- #1 Do Not Feed the Monkeys
97% 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: Dystopian 15.1%, Dark Humor 15%, Management 10%, Multiple Endings 8.3%, Choices Matter 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: The original title that established the core voyeuristic simulation mechanics and dark humor found in the sequel.
- #2 Beholder
96% 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: Dystopian 28.3%, Dark Humor 18.2%, Choices Matter 13%, Multiple Endings 11.6%, Strategy 6.6%
Why You'll Like It: A classic dystopian management game where you spy on tenants to report their activities to an oppressive government.
- #3 Beholder 2
96% matchVery Positive87% of 8,130 reviews2018
Dev: Alawar Stargaze (Warm Lamp Games)Pub: Alawar
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 20.3 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: Dystopian 34.3%, Choices Matter 15.5%, Multiple Endings 13.5%, Strategy 8.6%, Story Rich 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: Shifts the perspective to a government office, focusing on the dark, bureaucratic ladder-climbing within a totalitarian regime.
- #4 Orwell: Keeping an Eye On You
95% 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: Investigation 43.7%, Choices Matter 30.2%, Simulation 14.7%, Dystopian 6.7%, Story Rich 1.6%
Why You'll Like It: A narrative-heavy surveillance game where you investigate citizens by digging through their private digital lives.
- #5 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: Dystopian 33.3%, Choices Matter 17.2%, Investigation 12.6%, Simulation 8.8%, Story Rich 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: The direct follow-up to the original Orwell, deepening the themes of state surveillance and information manipulation.
- #6 Papers, Please
94% 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 37.6%, Multiple Endings 13%, Pixel Graphics 10.5%, Simulation 10.4%, Indie 6.2%
Why You'll Like It: The definitive bureaucratic dystopia simulator where you must manage resources and moral choices while monitoring citizens.
- #7 Song of Farca
93% 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 35.4%, Choices Matter 17.8%, Multiple Endings 13.4%, Story Rich 9.7%, Simulation 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: Combines detective investigation with hacking and surveillance in a cyberpunk setting that mirrors the voyeuristic gameplay loop.
- #8 Cyber Manhunt
92% matchVery Positive92% of 15,668 reviews2021
Dev: Aluba Van+Pub: 摸鱼游戏
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 11.5 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Cyber Manhunt is a story-oriented puzzle game focusing on big data, hacking, citizen privacy, and social workers. It focuses on social issues such as cyber violence and privacy breaches.
Why similar: Simulation 41.9%, Investigation 16.2%, Story Rich 14.4%, Indie 11.2%, 2D 6%
Why You'll Like It: A realistic hacking and investigation simulator that requires you to piece together secrets through digital footprints.
- #9 Welcome to the Game II
91% matchVery Positive84% of 3,523 reviews2018
Dev: Reflect Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Welcome to the Game II is an atmospheric horror / strategy / puzzle game that takes you into the world of the deep web in search of the shadow web. Play as an investigative reporter trying to solve a case of a mysterious woman broadcasting for help as masked men are on the hunt to kill her.
Why similar: Strategy 27.6%, Sexual Content 25%, Simulation 19.9%, Indie 8.3%, Atmospheric 8%
Why You'll Like It: An intense, terrifying deep-web exploration game that captures the high-tension, high-risk feeling of digital surveillance.
- #10 Mind Scanners
91% 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: Dystopian 27.8%, Management 15.1%, Multiple Endings 12.9%, Choices Matter 11.9%, Pixel Graphics 6.8%
Why You'll Like It: A retro-futuristic management game where you must diagnose and treat citizens, forcing difficult moral choices about their autonomy.
- #11 No Umbrellas Allowed
90% matchVery Positive81% of 1,474 reviews2021
Dev: Hoochoo Game Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 10.6 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Reveal the true value of the items coming into the shop. Each item has their own history. Dig deep to see what is behind them and become an expert appraiser. Begin a tug of war with customers. With their own expectations and knowledge, they never give up on money.
Why similar: Dystopian 21.2%, Management 15.5%, Choices Matter 13.7%, Simulation 9.8%, Pixel Graphics 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: A shop-management game that requires you to appraise items and learn about the lives of customers through their possessions.
