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Free games like Making History: The First World War

Below are 8 free-to-play Steam games similar to Making History: The First World War, 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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    Magic Archery — Steam game cover

    Magic Archery

    Free-to-play alternative to Making History: The First World War — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Simulation with Making History: The First World War.

    Train a commoner to become the greatest archer in this short incremental game! Increase your stats, gather wealth from quests, buy upgrades, and infuse your arrows with magic.

    2024IndieSimulationRPGFreeDeck PlayableFree to playSimilar games →
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    Landfall Archives — Steam game cover

    Landfall Archives

    Free-to-play alternative to Making History: The First World War — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy and Indie with Making History: The First World War.

    Break into the Landfall Archives to steal and play previously unreleased games, demos, interactive slide shows, and even an unreleased version of Totally Accurate Battle Simulator from 2017!

    2023ActionStrategyIndieFreeFree to playSimilar games →
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    SuchArt: Creative Space — Steam game cover

    SuchArt: Creative Space

    Free-to-play alternative to Making History: The First World War — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Simulation with Making History: The First World War.

    Paint on any surfaces with numerous tools in Creative Space — a free sandbox version of SuchArt: Genius Artist Simulator. Create masterpieces, complete commissions, and decorate your studio in the most advanced artist sim!

    2021ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableFree to playSimilar games →
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    Die in the Dungeon: Origins — Steam game cover

    Die in the Dungeon: Origins

    Free-to-play alternative to Making History: The First World War — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy and Indie with Making History: The First World War.

    Fight your way through a mysterious dungeon in this deck-building, turn-based roguelike game where you don't use cards, but DICE! Deal with enemies by combining dice on your board, boost their effects with magical relics, and discover the story behind Die in the Dungeon!

    2023StrategyIndieRPGFreeDeck VerifiedFree to playSimilar games →
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    The Riftbreaker: Prologue — Steam game cover

    The Riftbreaker: Prologue

    Free-to-play alternative to Making History: The First World War — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy and Indie with Making History: The First World War.

    The Riftbreaker: Prologue allows you to experience the events taking place before the story campaign of the main game. Explore an entirely new world. Gather resources. Build up a base. Defend yourself from thousands of alien creatures.

    2020ActionStrategyIndieFreeDeck PlayableFree to playSimilar games →
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    The Last Sovereign — Steam game cover

    The Last Sovereign

    Free-to-play alternative to Making History: The First World War — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy and Indie with Making History: The First World War.

    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.

    2025StrategyIndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedFree to playSimilar games →
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    DFHack - Dwarf Fortress Modding Engine — Steam game cover

    DFHack - Dwarf Fortress Modding Engine

    Free-to-play alternative to Making History: The First World War — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Making History: The First World War.

    Extensions for Dwarf Fortress, including bugfixes, interface improvements, automation agents, design blueprints, modding building blocks, and other tools.

    2023StrategySimulationRPGFreeDeck PlayableFree to playSimilar games →
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    Nazi Zombies — Steam game cover

    Nazi Zombies

    Free-to-play alternative to Making History: The First World War — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Making History: The First World War.

    Nazi Zombies is a cooperative survival game where players fend off escalating waves of Nazi zombies, earning points by killing zombies and repairing barriers to buy weapons, upgrades, perks, and unlock new map areas to maximize their survival.

    2026ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeFree to playSimilar games →