Free games like Defend Our Land
Below are 9 free-to-play Steam games similar to Defend Our Land, 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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Magic Archery
Free-to-play alternative to Defend Our Land — no purchase or trial window.
Train a commoner to become the greatest archer in this short incremental game! Increase your stats, gather wealth from quests, buy upgrades, and infuse your arrows with magic.
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Landfall Archives
Free-to-play alternative to Defend Our Land — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy with Defend Our Land.
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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The Riftbreaker: Prologue
Free-to-play alternative to Defend Our Land — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy with Defend Our Land.
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.
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The Last Sovereign
Free-to-play alternative to Defend Our Land — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy with Defend Our Land.
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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The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante — Chapter 1&2
Free-to-play alternative to Defend Our Land — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy with Defend Our Land.
A narrative-driven hardcore RPG set in a gritty world where the gods are real. Set out on a challenging lifetime journey, where every choice you make has a price to pay and consequence to it. Will you become an inquisitor, a judge, or conspire against the old order? Dare to decide!
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Muck
Free-to-play alternative to Defend Our Land — no purchase or trial window.
Muck is a survival-roguelike. Collect resources, find items & build a base to survive for as long as you can.
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Dota Underlords
Free-to-play alternative to Defend Our Land — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy with Defend Our Land.
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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Fallout Shelter
Free-to-play alternative to Defend Our Land — no purchase or trial window.
Fallout Shelter puts you in control of a state-of-the-art underground Vault from Vault-Tec. Build the perfect Vault, keep your Dwellers happy, and protect them from the dangers of the Wasteland.
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Diplomacy is Not an Option: Shareware
Free-to-play alternative to Defend Our Land — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy with Defend Our Land.
Diplomacy is Not an Option: Shareware is a free prequel to the original game. In a medieval fantasy world, you are to build settlements, raise huge armies, and defend against massive hordes of enemies. Learn how Ironbrow clan shaped the world's map the first time - if you survive, that is.