
Trade illicit cheese in a dystopian cyberpunk city filled with police killbots trying to hunt you down in this ASCII Art text-based early 80s retro trading game. Like a fine blue cheese, this isn't for everyone.
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Trade illicit cheese in a dystopian cyberpunk city filled with police killbots trying to hunt you down in this ASCII Art text-based early 80s retro trading game. Like a fine blue cheese, this isn't for everyone.

DopeNet
DopeNet is a stupidly fun, dark web fantasy drug dealing simulator. Buy low, sell HIGH, go get it.

BANKWAVE: Neon Networth
You are VatBorn™ -- an artificial consciousness uploaded into a disposable memetic plasmid body. Your purpose: to provide frontline customer service at mega-bank Multiverse Mutual. BANKWAVE is narrative document / customer service simulation with escape room elements.
DopeNet is a stupidly fun, dark web fantasy drug dealing simulator. Buy low, sell HIGH, go get it.
Why similar: Crime 22.3%, Trading 20.1% ★, Capitalism 15%, Dark Humor 13.3%, Text-Based 12.4%
You are VatBorn™ -- an artificial consciousness uploaded into a disposable memetic plasmid body. Your purpose: to provide frontline customer service at mega-bank Multiverse Mutual. BANKWAVE is narrative document / customer service simulation with escape room elements.
Why similar: Political 25.2% ★, Cyberpunk 21.3%, Dark Humor 14.9%, 1980s 13.2%, Capitalism 12.1%
Wall Street is a casino. Literally. In this trading sim, the stock market is controlled by a 5x3 slot machine. Spin to manipulate prices, fulfill high-stakes contracts, and pay back your investors before the repo man comes for your CRT monitor.
Why similar: Capitalism 21.5%, Trading 21.3% ★, Cyberpunk 14.7%, Minimalist 11.3%, Management 10.3%
Late Stage is a stealth action game where you play as a mercenary, completing missions for megacorporations
Why similar: Capitalism 19.8%, Conspiracy 19% ★, Dark Comedy 18.7%, Dystopian 15.8%, Cyberpunk 13.1%
The Copperfield Department is a text-based puzzle game where players take over the role of a social media detective. As tasked by Big Business Inc., a company controlling the country, your job is to hunt for social media accounts that could prove harmful to their image.
Why similar: Crime 15.1%, 1980s 15%, Text-Based 13.1%, Capitalism 13%, Conspiracy 12.5% ★
The cult-classic drug economy game everyone has played is back... in 3D! 👀 You're a dealer in 1990s NYC with one goal: get as rich as possible in a month ⌛💰 Cocaine, LSD, weed, whatever's hot 🔥 Buy low and sell high for huge profit 📈 Get in a police shootout👮🔫 Or meet a hooker 🫦 Wishlist now!
Why similar: Trading 24.7% ★, Crime 22.8%, Dark Comedy 16.5%, Dark Humor 15.7%, Management 8.8%
A Freaky Retro Platform Game
Why similar: 1980s 22.2%, Cyberpunk 21.9%, Dark Comedy 21.3%, Dark Humor 16.5%, Dystopian 11.9%
Each person’s family name in the Continuum is given a debt which they must pay back, or they risk being wiped by the Grid.
Why similar: Crime 20.6%, Cyberpunk 20.4%, Text-Based 18.3%, Capitalism 17.8%, Dystopian 13.2%
Welcome to Shareholders an economy \ strategy \ simulator. Explore the depths of a simulated economy that is rich with mechanics and activities: from production and stock market manipulation to managing consumer demand and influencing global trade through exports and imports.
Why similar: Trading 24% ★, Crime 18%, Capitalism 17.8%, Political 16.4% ★, Conspiracy 13.3% ★
Future? No Thanks! is a narrative-driven, open-world adventure set in an ecosocialist utopia. You're old, bitter, and scheduled for euthanasia. Enjoy your last day in a future that works for everyone but you.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 20.3%, Capitalism 19.8%, Cyberpunk 19.4%, Political 14.3% ★, Dystopian 13.3%
In this rogue-like game, you embark on your journey as a captain during the tumultuous American Prohibition. Overcome challenges like inclement weather, relentless Coast Guard pursuit, shrewd Mafia dealings, and your own financial pitfalls, all while ensuring your path to wealth remains unhindered.
