Free games like Combat Mission Cold War
Below are 8 free-to-play Steam games similar to Combat Mission Cold War, 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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Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition
Free-to-play alternative to Combat Mission Cold War — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy with Combat Mission Cold War.
Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition offers players a trial of this historical single & multiplayer RTS experience. *Note: To unlock all features of the game please see the “Base Game” product.
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SOVL: Fantasy Warfare
Free-to-play alternative to Combat Mission Cold War — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy with Combat Mission Cold War.
SOVL is a ruleset for playing fantasy wargames. It can be played with miniatures on a table or digitally on Steam.
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KARDS - The WW2 Card Game
Free-to-play alternative to Combat Mission Cold War — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy with Combat Mission Cold War.
KARDS, The World War II Card Game, combines traditional CCG gameplay with innovative mechanics inspired by classic strategy games and real battlefield tactics. Take command and challenge other players in grand-scale warfare on the ground, air, or seas.
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DCS World Steam Edition
Free-to-play alternative to Combat Mission Cold War — no purchase or trial window. Shares Simulation with Combat Mission Cold War.
Feel the excitement of flying the Su-25T "Frogfoot" attack jet and the TF-51D "Mustang" in the free-to-play Digital Combat Simulator World!
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Girls' Frontline
Free-to-play alternative to Combat Mission Cold War — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy with Combat Mission Cold War.
As a Commander for Griffin & Kryuger PMC. Navigate faction power struggles, deploy forces strategically, and work to restore order in a war-torn world.
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Landfall Archives
Free-to-play alternative to Combat Mission Cold War — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy with Combat Mission Cold War.
Break into the Landfall Archives to steal and play previously unreleased games, demos, interactive slide shows, and even an unreleased version of Totally Accurate Battle Simulator from 2017!
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Battle for Wesnoth
Free-to-play alternative to Combat Mission Cold War — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy with Combat Mission Cold War.
The Battle for Wesnoth is an open source, turn-based strategy game with a high fantasy theme. Explore the four corners of Irdya in seventeen solo campaigns and dozens of multiplayer maps, taking part in countless adventures as you go.
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Yi Xian: The Cultivation Card Game
Free-to-play alternative to Combat Mission Cold War — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy with Combat Mission Cold War.
Yi Xian: The Cultivation Card Game is an online DBG which contains a PVE mode called Uncharted Realms and a PVP mode. Every game is a deck building from scratch. Players can have stronger decks by changing cards, and then build more powerful routines to defeat all opponents to win.