Free games like Arcade Spirits
Below are 9 free-to-play Steam games similar to Arcade Spirits, 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 Arcade Spirits — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Arcade Spirits.
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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Emily is Away
Free-to-play alternative to Arcade Spirits — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Arcade Spirits.
Emily is Away is an interactive story. Create a screenname and choose your path through the branching narrative.
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ERROR143
Free-to-play alternative to Arcade Spirits — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Arcade Spirits.
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 Arcade Spirits — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Arcade Spirits.
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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Blush Blush
Free-to-play alternative to Arcade Spirits — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Arcade Spirits.
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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Lovers of Aether
Free-to-play alternative to Arcade Spirits — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Arcade Spirits.
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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Everlasting Summer
Free-to-play alternative to Arcade Spirits — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Arcade Spirits.
Visual novel loved by many – Everlasting Summer – now on Steam!
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Life is Strange 2
Free-to-play alternative to Arcade Spirits — no purchase or trial window.
After a tragic incident, brothers Sean and Daniel Diaz run away from home. Fearing the police, and dealing with Daniel's new telekinetic power, the boys head to Mexico. Each stop on their journey brings new friends and new challenges.
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Our Life: Beginnings & Always
Free-to-play alternative to Arcade Spirits — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Arcade Spirits.
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.