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Games Like Beholder

60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Simulation, Story Rich, Singleplayer, Dystopian.

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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?

Reviews: Very Positive — 92% — of 30,197 reviews
Released: 2016-11-09
Developer: Alawar Stargaze (Warm Lamp Games)
Publisher: Alawar
Genres: Adventure, Indie, Strategy
Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux
Median playtime: 4.2 hrs
Mean playtime: 13.5 hrs
Players ≥ 1 hr: 82%

Overview

What makes Beholder memorable is how it blends petty routine, intimate surveillance, and brutal moral compromise inside a suffocating authoritarian system. These picks focus on that same mix of dystopian bureaucracy, choices that hurt, information control, and dark atmospheric management where doing your job often means betraying someone. If you want more games about watching, reporting, censoring, or surviving under the state, this is the strongest top 30.

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  1. #1 Beholder 2
    97% matchVery Positive87% of 7,880 reviews2018
    Dev: Alawar Stargaze (Warm Lamp Games)Pub: Alawar
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 19.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%

    You are an intern at the central ministry of a totalitarian state with your whole career ahead of you. Work your way up the ladder by scheming against employees, spying on your boss, and completing paperwork. Or do you turn against the state and expose corruption. The choice is still yours to make!

    Why similar: Political Sim 22.7%, Political 17.9%, Dystopian 16.4%, Choices Matter 7.6%, Multiple Endings 5.8%

    Why You'll Like It: It expands the same oppressive universe into a larger bureaucratic machine, keeping the series’ signature mix of spying, moral compromise, and branching choices.

  2. #2 Beholder: Conductor
    96% matchVery Positive91% of 4,209 reviews2025
    Dev: Alawar
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.6 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 34.2%, Political 15.6%, Dystopian 13.5%, Choices Matter 6.3%, Point & Click 5.8%

    Why You'll Like It: It keeps Beholder’s oppressive world and moral tradeoffs but shifts the surveillance-and-reporting loop onto a train full of suspicious passengers.

  3. #3 Beholder 3
    96% matchMixed65% of 2,714 reviews2022
    Dev: Paintbucket GamesPub: Alawar
    Windows
    Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 46.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%

    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 25.1%, Dystopian 16.2%, Political 15.3%, Dark Humor 7.6%, Point & Click 6.7%

    Why You'll Like It: It returns to the landlord-surveillance formula with more state pressure, tenant monitoring, and personal-risk decision making in the same dystopian setting.

  4. #4 Papers, Please
    95% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 78,508 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: Political 37.8%, Dystopian 20.4%, Point & Click 10%, Multiple Endings 6.4%, Great Soundtrack 5.8%

    Why You'll Like It: Like Beholder, it turns obedience to an authoritarian state into tense routine work where every decision can protect your family or condemn someone else.

  5. #5 Orwell: Keeping an Eye On You
    94% matchVery Positive90% of 15,333 reviews2016
    Dev: Osmotic StudiosPub: Daedalic Entertainment
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 8.1 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 48.9%, Political Sim 26.6%, Dystopian 9.3%, Political 5.8%, Story Rich 2.3%

    Why You'll Like It: It similarly asks you to spy on citizens through data, decide what to report, and shape lives through selective information in a dystopian regime.

  6. #6 Do Not Feed the Monkeys
    94% matchVery Positive94% of 12,088 reviews2018
    Dev: Fictiorama StudiosPub: Alawar
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 88%

    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 28.7%, Dystopian 14.8%, Dark Humor 12.5%, Point & Click 9.4%, Choices Matter 8.3%

    Why You'll Like It: Its core loop of secretly watching strangers through feeds, intervening for profit, and living with the consequences is one of the closest matches to Beholder’s voyeuristic tension.

  7. #7 Not For Broadcast
    93% matchVery Positive94% of 12,340 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 24.3%, Political 20.1%, Dystopian 17.5%, Choices Matter 8.5%, Multiple Endings 7.2%

    Why You'll Like It: Although framed as TV control-room work, it nails the same darkly funny authoritarian atmosphere and escalating pressure to serve or subvert the regime.

  8. #8 Orwell: Ignorance is Strength
    92% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,845 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 32%, Political 21%, Dystopian 16.9%, Choices Matter 9.9%, Simulation 4.9%

    Why You'll Like It: This sequel doubles down on state surveillance, manipulation, and morally compromised reporting in a way that strongly mirrors Beholder’s political tension.

