Free games like Shire Kings
Below are 8 free-to-play Steam games similar to Shire Kings, 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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The Riftbreaker: Prologue
Free-to-play alternative to Shire Kings — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy and Indie with Shire Kings.
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 Shire Kings — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Shire Kings.
Extensions for Dwarf Fortress, including bugfixes, interface improvements, automation agents, design blueprints, modding building blocks, and other tools.
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The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante — Chapter 1&2
Free-to-play alternative to Shire Kings — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy and Indie with Shire Kings.
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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Nazi Zombies
Free-to-play alternative to Shire Kings — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Shire Kings.
Nazi Zombies is a cooperative survival game where players fend off escalating waves of Nazi zombies, earning points by killing zombies and repairing barriers to buy weapons, upgrades, perks, and unlock new map areas to maximize their survival.
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Muck
Free-to-play alternative to Shire Kings — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Shire Kings.
Muck is a survival-roguelike. Collect resources, find items & build a base to survive for as long as you can.
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Totally Accurate Battlegrounds
Free-to-play alternative to Shire Kings — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Shire Kings.
Grab your balloon crossbow and trusty inflatable hammer, because things are about to get wobbly! Be the last weirdo standing in the world-leading physics-based Battle Royale game.
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Crusader Kings II
Free-to-play alternative to Shire Kings — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Shire Kings.
Explore one of the defining periods in world history in an experience crafted by the masters of Grand Strategy.
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Supermarket Together
Free-to-play alternative to Shire Kings — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Simulation with Shire Kings.
The multiplayer supermarket has arrived to your neighbourhood for free! Stock your shop space, unlock perks and franchises, hire employees or chase those pesky shoplifters. The more players, the more action!