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Free games like The Spell - A Kinetic Novel

Below are 8 free-to-play Steam games similar to The Spell - A Kinetic Novel, 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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    The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog — Steam game cover

    The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog

    Free-to-play alternative to The Spell - A Kinetic Novel — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Casual with The Spell - A Kinetic Novel.

    Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableFree to playSimilar games →
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    missed messages. — Steam game cover

    missed messages.

    Free-to-play alternative to The Spell - A Kinetic Novel — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Casual with The Spell - A Kinetic Novel.

    ‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.

    2019IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableFree to playSimilar games →
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    Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.1 Onikakushi — Steam game cover

    Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.1 Onikakushi

    Free-to-play alternative to The Spell - A Kinetic Novel — no purchase or trial window.

    Higurashi When They Cry is a sound novel. The music, backgrounds and characters work together to create a world that is the stage of a novel for the user to read. They laugh and cry and get angry. The user takes the point of view of the protagonist to experience the story.

    2015AdventureFreeDeck VerifiedFree to playSimilar games →
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    Everlasting Summer — Steam game cover

    Everlasting Summer

    Free-to-play alternative to The Spell - A Kinetic Novel — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Casual with The Spell - A Kinetic Novel.

    Visual novel loved by many – Everlasting Summer – now on Steam!

    2014IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeFree to playSimilar games →
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    Trick and Treat - Visual Novel — Steam game cover

    Trick and Treat - Visual Novel

    Free-to-play alternative to The Spell - A Kinetic Novel — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Casual with The Spell - A Kinetic Novel.

    Trick & Treat is a Visual Novel that test your instincts by making choices that can get you out from the cursed forest or drive you to death… or maybe just maybe your choices can guide you to something more?

    2016IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeFree to playSimilar games →
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    PRICE — Steam game cover

    PRICE

    Free-to-play alternative to The Spell - A Kinetic Novel — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Casual with The Spell - A Kinetic Novel.

    The hero Ivry wakes up from a nightmare and finds himself in a weird room. To escape from fear and darkness, he has to search and explore on his own until he discovers the truth and finds his sister Iva.A puzzle game 《PRICE》

    2016IndieAdventureCasualFreeFree to playSimilar games →
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    Lucid9: Inciting Incident — Steam game cover

    Lucid9: Inciting Incident

    Free-to-play alternative to The Spell - A Kinetic Novel — no purchase or trial window. Shares Casual with The Spell - A Kinetic Novel.

    Lucid9 is a visual novel focused on a web of intricate mysteries set in the fictional 2018 metropolis of Isamu. Lucid9: Inciting Incident is the first part of the story, focused on a string of disappearances that occur at a prestigious, uppity boarding academy.

    2016SimulationFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableFree to playSimilar games →
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    Her Lie I Tried To Believe — Steam game cover

    Her Lie I Tried To Believe

    Free-to-play alternative to The Spell - A Kinetic Novel — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Casual with The Spell - A Kinetic Novel.

    Her Lie I Tried To Believe is a short kinetic novel about the persisting hatred of a boy throughout his life, the destructive relationship that was born from it, and the consequences he had to face as a direct result.

    2018IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeFree to playSimilar games →