Games Like Death and Taxes

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: Point & Click 28.4%, Multiple Endings 15.4%, Simulation 14.8%, Story Rich 8.9%, Puzzle 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: The definitive bureaucratic simulation that forces you to make difficult moral choices under the pressure of a dystopian regime.

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 30.3%, Interactive Fiction 19.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19%, Story Rich 13.1%, Simulation 4.5%

Why You'll Like It: A deep narrative RPG where every choice you make throughout a lifetime has permanent, often tragic consequences.

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: Choices Matter 23.6%, Point & Click 23.3%, Story Rich 13.5%, Simulation 12%, Strategy 10.5%

Why You'll Like It: You act as a judge during the French Revolution, balancing political survival with the moral weight of deciding the fates of the accused.

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: Choices Matter 20.3%, Point & Click 18.8%, Multiple Endings 16.1%, Story Rich 11.1%, Simulation 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: A tense management game where you must spy on tenants and make life-altering choices to protect your own family.

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: Dark Comedy 21.4%, Choices Matter 11.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.7%, Point & Click 11.6%, Interactive Fiction 11.1%

Why You'll Like It: A satirical bureaucratic sim where you control the flow of information and decide what the public sees, impacting the political landscape.

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: Point & Click 23.5%, Choices Matter 17.5%, Multiple Endings 15.9%, Story Rich 10.6%, Strategy 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: A voyeuristic simulation that forces you to choose between your own gain and the lives of the people you observe.

Peace, Death! is an arcade simulator with difficulties. In this game you play as the Reaper working for your boss, Death, and send clients to Heaven, Hell, or Purgatory.

Why similar: Simulation 41.4%, Casual 22.4%, Indie 18.3%, 2D 13.5%, Singleplayer 4.5%

Why You'll Like It: A thematic sibling to the seed game that puts you in the role of a reaper deciding the afterlife of souls.

Narrative-adventure playing an Agent of Death who must take ONE life that could change the fate of a conflict-torn Nation

Why similar: Point & Click 15.8%, Choices Matter 15.3%, Dialogue Heavy 11.8%, Multiple Endings 10.8%, Interactive Fiction 10.4%

Why You'll Like It: This game directly mirrors the core mechanic of choosing who lives and who dies in a narrative-driven setting.

Trolley Problem, Inc. is a darkly comedic narrative game based on real-world philosophical papers, in which you are asked to make a series of impossible choices from two awful answers. Wrestle with your moral compass, decide the fate of millions – and compare your choices with the rest of the world.

Why similar: Choices Matter 50.9%, Simulation 25%, Casual 11.3%, Indie 8.1%, Singleplayer 4.7%

Why You'll Like It: A dark, thought-provoking game that forces you to make impossible moral decisions based on real-world ethical dilemmas.

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 40.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 25.2%, Simulation 8.5%, Strategy 6.7%, Story Rich 4.2%

Why You'll Like It: A minimalist strategy game where binary choices determine the longevity of your reign and the fate of your kingdom.

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: Choose Your Own Adventure 23.3%, Choices Matter 18.2%, Multiple Endings 17.6%, Story Rich 11.3%, Simulation 10.6%

Why You'll Like It: A dystopian simulation where you must diagnose citizens and decide their fate, balancing efficiency with personal morality.

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 55.4%, Simulation 28.9%, Interactive Fiction 3.9%, Story Rich 3.3%, Point & Click 3.1%

Why You'll Like It: A surveillance-based narrative game where you decide which information is relevant to the state, effectively shaping the lives of suspects.

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: Narrative 19.5% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.3%, Point & Click 13.6%, Interactive Fiction 12.7%, Choices Matter 12.1%

Why You'll Like It: A political narrative sim where you must navigate complex diplomatic and domestic crises with far-reaching consequences.

Strange Horticulture is an occult puzzle game in which you play as the proprietor of a local plant store. Find and identify new plants, pet your cat, speak to a coven, or join a cult. Use your collection of powerful plants to influence the story and unravel Undermere’s dark mysteries.

Why similar: Point & Click 21.6%, Choices Matter 15.9%, Multiple Endings 15.1%, Story Rich 11.2%, Puzzle 10%

Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric mystery game that uses point-and-click mechanics to uncover dark secrets and make impactful decisions.

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: Choices Matter 29.5%, Multiple Endings 22.9%, Story Rich 11.1%, Adventure 7.4%, Simulation 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: You control the news cycle, and your editorial choices directly influence public opinion and the stability of society.