  9. #9 The Westport Independent
    91% matchMostly Positive76% of 330 reviews2016
    Dev: Double Zero One Zero
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 51%

    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 35.7%, Political 33.2%, Simulation 14.8%, Choices Matter 10.3%, Indie 6%

    Why You'll Like It: You censor news under a repressive government, making day-to-day editorial choices that echo Beholder’s compromise-between-survival-and-conscience setup.

  10. #10 Mind Scanners
    91% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,287 reviews2021
    Dev: The Outer ZonePub: Brave At Night
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%

    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 25%, Political 23.2%, Dystopian 18.3%, Choices Matter 8%, Multiple Endings 7.7%

    Why You'll Like It: You manage citizens inside a retro-futurist regime, balancing quotas, morality, and scarce resources in a similarly bleak choices-matter sim.

  11. #11 For the People
    90% matchMostly Positive74% of 788 reviews2020
    Dev: Brezg StudioPub: 101XP
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 72%

    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 28.4%, Political 21.2%, Dystopian 13.6%, Choices Matter 7.6%, Multiple Endings 6.7%

    Why You'll Like It: You play a local government official balancing law, survival, and conscience, which scratches Beholder’s bureaucratic moral-decision itch.

  12. #12 Do Not Feed the Monkeys 2099
    89% matchMostly Positive71% of 1,075 reviews2023
    Dev: Fictiorama StudiosPub: Joystick Ventures
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 70%

    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 28.1%, Dark Humor 18.2%, Choices Matter 13.1%, Multiple Endings 11.6%, Strategy 6.7%

    Why You'll Like It: It updates the same voyeuristic management loop with a more overt sci-fi dystopian setting, making it an easy fit for Beholder fans.

  13. #13 Need to Know
    89% matchMixed67% of 293 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 48.7%, Political 25.9%, Simulation 9.9%, Point & Click 6%, Story Rich 3.8%

    Why You'll Like It: Another surveillance-heavy sim about monitoring private lives for the state, with money pressure and moral decisions driving multiple outcomes.

  14. #14 Organs Please
    88% matchVery Positive84% of 320 reviews2023
    Dev: TECHHOMEPub: HeroCraft PC
    Windows
    Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 81%

    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 25.8%, Political 18.6%, Dystopian 16.8%, Multiple Endings 8.1%, Point & Click 8%

    Why You'll Like It: Its grim bureaucratic management, resource pressure, and multiple endings make it a natural fit if you enjoy Beholder’s satirical oppression.

  15. #15 Not Tonight
    87% matchVery Positive83% of 2,674 reviews2018
    Dev: PanicBarnPub: No More Robots
    Windows
    Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 91%

    Person of European Heritage #112: Welcome to Relocation Block B, your new home. Your designated role is 'Bouncer'. Work hard, stay out of trouble, and we might let you stay in the UK.

    Why similar: Political 42.2%, Dystopian 26%, Simulation 9.8%, Great Soundtrack 8.5%, Multiple Endings 4.5%

    Why You'll Like It: Its document-checking job gameplay, anti-immigration state pressure, and darkly satirical authoritarian tone make it a strong thematic cousin.

  16. #16 This Is the Police
    86% matchVery Positive82% of 11,036 reviews2016
    Dev: Weappy StudioPub: THQ Nordic
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 12.3 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 20.7%, Political 19.3%, Strategy 15.2%, Story Rich 12.8%, Great Soundtrack 12.7%

    Why You'll Like It: Managing a corrupt office under political pressure while making grim choices and sacrificing principles hits a similar mood, if with less direct surveillance.

  17. #17 Booth: A Dystopian Adventure
    85% matchVery Positive91% of 386 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 28.5%, Dystopian 25%, Choices Matter 10.9%, Multiple Endings 9.8%, Point & Click 9.1%

    Why You'll Like It: This border-inspection dystopia shares the claustrophobic routine, hidden human stories, and moral unease that make Beholder work.

  18. #18 HEADLINER
    86% matchMostly Positive77% of 925 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 26.1%, Political 22.1%, Dystopian 15.4%, Choices Matter 10.6%, Multiple Endings 8.2%

    Why You'll Like It: Like Beholder, it turns small daily choices inside an oppressive media machine into branching personal and political consequences.

