Free games like start;again
Below are 9 free-to-play Steam games similar to start;again, 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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ERROR143
Free-to-play alternative to start;again — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Simulation with start;again.
A bickering and bantering rivals-to-lovers visual novel where you fall in love after first hack.
- 2
It gets so lonely here
Free-to-play alternative to start;again — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with start;again.
A yandere yuri visual novel with a fairytale theme. Can you escape from your mysterious pursuer?
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Our Life: Beginnings & Always
Free-to-play alternative to start;again — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with start;again.
A twenty-dollar bill, four summers, fifteen years, and a one of a kind life. Create an experience that’s all your own in this near-fully customizable visual novel where you grow from childhood to adulthood with the lonely boy next door.
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The Sad Story of Emmeline Burns
Free-to-play alternative to start;again — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with start;again.
A short lesbian / yuri visual novel set in England. Our heroine, Toma Andrews, meets a ghost girl wearing an old-fashioned nightgown in a graveyard who calls herself Emmeline. Just who is she, and how did she die?
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Press Any Button
Free-to-play alternative to start;again — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with start;again.
This video game realized how boring it had been and now is trying its best to fix that.
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missed messages.
Free-to-play alternative to start;again — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Simulation with start;again.
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
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Life is Strange 2
Free-to-play alternative to start;again — no purchase or trial window.
After a tragic incident, brothers Sean and Daniel Diaz run away from home. Fearing the police, and dealing with Daniel's new telekinetic power, the boys head to Mexico. Each stop on their journey brings new friends and new challenges.
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家有大貓 Nekojishi
Free-to-play alternative to start;again — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with start;again.
Nekojishi is a visual novel about feline beast-men, Taiwanese folklore, and the pressures and consequences that come with navigating the world of gods and spirits.
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A Date with Death
Free-to-play alternative to start;again — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Simulation with start;again.
Fight against & romance the one hunting for your soul in A Date with Death, a romance chat simulator where you date(?) the Grim Reaper himself. Create your own character, decorate your apartment, and chat away with the charming yet dangerous Grim Reaper through text and video calls.