Why similar: Trading 33.8% ★, Crime 27.4%, Management 13.3%, Retro 7.1%, Stylized 6.1%
👁️ Loop of Command is a cute automation puzzle about small horrors of corporate culture. Program obedient robots to survive your next performance review.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 21.7%, Capitalism 19.7%, Political 17.6% ★, Dark Humor 14.7%, Dystopian 10.8%
Thrilling business tycoon sim where you step into the shoes of a drug dealer in 1980s USA. Your main goal is simple: BUY LOW and SELL HIGH. Get ready for a experience where you'll combine strategy, risk-taking, and decision-making to build your criminal empire.
Why similar: Trading 29.7% ★, Crime 27.2%, Capitalism 17.7%, 1980s 12.7%, Management 9.9%
Get dice, use abilities, make deals- then profit! Cubic Currency is a game all about trading dice for cash- chasing after an ever increasing rent payment week-after-week, and dealing with all the insanity the future has to offer! From aliens, to tech, to cultish corporate leaders!
Why similar: Dark Comedy 20.3%, Cyberpunk 19%, Capitalism 17.4%, Dystopian 15.2%, Management 11.9%
Wall Street Raider offers the deepest stock market simulations in gaming history. Control publicly traded corporations, futures, options, and even crypto. Whether you want to make billions in equities, short-sell overvalued stocks, or hedge risk using derivatives, the market is yours to conquer!
Why similar: Capitalism 30.2%, Text-Based 23.7%, 1980s 18.9%, Management 16.5%, Strategy 7.2%
Found a company, spread fake news, start riots and become immortal. In this cyberpunk management sim, wealth is power and corporations are king. Can you monopolize the globe and build a corporate empire that will stand forever?
Why similar: Cyberpunk 32.4%, Capitalism 22.1%, Dystopian 18.6%, Management 17.1%, Strategy 9.8%
Want to get rich, quick? Welcome to FERIOS, where you’ll be empowered to pursue wealth and success as a mid-level stockbroker! Your wildest dreams of wealth can come true… at the cost of everything else.
Why similar: Trading 30% ★, Capitalism 22.5%, Dark Comedy 21.6%, Management 9.4%, Political 8.5% ★
Stalks Stalks Stalks is a turned based, competitive, "stock simulation" where you hope to make more money than every one else. If you play by yourself, you'll always win! Try your luck against friends or strangers, and you'll likely lose!
Why similar: Trading 31.6% ★, Capitalism 23.6%, Text-Based 14.3%, Management 11.6%, Minimalist 10.6%
Historical indie videogame about the suburbs of the Cold War in South America.
Why similar: Political 23.7% ★, Capitalism 21.7%, Conspiracy 17.8% ★, Crime 17.7%, Text-Based 13.2%
Things were worse than ever in Banana Republic, a somber island country. While anarchists roamed the streets, corruption was running deeper due to economic crisis and rising crime rates. Bearing these burdens were "judges" who tried to make things right with honesty...
Why similar: Crime 28%, Political 26.8% ★, Text-Based 21.1%, Dystopian 14.2%, Colorful 4.5%
Unravel the mystery behind the disappearance of Druhyus' favorite celebrity playboy, Walker Kahmenos. Join investigative journalist Verity Lux, in this interactive fiction title and follow leads, conduct interviews, and submit your findings as you seek out the truth - before it's too late.
Why similar: Crime 27.2%, Dark Humor 18.8%, Cyberpunk 15.1%, Conspiracy 15% ★, Dystopian 11%
The world is over. Can you manage to rebuild? The nuclear apocalypse has finally happened leaving you in charge of a bunker. Accept or reject characters from your bunker to assemble the best group in order to rebuild when you finally resurface.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 23.5%, Capitalism 21.9%, Dark Humor 18%, Dystopian 15.2%, Text-Based 10.3%
Dive into the world of day trading with 'Simple Stock Trading Simulator.' Easy-to-play, yet challenging. Test your skills, reach goals, and experience the thrill!
