Free games like Kanon
Below are 8 free-to-play Steam games similar to Kanon, 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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A Date with Death
Free-to-play alternative to Kanon — no purchase or trial window. Shares Simulation with Kanon.
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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Everlasting Summer
Free-to-play alternative to Kanon — no purchase or trial window. Shares Adventure and Casual with Kanon.
Visual novel loved by many – Everlasting Summer – now on Steam!
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Our Life: Beginnings & Always
Free-to-play alternative to Kanon — no purchase or trial window. Shares Casual with Kanon.
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 Kanon — no purchase or trial window. Shares Casual with Kanon.
Seize the day
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Trick and Treat - Visual Novel
Free-to-play alternative to Kanon — no purchase or trial window. Shares Simulation and Casual with Kanon.
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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Tell Me Why
Free-to-play alternative to Kanon — no purchase or trial window. Shares Adventure with Kanon.
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.
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Life is Strange 2
Free-to-play alternative to Kanon — no purchase or trial window. Shares Adventure with Kanon.
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 Kanon — no purchase or trial window.
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.