Free games like HexLab
Below are 8 free-to-play Steam games similar to HexLab, 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 HexLab — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy and Indie with HexLab.
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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SOVL: Fantasy Warfare
Free-to-play alternative to HexLab — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy and Indie with HexLab.
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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Tactical Monsters Rumble Arena
Free-to-play alternative to HexLab — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with HexLab.
Are you ready to RUMMMBLE?
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Dota Underlords
Free-to-play alternative to HexLab — no purchase or trial window. Shares Casual and Strategy with HexLab.
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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Prismata
Free-to-play alternative to HexLab — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy and Indie with HexLab.
A perfect-information strategy game inspired by RTS, deckbuilders, and board games. Choose from three distinct technology classes and outwit your foes by snowballing your starting resources into a powerful cybernetic army. ABSOLUTELY NO PAY-TO-WIN.
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FPS Chess
Free-to-play alternative to HexLab — no purchase or trial window. Shares Casual and Strategy with HexLab.
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.
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Yi Xian: The Cultivation Card Game
Free-to-play alternative to HexLab — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy and Indie with HexLab.
Yi Xian: The Cultivation Card Game is an online DBG which contains a PVE mode called Uncharted Realms and a PVP mode. Every game is a deck building from scratch. Players can have stronger decks by changing cards, and then build more powerful routines to defeat all opponents to win.
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Cards & Tankards
Free-to-play alternative to HexLab — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy and Indie with HexLab.
Grab a drink, invite your friends and ready your deck! Cards & Tankards is the first social collectible card game available for both PC and VR.