Free games like Ascension: Deckbuilding Game
Below are 13 free-to-play Steam games similar to Ascension: Deckbuilding Game, 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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GWENT: The Witcher Card Game
Free-to-play alternative to Ascension: Deckbuilding Game — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy with Ascension: Deckbuilding Game.
Command mighty Witcher-world heroes in epic online PvP card battles!
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Card Hunter
Free-to-play alternative to Ascension: Deckbuilding Game — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy with Ascension: Deckbuilding Game.
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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KARDS - The WW2 Card Game
Free-to-play alternative to Ascension: Deckbuilding Game — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy and Casual with Ascension: Deckbuilding Game.
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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Minion Masters
Free-to-play alternative to Ascension: Deckbuilding Game — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy with Ascension: Deckbuilding Game.
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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Prismata
Free-to-play alternative to Ascension: Deckbuilding Game — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy with Ascension: Deckbuilding Game.
A perfect-information strategy game inspired by RTS, deckbuilders, and board games. Choose from three distinct technology classes and outwit your foes by snowballing your starting resources into a powerful cybernetic army. ABSOLUTELY NO PAY-TO-WIN.
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Once Upon a Galaxy
Free-to-play alternative to Ascension: Deckbuilding Game — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy and Casual with Ascension: Deckbuilding Game.
ONCE UPON A GALAXY is an easy to learn Card Battler with incredible strategic depth and near infinite fun! Which of your favorite characters from myth and fairy tale will you choose?
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Mythgard
Free-to-play alternative to Ascension: Deckbuilding Game — no purchase or trial window. Shares Casual and Strategy with Ascension: Deckbuilding Game.
Welcome to Mythgard, a fantasy cyberpunk CCG of heroes, gods, and mythical beasts. Master the unique lane and mana systems in your rise to the top or enjoy team play with a friend. New players can use the code WelcomeChallenger to get 20 free packs and more to start their journey.
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Yi Xian: The Cultivation Card Game
Free-to-play alternative to Ascension: Deckbuilding Game — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy and Casual with Ascension: Deckbuilding Game.
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.
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Star Realms
Free-to-play alternative to Ascension: Deckbuilding Game — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy with Ascension: Deckbuilding Game.
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 Ascension: Deckbuilding Game — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy with Ascension: Deckbuilding Game.
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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SolForge Fusion
Free-to-play alternative to Ascension: Deckbuilding Game — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy and Casual with Ascension: Deckbuilding Game.
SolForge Fusion is a collectible card-battler where you are a mighty Forgeborn. Command fierce creatures, cast powerful spells, level up your cards, and crush your foes to earn glorious rewards. Created by Richard Garfield (Magic: The Gathering) and Justin Gary (Ascension).
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Eternal Card Game
Free-to-play alternative to Ascension: Deckbuilding Game — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy and Casual with Ascension: Deckbuilding Game.
Six-guns and sorcery collide in Eternal, the new strategy card game of unlimited choices and unbelievable fun. Eternal brings AAA pace and polish to the infinite possibilities of a deep strategy card game. The only limits are your own creativity.
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Magic: The Gathering Arena
Free-to-play alternative to Ascension: Deckbuilding Game — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy with Ascension: Deckbuilding Game.
Magic: The Gathering Arena empowers you to discover your strategy, meet the planeswalkers, explore the multiverse, and battle friends around the world. Start playing for free, challenge your friends, unlock cards, and feel the magic of the original fantasy CCG!