Free games like Jishogi
Below are 9 free-to-play Steam games similar to Jishogi, 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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Doki Doki Literature Club!
Free-to-play alternative to Jishogi — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Jishogi.
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
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Life is Strange - Episode 1
Free-to-play alternative to Jishogi — no purchase or trial window. Shares Adventure with Jishogi.
Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.
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Helltaker
Free-to-play alternative to Jishogi — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with Jishogi.
Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.
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ENA: Dream BBQ
Free-to-play alternative to Jishogi — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with Jishogi.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
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The Looker
Free-to-play alternative to Jishogi — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Jishogi.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
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Our Life: Beginnings & Always
Free-to-play alternative to Jishogi — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Jishogi.
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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missed messages.
Free-to-play alternative to Jishogi — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Jishogi.
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
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A Date with Death
Free-to-play alternative to Jishogi — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Jishogi.
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.
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Tell Me Why
Free-to-play alternative to Jishogi — no purchase or trial window. Shares Adventure with Jishogi.
Tell Me Why is the multi-award winning episodic adventure game from Dontnod Entertainment in which twins use their supernatural bond to discover the truth of their troubled past.