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Games like Chains of Freedom

If Chains of Freedom is your kind of game, the closest matches are Miasma Chronicles, Classified: France '44 and Jagged Alliance 3 — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, challenging and contemplative. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.

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About Chains of Freedom: Embark on a thrilling journey in a high-stakes, turn-based tactics game. Lead an elite squad in a fictional, dystopian Eastern European country as you unravel a conspiracy threatening the state. Navigate intense strategic battles and adapt to ever-evolving challenges to prevail.

2025ActionStrategyAdventure24.99 USDDeck VerifiedWindowsby Nordcurrent
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Steam players who put hours into Chains of Freedom also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.

  1. Miasma Chronicles

    WHY THIS

    Shares tactical positioning, turn based combat and an atmospheric mood with Chains of Freedom.

    Top pick for Chains of Freedom fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Chains of Freedom.

    From the creators of Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden comes a beautifully crafted tactical adventure you won’t forget. Embark on a quest across a post-apocalyptic wasteland torn apart by a savage force known only as the ‘Miasma’.

    2023ActionStrategy34.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Classified: France '44

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Chains of Freedom.

    Second-strongest match for Chains of Freedom fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Chains of Freedom.

    Command an elite team of allied special operators in Nazi-occupied France wreaking havoc in the run up to D-Day in this ambitious turn-based tactics game. Take on the might of Germany's war machine and launch daring raids in occupied territory. Can you do enough to ensure Allied victory?

    2024StrategyRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Jagged Alliance 3

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Chains of Freedom.

    Third-strongest match for Chains of Freedom fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Chains of Freedom.

    The country of Grand Chien is thrown into chaos when the elected president goes missing and the paramilitary force known as “the Legion” seizes control. Hire mercs, meet interesting characters, and fight in tactically deep turn-based combat in this true successor to a beloved franchise.

    2023ActionStrategy13.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. King Arthur: Legion IX

    WHY THIS

    Shares tactical positioning, skill tree progression and an atmospheric mood with Chains of Freedom.

    Ranked #4 for Chains of Freedom fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Chains of Freedom.

    Dive into a unique blend of turn-based tactics and character-centric RPGs. Lead the skilled Roman tribune Gaius Julius Mento as he navigates through the dark fantasy realm of Avalon.

    2024StrategyRPG19.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Warhammer 40,000: Battlesector

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Chains of Freedom.

    Ranked #5 for Chains of Freedom fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Chains of Freedom.

    Warhammer 40,000: Battlesector is a fast-paced turn-based strategy game set in the grimdark universe of the 41st Millennium. Pick your force, develop your army, field mighty heroes and fight for victory using superior strategy, awesome abilities, and devastating weaponry.

    2021Strategy39.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Showgunners

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Chains of Freedom fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.

    As a contestant on a high stakes reality game show of the future, you must survive a dangerous urban environment packed with traps, confounding puzzles, and heavily armed psychopaths. Turn-based combat in hand crafted levels, built for entertainment.

    202329.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Cyber Knights: Flashpoint

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Chains of Freedom.

    Ranked #7 for Chains of Freedom fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Chains of Freedom.

    Cyberpunk mercenaries RPG! Turn-based squad tactics with unique heist-planning strategy. Build your crew wisely; their stories will become interwoven with your own. Pull off heists with powerful cyberware, faction connections, multiclassing, weapon modding, stealth, hacking, and more!

    2025ActionStrategyIndie29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Into the Breach

    WHY THIS

    Shares tactical positioning, turn based combat and a challenging mood with Chains of Freedom.

    Ranked #8 for Chains of Freedom fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Chains of Freedom.

    Control powerful mechs from the future to defeat an alien threat. Each attempt to save the world presents a new randomly generated challenge in this turn-based strategy game.

    2018StrategyIndieSimulation14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to Chains of Freedom

Surfaced from review text: when other players write 'if you liked X, try Y', we catch the name and resolve it back to a Steam game.

  1. Miasma Chronicles

    WHY THIS

    Shares tactical positioning, turn based combat and an atmospheric mood with Chains of Freedom.

    Reviewers of Chains of Freedom cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Strategy with Chains of Freedom.

    From the creators of Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden comes a beautifully crafted tactical adventure you won’t forget. Embark on a quest across a post-apocalyptic wasteland torn apart by a savage force known only as the ‘Miasma’.

