Free games like Inkshade
Below are 8 free-to-play Steam games similar to Inkshade, 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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Card Hunter
Free-to-play alternative to Inkshade — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy and RPG with Inkshade.
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 Inkshade — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy and Indie with Inkshade.
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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Die in the Dungeon: Origins
Free-to-play alternative to Inkshade — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy and Indie with Inkshade.
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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Mansions of Madness
Free-to-play alternative to Inkshade — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy and Adventure with Inkshade.
A companion app for the Mansions of Madness Second Edition board game from Fantasy Flight Games. Mansions of Madness is a cooperative game of mystery and investigation inspired by the writings of H. P. Lovecraft. During each game, one to five players explore a location to unravel a mystery.
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Miscrits: World of Creatures
Free-to-play alternative to Inkshade — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy and Indie with Inkshade.
After years of absence, Miscrits is back and better than ever! Return to the world of Miscria and capture hundreds of iconic Miscrits. Train your Miscrits to their strongest forms and put a stop to the Magicites, who threaten to eliminate all Miscrit life from the world!
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Battle for Wesnoth
Free-to-play alternative to Inkshade — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy and Indie with Inkshade.
The Battle for Wesnoth is an open source, turn-based strategy game with a high fantasy theme. Explore the four corners of Irdya in seventeen solo campaigns and dozens of multiplayer maps, taking part in countless adventures as you go.
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Dota Underlords
Free-to-play alternative to Inkshade — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy with Inkshade.
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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Dominion
Free-to-play alternative to Inkshade — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy with Inkshade.
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.