  19. #19 Headliner: NoviNews
    84% matchVery Positive89% of 806 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 30.7%, Political 23.2%, Dystopian 12.6%, Choices Matter 7.7%, Point & Click 7.4%

    Why You'll Like It: It offers more propaganda-shaping, citizen-affecting editorial decisions in a dystopian system where seemingly minor calls snowball.

  20. #20 Death and Taxes
    83% matchVery Positive86% of 8,138 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 20.4%, Point & Click 18.7%, Multiple Endings 16.1%, Story Rich 11.1%, Simulation 9.3%

    Why You'll Like It: While less political, it captures Beholder’s appeal of repetitive bureaucratic work, dark humor, and morally heavy branching outcomes.

  21. #21 This Is the Police 2
    84% matchMostly Positive75% of 6,468 reviews2018
    Dev: Weappy StudioPub: THQ Nordic
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.6 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 25.4%, Story Rich 18.5%, Choices Matter 18.4%, Great Soundtrack 14.6%, Atmospheric 6.6%

    Why You'll Like It: It keeps the original’s pressure-cooker leadership, moral compromise, and story-driven management while pushing the desperation even further.

  22. #22 Suzerain
    81% matchVery Positive93% of 11,092 reviews2020
    Dev: Torpor Games
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 18.1 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 34.3%, Political 27.5%, Choices Matter 10%, Point & Click 9.5%, Multiple Endings 8.9%

    Why You'll Like It: If your favorite part of Beholder was navigating authoritarian politics through hard moral compromises, Suzerain expands that into a deeper narrative sim.

  23. #23 Song of Farca
    82% matchMostly Positive80% of 1,559 reviews2021
    Dev: Wooden MonkeysPub: Alawar
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 6.8 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 27.9%, Choices Matter 14.4%, Point & Click 12.3%, Multiple Endings 9.7%, Dark 8.5%

    Why You'll Like It: Its tech-surveillance investigations and remote observation of suspects capture Beholder’s voyeuristic side, just in a cyberpunk detective frame.

  24. #24 Save Koch
    82% matchMixed64% of 154 reviews2019
    Dev: Wooden Monkeys
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.6 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: Political 22.3%, Great Soundtrack 16.6%, Choices Matter 11.5%, Strategy 9.3%, Simulation 8.4%

    Why You'll Like It: A management thriller built on dossiers, suspicion, and choosing whom to trust or betray, which taps into Beholder’s information-control tension.

  25. #25 Through the Darkest of Times
    80% matchVery Positive84% of 1,135 reviews2020
    Dev: Paintbucket GamesPub: HandyGames
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 6.8 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: Political 28.5%, Strategy 12.1%, Choices Matter 10.4%, Simulation 10.3%, Multiple Endings 7.5%

    Why You'll Like It: It swaps landlord surveillance for resistance management, but the fear, scarcity, and life-or-death decisions under dictatorship feel closely related.

  26. #26 The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante
    78% matchVery Positive90% of 9,503 reviews2021
    Dev: SeverPub: 101XP
    Windows
    Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 91%

    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 46.1%, Story Rich 18.1%, Atmospheric 6.8%, Strategy 6.4%, Simulation 6.3%

    Why You'll Like It: It delivers the same oppressive-society pressure and branching moral decisions, though in a more text-heavy roleplaying format.

  27. #27 Floor 13: Deep State
    81% matchMostly Negative36% of 39 reviews2020
    Dev: Oversight ProductionsPub: Balor Games
    Windows · Mac

    Floor 13: Deep State is a dynamically generated dystopian thriller, inspired by the 90’s classic Floor 13 and created by its original team. In a free society, citizens make their own decisions, can challenge authority, and are able to speak their truth. Your job is to put a stop to that.

    Why similar: Political 55.7%, Point & Click 20.1%, Story Rich 9.5%, Choices Matter 7.6%, Adventure 5%

    Why You'll Like It: You run a government surveillance apparatus, choosing who to monitor, manipulate, or destroy in a similarly cynical political sim.