    2023ActionStrategy34.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Marvel's Midnight Suns

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Chains of Freedom.

    Reviewers of Chains of Freedom cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Chains of Freedom.

    FIGHT AND STRATEGIZE LIKE A SUPER HERO IN THE DARKER CORNERS OF THE MARVEL UNIVERSE. Play as The Hunter, a legendary demon slayer who must lead a team of Super Heroes and supernatural warriors facing apocalyptic threats.

    2022StrategyRPG8.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden

    WHY THIS

    Shares turn based tactics, tactical positioning and an atmospheric mood with Chains of Freedom.

    Reviewers of Chains of Freedom cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Chains of Freedom.

    A tactical game combining the turn-based combat of XCOM with story, exploration, stealth, and strategy. Take control of a team of Mutants navigating a post-human Earth. Created by a team including former HITMAN leads and the designer of PAYDAY.

    2018StrategyRPG34.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. XCOM® 2

    WHY THIS

    Shares turn based tactics and an atmospheric mood with Chains of Freedom.

    Reviewers of Chains of Freedom cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Chains of Freedom.

    XCOM 2 is the sequel to XCOM: Enemy Unknown, the 2012 award-winning strategy game of the year. Earth has changed and is now under alien rule. Facing impossible odds you must rebuild XCOM, and ignite a global resistance to reclaim our world and save humanity.

    2016Strategy2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Showgunners

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Chains of Freedom cross-mention this title as a similar play.

    As a contestant on a high stakes reality game show of the future, you must survive a dangerous urban environment packed with traps, confounding puzzles, and heavily armed psychopaths. Turn-based combat in hand crafted levels, built for entertainment.

    202329.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Mordheim: City of the Damned

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Chains of Freedom.

    Reviewers of Chains of Freedom cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Chains of Freedom.

    Mordheim: City of the Damned is the first video game adaptation of Games Workshop's cult classic tabletop game Mordheim. Set in the Warhammer World's decimated Empire city, Mordheim: City of the Damned is a turn-based tactical game where you lead warbands into bloody and lethal skirmishes.

    2015StrategyRPG19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Battle Brothers

    WHY THIS

    Shares tactical positioning and a tense mood with Chains of Freedom.

    Reviewers of Chains of Freedom cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Chains of Freedom.

    Lead a mercenary company in this tactical RPG set in a medieval fantasy world. Chase fame and fortune as you choose where to go, who to recruit, which contracts to pursue, and how to train and equip your men in a procedurally generated open world campaign.

    2017StrategySimulationRPG29.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Valkyria Chronicles 4 Complete Edition

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Chains of Freedom cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Strategy with Chains of Freedom.

    A Continent Engulfed in the Bitter Flames of War! Commander Claude Wallace and his childhood friends set out to fight in a desperate war, but bone-chilling blizzards, waves of imperial soldiers, and the godlike powers of the Valkyria stand between them and victory.

    2018ActionStrategyRPG49.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Chains of Freedom at current Steam store prices.

  1. Terraria

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Chains of Freedom on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Chains of Freedom.

    Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!

    2011ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Lethal Company

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Chains of Freedom on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Chains of Freedom.

    A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Left 4 Dead 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Chains of Freedom on Steam right now. Shares Action with Chains of Freedom.

    Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.

    2009Action9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Bloons TD 6

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~44% under Chains of Freedom on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Chains of Freedom.

    The Bloons are back and better than ever! Get ready for a massive 3D tower defense game designed to give you hours and hours of the best strategy gaming available.

    2018Strategy13.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. People Playground

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Chains of Freedom on Steam right now. Shares Action with Chains of Freedom.

    Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.

    2019ActionIndieSimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Portal 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Chains of Freedom on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Chains of Freedom.

    The "Perpetual Testing Initiative" has been expanded to allow you to design co-op puzzles for you and your friends!

    2011ActionAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Fallout: New Vegas

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Chains of Freedom on Steam right now. Shares Action with Chains of Freedom.

    Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!

    2010ActionRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Chains of Freedom on Steam right now. Shares Action with Chains of Freedom.

    Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!

    2022ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Chains of Freedom.

    Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Counter-Strike:Global Offensive

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Chains of Freedom.

    Counter-Strike:Global Offensive (CS:GO) expands upon the team-based action gameplay that it pioneered when it was launched over 2 decades ago. CS:GO features new maps, characters, weapons, and game modes, and delivers updated versions of the classic CS content (de_dust2, etc.).

