Free games like Peppermint Academy
Below are 9 free-to-play Steam games similar to Peppermint Academy, 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 Peppermint Academy — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Casual with Peppermint Academy.
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 Peppermint Academy — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Peppermint Academy.
Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.
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Bongo Cat
Free-to-play alternative to Peppermint Academy — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Peppermint Academy.
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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The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
Free-to-play alternative to Peppermint Academy — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Casual with Peppermint Academy.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
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Our Life: Beginnings & Always
Free-to-play alternative to Peppermint Academy — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Casual with Peppermint Academy.
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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missed messages.
Free-to-play alternative to Peppermint Academy — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Casual with Peppermint Academy.
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
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A Date with Death
Free-to-play alternative to Peppermint Academy — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Peppermint Academy.
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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Awaria
Free-to-play alternative to Peppermint Academy — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Peppermint Academy.
Awaria is a short game about working in haunted maintenance tunnels.
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Lamia Must Die
Free-to-play alternative to Peppermint Academy — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and RPG with Peppermint Academy.
A horrible monster has been terrorizing the local town for years, doing terrible, unspeakable things to the citizen. One day, a paladin leads several other heroes towards the cave where the monster lies in, them being the final hope for the town of Clearmill and to save it from total devastation.