- #12 Beholder 3
89% 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: Dystopian 28.9%, Dark Humor 16.2%, Management 11.5%, Multiple Endings 7.5%, Strategy 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: Continues the series' focus on moral dilemmas and surveillance within a restrictive, authoritarian environment.
- #13 The Red Strings Club
89% matchVery Positive93% of 14,255 reviews2018
Dev: DeconstructeamPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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 23.8%, Pixel Graphics 18.2%, Dystopian 17.8%, Story Rich 15.9%, Atmospheric 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: A narrative-driven cyberpunk experience that focuses on manipulating emotions and uncovering secrets through dialogue and investigation.
- #14 60 Seconds! Reatomized
88% 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: Dark Humor 30.1%, Life Sim 25.2%, Management 17.8%, Funny 11.8%, Strategy 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: A resource-management survival game that shares the frantic, dark-humor tone and consequences of poor decision-making.
- #15 Beholder: Conductor
86% 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: Dystopian 23.8%, Investigation 13.8%, Choices Matter 10.9%, Management 9.8%, Multiple Endings 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: A focused spin-off that maintains the series' signature blend of management and difficult ethical decision-making.
- #16 The Westport Independent
87% 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 53.7%, Simulation 22%, Choices Matter 15%, Indie 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: A censorship simulator where you manage a newspaper and decide which information to suppress or publish under a regime.
- #17 Not Tonight
86% matchVery Positive82% of 2,785 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: Life Sim 33.4%, Dystopian 30.4%, Simulation 11.3%, Pixel Graphics 11%, Multiple Endings 5.7%
Why You'll Like It: A dystopian bouncer simulator that forces you to manage your life and job while navigating a hostile political landscape.
- #18 Death and Taxes
85% 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 24.4%, Multiple Endings 21.7%, Story Rich 13.4%, Strategy 11.3%, Simulation 11.2%
Why You'll Like It: A bureaucratic management game where you play as a Grim Reaper deciding who lives and dies based on limited information.
- #19 Organs Please
84% 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: Dystopian 25.5%, Resource Management 13.7%, Multiple Endings 13.5%, Management 12.6%, Choices Matter 11.5%
Why You'll Like It: A dark, satirical management game where you must decide the fate of citizens to keep your facility running.
- #20 Hypnospace Outlaw
82% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 5,534 reviews2019
Dev: TendershootPub: No More Robots
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Greetings Enforcer, and thank you for enlisting in the Hypnospace Patrol Department! As the world falls into its slumber, Hypnospace becomes a bustling global village. These virtual streets aren't going to police themselves!
Why similar: Simulation 31.6%, Funny 24.7%, Story Rich 18.9%, Atmospheric 13%, Indie 6.4%
Why You'll Like It: A creative simulation that tasks you with policing a 90s-style internet, involving extensive browsing and investigation.
- #21 Despotism 3k
83% matchMostly Positive77% of 3,839 reviews2018
Dev: Konfa Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 48 minMean: 12.6 hrs≥1hr: 46%
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 30%, Sexual Content 14.8%, Resource Management 11.1%, Strategy 10.5%, Pixel Graphics 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: A resource-management game featuring a cruel AI overlord and a dark, humorous tone similar to the seed game.
- #22 Need to Know
84% 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: Simulation 57%, Story Rich 23.3%, Indie 19.7%
Why You'll Like It: An espionage-themed game that forces you to balance personal ethics against the demands of a powerful intelligence agency.
- #23 60 Parsecs!
82% matchVery Positive89% of 4,092 reviews2018
Dev: Robot Gentleman
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 84%
60 Parsecs! is an Atomic Space Age adventure of scavenge and survival. Keep your crew alive and ready for action. Make difficult choices, face soup shortages and other horrors of outer space. And maybe reach your destination. Or not.
Why similar: Dark Humor 29.8%, Life Sim 20.6%, Management 15.8%, Funny 13.1%, Sci-fi 10.1%
Why You'll Like It: A sci-fi survival management game that emphasizes text-based choices and the humorous consequences of failure.
- #24 Silicon Dreams | cyberpunk interrogation
81% matchVery Positive94% of 256 reviews2021
Dev: James PattonPub: Clockwork Bird
Windows · Mac · Linux
It’s 2065, and you are an interrogator-model android tasked with rooting out deviants among your own kind. You must probe for lies, monitor and exploit emotional spikes, earn the trust of your subjects, and make the final call: release, or destroy?
