Free games like Small World
Below are 8 free-to-play Steam games similar to Small World, 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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Dominion
Free-to-play alternative to Small World — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy with Small World.
Expand a small kingdom to a mighty Dominion! Play the Spiel des Jahres winning boardgame beloved by millions around the world. Discover the game that defined a genre, Dominion was first to popularize deck-building and remains a staple of tabletop. This is the officially licensed implementation.
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Card Hunter
Free-to-play alternative to Small World — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy with Small World.
Shuffle your cards and ready your dice - Card Hunter is a fresh new card gaming spin on classic tabletop RPGs. Battle your way through a massive campaign solo or with friends and compete with other players in ranked play and tournaments.
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Star Realms
Free-to-play alternative to Small World — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy with Small World.
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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Age of Conquest IV
Free-to-play alternative to Small World — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy and Indie with Small World.
Age of Conquest is a turn-based grand strategy wargame.
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SOVL: Fantasy Warfare
Free-to-play alternative to Small World — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy and Indie with Small World.
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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Cards & Tankards
Free-to-play alternative to Small World — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy and Indie with Small World.
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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Dota Underlords
Free-to-play alternative to Small World — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy and Casual with Small World.
Hire a crew and destroy your rivals in this new strategy battler set in the world of Dota. Introducing Season One: Explore White Spire and earn rewards on the Battle Pass. Pick from several different game modes, play on your own or with friends, and take advantage of crossplay on PC and mobile.
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FPS Chess
Free-to-play alternative to Small World — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy and Casual with Small World.
Battle a friend in this fast paced 1v1 class-based first-person shooter. Chess takes a back-seat to FPS as you win duel after duel and capture the opponent's pieces until you've beaten their king and won the game.