  28. #28 Ministry of Broadcast
    79% matchVery Positive82% of 466 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 24.8%, Political 23.2%, Dark Humor 12.6%, Great Soundtrack 10.2%, Indie 8.2%

    Why You'll Like It: Its totalitarian satire and bleak atmosphere line up well with Beholder, even if the gameplay leans more toward cinematic platforming.

  29. #29 Not Tonight 2
    79% matchMostly Positive80% of 447 reviews2022
    Dev: PanicBarnPub: No More Robots
    Windows
    Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 65%

    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 28%, Political 27.6%, Dystopian 20.4%, Dark 7.5%, Choices Matter 5.5%

    Why You'll Like It: Document checks, state pressure, and darkly comic dystopian storytelling make it a solid lower-ranked cousin to Beholder.

  30. #30 This War of Mine
    77% matchVery Positive94% of 96,656 reviews2014
    Dev: 11 bit studios
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 16.6 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 29.1%, Atmospheric 18.3%, Strategy 17.5%, Simulation 13.6%, Story Rich 12.2%

  31. #31 Frostpunk
    75% matchVery Positive93% of 132,545 reviews2018
    Dev: 11 bit studios
    Windows · Mac
    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 28.7%, Choices Matter 19.1%, Great Soundtrack 17.2%, Dark 12.5%, Simulation 10.2%

  32. #32 The Occupation
    78% matchMixed60% of 408 reviews2019
    Dev: White Paper GamesPub: Balor Games
    Windows
    Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 92%

    The Occupation is a fixed-time, investigative thriller set in North West England on Saturday 24th October, 1987.

    Why similar: Political 44.8%, Choices Matter 23.2%, Story Rich 12.6%, Atmospheric 5.7%, Indie 4.5%

    Why You'll Like It: A political thriller about sneaking, gathering evidence, and making consequential choices inside a repressive system, with strong tension and atmosphere.

  33. #33 Despotism 3k
    76% matchMostly Positive77% of 3,802 reviews2018
    Dev: Konfa Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 48 minMean: 12.0 hrs≥1hr: 45%

    Humanity is enslaved by an AI… which is awesome, because we’re on the right side of the conflict. Exploit puny humans to extract power and build your own empire!

    Why similar: Dark Humor 42.7%, Strategy 17.6%, Simulation 13.1%, Great Soundtrack 9.4%, Indie 5.7%

  34. #34 Party Hard
    76% matchVery Positive90% of 12,288 reviews2015
    Dev: Pinokl GamesPub: tinyBuild
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%

    It's 3:00 a.m. Your neighbours are having a loud party. Stop them. Party Hard is tinyBuild's award-winning stealth strategy game about ruining parties by any means.

    Why similar: Great Soundtrack 33.5%, Dark Humor 25.3%, Strategy 17.1%, Violent 9.5%, Indie 5.1%

  35. #35 That's not my Neighbor
    72% matchVery Positive89% of 4,193 reviews2025
    Dev: Nachosama Games
    Windows · Linux
    Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 68%

    It's 1955, and for unknown reasons, doppelgangers are more common than usual. Therefore, the Department of Doppelganger Detection (D.D.D.) has taken action. You are the doorman of an apartment complex, and you must decide whether to let in those who claim to be your neighbors.

    Why similar: Point & Click 30.4%, Choices Matter 25.5%, Multiple Endings 18.3%, Simulation 11%, Adventure 4.6%

  36. #36 Reigns
    75% matchVery Positive87% of 8,051 reviews2016
    Dev: NerialPub: Devolver Digital
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 81%

    Sit on the throne as a benevolent (or malevolent) medieval monarch of the modern age and swipe your royal controller either left or right to impose your will upon the kingdom.

    Why similar: Choices Matter 43.7%, Dark Humor 13.9%, Simulation 8.4%, Strategy 8%, Great Soundtrack 6.3%

  37. #37 TOBOR
    73% matchVery Positive94% of 86 reviews2023
    Dev: Cogoo
    Windows · Mac

    A psychological surveillance adventure. Observe 16 real-time CCTV feeds as TOBOR, a spy unit uncovering secrets in a dystopian bunker. Monitor suspects, collect evidence, and choose who survives. Multiple endings.

