Games Like An Aspie Life

21 Days is a simulation adventure game in which you experience the life of a Syrian refugee. Though you escaped the war in Syria, your family still has a hard journey ahead of them. Over 21 days, you must manage money, time, hunger and mental status. For yourself, and for the hope of saving your family.

Why similar: Simulation 51.8%, Adventure 27.1%, Indie 21.1%

A Game About is a free, short, lo-fi point & click adventure that tasks the player with living with their daily routine. Through day to day choices, life changes in imperceptibles and unexpected ways.

Why similar: Indie 100%

One of the new guys in school tells you he’s going to shoot up the school if he doesn’t make friends in 5 days. Discover the decisions, people, situations you will encounter while playing and trying to make friends of your own and living your own life.

Why similar: Adventure 38%, Casual 33.5%, Pixel Graphics 28.5%

A visual novel about the ever-changing nature of relationships and the hardships of dealing with loss.

Why similar: Simulation 48.4%, Adventure 29.1%, Indie 22.4%

A chronic illness simulator. You think you have a chronic illness, but you don't know what. All you know is you are always in some state of pain. You've been to too many doctors to count... but you still have to live your life.

Why similar: Simulation 60.7%, Adventure 27%, Indie 12.3%

What to do when your days are not going well? What to do when you need to wake up and manage a troubled life, in which you need to work, eat well and still have time for yourself? Isolated Room is about that, and maybe a little more.

Why similar: Simulation 43.3%, Pixel Graphics 26.4%, Indie 16.5%, Casual 13.9%

Homeless Simulator is a homeless person simulator. Homeless persons are those who find themselves living on the streets because of family conflicts, somebody’s fraud, loss of the job or health problems. They are those who need help.

Why similar: Simulation 54.1%, Adventure 25.1%, Indie 20.8%

Explore Mandagon, a world inspired by Tibetan theology and philosophy. With a focus on life and death, discover what it means to make a true sacrifice . . .

Why similar: Pixel Graphics 33.1%, Adventure 31%, Indie 25%, Casual 11%

DeafBlind offers an immersive sensory deprivation experience, simulating what life might feel like if you were both deaf and blind. This game invites you to navigate a world shrouded in silence and darkness, challenging you to adapt and explore in entirely new ways.

Why similar: Simulation 100%

An interactive story about a painfully introverted college student who must find a way to make some oatmeal in the communal kitchen of her dorm. One simple task, can you help her complete it?

Why similar: Indie 41.5%, Casual 38%, Simulation 20.6%

Goat Life is an unusual 2D platformer with elements of survival in which you have to go through a variety of levels for a goat.

Why similar: Simulation 34.8%, Adventure 26.1%, Casual 21%, Indie 18.1%

Social welfare survival horror based on real events. Endure emotional pain and societal pressure. Stay entertained. Survive the routine and become the hero of your studio apartment—battle inner demons, hide skeletons in the closet, and most importantly… keep the bathroom clean.

Why similar: Simulation 43.6%, Pixel Graphics 20.1%, Adventure 19.6%, Indie 16.6%

You are a homeless extraterrestrial living in a futuristic version of Japan. Struggle to survive in this new style of RPG.

Why similar: Simulation 55.3%, Indie 28.4%, Pixel Graphics 16.3%

Depression Quest is an interactive fiction game where you play as someone living with depression. You are given a series of everyday life events and have to attempt to manage your illness, relationships, job, and possible treatment.

Why similar: Indie 100%

​Explore the wacky world of House Sitter, and discover what secrets lie in wait. Meet new friends! Choose their fate!... Uncover who you truly are. But most importantly, get those chores done before Mom comes home.

Why similar: Simulation 38.8%, Adventure 23.1%, Casual 20.8%, Indie 17.3%

You wake up on a floating island with no idea how you got there. Find ways to reach new and strange islands and meet other survivors all while uncovering the story of how you all got there.

Why similar: Simulation 32.6%, Adventure 26.8%, Indie 20.7%, Casual 19.9%

In Tiny Life, you control a set of people that live together in a household. You take care of their daily needs, build their skills, forge new relationships... or just mess up their entire life in whatever way you can think of!

Why similar: Simulation 56.2%, Casual 27.2%, Pixel Graphics 16.6%

Harold Fletcher has been grounded to his bedroom for over 30 years. Join award-winning journalist Nigel Wimble as he discovers how one man has coped with the boredom and loneliness in this one of a kind, FREE, documentary film simulator!

Why similar: Indie 41.4%, Adventure 31.1%, Pixel Graphics 27.5%

Mystical puzzle quest game in a gloomy minimalism style will tell you a story of a person who's got himself into a camera, and from which there is no way out it seems. Experimental gameplay diluted with a pinch of a philosophy, that's what SORE is.

