Free games like Power Grid
Below are 8 free-to-play Steam games similar to Power Grid, 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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Star Realms
Free-to-play alternative to Power Grid — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy with Power Grid.
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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Dominion
Free-to-play alternative to Power Grid — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy with Power Grid.
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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Mahjong Soul
Free-to-play alternative to Power Grid — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy and Casual with Power Grid.
Mahjong Soul is an online game that adopted the classic Japanese Mahjong gameplay. Here, you can hone your mahjong skills with players from worldwide or spend leisure time with friends, bond with various charismatic characters, and experience an abundance of unique stories.
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SOVL: Fantasy Warfare
Free-to-play alternative to Power Grid — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy with Power Grid.
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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Phobies
Free-to-play alternative to Power Grid — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy with Power Grid.
Phobies is a tactical card collecting strategy game where players battle one another in the surreal realm of the subconscious, where fears manifest. Use devious tactics and unleash a dazzling array of attacks and abilities to achieve victory!
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Dota Underlords
Free-to-play alternative to Power Grid — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy and Casual with Power Grid.
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 Power Grid — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy and Casual with Power Grid.
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.
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Puzzle Together Multiplayer Jigsaw Puzzles
Free-to-play alternative to Power Grid — no purchase or trial window. Shares Casual with Power Grid.
Multiplayer jigsaw puzzles with voice chat! Play on your own or with friends, and feel like you're all sitting around the same table. Millions of puzzle images, upload your own, or create any puzzle you can imagine just by describing it!