- #1 Beholder
97% matchVery Positive92% of 31,023 reviews2016
Dev: Alawar Stargaze (Warm Lamp Games)Pub: Alawar
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 14.0 hrs≥1hr: 82%
You’re a state-installed landlord in a totalitarian country. Place listening devices, steal and sneak into your tenants’ apartments. Use what you uncovered to report anyone capable of plotting against the state. You MUST! But WILL you?
Why similar: Political Sim 27.2% ★, Dystopian 20.1%, Choices Matter 9.2%, Multiple Endings 7.2%, Dark 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: The original title provides the foundational gameplay loop of spying on tenants and making difficult moral choices in a dystopian apartment block.
- #2 Papers, Please
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 80,270 reviews2013
Dev: Lucas PopePub: 3909
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Congratulations. The October labor lottery is complete. Your name was pulled. For immediate placement, report to the Ministry of Admission at Grestin Border Checkpoint. An apartment will be provided for you and your family in East Grestin. Expect a Class-8 dwelling.
Why similar: Dystopian 29.4%, Addictive 17.9% ★, Point & Click 12.8%, Multiple Endings 8.9%, Simulation 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: This definitive bureaucratic simulator captures the same soul-crushing pressure of working for a totalitarian state where every decision impacts lives.
- #3 Orwell: Keeping an Eye On You
96% matchVery Positive90% of 15,558 reviews2016
Dev: Osmotic StudiosPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Big Brother has arrived - and it’s you. Investigate the lives of citizens to find those responsible for a series of terror attacks. Information from the internet, personal communications and private files are all accessible to you. But, be warned, the information you supply will have consequences.
Why similar: Choices Matter 40%, Political Sim 22.5% ★, Simulation 20.4%, Dystopian 8.9%, Story Rich 2.2%
Why You'll Like It: It mirrors the surveillance mechanics of the Beholder series by tasking you with monitoring citizens to maintain state security.
- #4 Not For Broadcast
95% matchVery Positive94% of 12,650 reviews2022
Dev: NotGamesPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 81%
A new political Party has won a landslide in the General Election, and for some reason the editor at the news station you work at has done a runner. Now it’s up to you, the Janitor, to take over the editing booth in this tumultuous time - will you help the government, or stand in their way?
Why similar: Political Sim 29.5% ★, Dystopian 22.6%, Choices Matter 10.6%, Multiple Endings 8.9%, Point & Click 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: You manage the flow of propaganda on live television, forcing you to choose between state loyalty and personal integrity.
- #5 Do Not Feed the Monkeys
94% matchVery Positive94% of 12,685 reviews2018
Dev: Fictiorama StudiosPub: Alawar
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 87%
A digital voyeur simulator where you watch strangers through surveillance cameras. Invade their privacy and witness their most intimate moments, but don’t interact with the subjects – anything could happen if you dare feed the monkeys!
Why similar: Political Sim 31% ★, Dystopian 17.3%, Point & Click 9.6%, Choices Matter 9.4%, Multiple Endings 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: This voyeuristic simulator captures the dark, intrusive nature of spying on others while managing your own survival.
- #6 Orwell: Ignorance is Strength
94% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,911 reviews2018
Dev: Osmotic StudiosPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Step into the shoes of a government official in a top-secret department of the Orwell surveillance program. Given the power to both uncover and fabricate "the truth", how far will you go in the service of your country? Season 2 of Orwell, the award-winning surveillance thriller.
Why similar: Political Sim 36.1% ★, Dystopian 21.8%, Choices Matter 11.2%, Simulation 6%, Story Rich 5.6%
Why You'll Like It: This sequel expands on the surveillance theme, focusing on the manipulation of information and truth in a political landscape.
- #7 Suzerain
93% matchVery Positive92% of 11,790 reviews2020
Dev: Torpor Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 18.4 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Assume the role of President Anton Rayne and guide the nation of Sordland. Amidst brewing international conflicts, need for reform, deep-seated corruption, and economic recession, you must make the decisions in this political drama. How will you lead?
