Free games like Empire Earth III
Below are 8 free-to-play Steam games similar to Empire Earth III, 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 Empire Earth III — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy with Empire Earth III.
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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KARDS - The WW2 Card Game
Free-to-play alternative to Empire Earth III — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy with Empire Earth III.
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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Istrolid
Free-to-play alternative to Empire Earth III — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy with Empire Earth III.
In Istrolid you design your own unique spaceships from a large number of parts to fit your strategy and play style. With no set units or factions you are free to create a fleet where each ship has its own balanced strengths and weaknesses, from basic fighters and bombers to hulking battleships and speedy destroyers.
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SOVL: Fantasy Warfare
Free-to-play alternative to Empire Earth III — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy with Empire Earth III.
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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Star Realms
Free-to-play alternative to Empire Earth III — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy with Empire Earth III.
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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Infinitode 2 - Infinite Tower Defense
Free-to-play alternative to Empire Earth III — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy with Empire Earth III.
Infinitode 2 - a strategy in the Tower Defense genre, in which the player will have to build towers to protect his base from endless waves of enemies. The game features huge maps, lots of towers, resource miners, upgrade tree and map editor.
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Dwarfs - F2P
Free-to-play alternative to Empire Earth III — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy with Empire Earth III.
Dwarfs!? is an addictive, fast paced arcade-like experience, with plenty of difficulty levels and game modes, in the tradition of great games such as “Lemmings” and “Dwarf Fortress”.
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Zombie Defense
Free-to-play alternative to Empire Earth III — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy with Empire Earth III.
A modern hybrid of the classic RTS and modern Tower Defense. Recruit soldiers, place them on slots and let them shoot incoming waves of zombies by their own. Order supplies, throw grenades, order airstrikes and many more... Perfect mix of strategy, tactics and micromanagement.