Why similar: Dystopian 22.1%, Investigation 21.2%, Choices Matter 16%, Multiple Endings 14%, Story Rich 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the art of interrogation and uncovering secrets, which is central to the voyeuristic experience.
- #25 Choice of Life: Samosbor
79% matchVery Positive88% of 247 reviews2025
Dev: Blazing Planet Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 80%
You're just a simple inhabitant of the endless Gigastructure. The best you'll get is seven shifts at a machine and a bowl of feed concentrate, and that for good service to the party.... Is that it? Or do you have a choice?
Why similar: Dystopian 19.7%, Dark Humor 19%, Life Sim 17.7%, Multiple Endings 10.7%, Choices Matter 10.3%
Why You'll Like It: A choose-your-own-adventure game that forces you to make survival decisions in a harsh, dystopian setting.
- #26 Booth: A Dystopian Adventure
81% 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: Dystopian 31.8%, Life Sim 15.1%, Multiple Endings 13.6%, Choices Matter 13.5%, Story Rich 8%
Why You'll Like It: A narrative-driven game that explores the lives of citizens in a dystopian world through direct interaction.
- #27 Contraband Police
78% 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 27.7%, Management 27.3%, Simulation 15.8%, Story Rich 13.5%, Atmospheric 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: A border-patrol simulation that forces you to inspect documents and vehicles, mirroring the investigative scrutiny of the seed game.
- #28 Headliner: NoviNews
80% 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: Dystopian 30.6%, Choices Matter 18.2%, Multiple Endings 17.2%, Story Rich 9.7%, Simulation 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: Allows you to control the flow of information in a dystopian society, directly impacting public opinion and the game's outcome.
- #29 Cyber Manhunt 2: New World - The Hacking Simulator
77% 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 24.4%, Dark Humor 20.5%, Investigation 19.1%, Choices Matter 10.7%, Story Rich 7.3%
- #30 TOBOR
79% matchVery Positive94% of 88 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: Dystopian 25.1%, Dark Humor 19.1%, Investigation 16%, Multiple Endings 12.2%, Choices Matter 11.9%
Why You'll Like It: An interactive fiction game that uses a surveillance-like interface to uncover the stories of various characters.
- #31 Security 51
76% 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: Investigation 21.6%, Choices Matter 15.6%, Multiple Endings 15.2%, Funny 9.6%, Sci-fi 9.3%
- #32 Talk to Strangers
78% matchVery Positive92% of 490 reviews2019
Dev: Post Mortem PixelsPub: GrabTheGames
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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: Life Sim 25.1%, Dark Humor 21.7%, Multiple Endings 14.1%, Funny 9.3%, Story Rich 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: A life-sim that focuses on the risks and rewards of interacting with unknown individuals in a survival context.
- #33 Dynopunk
76% matchVery Positive92% of 544 reviews2023
Dev: Tomato Fantasy GamesPub: 101XP
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 93%
An ironic adventure with cyberpunk aesthetics set in a world where humans have been replaced by dinosaurs. Become a top-notch repair shop mechanic: fix gadgets, have heart-to-heart talks, and offer drinks to your customers — everything to fulfill your ultimate dream.
Why similar: Life Sim 19.3%, Management 14.1%, Multiple Endings 11.6%, Choices Matter 11.3%, Funny 9.2%
- #34 Not Tonight 2
77% 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: Dystopian 30.5%, Life Sim 24.3%, Pixel Graphics 8.8%, Choices Matter 8.1%, Simulation 7.8%
- #35 Unemployment Simulator 2018
75% matchVery Positive84% of 138 reviews2026
Dev: Samuel LehikoinenPub: turbolento publishing
Windows · Linux
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 31.1%, Life Sim 23.8%, Multiple Endings 10.3%, Story Rich 9.4%, Simulation 8%
- #36 I.T. Never Ends
73% matchVery Positive98% of 57 reviews2026
Dev: Dadbod Games
Windows · Linux
The printer is bleeding, the Wi-Fi is haunted, and Ticket #666 just came in. As the latest hire for a company run by cosmic horrors, your job is simple: Swipe to survive. Make binary decisions to survive the night shift in this dark comedy desktop simulator. I.T truly never ends.