Why similar: Political Sim 43.4% ★, Choices Matter 13.1%, Multiple Endings 11.5%, Point & Click 11.1%, Story Rich 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a deep political simulation where you must navigate complex government policies and the consequences of your choices.
- #8 This Is the Police
92% matchVery Positive82% of 11,217 reviews2016
Dev: Weappy StudioPub: THQ Nordic
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 12.4 hrs≥1hr: 91%
This Is the Police is a strategy/adventure game set in a city spiraling the drain. Taking the role of gritty Police Chief Jack Boyd, you'll dive into a deep story of crime and intrigue. Will Jack reach his retirement with a nice stack of bills, or will he end up broken ... or worse?
Why similar: Choices Matter 29.4%, Strategy 23.2%, Story Rich 18.7%, Simulation 9.9%, Atmospheric 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: It combines resource management with moral dilemmas as you attempt to run a police department in a corrupt city.
- #9 Beholder 3
91% matchMixed65% of 2,841 reviews2022
Dev: Paintbucket GamesPub: Alawar
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 49.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%
When a high-ranking security officer saves you from prison, you end up a pawn in her schemes. Now you must eliminate anyone standing in the way of her secret plans and try to get your life back while working two jobs. No tenant, employee or superior is safe from your spying.
Why similar: Political Sim 31.5% ★, Dystopian 21.4%, Point & Click 7.8%, Dark 7%, Strategy 5.5%
Why You'll Like It: The third entry in the series continues the theme of navigating a totalitarian workplace through espionage and betrayal.
- #10 The Westport Independent
91% matchMostly Positive77% of 346 reviews2016
Dev: Double Zero One Zero
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 50%
The Westport Independent is a censorship simulator taking place in a post-war country, governed by the recently elected Loyalist Party. As the editor of one of the last independent newspapers in the country, your job is to remove and edit the content of your paper, affecting the people’s opinion of both the rebels and the Loyalist...
Why similar: Dystopian 54.3%, Simulation 23.1%, Choices Matter 15.2%, Indie 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: You act as an editor for a newspaper, deciding what to censor or publish under the watchful eye of a totalitarian government.
- #11 Ministry of Broadcast
90% matchVery Positive82% of 469 reviews2020
Dev: Twin PetesPub: Hitcents
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Ministry of Broadcast is a narrative-driven single player cinematic platformer mixing Orwell’s 1984 with modern reality TV. A country divided by The Wall; to cross it and reach your family, you must compete on - and win - a reality TV show broadcast by the Regime.
Why similar: Dystopian 43.7%, Adventure 16.8%, Indie 11.9%, Multiple Endings 9%, Story Rich 6.4%
Why You'll Like It: A dystopian platformer that captures the same feeling of being a small cog in a massive, oppressive machine.
- #12 We. The Revolution
89% matchMostly Positive75% of 2,476 reviews2019
Dev: PolyslashPub: Valkyrie Initiative
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 79%
As a judge of the Revolutionary Tribunal, preside over complicated cases of ordinary citizens, dangerous criminals, and enemies of the revolution in revolutionary Paris. Make judgments, plot political intrigue, and try to not lose your own head!
Why similar: Political Sim 45.9% ★, Choices Matter 14.7%, Point & Click 11.1%, Story Rich 7.9%, Strategy 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: Set during the French Revolution, this game forces you to preside over trials and navigate dangerous political waters.
- #13 Mind Scanners
89% matchMostly Positive75% of 1,459 reviews2021
Dev: The Outer ZonePub: Brave At Night
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Greetings. Your Mind Scanner request has been approved. Your duty is to diagnose and treat the citizens of The Structure. The patient list is long so don't waste your time. We’ll let you see your daughter soon...
Why similar: Political Sim 31.2% ★, Dystopian 24.3%, Choices Matter 10.4%, Multiple Endings 9.9%, Story Rich 6%
Why You'll Like It: A bureaucratic simulation where you must diagnose and treat citizens, balancing state quotas against your own conscience.
- #14 Death and Taxes
88% matchVery Positive86% of 8,511 reviews2020
Dev: Placeholder Gameworks
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 82%
In this 2D, short narrative-based game, you assume the role of the Grim Reaper... on an office job. Your job is to decide which people are going to live or die. The consequences of your choices are yours to bear, while the mystery of your incarnation awaits revelation!
