Free games like Summer’s Heartbeat
Below are 8 free-to-play Steam games similar to Summer’s Heartbeat, 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 Summer’s Heartbeat — no purchase or trial window. Shares Simulation with Summer’s Heartbeat.
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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Our Life: Beginnings & Always
Free-to-play alternative to Summer’s Heartbeat — no purchase or trial window.
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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Blush Blush
Free-to-play alternative to Summer’s Heartbeat — no purchase or trial window. Shares Simulation with Summer’s Heartbeat.
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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ERROR143
Free-to-play alternative to Summer’s Heartbeat — no purchase or trial window. Shares Simulation with Summer’s Heartbeat.
A bickering and bantering rivals-to-lovers visual novel where you fall in love after first hack.
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Killer Chat! - Original Edition
Free-to-play alternative to Summer’s Heartbeat — no purchase or trial window. Shares Simulation and RPG with Summer’s Heartbeat.
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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Sounds of Her Love
Free-to-play alternative to Summer’s Heartbeat — no purchase or trial window. Shares Adventure with Summer’s Heartbeat.
In the midst of their hearts, something is blossoming between two students. Both of whom go about their daily lives at an international school in Tokyo. Just what is flowering? Of course, it's love. Starting your new life after transferring into an international school, you find yourself dismayed when it turns out to be the same as any...
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Doki Doki Literature Club!
Free-to-play alternative to Summer’s Heartbeat — no purchase or trial window.
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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Tailor Tales
Free-to-play alternative to Summer’s Heartbeat — no purchase or trial window. Shares Simulation with Summer’s Heartbeat.
Play as an aspiring fashion designer with your own boutique and experience a heart pounding romance.