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Free games like Encounter: The Lost Cards

Below are 9 free-to-play Steam games similar to Encounter: The Lost Cards, 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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    Eternal Senia — Steam game cover

    Eternal Senia

    Free-to-play alternative to Encounter: The Lost Cards — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and RPG with Encounter: The Lost Cards.

    Thoughts and expectations ARPG

    2015ActionIndieRPGFreeDeck PlayableFree to playSimilar games →
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    Disfigure — Steam game cover

    Disfigure

    Free-to-play alternative to Encounter: The Lost Cards — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Encounter: The Lost Cards.

    Disfigure is a grim-dark action rogue-like where you battle relentless hordes of monsters lurking in the shadows. Unlock powerful weapons, craft god-like builds with hundreds of upgrades, slay colossal bosses, and push your limits in intense 20–30 minute survival runs!

    2023ActionIndieFreeDeck PlayableFree to playSimilar games →
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    Paper Lily - Chapter 1 — Steam game cover

    Paper Lily - Chapter 1

    Free-to-play alternative to Encounter: The Lost Cards — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with Encounter: The Lost Cards.

    Paper Lily is an RPG horror game in which you can solve puzzles in different ways. Explore a hidden world, meet strange characters, and guide Lacie as she attempts to find answers about her unusual condition.

    2024IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck VerifiedFree to playSimilar games →
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    Project Kat - Paper Lily Prologue — Steam game cover

    Project Kat - Paper Lily Prologue

    Free-to-play alternative to Encounter: The Lost Cards — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with Encounter: The Lost Cards.

    Project Kat is a short, unconventional RPG horror game in which there is always another way. Solve puzzles, make friends (or not), and guide Kat as she attempts to uncover the mystery behind a strange golden letter.

    2021IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck VerifiedFree to playSimilar games →
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    Moonring — Steam game cover

    Moonring

    Free-to-play alternative to Encounter: The Lost Cards — no purchase or trial window. Shares RPG with Encounter: The Lost Cards.

    A dark-fantasy, turn-based, retro-fusion of classic turn-based RPGs and roguelikes, all presented with a unique neon aesthetic.

    2023RPGFreeDeck VerifiedFree to playSimilar games →
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    Lily's Well — Steam game cover

    Lily's Well

    Free-to-play alternative to Encounter: The Lost Cards — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with Encounter: The Lost Cards.

    It is a rainy night in the Spring of 2005. Lily is left home alone after her Papa put her to bed. She is awoken by a cry for help outside her window. It is coming from the well. Help Lily gather rope to go down the well and save the poor soul trapped down there.

    2022IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck VerifiedFree to playSimilar games →
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    Die in the Dungeon: Origins — Steam game cover

    Die in the Dungeon: Origins

    Free-to-play alternative to Encounter: The Lost Cards — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy and Indie with Encounter: The Lost Cards.

    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 VerifiedFree to playSimilar games →
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    The Riftbreaker: Prologue — Steam game cover

    The Riftbreaker: Prologue

    Free-to-play alternative to Encounter: The Lost Cards — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy and Indie with Encounter: The Lost Cards.

    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 PlayableFree to playSimilar games →
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    One More Try: Prologue — Steam game cover

    One More Try: Prologue

    Free-to-play alternative to Encounter: The Lost Cards — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy and Adventure with Encounter: The Lost Cards.

    Fight your way through the lands of the magical kingdom in this turn-based, roguelike deck builder game. Fight your enemies by combining powerful poker combinations, enhance their effects, endow them with new properties, find magical relics and choose new classes for your hero.

    2026StrategyAdventureRPGFreeFree to playSimilar games →