Free games like Detective School Club
Below are 9 free-to-play Steam games similar to Detective School Club, 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 Detective School Club — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Casual with Detective School Club.
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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Helltaker
Free-to-play alternative to Detective School Club — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with Detective School Club.
Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.
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Bongo Cat
Free-to-play alternative to Detective School Club — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Detective School Club.
Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?
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ENA: Dream BBQ
Free-to-play alternative to Detective School Club — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with Detective School Club.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
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The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
Free-to-play alternative to Detective School Club — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Casual with Detective School Club.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
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The Looker
Free-to-play alternative to Detective School Club — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Detective School Club.
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 Detective School Club — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Casual with Detective School Club.
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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A Date with Death
Free-to-play alternative to Detective School Club — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Detective School Club.
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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Seaside Picnic
Free-to-play alternative to Detective School Club — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Casual with Detective School Club.
A mini point and click puzzle + visual novel, an experience of Nihilism and self-salvation. The storm is coming. The storm has never left.