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: Point & Click 21.8%, Choices Matter 21.5%, Multiple Endings 14.5%, Story Rich 12.9%, Simulation 10.2%

Why You'll Like It: A detective game that requires you to use surveillance and hacking to make moral judgments in a dystopian future.

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: Simulation 45.2%, Multiple Endings 19.1%, Story Rich 13.4%, 2D 6.4%, Adventure 5.3%

Why You'll Like It: A dystopian management game that forces you to make difficult choices while working as a bouncer in a post-Brexit Britain.

Build and manage a medieval graveyard while facing ethical dilemmas and making questionable decisions. Welcome to Graveyard Keeper, the most inaccurate medieval cemetery sim of the year.

Why similar: Simulation 41.9%, Story Rich 19.8%, Adventure 11.5%, Indie 10.3%, 2D 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: A dark-humored management sim that deals with the morbid realities of running a cemetery in a medieval setting.

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 24.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.4%, Multiple Endings 16.7%, Story Rich 12.3%, Simulation 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: A kingdom management game where you must balance the needs of your people against the limited resources of your throne.

The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe is an expanded re-imagining of 2013's The Stanley Parable. You will play as Stanley, and you will not play as Stanley. You will make a choice, and you will become powerless. You are not here to win. The Stanley Parable is a game that plays you.

Why similar: Multiple Endings 36.1%, Choices Matter 35.7%, Story Rich 12.2%, Atmospheric 4.5%, Adventure 3.9%

Why You'll Like It: A meta-narrative experience that explores the nature of choice and the consequences of defying the narrator.

Coffee Talk is a coffee brewing and heart-to-heart talking simulator about listening to fantasy-inspired modern peoples’ problems, and helping them by serving up a warm drink or two.

Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 34.8%, Interactive Fiction 14.4%, Choices Matter 12.4%, Multiple Endings 10.8%, Story Rich 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: A narrative-driven game where your choices as a barista influence the lives and problems of your diverse clientele.

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: Point & Click 20.5%, Multiple Endings 17.5%, Choices Matter 16.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.6%, Story Rich 10%

Why You'll Like It: A dystopian management game where you must decide who is worthy of survival in a failing society.

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: Narrative 32.6% ★, Dialogue Heavy 19.4%, Interactive Fiction 15.3%, Multiple Endings 12.7%, Story Rich 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: A narrative-heavy life sim that emphasizes moral choices and survival in a decaying space station.

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: Dark Comedy 35.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 24.7%, Point & Click 23.7%, Strategy 10%, 2D 5.7%

Why You'll Like It: A high-pressure survival game where every choice you make in your bunker can lead to immediate disaster.

A new kind of detective game that allows you to think and investigate freely. Discover clues surrounding 12 strange and gruesome deaths and build your own theory. Pick your suspect, deduce the motive, unmask the awful truth.

Why similar: Narrative 21.8% ★, Point & Click 18.7%, Interactive Fiction 15.3%, Choices Matter 12.4%, Story Rich 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: A complex detective game that rewards careful observation and logical deduction to solve grim mysteries.

A card game in a Medieval setting where you make decisions on which not only your life will depend, but also the future of the kingdom!

Why similar: Choices Matter 24.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.8%, Multiple Endings 15.5%, Strategy 11.8%, Simulation 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: A straightforward, choice-driven narrative game that focuses on the immediate consequences of your decisions.

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: Choices Matter 33.1%, Story Rich 22.6%, Point & Click 20.8%, Character Customization 8.3%, Atmospheric 8%

Why You'll Like It: An unparalleled narrative RPG where your internal choices and dialogue define your character and the world's outcome.

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 27.9%, Choices Matter 19.8%, Multiple Endings 14.2%, Simulation 9.3%, Casual 6.2%

In Afterparty, you are Milo and Lola, recently deceased best buds who suddenly find themselves staring down an eternity in Hell. But there's a loophole: outdrink Satan and he'll grant you re-entry to Earth.

Why similar: Narrative 19.7% ★, Dark Comedy 15.9%, Dialogue Heavy 11.6%, Point & Click 9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: A supernatural adventure where you must outdrink Satan to escape hell, with dialogue choices driving the narrative.

Fight against & romance the one hunting for your soul in A Date with Death, a romance chat simulator where you date(?) the Grim Reaper himself. Create your own character, decorate your apartment, and chat away with the charming yet dangerous Grim Reaper through text and video calls.

