Free games like I thought I knew you
Below are 8 free-to-play Steam games similar to I thought I knew you, 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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Our Life: Beginnings & Always
Free-to-play alternative to I thought I knew you — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with I thought I knew you.
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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ERROR143
Free-to-play alternative to I thought I knew you — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with I thought I knew you.
A bickering and bantering rivals-to-lovers visual novel where you fall in love after first hack.
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one night, hot springs
Free-to-play alternative to I thought I knew you — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with I thought I knew you.
Haru is invited by her old friend Manami to spend a night at the hot springs. All Haru wants to do is enjoy the hot springs like everyone else, but she doesn't want to cause any trouble...
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It gets so lonely here
Free-to-play alternative to I thought I knew you — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with I thought I knew you.
A yandere yuri visual novel with a fairytale theme. Can you escape from your mysterious pursuer?
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家有大貓 Nekojishi
Free-to-play alternative to I thought I knew you — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with I thought I knew you.
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.
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Emily is Away
Free-to-play alternative to I thought I knew you — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with I thought I knew you.
Emily is Away is an interactive story. Create a screenname and choose your path through the branching narrative.
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The Sad Story of Emmeline Burns
Free-to-play alternative to I thought I knew you — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with I thought I knew you.
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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First Snow
Free-to-play alternative to I thought I knew you — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with I thought I knew you.
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.