Free games like Scythe: Digital Edition
Below are 8 free-to-play Steam games similar to Scythe: Digital Edition, 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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KARDS - The WW2 Card Game
Free-to-play alternative to Scythe: Digital Edition — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy with Scythe: Digital Edition.
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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Battle for Wesnoth
Free-to-play alternative to Scythe: Digital Edition — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy with Scythe: Digital Edition.
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.
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Dominion
Free-to-play alternative to Scythe: Digital Edition — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy with Scythe: Digital Edition.
Expand a small kingdom to a mighty Dominion! Play the Spiel des Jahres winning boardgame beloved by millions around the world. Discover the game that defined a genre, Dominion was first to popularize deck-building and remains a staple of tabletop. This is the officially licensed implementation.
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SOVL: Fantasy Warfare
Free-to-play alternative to Scythe: Digital Edition — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy with Scythe: Digital Edition.
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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Sunrider: Mask of Arcadius
Free-to-play alternative to Scythe: Digital Edition — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy with Scythe: Digital Edition.
As Captain Kayto Shields, embark on a galactic voyage of heroism and survival. With his home world destroyed and his nation conquered, the inexperienced Captain Shields, and his newly minted vessel, the Sunrider, are left as the only hope against a galactic evil intent on subjugating all sentient life.
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Star Realms
Free-to-play alternative to Scythe: Digital Edition — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy with Scythe: Digital Edition.
Star Realms is a hugely popular space combat deckbuilding game. Download and play today (note: base set is required to play online) to find out why Star Realms is the winner of SXSW 2014 Board Game of the Year, 7 Golden Geek Awards from BoardGameGeek, and 2 Dice Tower awards!
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Dota Underlords
Free-to-play alternative to Scythe: Digital Edition — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy with Scythe: Digital Edition.
Hire a crew and destroy your rivals in this new strategy battler set in the world of Dota. Introducing Season One: Explore White Spire and earn rewards on the Battle Pass. Pick from several different game modes, play on your own or with friends, and take advantage of crossplay on PC and mobile.
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FPS Chess
Free-to-play alternative to Scythe: Digital Edition — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy with Scythe: Digital Edition.
Battle a friend in this fast paced 1v1 class-based first-person shooter. Chess takes a back-seat to FPS as you win duel after duel and capture the opponent's pieces until you've beaten their king and won the game.