Why similar: Character Customization 23.4%, Choices Matter 20.2%, Multiple Endings 18.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.8%, Interactive Fiction 13.3%

Gamedec is a single-player cyberpunk isometric RPG. You are a game detective, who solves crimes inside virtual worlds. Use your wits to gather info from your witnesses and suspects, getting to the bottom of deceptive schemes. The game continually adapts to your decisions and never judges.

Why similar: Choices Matter 31.1%, Multiple Endings 25.9%, Story Rich 20.6%, Atmospheric 11.8%, Adventure 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: A choice-based detective RPG where you investigate crimes in virtual worlds without traditional combat.

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: Choices Matter 20.2%, Point & Click 16.4%, Multiple Endings 15.5%, Story Rich 11.4%, Strategy 9.7%

Peace, Death! 2 is a midcore turn-based logic game where you send clients to Hell, Heaven, or Purgatory and help members of the Reapers Union as they work towards their great cause!

Why similar: Point & Click 31.2%, Simulation 19.8%, Puzzle 16.4%, Casual 10.4%, Choices Matter 10.1%

You will play as a Trainee Death, harvesting Souls to pay off your debt. Random choice events offer you various options: Lie in bed and slack off since the debt is endless anyway, Or follow your senior to earn some extra Souls, collecting outfits to switch up your style.

Why similar: Choices Matter 34.3%, Multiple Endings 31%, Simulation 18.4%, Strategy 7.2%, Indie 5.8%

Be the tax collector of a shady city hall in this narrative-driven resource management game. Talk to debtors, manage a team, make difficult choices, and challenge the city's moral decay. It's their money, but it's your job.

Why similar: Narrative 27.6% ★, Point & Click 13.2%, Choices Matter 12.4%, Multiple Endings 11.1%, Story Rich 8%

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: Point & Click 20.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.2%, Simulation 10.4%, Choices Matter 10%, Multiple Endings 9.9%

Awaken the incompetent doctor within you! Diagnose strange patients, examine their absurd symptoms… and prescribe treatments that could change their lives… or cut them short. Your actions will have consequences.

Why similar: Choices Matter 26.9%, Multiple Endings 23.5%, Point & Click 14.9%, Simulation 11.3%, Story Rich 9.1%

You are a guard whose job is to post bounties. Try your best to deal with various matters and make money to raise your family. But remember, when various factions come to you, you will have to make choices!

Why similar: Dark Comedy 20.5%, Choices Matter 17.3%, Interactive Fiction 15.4%, Multiple Endings 13.1%, Dialogue Heavy 12.6%

Want to decide where mortals go when they die? Welcome to hell! With one click, you can decide whether mortals should go to heaven or stay in hell.

Why similar: Simulation 34.4%, Strategy 30.7%, Casual 17.9%, 2D 17%

Destined to Die is a task managing game about depression, containing over 200+ pieces of physical and digital art. What's the point in life, if all paths lead to death. Choose your actions, and learn how to live. All paths lead to death, but how long can you live?

Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 32%, Choices Matter 22.8%, Casual 20.9%, 2D 14.5%, Simulation 5.9%

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 31.5%, Strategy 25.9%, Choices Matter 19.1%, Casual 6.6%, Indie 5%

Satirical, short and simple point-and-click "simulation" game about the meaninglessness of life.

Why similar: Narrative 26.4% ★, Point & Click 21.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.9%, Multiple Endings 15.3%, Simulation 9.1%

Storyteller is an award-winning puzzle game about building stories. Start with a title, settings and characters and create a story that fits the story’s description. Play with stories of love, intrigue, crime, monsters, betrayal, and more!

Why similar: Point & Click 22.6%, Interactive Fiction 20.1%, Choices Matter 13.3%, Puzzle 12.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.1%

You are an Administrator serving your probationary period in a medieval town. Make decisions to affect the town's reputation, order, military and supplies. Choose wisely to deal with bandits, famines, cultists and plagues. The most difficult choices will decide the fate of your town!

Why similar: Choices Matter 18.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.1%, Interactive Fiction 16%, Multiple Endings 14.6%, Story Rich 10.3%

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: Point & Click 16.7%, Choices Matter 15.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.7%, Multiple Endings 12%, Story Rich 9.1%

Potion Craft is an alchemist simulator where you physically interact with your tools and ingredients to brew potions. You're in full control of the whole shop: invent new recipes, attract customers and experiment to your heart's content. Just remember: the whole town is counting on you.

