Free games like The Rookery
Below are 8 free-to-play Steam games similar to The Rookery, 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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Die in the Dungeon: Origins
Free-to-play alternative to The Rookery — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy with The Rookery.
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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Chess Evolved Online
Free-to-play alternative to The Rookery — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy with The Rookery.
secretly the most overpowered game in existence
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FPS Chess
Free-to-play alternative to The Rookery — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy with The Rookery.
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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Card Hunter
Free-to-play alternative to The Rookery — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy with The Rookery.
Shuffle your cards and ready your dice - Card Hunter is a fresh new card gaming spin on classic tabletop RPGs. Battle your way through a massive campaign solo or with friends and compete with other players in ranked play and tournaments.
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SOVL: Fantasy Warfare
Free-to-play alternative to The Rookery — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy with The Rookery.
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 The Rookery — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy with The Rookery.
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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Dota Underlords
Free-to-play alternative to The Rookery — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy with The Rookery.
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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Yi Xian: The Cultivation Card Game
Free-to-play alternative to The Rookery — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy with The Rookery.
Yi Xian: The Cultivation Card Game is an online DBG which contains a PVE mode called Uncharted Realms and a PVP mode. Every game is a deck building from scratch. Players can have stronger decks by changing cards, and then build more powerful routines to defeat all opponents to win.