Why similar: Trading 46.4% ★, Text-Based 24%, Minimalist 16.8%, Retro 6.6%, Strategy 4.3%
Help Shadowbro overcome a computer worm come to life and save the multiverse from colliding! Collect items, talk to employees, solve puzzles and explore the secrets of a company that caused everything to happen!
Why similar: Dark Comedy 20.8%, Capitalism 20.5%, Conspiracy 19.2% ★, Dark Humor 15.6%, Dystopian 13.9%
Definitely Not Fried Chicken is a business management sim with a Twist! Grow your drugs trade through legitimate fronts by managing both sides of the business. Acquire new "businesses", meet new clientele, Develop more potent narcotics, make lots of money and leave a city in ruin!
Why similar: Crime 24.6%, Trading 23.7% ★, Capitalism 19%, Dark Humor 16.1%, Management 12.2%
Interpret the crystal ball's prophecies to find tomorrow's soaring stocks and bet your entire fortune. Survive the madness of skyrocketing and crashing prices to become rich. You need to take revenge on the Fortune Teller Corp that fired you just for a little bit of embezzlement!
Why similar: Trading 35.5% ★, Capitalism 27.1%, Dark Humor 20.2%, Management 8.5%, Strategy 6%
Welcome to Forward Green, Dave, we hope you're excited. Project Lagoon Breeze is a great opportunity to make connections, oversee construction, and manage community relations on an international scale. This role requires resilience, but we know you're up for it. Are you ready to make a difference?
Why similar: Political 30.6% ★, Capitalism 25.4%, Text-Based 24.6%, Dark Comedy 19.4%
A PvP spaceship management auto battler! Build a custom spaceship layout and compete against other players. Play your way and be a bounty hunter, space pirate, or merchant trader.
Why similar: Cyberpunk 22.5%, Trading 17.7% ★, Dystopian 13.4%, Retro 10.6%, Minimalist 9.3%
Greed is a virtue in Idle Trillionaire. Success is defined by your net worth. From a "Lawn Mowing Job" and "Your First Kiss" to "Crack Addiction" and "Global Domination". Experience everything life has to offer. Each card will tell your story, make you laugh or potentially end your life.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 20.1%, Capitalism 19.1%, Text-Based 18%, Dark Humor 14.8%, Dystopian 14.1%
Console Store Simulator — Run your own second-hand game shop! Buy and sell games, stock shelves, and grow your business. Watch out for thieves, and explore the black market and flea market — but be careful, some items might be broken!
Why similar: Trading 38% ★, Capitalism 31.5%, Management 16.9%, Retro 5.6%, Casual 4.1%
Hum is a dark 2D adventure game with stealth and horror elements set in the bleak, retro-futuristic world of Postapoland. You discover that you cannot die, forever trapped in a nightmarish reality. Explore the world in ever shifting perspectives, reach the reality engine and finally die.
Why similar: Cyberpunk 22.9%, Capitalism 21.1%, Dystopian 20.9%, Dark Humor 17.9%, Dark 8.8%
Afterslave is a short visual novel about a boy that have reached culmination of his life in a totalitaristic country
Why similar: Crime 38.6%, Dystopian 32.8%, Conspiracy 26.3% ★, Casual 2.3%
Investigate the evidence, expose the lies and bring the perpetrator to justice! In Crime Investigator, you take on the role of an experienced investigator who has to solve brutal murders and complex crimes.
Why similar: Crime 58.1%, Text-Based 21.9%, Dark 12.5%, Casual 7.5%
Pay off your debts by working part-time in the nightlife district of Smile Town! Buy items from your friend Apple Ginger's shop to get an advantage at your part-time job.
Why similar: Cyberpunk 30.7%, 1980s 28.3%, Dystopian 18.8%, Retro 17.3%, Casual 4.9%
As a Chicago mob boss at the start of Prohibition, you must make tough decisions to manage your crime empire. How many hoods to employ? How many clients to squeeze? How much to kick back to the cops? Don't be a schmuck, or you'll find yourself at the wrong end of a Chicago Typewriter.