Why similar: Pixel Graphics 30.5%, Indie 24.6%, Adventure 23.1%, Casual 21.9%

This small Narrative Point & Click (Puzzle) game is about the mental health struggles of a adolescent high school dropout who's lost at life. Find out what they're struggling with, you might even recognize some things from your own life.

Why similar: Simulation 64.2%, Indie 35.8%

A casual healing rpg that takes players on a journey around the house from the perspective of a young girl, what does she do when she's home alone? What strange things will you come across in the process, and while exploring, perhaps... What other strange secrets might you discover?

Why similar: Pixel Graphics 40.3%, Adventure 17.6%, Casual 16.8%, Simulation 14.4%, Indie 10.8%

Urban Tale is a realistic, vibrant and unique RPG that will allow you to fulfil your dreams, and pursue your most wanted goals in life. You start from scratch, having nothing in the city where you can meet a lot of people, that can help you throughout your adventure. Your goal is to succeed in life.

Why similar: Simulation 34.1%, Pixel Graphics 18.2%, Casual 17.3%, Adventure 16.6%, Indie 13.8%

Robin is a short slice of life game that was made to give some visibility to an invisible illness - Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.

Why similar: Simulation 51.6%, Casual 25.8%, Indie 22.6%

This is a recreational healing Mini-plot game explored at home. Players will play and wander around the house from the perspective of a little girl. What will she do when she is alone? What strange stories will happen in the process, and in the process of exploration, you may find some strange secrets....

Why similar: Simulation 30.2%, Adventure 21.3%, Indie 21.2%, Pixel Graphics 15%, Casual 12.3%

Crashed on a desolate but mysterious planet you find yourself eye to eye with an ancient civilisation. Explore the planet, find powerful upgrades, and fulfill your destiny.

Why similar: Adventure 50.5%, Pixel Graphics 25.8%, Indie 23.7%

Summer days and no one around. Routine feat. The agony of isolation and abandonment. No violence, no haste, no conflict, except fighting your doubts. Swifts, butterflies, sunset rays on the leaves of trees; radio, notebook and pencil; typewriter; bus; overwhelming loneliness.

Why similar: Simulation 65.2%, Pixel Graphics 25.8%, Adventure 9%

Andarin Weppes is a first person puzzle experience of a man with ever advancing dementia...

Why similar: Adventure 100%

Follow the story of the Unseen Narrator, whose repetitive life falls apart when their co-worker decides to quit on a whim.

Why similar: Casual 41.9%, Pixel Graphics 40%, Indie 18.2%

"Hold Me Still" is a point-and-click puzzle mystery game where you investigate your friend's disappearance by exploring their house, collecting clues, solving puzzles, and uncovering the truth.

Why similar: Casual 39.2%, Adventure 34.1%, Pixel Graphics 15.6%, Indie 11%

Welcome to Awkward Valley! Plan your day, tackle strange activities, and unlock bizarre new options as you go. Gym? Therapy? Vending machine snacks? It’s up to you! Featuring Awkward Yeti’s weird and wonderful characters in a totally normal town.

Why similar: Simulation 68.9%, Casual 31.1%

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.

Why similar: Casual 52.7%, Indie 47.3%

Craft your own tools and manage your resources in this tranquil survival adventure. Charming naturescapes and original music frame your quest to conquer the mountain as you endeavor to make the most of your “one wild and precious" life.

Why similar: Simulation 48.8%, Adventure 26.5%, Pixel Graphics 24.6%

An experimental, minimalistic microgame about loneliness. Originally released as a Flash game in 2010 that was featured by Extra Credits.

Why similar: Casual 55.3%, Pixel Graphics 44.7%

You're forty, living with your mom, and your life is one big meme. Time to change that! See if you can get your act together and become independent in this absurd mash-up of a simulator and an RPG.

Why similar: Simulation 36.4%, Adventure 24.2%, Casual 21.3%, Indie 18%

Homeless Simulator 2 is a homeless person simulator. Homeless persons are those who find themselves living on the streets because of family conflicts, somebody’s fraud, loss of the job or health problems. They are those who need help.

Why similar: Simulation 50.6%, Adventure 28.2%, Indie 21.2%

New Day is an upcoming life simulation game where almost anything can happen! Create your own islanders, design their apartments, and get involved with their day-to-day life as they divulge into unexpected friendships, problems, and more!

Why similar: Simulation 100%

Emily is Away is an interactive story. Create a screenname and choose your path through the branching narrative.

Why similar: Simulation 41.3%, Indie 21%, Casual 16.9%, Pixel Graphics 13%, Adventure 7.8%

A Tale of a street cat left alone

Why similar: Simulation 43.9%, Adventure 27.6%, Indie 21.1%, Pixel Graphics 7.4%

Indie Dev Story - Quit your job to become an indie developer and make your first game!