    Why similar: Political 26.6%, Dystopian 22.2%, Dark Humor 14.3%, Choices Matter 10.8%, Multiple Endings 9.9%

  38. #38 Beat Cop
    74% matchVery Positive82% of 6,045 reviews2017
    Dev: Pixel CrowPub: 11 bit studios
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%

    A retro, pixel art style adventure in New York, inspired by ’80s cop shows. You are Jack Kelly and you’ve been framed for murder. Now as a regular beat cop you have to find out, who did that. Expect thick crime story, a lot of black humour and all the other things you can find on the streets of Brooklyn.

    Why similar: Simulation 17.6%, Choices Matter 17%, Point & Click 14.9%, Great Soundtrack 14%, Indie 9%

  39. #39 Sim Junta
    77% matchMostly Negative34% 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 48.7%, Political 20.6%, Dystopian 16%, Strategy 7%, Simulation 3.3%

  40. #40 Replica
    74% matchVery Positive86% of 3,503 reviews2016
    Dev: Somi
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 35.1 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 40.2%, Political 33.4%, Story Rich 9.1%, Choices Matter 7.5%, Indie 5.5%

  41. #41 Disco Elysium - The Final Cut
    71% matchVery Positive93% of 124,984 reviews2019
    Dev: ZA/UM
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 22.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%

    Disco Elysium - The Final Cut is a groundbreaking role playing game. You’re a detective with a unique skill system at your disposal and a whole city to carve your path across. Interrogate unforgettable characters, crack murders or take bribes. Become a hero or an absolute disaster of a human being.

    Why similar: Political 31.9%, Choices Matter 23.7%, Story Rich 14.6%, Point & Click 12.5%, Atmospheric 7.5%

  42. #42 Dictator Simulator: Gradnar
    70% matchVery Positive97% of 73 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: Political 35.1%, Dystopian 29.2%, Choices Matter 13.9%, Strategy 7.5%, Simulation 7.4%

  43. #43 City Eye
    73% matchMostly Negative36% of 92 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 41.6%, Dystopian 28.3%, Choices Matter 10.4%, Point & Click 7.5%, Story Rich 4.1%

  44. #44 Crisis in the Kremlin
    73% matchVery Positive84% of 1,444 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 62.7%, Political 12.2%, Strategy 10.1%, Choices Matter 5%, Multiple Endings 2.9%

  45. #45 We. The Revolution
    72% matchMostly Positive75% of 2,370 reviews2019
    Dev: PolyslashPub: Valkyrie Initiative
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 7.5 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 47.5%, Choices Matter 14.5%, Point & Click 12.2%, Story Rich 7.6%, Strategy 7.2%

  46. #46 Social Credit Simulator
    71% matchMostly Positive76% of 93 reviews2022
    Dev: Fasu Studio
    Windows

    In Social Credit Simulator, you make life-altering decisions by assigning social credit scores based on people’s actions and status. Satirizing real-world social rating systems, your choices determine your survival in a dystopian regime.

    Why similar: Political Sim 41.1%, Political 34.3%, Choices Matter 12.3%, Simulation 5.9%, Indie 2.2%

  47. #47 911 Operator
    70% matchVery Positive89% of 19,330 reviews2017
    Dev: Jutsu GamesPub: Games Operators
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 9.4 hrs≥1hr: 74%

    Game about the difficult work of people that manage emergency lines and services. Answer incoming calls and react properly - give first aid instructions, advise, dispatch correct number of firemen / police / ambulances, or sometimes - just ignore the call. Play on ANY CITY in the world!

    Why similar: Simulation 30.3%, Strategy 29.7%, Choices Matter 19.9%, Atmospheric 6.5%, Indie 5.8%

  48. #48 Not For Broadcast VR
    71% matchMostly Negative40% of 68 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: Political 26.7%, Dystopian 24.9%, Choices Matter 10.2%, Political Sim 9.9%, Multiple Endings 8.4%

  49. #49 Little Nightmares
    69% matchVery Positive95% of 115,101 reviews2017
    Dev: Tarsier StudiosPub: BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment
    Windows
    Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 68%

    Take on the role of Six, a lone child lost in a massive metal vessel known as the Maw, surrounded by dangerous, distorted versions of adults. You’ll need to do your best to escape in one piece or your fate will be worse than you ever dared dream.