Why similar: Crime 43.2%, Management 17.9%, Text-Based 15.6%, Retro 14.5%, Strategy 8.9%
From broke donor to city powerbroker earn money through unconventional private clinics, expand your influence, and shape population growth as the city shifts between love, fear, and chaos.
Why similar: Crime 38.8%, Dark Comedy 26.2%, Management 21.4%, Strategy 13.6%
Build, customise, and grow your cannabis empire from a tiny shop to a booming city-wide business! 🌿💼
Why similar: Crime 33.1%, Trading 25.5% ★, Capitalism 19.8%, Management 15.9%, Strategy 4.4%
Laundering Simulator puts you in charge of a two-faced enterprise – a hidden counterfeiting workshop with a laundromat as its front! Help Eddie Wiser run this crazy show and deal with small-business management, a criminal underground, nosy authorities, and a rage-inducing grandmother!
Why similar: Trading 27.2% ★, Crime 23.7%, Dark Comedy 20.1%, Dark Humor 16%, Management 11%
Black Market is an item shop simulator where you are a shopkeeper that pawns items and strikes deals with your villainous customers in order to make rent. It’s a cutthroat world out there.
Why similar: Trading 25.9% ★, Crime 24%, Dark Comedy 18%, Text-Based 15.3%, Dark Humor 13.9%
N1NE: The Splintered Mind is a Cyberpunk narrative-driven game, designed for VR. In the year 2099 you play a resourceful detective as you explore, interact, investigate and interrogate your way to the bottom of a suspicious murder that will take you through the real world as well as Nu.Real.
Why similar: Cyberpunk 23.1%, Crime 22.1%, Conspiracy 18.9% ★, Dystopian 16.5%, Dark Humor 13.1%
YOU ARE NOT ALICE is a social engineering sandbox game where you play the role of a hacker who has taken over Alice's work computer. Your goal is to spread through her company by talking to her coworkers and convincing them to run a virus file you can send them.
Why similar: Crime 25%, Cyberpunk 23.2%, Text-Based 20.3%, Capitalism 19.7%, Strategy 5.9%
Botnet of Ares is an incremental hacking roguelite set in a cyberpunk world where everything is connected. Unlock upgrades, expand your botnet, exploit millions of devices, optimize your network & decide the future of humanity.
Why similar: Cyberpunk 26%, Crime 20.3%, Dystopian 20%, Management 13.4%, Dark 7.9%
Take the role of Redactor at Liaise, the world’s largest social media firm in the year 2062. Deal with noisy chat bots, hateful messages, fake news, and anything else that disrupts the fragile social ties in a dystopian world. Can you keep people engaged on the platform without losing your sanity?
Why similar: Cyberpunk 28.6%, Dystopian 23.5%, Capitalism 22.8%, Conspiracy 16.1% ★, Management 5.9%
Balance happiness and survival in Cat's Vote, a whimsical pastel-colored resource management game where you juggle your family's needs and vote in unpredictable feline elections. Shape your story, customize your cat family, and decide if those campaign promises are worth the risk!
Why similar: Political 23% ★, Capitalism 20.5%, Dark Comedy 17.7%, Dark Humor 14.8%, Management 10.9%
A strategy game about correlations and bending reality for profit. You’re hired to increase a company’s sales—by any means necessary. Link variables together and transform changes in the world into revenue. More penguins? Somehow, that means higher sales. Don’t question it. Optimize it.
Why similar: Text-Based 29%, Capitalism 24.5%, Minimalist 17.4%, Strategy 16.2%, Management 13%
Stock market game with trading on the commodity exchange for beginner traders
Why similar: Trading 48.5% ★, Capitalism 25.6%, Political 18.9% ★, Minimalist 7%
Thrown into prison for an act of self-expression, protagonist Shuichiro must confront both a violent system and his own actions—or else try to find happiness on the inside in this visual novel from the makers of NUKITASHI.
