Free games like Empire
Below are 8 free-to-play Steam games similar to Empire, 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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Grimm's Hollow
Free-to-play alternative to Empire — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and RPG with Empire.
A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.
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Eternal Senia
Free-to-play alternative to Empire — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and RPG with Empire.
Thoughts and expectations ARPG
- 3
Epic Battle Fantasy 3
Free-to-play alternative to Empire — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and RPG with Empire.
Epic Battle Fantasy 3 is a silly turn-based JRPG, full of useless NPCs, rabid cats, childish humor, unreasonably large weapons, anime boobs, and other nonsense. And it's totally free!
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The Last Sovereign
Free-to-play alternative to Empire — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy and Indie with Empire.
Explore a world torn between armies of lust and purity in which everything is more complex than it seems, deciding the fate of nations through might, politics, and finance. Every decision matters in an intricate saga that tracks thousands of variables.
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Ann
Free-to-play alternative to Empire — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Empire.
Ann, an art student finds herself trapped in the school when she accidentally broke one of the school's rules. With the help of the school's security guard, help Ann navigate her way out and uncover the secrets of the school before she becomes a permanent resident of the school.
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At Home Alone
Free-to-play alternative to Empire — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy and Indie with Empire.
This is a recreational healing Mini-plot game explored at home. Players will play and wander around the house from the perspective of a little girl. What will she do when she is alone? What strange stories will happen in the process, and in the process of exploration, you may find some strange secrets....
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Space Pilgrim Episode I: Alpha Centauri
Free-to-play alternative to Empire — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Empire.
Captain Gail Pilgrim has been flying starships since she was a kid, ferrying passengers between planets and space stations across the galaxy. She has no reason to expect that this latest trip to Alpha Centauri will be anything special, even if her passengers are a little more diverse than usual....
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Penny Arcade's On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness 3
Free-to-play alternative to Empire — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and RPG with Empire.
The Startling Developments Detective Agency springs into action as On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness 3 begins, set in motion by a call from a mysterious source. The ever escalating perils on the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness will season our tender heroes to their very core!