Free games like Tempus Rail
Below are 8 free-to-play Steam games similar to Tempus Rail, 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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KARDS - The WW2 Card Game
Free-to-play alternative to Tempus Rail — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy with Tempus Rail.
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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Minion Masters
Free-to-play alternative to Tempus Rail — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy with Tempus Rail.
An addictive fast-paced hybrid of Card games & Tower-Defense. Play 1v1 - or bring a friend for 2v2 - and engage in epic online multiplayer battles full of innovative strategy and awesome plays! Collect 200+ cards with unique mechanics, all free!
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Star Realms
Free-to-play alternative to Tempus Rail — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy with Tempus Rail.
Star Realms is a hugely popular space combat deckbuilding game. Download and play today (note: base set is required to play online) to find out why Star Realms is the winner of SXSW 2014 Board Game of the Year, 7 Golden Geek Awards from BoardGameGeek, and 2 Dice Tower awards!
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Cards & Tankards
Free-to-play alternative to Tempus Rail — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy with Tempus Rail.
Grab a drink, invite your friends and ready your deck! Cards & Tankards is the first social collectible card game available for both PC and VR.
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Prismata
Free-to-play alternative to Tempus Rail — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy with Tempus Rail.
A perfect-information strategy game inspired by RTS, deckbuilders, and board games. Choose from three distinct technology classes and outwit your foes by snowballing your starting resources into a powerful cybernetic army. ABSOLUTELY NO PAY-TO-WIN.
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BAPBAP
Free-to-play alternative to Tempus Rail — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy with Tempus Rail.
Join BAPBAP, the Roguelike Party game where no two matches are ever the same. Round up your homies, pick a character, and build a giga-unfair build that'll make them hate you - then do it all over again!
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Die in the Dungeon: Origins
Free-to-play alternative to Tempus Rail — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy with Tempus Rail.
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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Chess Evolved Online
Free-to-play alternative to Tempus Rail — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy with Tempus Rail.
secretly the most overpowered game in existence