Free games like Citadels - Shadow City
Below are 10 free-to-play Steam games similar to Citadels - Shadow City, 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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Bongo Cat
Free-to-play alternative to Citadels - Shadow City — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Citadels - Shadow City.
Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?
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Magic Archery
Free-to-play alternative to Citadels - Shadow City — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Citadels - Shadow City.
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 Citadels - Shadow City — 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 Citadels - Shadow City — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy and Indie with Citadels - Shadow City.
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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SuchArt: Creative Space
Free-to-play alternative to Citadels - Shadow City — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Citadels - Shadow City.
Paint on any surfaces with numerous tools in Creative Space — a free sandbox version of SuchArt: Genius Artist Simulator. Create masterpieces, complete commissions, and decorate your studio in the most advanced artist sim!
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one night, hot springs
Free-to-play alternative to Citadels - Shadow City — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Citadels - Shadow City.
Haru is invited by her old friend Manami to spend a night at the hot springs. All Haru wants to do is enjoy the hot springs like everyone else, but she doesn't want to cause any trouble...
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Mitoza
Free-to-play alternative to Citadels - Shadow City — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Citadels - Shadow City.
It's not a game, it's a toy. Explore all cycles and prepare yourself to accept the inevitable effects of Mitoza.
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Outpath: First Journey
Free-to-play alternative to Citadels - Shadow City — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Casual with Citadels - Shadow City.
Outpath: First Journey is a prologue chapter of the main game, Outpath. An experimental clicker base building game. Craft, gather & manage resources, build your base and buy more islands to exploit and expand!
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Klaus Veen's Bastards
Free-to-play alternative to Citadels - Shadow City — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy and Indie with Citadels - Shadow City.
Bastards is an online, fast-paced and tactical card game for 2-8 players. Take turns playing cards from low to high: 3 is the lowest, 2 the highest. Be first to get rid of your hand to become President. Finish last, and you’ll become the Bastard!
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Sylvan Tactics
Free-to-play alternative to Citadels - Shadow City — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy and Indie with Citadels - Shadow City.
Outmaneuver your rival in this tactical card battler with the strategic positioning of chess. Master escalating Sigil costs, deploy powerful units, and claim victory through cunning strategy on an 8x8 woodland battlefield.