Free games like Hate Plus
Below are 8 free-to-play Steam games similar to Hate Plus, 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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Everlasting Summer
Free-to-play alternative to Hate Plus — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Hate Plus.
Visual novel loved by many – Everlasting Summer – now on Steam!
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A Date with Death
Free-to-play alternative to Hate Plus — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Hate Plus.
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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Trick and Treat - Visual Novel
Free-to-play alternative to Hate Plus — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Hate Plus.
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?
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Cinderella Phenomenon - Otome/Visual Novel
Free-to-play alternative to Hate Plus — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Hate Plus.
The Fairytale Curse was only the beginning...
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Emily is Away
Free-to-play alternative to Hate Plus — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Hate Plus.
Emily is Away is an interactive story. Create a screenname and choose your path through the branching narrative.
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Our Life: Beginnings & Always
Free-to-play alternative to Hate Plus — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Hate Plus.
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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Carpe Diem
Free-to-play alternative to Hate Plus — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Hate Plus.
Seize the day
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ERROR143
Free-to-play alternative to Hate Plus — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Hate Plus.
A bickering and bantering rivals-to-lovers visual novel where you fall in love after first hack.