Free games like Mandate of Galactic Empires
Below are 8 free-to-play Steam games similar to Mandate of Galactic Empires, 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 Mandate of Galactic Empires — no purchase or trial window. Shares Simulation with Mandate of Galactic Empires.
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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The Lab
Free-to-play alternative to Mandate of Galactic Empires — no purchase or trial window.
Welcome to The Lab, a compilation of Valve’s room-scale VR experiments set in a pocket universe within Aperture Science. Fix a robot, defend a castle, adopt a mechanical dog, and more. Still not sold? It’s free!
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Landfall Archives
Free-to-play alternative to Mandate of Galactic Empires — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy with Mandate of Galactic Empires.
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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Die in the Dungeon: Origins
Free-to-play alternative to Mandate of Galactic Empires — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy with Mandate of Galactic Empires.
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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South Scrimshaw, Part One
Free-to-play alternative to Mandate of Galactic Empires — no purchase or trial window.
South Scrimshaw is the story of a newborn whale in a vast alien ocean. It is a richly illustrated experimental visual novel, written in the style of a nature documentary.
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The Riftbreaker: Prologue
Free-to-play alternative to Mandate of Galactic Empires — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy with Mandate of Galactic Empires.
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 Mandate of Galactic Empires — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy with Mandate of Galactic Empires.
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 Mandate of Galactic Empires — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Mandate of Galactic Empires.
Explore one of the defining periods in world history in an experience crafted by the masters of Grand Strategy.