Free games like Cardboard Town
Below are 8 free-to-play Steam games similar to Cardboard Town, 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 Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
Free-to-play alternative to Cardboard Town — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Simulation with Cardboard Town.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
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Magic Archery
Free-to-play alternative to Cardboard Town — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Simulation with Cardboard Town.
Train a commoner to become the greatest archer in this short incremental game! Increase your stats, gather wealth from quests, buy upgrades, and infuse your arrows with magic.
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SuchArt: Creative Space
Free-to-play alternative to Cardboard Town — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Simulation with Cardboard Town.
Paint on any surfaces with numerous tools in Creative Space — a free sandbox version of SuchArt: Genius Artist Simulator. Create masterpieces, complete commissions, and decorate your studio in the most advanced artist sim!
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Die in the Dungeon: Origins
Free-to-play alternative to Cardboard Town — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy and Indie with Cardboard Town.
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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NERTS! Online
Free-to-play alternative to Cardboard Town — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Casual with Cardboard Town.
NERTS! Online is a fast-paced competitive solitaire game for you and up to five of your friends, played the same way we play it at the Zachtronics office!
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The Riftbreaker: Prologue
Free-to-play alternative to Cardboard Town — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy and Indie with Cardboard Town.
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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Mizi NO!
Free-to-play alternative to Cardboard Town — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Casual with Cardboard Town.
In this free 2D puzzle game, you must reassemble broken objects that your cat has knocked over.
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Jigsaw Puzzle Dreams
Free-to-play alternative to Cardboard Town — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Casual with Cardboard Town.
Beautiful Multiplayer Jigsaw Puzzle game where you can design the room you play in!