    Why similar: Dark 29.6%, Great Soundtrack 23.3%, Atmospheric 20.4%, Story Rich 12.2%, Singleplayer 5.5%

  50. #50 FACEMINER
    66% matchVery Positive90% of 1,271 reviews2025
    Dev: WristworkPub: Wristwork Ltd
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 87%

    Build a biometric data harvesting empire from scratch in FACEMINER, the hardcore thriller clicker set in 1999. Classify data, upgrade mining infrastructure, and scale up your A.I. surveillance empire to obscene ends in this creepy narrative-driven incremental management sim with a dystopian twist.

    Why similar: Dystopian 31%, Political 25.2%, Point & Click 13.9%, Simulation 7.8%, Story Rich 7.2%

  51. #51 CorpoNation: The Sorting Process
    68% matchMostly Positive74% of 129 reviews2024
    Dev: CanteenPub: Playtonic Friends
    Windows

    Greetings, valued employee. You have been tasked with sorting the Ringo CorpoNation's genetic samples. With the credits that you earn, you can shop, game and pay your bills on time. Rogue workers may try to entice you into betraying your beloved employer, but we know you'll give 110%.

    Why similar: Political Sim 30.3%, Political 26.8%, Dystopian 20.6%, Point & Click 9.4%, Story Rich 5.3%

  52. #52 Rogue State
    70% matchMostly Positive76% of 255 reviews2015
    Dev: LRDGames, Inc.
    Windows
    Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 96%

    Assume control of a Middle Eastern country recovering from a violent revolution. Forge alliances, grow your economy, invade your neighbors, or pacify your population. Rogue State is a geopolitical strategy game that will force you to always stay one step ahead of your rivals to survive.

    Why similar: Political Sim 68.4%, Strategy 14.1%, Simulation 12.8%, Indie 4.7%

  53. #53 Interrogation: You will be deceived
    69% matchMostly Positive78% of 369 reviews2019
    Dev: Critique GamingPub: Assemble Entertainment
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 91%

    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 33%, Political 30.3%, Choices Matter 11.5%, Dark 10.3%, Story Rich 6.4%

  54. #54 PowerSimulator
    69% matchMixed42% of 207 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 37.3%, Dark Humor 26%, Choices Matter 18.2%, Simulation 6.8%, Strategy 2.8%

  55. #55 This Is the President
    68% matchMixed68% of 403 reviews2021
    Dev: SuperPACPub: THQ Nordic
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 7.7 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 46.4%, Dystopian 23%, Dark Humor 18.4%, Strategy 8.2%, Adventure 2.1%

  56. #56 Home Behind
    68% matchVery Positive84% of 6,095 reviews2016
    Dev: TPP Studio
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 13.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%

    In Home Behind, you take on the role of a refugee cast out from your homeland by a band of rebels. Your home and the peace you enjoyed has been destroyed, and your family has disappeared. Can you survive the struggle, famine, and sickness to make it to the safety of Europe?

    Why similar: Strategy 25.9%, Simulation 23.5%, RPG 13.4%, Adventure 13.1%, Indie 12.2%

  57. #57 You are the Judge!
    67% matchMostly Positive70% of 254 reviews2023
    Dev: Steel Games
    Windows

    As a judge of the Kobardde court, solve complex cases inspired by actual events. Your decisions will directly affect people's (and perhaps yours) lives. You may have to make difficult decisions for your family, country, and life. What kind of judge will you be?

    Why similar: Political Sim 40.5%, Political 27.8%, Choices Matter 6.7%, Multiple Endings 5%, Strategy 4.8%

  58. #58 Unemployment Simulator 2018
    64% matchVery Positive86% of 85 reviews2026
    Dev: Samuel LehikoinenPub: turbolento publishing
    Windows

    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: Dark Humor 40%, Story Rich 14.6%, Multiple Endings 14.3%, Simulation 12.3%, Atmospheric 8.2%

  59. #59 Pathologic 2
    66% matchVery Positive92% of 11,869 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 30.5%, Choices Matter 21.3%, Dark 13.3%, Story Rich 13%, Atmospheric 11.4%

  60. #60 KingSim
    67% matchVery Positive85% of 209 reviews2020
    Dev: Fuzzy Pixel Game Studio
    Windows
    Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 81%

    Become the King in a story-driven 8-bit style game, where choice matters. And try not to die instantly...

    Why similar: Political Sim 31%, Political 20.3%, Dark Humor 12.8%, Choices Matter 9.7%, Multiple Endings 8.9%

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