Free games like Balatro
Below are 8 free-to-play Steam games similar to Balatro, 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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Die in the Dungeon: Origins
Free-to-play alternative to Balatro — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy and Indie with Balatro.
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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GWENT: The Witcher Card Game
Free-to-play alternative to Balatro — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy with Balatro.
Command mighty Witcher-world heroes in epic online PvP card battles!
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Prismata
Free-to-play alternative to Balatro — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy and Indie with Balatro.
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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Minion Masters
Free-to-play alternative to Balatro — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy and Indie with Balatro.
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 Balatro — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy with Balatro.
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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Dota Underlords
Free-to-play alternative to Balatro — no purchase or trial window. Shares Casual and Strategy with Balatro.
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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Dominion
Free-to-play alternative to Balatro — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy with Balatro.
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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Tactical Monsters Rumble Arena
Free-to-play alternative to Balatro — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Balatro.
Are you ready to RUMMMBLE?