Why similar: Simulation 58.3%, Indie 26.4%, Casual 15.4%

Live the life of a starving artist in 19th century alternative history. Survive poverty, alchoholism, madness, depression, and 67 different feelings. Paint masterpieces by combining inspirations, sell them for riches (or scraps) and create a painting that will change the world.

Why similar: Simulation 50.6%, Casual 25.7%, Indie 23.7%

My grandmother went to space—and came back.After that, the world began to spin, round and round...What was this country, this society, meant to be?We simply process the things that come our way.What was the world supposed to be like?I don’t know.SAYONALAIKA is an adventure game.

Why similar: Adventure 58.7%, Simulation 41.3%

Disorganized and alone, a woman finds herself crafting new glasses in order to look at her own home with different shaded views. I won’t forget Hue is a psychedelic thriller experience. You’ll go searching for new lenses, try to figure out what is happening to her home and why she is all alone.

Why similar: Adventure 100%

The August Before: Chapter One is the first chapter in a meditative narrative 3D puzzle about cleaning up, sorting out and packing up your life before moving on. Clean up and don’t forget your old belongings on your way to the new life!

Why similar: Simulation 58.7%, Casual 32.5%, Indie 8.8%

A short (and free) adventure game, where you are tasked with helping a hurt, hungry, but inventive dung beetle on its journey to find something to eat near the end of the mushroom season.

Why similar: Casual 57%, Adventure 29.4%, Indie 13.6%

Something for Someone Else is a short atypical experience, a brief journey into the mind of a distressed game developer that feels haunted by a game he made. All in the form of a poorly hand drawn narrative platformer accompanied by the beautiful musics of Celluloid Jam.

Why similar: Adventure 36.9%, Casual 34.1%, Indie 29%

Distancing is a social distancing game where you are going to a party, but on the way you need to try and keep the social distancing.

Why similar: Simulation 57.2%, Casual 42.8%

This game is a simulation of self-isolation. You need to support your family, not to lose your job and finally not to go crazy.

Why similar: Simulation 46.3%, Adventure 29.5%, Indie 24.2%

An uncanny liminal space themed walking-simulator.

Why similar: Simulation 53.1%, Adventure 35%, Indie 11.9%

Become a one-man construction crew! Travel around the world and through the ages to build iconic designs! Beware unpleasant temperatures and dangerous fauna!

Why similar: Simulation 75.7%, Casual 24.3%

All you wanted was a nice game. But now you find yourself opening Windows apps like Paint & Notepad to solve puzzles, and searching for files on your computers that you didn't put there... Who is she? Why did she appear on your desktop? Let's dive into her memories and find out.

Why similar: Adventure 49.4%, Pixel Graphics 29.6%, Indie 21%

It’s March of 2020; you were just sent home from college because of the coronavirus, you have a few small regrets, mainly not telling someone how you really feel.

Why similar: Simulation 41.4%, Casual 21.6%, Adventure 21.1%, Indie 15.9%

Silence, cold, solitude… What lies ahead? A small atmospheric adventure about a robot lost in a frozen wasteland.

Why similar: Adventure 59.3%, Indie 40.7%

This is an experimental project, a sandbox life simulator that gives you the power to suggest how the game should evolve, which features we should focus on, which slice of life to tell and everything you can imagine.

Why similar: Simulation 74.8%, Adventure 25.2%

Depression The Game is an interactive game simulating major depression. You are joining a young man on one of his really bad days trying to handle his thoughts and survive that day... Will he?

Why similar: Simulation 100%

You woke up in a mysterious room you have never seen before. Can you find another way out? Samsara Room is a remake of the praised predecessor of the Rusty Lake & Cube Escape series.

Why similar: Adventure 54%, Indie 46%

Go about your normal every day life and meet new friends in this short visual novel!

Why similar: Casual 51.4%, Adventure 27.2%, Indie 21.4%

Marie's Room is a short story exploration game about an unconventional friendship between two classmates. You play as Kelsey, remembering Marie's room as it was twenty years ago. But something’s off. What happened to Marie?

Why similar: Indie 35.8%, Adventure 34.8%, Casual 29.4%

Unpacking is a zen puzzle game about the familiar experience of pulling possessions out of boxes and fitting them into a new home. Part block-fitting puzzle, part home decoration, you are invited to create a satisfying living space while learning clues about the life you’re unpacking.

Why similar: Simulation 35.7%, Pixel Graphics 25.4%, Casual 24.1%, Indie 14.8%

Live out your school days as you navigate the rocky world of game development! Can you make an amazing game, or will something get in the way?

Why similar: Simulation 73.3%, Casual 26.7%