    2012ActionFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. UNBEATABLE [white label]

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Chains of Freedom.

    A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.

    2021ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. The Lab

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    Welcome to The Lab, a compilation of Valve’s room-scale VR experiments set in a pocket universe within Aperture Science. Fix a robot, defend a castle, adopt a mechanical dog, and more. Still not sold? It’s free!

    2016Free To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  5. 93, Kuindzhi

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Chains of Freedom.

    Kuindzhi, 93 is an atmospheric first-person narrative vignette about an 18-year-old boy from Donbas. The story takes us to March 2022, when the world changed forever — into a space where the past, fears, and doubts find their voice.

    2026IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  6. Die in the Dungeon: Origins

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Chains of Freedom.

    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!

    2023StrategyIndieRPGFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. I MAED A GAM3 W1TH Z0MB1ES 1N IT!!!1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Chains of Freedom.

    A top down twin stick zombie slaying shooter that you are sure to play again and again!

    2021ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. The Riftbreaker: Prologue

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Strategy with Chains of Freedom.

    The Riftbreaker: Prologue allows you to experience the events taking place before the story campaign of the main game. Explore an entirely new world. Gather resources. Build up a base. Defend yourself from thousands of alien creatures.

    2020ActionStrategyIndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

More from Nordcurrent

Other recommendable Steam games by Nordcurrent, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.

  1. The Curse of the Werewolves

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Nordcurrent, the studio behind Chains of Freedom.

    Welcome to the Curse of the Werewolves - a hidden object adventure game with blood-chilling visuals and an enthralling storyline.

    2014CasualSteam ↗
  2. Building the Great Wall of China 2

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Nordcurrent, the studio behind Chains of Freedom. Shares Strategy with Chains of Freedom.

    Embark on an epic quest to build the greatest structure in the history of mankind – The Great Wall of China.

    2017StrategyCasualSteam ↗
  3. I Am Machine

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Nordcurrent, the studio behind Chains of Freedom. Shares Action and Adventure with Chains of Freedom.

    Fight through a machine-ruled world in this isometric rogue-lite adventure. As Erik, a man-turned-robot, outsmart waves of enemies and adapt to ever-changing levels. Change the world before it changes you in this relentless quest for vengeance.

    2025ActionAdventure9.99 USDSteam ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.

  1. Warhammer 40,000: Battlesector

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Chains of Freedom.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy with Chains of Freedom.

    Warhammer 40,000: Battlesector is a fast-paced turn-based strategy game set in the grimdark universe of the 41st Millennium. Pick your force, develop your army, field mighty heroes and fight for victory using superior strategy, awesome abilities, and devastating weaponry.

    2021Strategy39.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Showgunners

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box.

    As a contestant on a high stakes reality game show of the future, you must survive a dangerous urban environment packed with traps, confounding puzzles, and heavily armed psychopaths. Turn-based combat in hand crafted levels, built for entertainment.

    202329.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Cyber Knights: Flashpoint

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Chains of Freedom.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Strategy with Chains of Freedom.

    Cyberpunk mercenaries RPG! Turn-based squad tactics with unique heist-planning strategy. Build your crew wisely; their stories will become interwoven with your own. Pull off heists with powerful cyberware, faction connections, multiclassing, weapon modding, stealth, hacking, and more!

    2025ActionStrategyIndie29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Into the Breach

    WHY THIS

    Shares tactical positioning, turn based combat and a challenging mood with Chains of Freedom.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy with Chains of Freedom.

    Control powerful mechs from the future to defeat an alien threat. Each attempt to save the world presents a new randomly generated challenge in this turn-based strategy game.

    2018StrategyIndieSimulation14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Chains of Freedom

Is Chains of Freedom verified for Steam Deck?
Yes — Chains of Freedom is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
How much does Chains of Freedom cost?
Chains of Freedom is listed on Steam at 24.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Chains of Freedom?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Chains of Freedom are Miasma Chronicles, Classified: France '44, Jagged Alliance 3.
Who developed Chains of Freedom?
Chains of Freedom was developed by Nordcurrent and published by Nordcurrent Labs.

imho.run ranks Steam game alternatives using a mix of collaborative filtering (ALS / iALS / EASE / LightGCN), content scoring over genres, categories, Steam tags, developers, and publishers, plus AI-extracted vibes mined from review text. The page above is generated in seed mode anchored on Chains of Freedom.

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