Free games like Nations
Below are 8 free-to-play Steam games similar to Nations, 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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Landfall Archives
Free-to-play alternative to Nations — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy and Indie with Nations.
Break into the Landfall Archives to steal and play previously unreleased games, demos, interactive slide shows, and even an unreleased version of Totally Accurate Battle Simulator from 2017!
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Epic Battle Fantasy 3
Free-to-play alternative to Nations — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Nations.
Epic Battle Fantasy 3 is a silly turn-based JRPG, full of useless NPCs, rabid cats, childish humor, unreasonably large weapons, anime boobs, and other nonsense. And it's totally free!
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The Last Sovereign
Free-to-play alternative to Nations — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy and Indie with Nations.
Explore a world torn between armies of lust and purity in which everything is more complex than it seems, deciding the fate of nations through might, politics, and finance. Every decision matters in an intricate saga that tracks thousands of variables.
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Crusader Kings II
Free-to-play alternative to Nations — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy with Nations.
Explore one of the defining periods in world history in an experience crafted by the masters of Grand Strategy.
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Clicker Heroes
Free-to-play alternative to Nations — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy and Indie with Nations.
Click your way through hordes of monsters, earn gold, and recruit quirky heroes with powerful skills. Progress even while you're idle, and watch the numbers climb into the absurd. It’s a never-ending journey of clicks, crits, and colossal damage.
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Bloons TD Battles
Free-to-play alternative to Nations — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy with Nations.
Go head to head with other players in a Bloon-popping battle for victory. From the creators of best-selling Bloons TD 5, this all new Battles game is specially designed for multiplayer combat, featuring the ability to control bloons directly and send them charging past your opponent's defenses.
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Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition
Free-to-play alternative to Nations — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy with Nations.
Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition offers players a trial of this historical single & multiplayer RTS experience. *Note: To unlock all features of the game please see the “Base Game” product.
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Cell to Singularity - Evolution Never Ends
Free-to-play alternative to Nations — no purchase or trial window.
The epic story of evolution, technology, humanity, and dinosaurs is yours to tap.