Why similar: Crime 28.5%, Dark Humor 24.8%, Dystopian 18.5%, Dark Comedy 17.4%, Capitalism 7.4%
Step into a dystopian visual novel where secrets, betrayal, and self-discovery collide. Follow Garrett Marek's text-driven journey through a world ruled by Deus Magnus Rotamea. Unravel family mysteries, confront fate, and explore a linear story where every revelation brings you closer to the truth!
Why similar: Cyberpunk 23.3%, Text-Based 20.7%, Political 19.1% ★, Dystopian 13.5%, Conspiracy 9.9% ★
Your probation as a health insurance Claims Adjuster begins now. Report to your terminal and inspect medical documents for reasons to deny coverage. Assume patient fraud. Your decisions have consequences: patients come back. Management is watching. A dystopian document thriller.
Why similar: Dystopian 22.5%, Dark Humor 21.3%, Political 19.7% ★, Capitalism 18.4%, Management 10.8%
Low-level drug-dealing and psychonautic text-based simulation game with role-playing elements inspired by rave and electronic music culture.
Why similar: Crime 34.7%, Trading 29.5% ★, Text-Based 15.3%, Management 12.9%, Retro 7.6%
A Street Story is an interactive story in which you play a gangster in the suburbs from Paris, France. Discover a troubled world mixing gangsters, cops and terrorists. Choose your own path among those shady characters and try to survive!
Why similar: Crime 19.7%, Capitalism 17.4%, Text-Based 17.4%, Political 17.1% ★, Conspiracy 16.5% ★
Step into the gritty streets of the 90s Bronx, Fence is an economic management Simulation RPG where you barter, trade, and outsmart the streets as you fight daily to keep out of poverty and ambitiously journey to the top.
Why similar: Trading 33% ★, Crime 28.4%, Capitalism 18.5%, Management 11.3%, Stylized 5.5%
At Bernard Cinemas we work harder not smarter! Work may feel like a loop but once you get infected, we'll take care of you! During the vaccination process please make sure to cover majority of your immune system's field. Good luck!
Why similar: Dark Comedy 26.8%, Dark Humor 21.9%, Capitalism 14.8%, Minimalist 12.6%, Dark 8.8%
Hack into the retro-futuristic world of Payload! A 3D isometric puzzle-oriented game played on a cube. Its striking graphics and gripping narrative offer a noteworthy experience.
Why similar: Cyberpunk 22.6%, Capitalism 20.6%, 1980s 19.7%, Conspiracy 14.6% ★, Minimalist 12.2%
Ichth.ys is a visual novel with turn-based combat where your choices affect the story! You follow Fraser, a hacker who was recently expelled from university, in a tale of mystery, deception, censorship, freedom, and board game cafes!
Why similar: Cyberpunk 19.3%, Political 18.6% ★, Conspiracy 17.5% ★, Capitalism 16.9%, Text-Based 14.6%
Acclaimed artist and solo developer Mitchell F. Chan tells six funny, gripping, and heart-breaking stories about a fictional video game, the ambitious CEO driven to make it the most valuable platform in the world, and the would-be millionaires who are pulled into its orbit.
Why similar: Capitalism 30.6%, Trading 20.3% ★, Dark Comedy 15.8%, Dark Humor 11.8%, Stylized 9.8%
You are at the nexus of the events of 2020; you will hire agents, run political ads, research topics, use hacking, and more in this turn-based political strategy game. In Electioneering, your goal is to ensure your candidate becomes the next President of the United States.
Why similar: Political 20.8% ★, Dystopian 19.4%, Conspiracy 16.9% ★, Crime 13.3%, Cyberpunk 9.2%
Explore the liminal corridors of a company that only... rotates documents? This short artistic Indie title combines 2D exploration with paper physics to create a truly unique experience.
Why similar: Capitalism 27.8%, Political 23.9% ★, Text-Based 19.1%, Minimalist 15.3%, Retro 8.8%
A minimalist cyberpunk city builder inspired by Islanders and Luck Be a Landlord.
Why similar: Cyberpunk 31.7%, Capitalism 20.8%, Dystopian 19.7%, Minimalist 16%, Strategy 6%
The Financial Market Simulation!
Why similar: Trading 40% ★, Capitalism 32.7%, 1980s 18.1%, Strategy 9.2%