Free games like Home Wars
Below are 8 free-to-play Steam games similar to Home Wars, 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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Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition
Free-to-play alternative to Home Wars — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy with Home Wars.
Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition offers players a trial of this historical single & multiplayer RTS experience. *Note: To unlock all features of the game please see the “Base Game” product.
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War of Dots
Free-to-play alternative to Home Wars — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Strategy with Home Wars.
Easy to learn, hard to master. A simple & free RTS game.
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KARDS - The WW2 Card Game
Free-to-play alternative to Home Wars — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy and Indie with Home Wars.
KARDS, The World War II Card Game, combines traditional CCG gameplay with innovative mechanics inspired by classic strategy games and real battlefield tactics. Take command and challenge other players in grand-scale warfare on the ground, air, or seas.
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PlanetSide 2
Free-to-play alternative to Home Wars — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action with Home Wars.
PlanetSide 2 is an all-out planetary war, where thousands of players battle as one across enormous continents. Utilize infantry, ground and air vehicles, and teamwork to destroy your enemies in this revolutionary first-person shooter on a massive scale.
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Zero-K
Free-to-play alternative to Home Wars — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy and Indie with Home Wars.
With 100+ truly unique units, Zero-K is an RTS of freedom and creativity, tempered by a decade of refinement. Sculpt land into a castle and throw invaders off it with a Jugglenaut. Explore a massive campaign, solo or co-op. Hop online for epic 32 player battles or fast paced 1v1, on 100s of maps.
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SOVL: Fantasy Warfare
Free-to-play alternative to Home Wars — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy and Indie with Home Wars.
SOVL is a ruleset for playing fantasy wargames. It can be played with miniatures on a table or digitally on Steam.
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Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege
Free-to-play alternative to Home Wars — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action with Home Wars.
Rainbow Six® Siege is the reference in tactical team shooters, where elite strategy and execution triumph. Enjoy free access to Quick Match, Unranked, and Dual Front game modes with a selection of operators.
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Battle for Wesnoth
Free-to-play alternative to Home Wars — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy and Indie with Home Wars.
The Battle for Wesnoth is an open source, turn-based strategy game with a high fantasy theme. Explore the four corners of Irdya in seventeen solo campaigns and dozens of multiplayer maps, taking part in countless adventures as you go.