Why similar: Choices Matter 20%, Point & Click 16.7%, Multiple Endings 15.5%, Story Rich 11.4%, Strategy 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: A bureaucratic simulation where you decide who lives and dies, mirroring the moral weight of your tasks in Beholder 2.
- #15 Pathologic 2
87% matchVery Positive92% of 12,156 reviews2019
Dev: Ice-Pick LodgePub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 12.4 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Pathologic 2 is a groundbreaking open-world horror RPG. Resist the plague. Make medicine. Heal people. Perform an autopsy. Trade to get what you need. Fight and kill if necessary. Survive. Struggle with an outbreak in a secluded rural town that is rapidly turning into hell.
Why similar: Dystopian 30.8%, Choices Matter 20.9%, Story Rich 13.3%, Dark 12.2%, Atmospheric 10.8%
Why You'll Like It: It captures an unparalleled sense of dread and atmospheric pressure where every choice is a struggle for survival.
- #16 Citizen Sleeper
86% matchVery Positive92% of 10,481 reviews2022
Dev: Jump Over The AgePub: Fellow Traveller
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Roleplaying in the ruins of interplanetary capitalism. Live the life of an escaped worker, washed-up on a lawless station at the edge of an interstellar society. Inspired by the flexibility and freedom of TTRPGs, explore the station, choose your friends, escape your past and change your future.
Why similar: Dystopian 40.8%, Multiple Endings 16.4%, Point & Click 14.9%, Story Rich 12.5%, Atmospheric 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: This narrative-heavy RPG explores survival and identity within a dystopian corporate-controlled space station.
- #17 Lacuna – A Sci-Fi Noir Adventure
86% matchVery Positive92% of 2,943 reviews2021
Dev: DigiTales InteractivePub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 76%
A murder. A hack. A bombing. All it takes to plunge the solar system into war – unless you do something about it. Help CDI agent Neil Conrad make a string of increasingly difficult decisions in this modern dialog-driven adventure set in a gorgeous 2D sci-fi noir universe.
Why similar: Choices Matter 34.6%, Multiple Endings 32.2%, Story Rich 17.2%, 2D 8.3%, Adventure 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: A detective game that forces you to make irreversible choices while navigating a complex, politically charged world.
- #18 Contraband Police
84% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 25,591 reviews2023
Dev: Crazy RocksPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Median: 8.0 hrsMean: 16.9 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Take over the duties of a border guard inspector in a communist country of the 80's. Smuggling, corruption and forgery are the order of the day here. Be vigilant and earn the respect of your superiors.
Why similar: Multiple Endings 34%, Simulation 23.1%, Story Rich 19.7%, Atmospheric 12.2%, Singleplayer 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: You serve as a border inspector in a communist state, balancing the enforcement of strict laws with the reality of human suffering.
- #19 Headliner: NoviNews
85% matchVery Positive89% of 817 reviews2018
Dev: Unbound Creations
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Award-winning adventure where you control the news and its impact on society, your friends and career. Different choices lead to unique combinations of endings. Share your story with the community, and see what the players before you did.
Why similar: Political Sim 38.5% ★, Dystopian 16.9%, Choices Matter 10%, Point & Click 8.7%, Multiple Endings 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: You control the news cycle, directly influencing public opinion and the stability of the state through your editorial choices.
- #20 Through the Darkest of Times
84% matchVery Positive84% of 1,155 reviews2020
Dev: Paintbucket GamesPub: HandyGames
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 61%
Berlin 1933. “Adolf Hitler is chancellor!” We all know the consequences this message bore. Unspeakable horrors and suffering would sweep across the world. Few would stand and fight the monstrosity that was the German Reich. Will you? Lead an underground resistance group Through the Darkest of Times.
Why similar: Strategy 16.8%, Simulation 13.8%, Choices Matter 13.3%, Multiple Endings 9.3%, Dark 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: You manage a resistance group in Nazi Germany, balancing the need for secrecy with the desire to fight back.
