Free games like Strawberry Vinegar
Below are 8 free-to-play Steam games similar to Strawberry Vinegar, 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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A Date with Death
Free-to-play alternative to Strawberry Vinegar — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Strawberry Vinegar.
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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The Sad Story of Emmeline Burns
Free-to-play alternative to Strawberry Vinegar — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with Strawberry Vinegar.
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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Lovers of Aether
Free-to-play alternative to Strawberry Vinegar — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Casual with Strawberry Vinegar.
Are you tired of fighting? Lovers of Aether is the game for you! This is a wholesome animal dating simulator set in the world of Rivals of Aether.
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First Snow
Free-to-play alternative to Strawberry Vinegar — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Casual with Strawberry Vinegar.
Having moved away from her friends and family to attend community college, Allison Merlo is a fresh student struggling with the day to day challenges of life.
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Blush Blush
Free-to-play alternative to Strawberry Vinegar — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Casual with Strawberry Vinegar.
You are responsible somehow for a curse that befalls 12 unfortunate hawt dudes. Now you have to find them and break the curse with your love!!
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Our Life: Beginnings & Always
Free-to-play alternative to Strawberry Vinegar — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Casual with Strawberry Vinegar.
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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Killer Chat! - Original Edition
Free-to-play alternative to Strawberry Vinegar — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Strawberry Vinegar.
Killer Chat! is a satirical serial killer dating chatsim. Play as a (customisable!) writer as you pretend to be a serial killer, get inspiration for your book, fall in love and try not to call the cops through a whirlwind six months with your murderous beau of choice. What could possibly go wrong?
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missed messages.
Free-to-play alternative to Strawberry Vinegar — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Casual with Strawberry Vinegar.
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.