Why similar: Point & Click 29.1%, Choices Matter 25.1%, Simulation 21.4%, 2D 7.5%, Casual 6.6%

Part interactive fiction, part Felis domesticus adventure, “Cats and the Other Lives” explores the reunion of a broken family from the perspective of their house cat, Aspen.

Why similar: Narrative 33.2% ★, Interactive Fiction 19.2%, Point & Click 19.1%, Story Rich 11.8%, Atmospheric 7.3%

Lovecraftian Doctor Simulator. Diagnose patients by analyzing unsettling symptoms and treat them using your Book of Medicine. Make moral choices — decide who to save or kill, discover whom to trust, and unlock multiple endings! Can you endure 30 days of perilous decisions?

Why similar: Choices Matter 23.9%, Point & Click 20.6%, Multiple Endings 17.8%, Story Rich 15.5%, Puzzle 8.7%

This is the story of your life. Experience the entire journey from toddler to adulthood. Go to schools, learn new things, meet new friends, and have wild adventures! Every choice you make will influence your future career, and decide who your romantic partner will be. Who will you become?

Why similar: Choices Matter 21.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.4%, Multiple Endings 15.3%, Story Rich 13%, Simulation 10.4%

A Mortician's Tale is a short, story-driven game about a mortician tasked with running a funeral home.

Why similar: Point & Click 34.5%, Story Rich 16.6%, Interactive Fiction 16.1%, Casual 11.9%, Atmospheric 9.2%

A short, twisted tale about a smuggler and a late night encounter in the English Channel. Control the camera and make tough choices, will you escape with your life?

Why similar: Dark Comedy 18.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.9%, Choices Matter 11.6%, Interactive Fiction 11%, Dialogue Heavy 10.8%

The local Adventurer's Guild is hiring!... Not for adventurers, but for guild clerks! You play an important role in handing out quests, gold, and equipment as your actions shape the stories of these animal adventurers for better, or for worse..!

Why similar: Point & Click 16.6%, Choices Matter 16.3%, Interactive Fiction 16%, Multiple Endings 14.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.3%

Become a phone repair technician, get the opportunity to look into the personal data of customers. Influence their destinies if you dare!

Why similar: Point & Click 27.6%, Choices Matter 19.6%, Multiple Endings 17.5%, Story Rich 12.7%, Simulation 8.9%

A horror cooking simulator where the secret ingredient is crime. Improve your shops, buy new tools, expand your menu, and above all, make your customers happy.

Why similar: Dark Comedy 73.5%, Simulation 18.4%, Casual 4.6%, Singleplayer 3.4%

The Red Strings Club is a cyberpunk narrative experience about fate and happiness featuring the extensive use of pottery, bartending and impersonating people on the phone to take down a corporate conspiracy.

Why similar: Choices Matter 31.1%, Story Rich 23.1%, Point & Click 21.2%, Atmospheric 10%, Adventure 4.1%

My Lovely Wife delves into the depths of a man’s grief after the sudden death of his beloved wife. Explore the notions of one’s willingness to do anything for love and the importance of letting go in this mix of dating, management, and alchemy simulators.

Why similar: Point & Click 17.8%, Interactive Fiction 16.3%, Choices Matter 14.3%, Multiple Endings 12.8%, Story Rich 8.2%

Ready to settle in with a soothing shift behind the counter? Feel the dough, hear the quiet crackle of the oven, and serve warm slices to grateful guests. Good Pizza, Great Pizza is the cozy, asmr-friendly escape you didn’t know you kneaded.

Why similar: Choices Matter 28.2%, Character Customization 21.5%, Story Rich 18.5%, Simulation 16.5%, Casual 7.3%

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: Choices Matter 24.5%, Multiple Endings 21.7%, Story Rich 13.2%, Strategy 11.3%, Simulation 11.2%

Talk to Strangers is a game of everyday survival. Survive door to door conversations ranging from bizarre to mundane (in this order) while trying to sell products to strangers. But beware: nothing is what it seems in this neighborhood.

Why similar: Dark Comedy 24%, Dialogue Heavy 16.5%, Point & Click 16.4%, Multiple Endings 13.8%, Story Rich 9.5%

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

Why similar: Point & Click 25.1%, Story Rich 17.2%, Puzzle 16.3%, Simulation 14%, Atmospheric 8.2%