Free games like The Citadel Must Hold
Below are 8 free-to-play Steam games similar to The Citadel Must Hold, 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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Magic Archery
Free-to-play alternative to The Citadel Must Hold — 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 The Citadel Must Hold — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy with The Citadel Must Hold.
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 The Citadel Must Hold — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy with The Citadel Must Hold.
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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DFHack - Dwarf Fortress Modding Engine
Free-to-play alternative to The Citadel Must Hold — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy with The Citadel Must Hold.
Extensions for Dwarf Fortress, including bugfixes, interface improvements, automation agents, design blueprints, modding building blocks, and other tools.
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Shape of Dreams: Prologue
Free-to-play alternative to The Citadel Must Hold — no purchase or trial window.
《Shape of Dreams: Prologue》is a unique game that blends action roguelite with MOBA-style gameplay. Edit your character's Memories to create your own champion. Face all challenges alone or play with friends in up to 4-player co-op.
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The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante — Chapter 1&2
Free-to-play alternative to The Citadel Must Hold — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy with The Citadel Must Hold.
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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Dota 2
Free-to-play alternative to The Citadel Must Hold — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy with The Citadel Must Hold.
Every day, millions of players worldwide enter battle as one of over a hundred Dota heroes. And no matter if it's their 10th hour of play or 1,000th, there's always something new to discover. With regular updates that ensure a constant evolution of gameplay, features, and heroes, Dota 2 has taken on a life of its own.
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Muck
Free-to-play alternative to The Citadel Must Hold — 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.