Free games like Love Letter
Below are 8 free-to-play Steam games similar to Love Letter, 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 Love Letter — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy with Love Letter.
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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Dominion
Free-to-play alternative to Love Letter — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy with Love Letter.
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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Card Hunter
Free-to-play alternative to Love Letter — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy with Love Letter.
Shuffle your cards and ready your dice - Card Hunter is a fresh new card gaming spin on classic tabletop RPGs. Battle your way through a massive campaign solo or with friends and compete with other players in ranked play and tournaments.
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FPS Chess
Free-to-play alternative to Love Letter — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy with Love Letter.
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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Mahjong Soul
Free-to-play alternative to Love Letter — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy with Love Letter.
Mahjong Soul is an online game that adopted the classic Japanese Mahjong gameplay. Here, you can hone your mahjong skills with players from worldwide or spend leisure time with friends, bond with various charismatic characters, and experience an abundance of unique stories.
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Star Realms
Free-to-play alternative to Love Letter — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy with Love Letter.
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 Love Letter — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy with Love Letter.
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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SOVL: Fantasy Warfare
Free-to-play alternative to Love Letter — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy with Love Letter.
SOVL is a ruleset for playing fantasy wargames. It can be played with miniatures on a table or digitally on Steam.