what I played, although I have been told it gets grindy/repetitive later? So you will have to like the gameplay. (Although I'd argue that's not really a weakness persay.)

Dota2 is probably doesn't need a introduction, but in case you don't now it's a free moba game, it sure is stealing away a hour or two every day for me and my friends currently. It's also probably one of the freeiest mainstream games there is.

Path of Exile is a FTP game that's a lot like Diablo 2. It's got a very nice business model (I sometimes wonder how they can make enough money on it, it might be almost as free as dota). I'm not really sure if I liked it as much as Diablo 2 to be honest, but it's hard to argue with it's price and it's still a very fun game. I personally found it a little short (although I've not actually finished it yet, but I know I am close) so it might not last your friends all summer if you only play the game though once and don't replay it on the higher levels. (How it works is you play though the campaign though three times, each time at higher levels and higher difficulties, and then you eventually get the ability to make randomly generated dungeons with random traits. Although all the levels of the campaign are also randomly generated, but not with random traits.)

These are sorta the first three that sprung to my mind. All of them free and fun and all very different. So I hope at least one is to your fancy.

[nenjin]

The only thing I can think of that is close to SS13 is The Ship and it's not free.

[LordSlowpoke]

the ship is basically a direct copy of the goonstation experience, therefore i recommend it

[Cheedows]

SS13 is truly unique, why do you think there are still so many communities that still play it? I know there are a few remakes out there, but they are focusing on the creepier aspect and are unfinished. Like Criptfiend said, many describe SS13 as real time mafia, so that might suit your fancy.

[miauw62]

2d spesshmans is unique, there is nothing like it.

[Sensei]

Someone on these forums was trying to make a 3D SS13-like, and seemed to be getting along with it too, but I don't know the status of that. Might have to dig through the Creative Projects forum.

Yeah, the reason Space Station 13 is still played in spite of being ugly, awkward and on the generally kind of awful BYOND engine is because it's very, very unique.

You might like the ship, but it's just a shooter in terms of mechanics, it doesn't have the massive amount of things to interact and roleplay with that SS13 does.

[Astral]

If you have Warcraft 3, there used to be a multitude of Parasite or The Thing custom maps.