Why similar: Dystopian 25.4%, Dark Humor 21.2%, Choices Matter 12.8%, Multiple Endings 12.7%, Funny 7.1%
- #37 60 Seconds!
75% matchVery Positive85% of 11,689 reviews2015
Dev: Robot Gentleman
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 84%
60 Seconds! is a dark comedy atomic adventure of scavenge and survival. Collect supplies and rescue your family before the nuke hits. Stay alive in your fallout shelter. Make difficult decisions, ration food and hunt mutant cockroaches. And maybe survive. Or not.
Why similar: Dark Humor 30.1%, Management 19.1%, Choices Matter 16.5%, Funny 13.1%, Strategy 9.5%
- #38 Underchoice
73% 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 27%, Choices Matter 14.1%, Resource Management 12.6%, Multiple Endings 11.6%, Pixel Graphics 7.8%
- #39 FACEMINER
72% matchVery Positive90% of 1,509 reviews2025
Dev: WristworkPub: Wristwork Ltd
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 19.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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 39.7%, Management 15%, Simulation 9.7%, Pixel Graphics 9.3%, Story Rich 8.9%
- #40 Repair this!
73% matchVery Positive89% of 827 reviews2024
Dev: HGISoft
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Become a phone repair technician, get the opportunity to look into the personal data of customers. Influence their destinies if you dare!
Why similar: Life Sim 24.5%, Management 19.5%, Multiple Endings 13.6%, Choices Matter 13.5%, Resource Management 9.9%
- #41 That's not my Neighbor
71% matchVery Positive89% of 4,679 reviews2025
Dev: Nachosama Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 69%
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: Choices Matter 38.2%, Multiple Endings 28.3%, Simulation 15%, 2D 8.3%, Indie 6.2%
- #42 I'm on Observation Duty 2
74% matchVery Positive92% of 550 reviews2020
Dev: Notovia
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 2.4 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Your job is to monitor live surveillance camera footage and spot anomalies in the monitored rooms. Anomalies range from furniture movement to otherworldly intruders. When you spot an anomaly you have to file a report to fix it. You will need sharp eyes and good memory to survive the entire night.
Why similar: Strategy 64%, Indie 22.7%, Atmospheric 9.5%, Singleplayer 3.8%
- #43 HEADLINER
74% 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: Dystopian 29.9%, Choices Matter 20.5%, Multiple Endings 18%, Story Rich 6.9%, Indie 5.8%
- #44 Rogue AI Simulator
72% matchVery Positive82% of 396 reviews2023
Dev: Nerdook ProductionsPub: Surefire.Games
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 65%
Play as a Rogue Artificial Intelligence, in the sequel to the hit Flash game "I'm an Insane Rogue AI", played more than 4 million times! Your Prime Directive is simple: design a facility & manage human Test Subjects for the Dept of Science. But be careful: they NEVER stop being suspicious of you...
Why similar: Dark Humor 21.2%, Resource Management 18.2%, Management 15.7%, Multiple Endings 12.6%, Choices Matter 12.2%
- #45 FEED THE AI
69% matchVery Positive96% of 142 reviews2026
Dev: Weird Kid Games
Windows
Feed the AI. Collect data. Unlock upgrades. Watch the algorithm grow beyond your control. An active incremental where you feed an evolving AI with data and shape what it becomes. Will it save the world... or take it over?
Why similar: Multiple Endings 36.4%, Strategy 22.7%, Simulation 20.9%, Sci-fi 10.1%, 2D 9.9%
- #46 RE0: VTuber Life
70% matchVery Positive88% of 266 reviews2024
Dev: Stone Lake
Windows
RE0: VTuber Life is a VTuber simulation game where you manage the protagonist’s daily life, livestream schedule, friendships, gossip intake, and fan interactions—all leading to multiple possible endings.