- #21 For the People
83% matchMostly Positive73% of 815 reviews2020
Dev: Brezg StudioPub: 101XP
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 69%
For the People is a mix of a political management sim and a visual novel, putting players in the shoes of an idealistic young state official tasked with shaping the future of a communist factory town. Will the party provide for the people, or are the people just cogs in its machine?..
Why similar: Political Sim 34.1% ★, Dystopian 17.5%, Choices Matter 9.5%, Multiple Endings 8.2%, Point & Click 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: A political management game where you must balance the needs of the state against the demands of the populace.
- #22 Crisis in the Kremlin
82% matchVery Positive84% of 1,463 reviews2017
Dev: Nostalgames
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Don’t let the Soviet Union collapse, and fall in the darkness of history or lead the Union by a new path – democracy and free market! But before you decide something, think – wouldn’t it cause more harm than good?
Why similar: Political Sim 70.1% ★, Strategy 12.8%, Choices Matter 5.8%, Multiple Endings 3.4%, Simulation 3.3%
Why You'll Like It: A deep political simulation that allows you to manage the Soviet Union during the Cold War with high strategic complexity.
- #23 Interrogation: You will be deceived
82% matchMostly Positive78% of 382 reviews2019
Dev: Critique GamingPub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 92%
As a detective tasked with bringing down a dangerous terrorist group, you fight on two fronts: interrogating suspects & managing your team and its reputation. With time running out, how far will you go to stop these criminals? Manipulation, threats or even torture? Does the end justify the means?
Why similar: Political Sim 44.6% ★, Choices Matter 16.1%, Dark 13.4%, Story Rich 9.4%, Atmospheric 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on the psychological tension of questioning suspects in a world filled with political extremism.
- #24 Not Tonight 2
81% matchMostly Positive77% of 484 reviews2022
Dev: PanicBarnPub: No More Robots
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 61%
Immigration Enforcement Case #112: You are under arrest. Unless your friends can cross a broken America, retrieve your identifying documents and stay out of trouble... this is the end of the American dream for you.
Why similar: Political Sim 35.7% ★, Dystopian 27.8%, Dark 9.2%, Simulation 7.4%, Choices Matter 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: A dystopian simulation that explores a fractured society through the lens of a border control worker.
- #25 Do Not Feed the Monkeys 2099
81% matchMixed69% of 1,136 reviews2023
Dev: Fictiorama StudiosPub: Joystick Ventures
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Spy on strangers through security cameras, invade their privacy and discover their secrets in this digital voyeur simulator. Welcome to the future of The Primate Observation Club. Even in 2099 the rule about messing with your unlucky subjects still remains in this sequel: DO NOT feed the monkeys!
Why similar: Dystopian 34.3%, Choices Matter 15.5%, Multiple Endings 13.5%, Strategy 8.6%, Story Rich 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: The sequel to the voyeurism simulator, offering more complex scenarios and moral dilemmas in a futuristic setting.
- #26 Song of Farca
80% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,676 reviews2021
Dev: Wooden MonkeysPub: Alawar
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Hack into crime scenes, look for evidence, analyze data, interrogate criminals, track suspects and deal with the consequences of your decisions. This is a dark and brutal detective story with a Black Mirror-esque atmosphere of digital dominance and the narrative structure of a US crime procedural.
Why similar: Dystopian 28.4%, Choices Matter 14.3%, Point & Click 11%, Multiple Endings 9.4%, Story Rich 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: A detective game set in a dystopian future where you use hacking and surveillance to solve crimes.
- #27 Yes, Your Grace
79% matchVery Positive87% of 14,150 reviews2020
Dev: Brave At NightPub: No More Robots
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 85%
These are troubling times, Your Grace. The petitioners’ petty matters exceed our limited resources, to say nothing of the war. A careful balance must be struck. Your throne awaits.
Why similar: Choices Matter 31.3%, Multiple Endings 21.2%, Story Rich 15%, Strategy 13.2%, Simulation 10.9%
Why You'll Like It: You manage a kingdom's resources and respond to the desperate pleas of your subjects, often with no 'good' outcome.
- #28 Beholder: Conductor
77% matchVery Positive91% of 5,237 reviews2025
Dev: Alawar
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 86%
A Beholder series spin-off. Become a conductor of the Determination Bringer train: monitor passengers, report incidents, and carry out important Ministry assignments — whose level of secrecy depends only on your loyalty. And remember: mission success is very important to you!
Why similar: Political Sim 38.9% ★, Dystopian 16.5%, Choices Matter 7.6%, Point & Click 6.2%, Multiple Endings 5.7%
- #29 Frostpunk
78% matchVery Positive93% of 137,048 reviews2018
Dev: 11 bit studios
Windows
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 22.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Frostpunk is the first society survival game. As the ruler of the last city on Earth, it is your duty to manage both its citizens and infrastructure. What decisions will you make to ensure your society's survival? What will you do when pushed to breaking point? Who will you become in the process?
Why similar: Strategy 36.9%, Choices Matter 22.5%, Dark 13.7%, Simulation 12.6%, Atmospheric 10%
Why You'll Like It: A society survival game that forces you to enact harsh laws to ensure the survival of your people against extreme odds.
- #30 Save Koch
79% matchMixed63% of 155 reviews2019
Dev: Wooden Monkeys
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%
You are local mafia kingpin, Jeffrey Koch. Your empire in New Kandinski is in total chaos because an unknown Mastermind has decided to take your place. And they’ve planted a sleeper Mole inside your operation. It’s time to act, but you need to act smart.
Why similar: Choices Matter 17.8%, Strategy 15.6%, Simulation 13.8%, Story Rich 11%, Atmospheric 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: You manage a crime boss's security from a safe room, using surveillance and strategy to survive assassination attempts.
- #31 Organs Please
76% matchVery Positive83% of 334 reviews2023
Dev: TECHHOMEPub: HeroCraft PC
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%
A dark and satirical management sim, where you take control of a recycling factory with a twist: it recycles humans. Your job is to decide who gets to escape our dying planet in a cozy spaceship and who sacrifices their blood, sweat and tears for humanity. Literally.
Why similar: Political Sim 30.4% ★, Dystopian 21.1%, Multiple Endings 9.7%, Choices Matter 9.5%, Point & Click 8.9%
- #32 Thank You For Your Application
74% matchVery Positive82% of 963 reviews2026
Dev: IceLemonTea Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Thank You for Your Application is a story-driven interview simulation game. After 15 rounds of interviews, you are reassigned as a junior interviewer, tasked with screening candidates’ resumes according to company requirements and issuing the appropriate thank letters.
Why similar: Dystopian 29%, Political Sim 23.4% ★, Point & Click 14.3%, Choices Matter 11.3%, Multiple Endings 10.1%
- #33 DISTRAINT 2
76% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 4,894 reviews2018
Dev: Jesse Makkonen
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 86%
You are Price, a man who sold his humanity to get a partnership from a leading company: McDade, Bruton & Moore. DISTRAINT 2 follows on from the events of the first game. It's a sinister tale about restoring hope and finding your purpose.
Why similar: Point & Click 28.5%, Story Rich 21%, Atmospheric 17.1%, Psychological Horror 9.8%, 2D 7.9%
- #34 This Is the Police 2
77% matchMostly Positive75% of 6,580 reviews2018
Dev: Weappy StudioPub: THQ Nordic
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 10.7 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Interpret the law as you see fit! Run the sheriff’s department, manage your cops, make tough decisions – and try to keep out of prison yourself – in this story-driven mixture of adventure, strategy, and turn-based tactical combat.
Why similar: Strategy 31.1%, Story Rich 21.7%, Choices Matter 20.3%, Atmospheric 7%, Simulation 6%
- #35 The Occupation
78% matchMixed60% of 414 reviews2019
Dev: White Paper GamesPub: Balor Games
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 93%
The Occupation is a fixed-time, investigative thriller set in North West England on Saturday 24th October, 1987.
Why similar: Choices Matter 42.9%, Story Rich 24.3%, Atmospheric 10.1%, Adventure 10.1%, Indie 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: A time-sensitive investigative thriller where you must uncover a conspiracy while adhering to strict rules and schedules.
- #36 The Life and Suffering of Prince Jerian
73% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,581 reviews2026
Dev: Schisma GamesPub: 101XP
Windows
Median: 9.4 hrsMean: 12.0 hrs≥1hr: 94%
This is a narrative role-playing game telling the story of a crown prince of the Blessed Arknian Empire. You possess great power, but are also burdened by duty. Can you change the world and stay true to yourself? Every decision comes with a cost.
Why similar: Political Sim 42.1% ★, Choices Matter 18%, Multiple Endings 12.6%, Story Rich 7.3%, Point & Click 7.2%
- #37 HEADLINER
75% matchMostly Positive77% of 937 reviews2017
Dev: Unbound Creations
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Short, thought-provoking adventure where you are a News Editor and decide what stories get published, set in a fictional city where most people are genetically modified. Multiple unique endings let you share your story and see what the Headliner before you did.
Why similar: Political Sim 32.5% ★, Dystopian 19.7%, Choices Matter 13.5%, Multiple Endings 10.4%, Dark 4.9%
- #38 Security 51
72% matchMostly Positive71% of 416 reviews2026
Dev: Alawar
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 2.2 hrs≥1hr: 61%
You're a security officer deep within Area 51. Scan the staff, verify clearances, and decide who can enter the elevator and who absolutely mustn't leave. The deeper you go, the less certain you are that anyone standing before you is still human.
Why similar: Political Sim 39.4% ★, Choices Matter 15%, Point & Click 13.4%, Multiple Endings 12.6%, Simulation 7.7%
- #39 The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante
73% matchVery Positive88% of 12,656 reviews2021
Dev: SeverPub: 101XP
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 84%
A narrative-driven hardcore RPG set in a gritty world ruled by real but unrelenting gods. Set out on a challenging lifetime journey, where every choice has a price and entails consequences. Will you become an inquisitor, a judge, or conspire against the old order? Dare to decide!
Why similar: Choices Matter 47.5%, Story Rich 19.3%, Strategy 6.8%, Atmospheric 6.7%, Simulation 6.6%
- #40 Need to Know
75% matchMixed67% of 298 reviews2018
Dev: Monomyth Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Welcome to the Department of Liberty. Ascend the ranks of the NSA-like surveillance agency and decide: will you stand up for privacy, or help create an unstoppable police state? Spy on people’s deepest secrets, pick apart their private lives and decide their fate in this modern surveillance thriller.
Why similar: Political Sim 63.7% ★, Simulation 14.2%, Point & Click 7.4%, Story Rich 5.8%, Adventure 5.2%
- #41 Underchoice
71% matchMostly Positive76% of 123 reviews2026
Dev: TG IndiePub: Targem Games
Windows
Become the overseer and shape the fate of those who come knocking at the door. Each decision you make, whether it is to let in a stranger, to use your resources on something, or to risk the safety of the bunker.
Why similar: Dystopian 33.5%, Choices Matter 17.5%, Multiple Endings 12.5%, Story Rich 9.1%, Simulation 8.2%
- #42 Dictator Simulator: Gradnar
70% matchVery Positive98% of 91 reviews2025
Dev: GortagonGame
Windows
Become the Dictator of Gradnar! Rule the nation, choose between democracy and tyranny, wage wars with a unique card-based mechanic, and expand your empire. A political dystopia packed with satire and humor!
Why similar: Dystopian 44.3%, Choices Matter 20.4%, Strategy 12%, Simulation 11.5%, Atmospheric 7.5%
- #43 Replica
73% matchVery Positive86% of 3,527 reviews2016
Dev: Somi
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 36.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Replica is an interactive novel game played through a cellphone and social media. The insane experience of peeping into someone's private life through a cellphone will transform you into the state's greatest patriot.
Why similar: Dystopian 58.5%, Story Rich 13.4%, Choices Matter 10.6%, Indie 6.6%, Adventure 6%
- #44 60 Seconds! Reatomized
71% matchVery Positive94% of 19,507 reviews2019
Dev: Robot Gentleman
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 82%
The post-apocalyptic dark comedy is back - remastered and even more radioactive than before! Scavenge supplies, rescue your family, and stay alive in your fallout shelter. Make difficult decisions, hunt mutant roaches... and maybe survive. Or not.
