Free games like The Dark Horde
Below are 9 free-to-play Steam games similar to The Dark Horde, 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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Awaria
Free-to-play alternative to The Dark Horde — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with The Dark Horde.
Awaria is a short game about working in haunted maintenance tunnels.
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Die in the Dungeon: Origins
Free-to-play alternative to The Dark Horde — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Dark Horde.
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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Wheelchair Wizards
Free-to-play alternative to The Dark Horde — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Casual with The Dark Horde.
Wheelchair Wizards is a 4 player party game where you battle your friends while upgrading your wizard.
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Children of Silentown: Prologue
Free-to-play alternative to The Dark Horde — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with The Dark Horde.
Prologue to Children of Silentown, a dark adventure game that tells the story of Lucy, a young girl growing up in a village deep into a forest inhabited by monsters. People disappearing is nothing uncommon in the village, but this time, Lucy is old enough to investigate on her own. Or so she thinks.
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Dota Underlords
Free-to-play alternative to The Dark Horde — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy and Casual with The Dark Horde.
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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Super Auto Pets
Free-to-play alternative to The Dark Horde — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy with The Dark Horde.
Build the strongest team of pets and tussle with your friends!
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Minion Masters
Free-to-play alternative to The Dark Horde — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Dark Horde.
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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KARDS - The WW2 Card Game
Free-to-play alternative to The Dark Horde — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Dark Horde.
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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Scarlet Thread
Free-to-play alternative to The Dark Horde — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy and Casual with The Dark Horde.
Scalet Thread is a deck building game. Our core game is based on PVP ranked game .More postion strategy, More resource management ,Fight at winning blocks and get more resource at "Jungle".PVE Mode provided is a roguelike deck building game. you could pick up random cards during the PVE sessions .