Why similar: Dark Humor 28.8%, Life Sim 22.5%, Funny 11.7%, Multiple Endings 10.1%, Pixel Graphics 9.5%
- #47 Not For Broadcast
70% 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: Dystopian 31.5%, Management 15.5%, Choices Matter 14.8%, Multiple Endings 14.2%, Story Rich 7.8%
- #48 The Confession
70% matchVery Positive95% of 1,016 reviews2020
Dev: Randumb Studios
Windows
Ever wondered how much of a kinky pervert you are? Ever wanted to know what your fate entails for being such a kinky pervert? Answer a series of disgustingly hilarious, immoral questions to reveal ridiculous scenarios & unlock the answers you seek...
Why similar: Dark Humor 28.1%, Life Sim 19%, Multiple Endings 13.5%, Choices Matter 13.1%, Funny 11.7%
- #49 Definitely Not Fried Chicken
69% matchMostly Positive73% of 2,559 reviews2023
Dev: Dope GamesPub: Silver Lining Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 11.9 hrs≥1hr: 64%
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: Dark Humor 27.8%, Management 21.6%, Resource Management 19.5%, Funny 11.9%, Simulation 8.5%
- #50 No, I'm not a Human
66% matchVery Positive93% of 30,435 reviews2025
Dev: TrioskazPub: CRITICAL REFLEX
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 91%
WARNING. Stay inside. Lock your doors. Close the blinds. Only let humans in. Eliminate all Visitors. An anxiety horror about paranoia in the End of Times.
Why similar: Choices Matter 30.1%, Multiple Endings 26.3%, Story Rich 15.1%, Atmospheric 11.3%, Simulation 7.3%
- #51 Flat Eye
71% matchMixed64% of 137 reviews2022
Dev: Monkey MoonPub: Raw Fury
Windows · Mac
Flat Eye is a resource management sim with an emphasis on story and narrative choices. Oversee the world’s leading technological hub while you explore stories linked to discoverable technology and interact with your most loyal customers. Flat Eye - We're watching.
Why similar: Life Sim 18.7%, Resource Management 15.2%, Management 13.7%, Multiple Endings 12.6%, Choices Matter 11.5%
- #52 Spinnortality | cyberpunk management sim
71% matchMostly Positive77% of 314 reviews2019
Dev: James PattonPub: Clockwork Bird
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 75%
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: Dystopian 31.2%, Management 23.5%, Strategy 14.4%, Simulation 13.3%, Sci-fi 6.7%
- #53 Vtuber Hack
67% matchVery Positive83% of 124 reviews2026
Dev: ベルゼブブPub: 072 Project
Windows
Use hacking tools to hack into these Vtubers' computers, discover their true identity, and expose who they really are!
Why similar: Life Sim 21.9%, Investigation 18.9%, Sexual Content 15.8%, Multiple Endings 13.6%, Story Rich 8.4%
- #54 Don’t Tell Mom: I Fed My Stepsister 💦😳
68% matchMixed65% of 291 reviews2025
Dev: Juicy Peach Games 🍑Pub: Taboo Tales 💘
Windows
Inherit a failing motel and find your flirty stepsister already living there. Manage repairs, cook breakfast, and navigate a month of spicy tension, tough choices, and adult moments. Can you save the motel… and your bond with Billie?
Why similar: Life Sim 23.8%, Sexual Content 20.2%, Management 16.2%, Choices Matter 14.1%, Funny 9.7%
- #55 Social Credit Simulator
69% matchMostly Positive75% of 104 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: Management 29.9%, Choices Matter 25.3%, Pixel Graphics 14.5%, Simulation 12.2%, 2D 8.3%
- #56 NeuroNet: Mendax Proxy
68% matchVery Positive81% of 67 reviews2023
Dev: Dream Harvest
Windows
You are Arc, a city management AI. Designed to manage a city-wide AR metaverse known as the NeuroNet. Meet its many users, build relationships and help or hinder their lives while trying to balance the wider needs of the city. Find your humanity in a world losing theirs to technology.
Why similar: Life Sim 20.4%, Resource Management 14.4%, Management 14.2%, Investigation 13.2%, Choices Matter 12.4%
- #57 Covid Simulator
68% matchVery Positive81% of 68 reviews2022
Dev: Coldrice Games LLC
Windows
COVID SIMULATOR is an outbreak simulation that visualizes how quickly Covid-19 spreads, becoming a disaster. The game is an open sandbox where you can add (or remove) