Free games like Ground Control Anthology
Below are 8 free-to-play Steam games similar to Ground Control Anthology, 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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IDUN Prologue - Frontline Survival
Free-to-play alternative to Ground Control Anthology — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy with Ground Control Anthology.
Step into the arena with IDUN: Prologue, a thrilling slice of our full-length defense RTS where real-time strategy meets rogue-lite chaos. Fight your way through unique mission objectives with overwhelming swarms of enemies.
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Imperius
Free-to-play alternative to Ground Control Anthology — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy with Ground Control Anthology.
Imperius is an easy-to-learn, hard-to-master space RTS. Command devastating ships of the Imperius Navy and prove your loyalty by destroying everything in your path, no matter the cost.
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Art of War: Red Tides
Free-to-play alternative to Ground Control Anthology — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy with Ground Control Anthology.
Art of War: Red Tides is a fair multiplayer strategy game that allows different teams on the same platform (e.g. smartphones, PC, etc.) to battle against each other. You will encounter players around the world!
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Gods and Kings
Free-to-play alternative to Ground Control Anthology — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy with Ground Control Anthology.
A game that combines real-time strategy, card collection and role-playing. It's based on Greek mythology. You can play as heroes who can manipulate the power of Rune, summon the army and cast magic to defeat enemies, challenge or defend the authority of the Gods.
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Pixel Starships 2
Free-to-play alternative to Ground Control Anthology — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy with Ground Control Anthology.
First Glimpse on Steam Next: Build, Configure, and Manage every aspect of your own Starship. An FTL-esque game in a MMO setting. Pre bundled with deep strategy, exploration, PVP, market economy, trading, mining. Basically everything a star captain wants to do after a day at the office :)
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War of Power: The Last Fight
Free-to-play alternative to Ground Control Anthology — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy with Ground Control Anthology.
In 1941, shot down UFOs were found on the territory of Romania, Poland and the USSR. The captured technology of aliens helped the Allies and the Axis to strengthen their power and go far in development. Parties to the conflict are waging an aggressive war against each other...
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Knights vs Aliens
Free-to-play alternative to Ground Control Anthology — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy with Ground Control Anthology.
Command knights, aliens, and other historically dubious nations in a free real-time tower conquest game rebuilt from a 2009 iPad original. Grow armies, capture towers, and outmaneuver adaptive AI through 30 campaign levels.
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Gestalt System
Free-to-play alternative to Ground Control Anthology — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy with Ground Control Anthology.
This is a multiplayer mech FPS game. You will choose your favorate robots, and work with teammates capable of different careers. Conquer the enemies, break the defense, activate energy core, destroy the buildings and finally win the game.