Why similar: Point & Click 50.7%, Strategy 33.2%, 2D 16.1%
- #45 This Is the President
72% matchMixed68% of 409 reviews2021
Dev: SuperPACPub: THQ Nordic
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 89%
This Is the President is a political thriller. You are the newly elected leader with a shady background. It is up to you to abuse the position of the most powerful man in the world to escape justice for past crimes – even if that pitches the country into utter chaos.
Why similar: Political Sim 53.3% ★, Dystopian 28.2%, Strategy 10.6%, Adventure 4%, 2D 3.9%
- #46 Office Hours
69% matchVery Positive81% of 64 reviews2026
Dev: PipoteamPub: IIM Digital School
Windows
Sort forms, get to know your mysterious new collegues & unravel mysteries they're trying to cover up as you step in to replace the previous RH at this mysterious pharmaceutical company.
Why similar: Point & Click 24.8%, Choices Matter 15.3%, Multiple Endings 13%, Simulation 11.6%, Story Rich 10.9%
- #47 Sim Junta
74% matchMostly Negative33% of 68 reviews2015
Dev: Icehole GamesPub: Strategy First
Windows
Sim Junta – A game of dirty politics! You are the new dictator of Risuena, a small and poor country of the third world. You have just seized power after a bloody coup and your intentions are to stay in power as long as you can, to rip this country off, transfer the money to your secret Swiss bank account and of course, stay alive and...
Why similar: Political Sim 59.2% ★, Dystopian 20.8%, Strategy 9.7%, Simulation 4.4%, Indie 2.5%
- #48 Cyber Manhunt 2: New World - The Hacking Simulator
67% matchVery Positive93% of 5,660 reviews2025
Dev: Aluba Van+Pub: Spiral Up Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 10.1 hrsMean: 21.8 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Discover a digital realm shrouded in mystery. Sequel to an award-winning narrative driven hacking simulator puzzle game. Play as an AI assistant in a major corporation. Deploy intricate social engineering tactics and expose hidden truths in a world of ambition and high-tech deception.
Why similar: Dystopian 33.4%, Point & Click 16.4%, Choices Matter 14.6%, Story Rich 10.3%, Atmospheric 8.7%
- #49 Booth: A Dystopian Adventure
70% matchVery Positive90% of 397 reviews2020
Dev: Guanpeng Chen
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%
The year is 2036. In this famine-riddled world, food-centric sovereignty has been established. Living alone inside a food-inspection booth, you are striving to find truth and peace beyond the borderline.
Why similar: Political Sim 27.7% ★, Dystopian 25.9%, Choices Matter 10.9%, Multiple Endings 9.6%, Point & Click 8.3%
- #50 PowerSimulator
71% matchMixed42% of 212 reviews2023
Dev: SHIT MAKER
Windows
Do you want to be a upright official or corrupt officials?Choose your choice,Reaching the pinnacle of power.
Why similar: Political Sim 50.3% ★, Choices Matter 25.5%, Simulation 10%, Strategy 4.3%, Story Rich 4.1%
- #51 Pathologic 3
67% matchVery Positive80% of 2,770 reviews2026
Dev: Ice-Pick LodgePub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 17.5 hrs≥1hr: 85%
In this psychological horror game, you are a doctor with only 12 days to save a town from a mysterious plague. Make ruthless decisions and diagnose with precision. Shape the town's future and rewrite the past. Hold yourself together while it all falls apart.
Why similar: Dystopian 35%, Choices Matter 19.5%, Story Rich 13.3%, Atmospheric 10.8%, Simulation 9.3%
- #52 Teller's Duty
68% matchMostly Positive72% of 371 reviews2026
Dev: Hiscory
Windows · Mac
In 1980, you land a teller job at Kertasia Bank thanks to your distant uncle. But the bank follows bizarre rules set by a foolish government. Face strict policies, tough customers, and moral choices while saving for your mom’s medical bills. Your fate is in your hands.
Why similar: Dystopian 32.7%, Choices Matter 15.8%, Point & Click 11.8%, Multiple Endings 10.4%, Story Rich 9.3%
- #53 This War of Mine
68% matchVery Positive94% of 97,585 reviews2014
Dev: 11 bit studios
Windows · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 16.8 hrs≥1hr: 83%
In This War Of Mine you do not play as an elite soldier, rather a group of civilians trying to survive in a besieged city; struggling with lack of food, medicine and constant danger from snipers and hostile scavengers. The game provides an experience of war seen from an entirely new angle.
Why similar: Choices Matter 28.7%, Strategy 18.8%, Atmospheric 17.3%, Simulation 14.1%, Story Rich 12.5%
- #54 Party Hard 2
70% matchMostly Positive78% of 3,326 reviews2018
Dev: Pinokl GamesPub: tinyBuild
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 79%
It's 3am and you just want to get some sleep. Welcome back to Party Hard! Stop parties using hundreds of new ways, incidentally destroy a drug syndicate, and save the Earth from an alien invasion. May the chickens be with you!
Why similar: Strategy 27.4%, Violent 20.8%, Simulation 19.5%, Indie 9.6%, Adventure 7.6%
- #55 Yuppie Psycho: Executive Edition
68% matchVery Positive95% of 9,487 reviews2019
Dev: Baroque DecayPub: Neon Doctrine
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Join Brian Pasternack on his first working day at Sintracorp. Uncertain, unprepared, and massively unqualified, will Pasternack have what it takes to shine in Sintracorp’s hierarchy? It all depends on how he performs on his first assignment… and whether he survives it.
Why similar: Choices Matter 27.1%, Multiple Endings 25.3%, Story Rich 17.4%, Psychological Horror 8%, 2D 7.4%
- #56 Crisis in the Kremlin: The Cold War
67% matchVery Positive81% of 726 reviews2025
Dev: Nostalgames
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.8 hrsMean: 33.7 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Crisis in the Kremlin is a global real-time political strategy about the Socialist world in its final decade. Shape the fate of the world as you manage economy, foreign relations, and domestic policy. Engage with countries across the globe, using diplomacy or even proxy wars to expand your reach.
Why similar: Political Sim 44% ★, Dystopian 20.1%, Multiple Endings 8.9%, Strategy 8.5%, Simulation 7.5%
- #57 Choice of Life: Middle Ages 2
66% matchVery Positive94% of 1,000 reviews2022
Dev: Blazing Planet Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Explore your kingdom and rule wisely in the card game - Choice of Life: Middle Ages 2
Why similar: Choices Matter 23.2%, Multiple Endings 19%, Strategy 13.6%, Story Rich 12.7%, Simulation 12.3%
- #58 Static Dread: The Lighthouse
65% matchVery Positive91% of 1,499 reviews2025
Dev: solarsuit.gamesPub: Polden Publishing
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Lovecraft meets Papers, Please. Play as a lighthouse keeper and guide ships safely into the harbor using your radio. Survive the presence of something impossible, and don’t let the shadows consume you!
Why similar: Dystopian 22.6%, Choices Matter 13.1%, Lore-Rich 12.8%, Multiple Endings 11.3%, Dark 10.9%
- #59 Not For Broadcast VR
69% matchMixed40% of 73 reviews2023
Dev: NotGamesPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Get closer to the truth than ever in the VR edition of Not For Broadcast. Keep the cameras rolling, censor the swears and immerse yourself in the powerful, alluring and occasionally deadly world of broadcast television news.
Why similar: Dystopian 34.5%, Choices Matter 13.6%, Political Sim 12.7% ★, Multiple Endings 11.1%, Simulation 9.5%
- #60 City Eye
69% matchMostly Negative35% of 95 reviews2022
Pub: SIG Publishing
Windows
In the world of City Eye, you’ll become an operator of the Central Monitoring System, who will try to prevent the effects of every single transgression in the game. Use city maps to track dangerous areas and don’t let the suspects run away from the Police.
Why similar: Political Sim 39.9% ★, Dystopian 29%, Choices Matter 10.4%, Point & Click 6.7%, Story Rich 4.2%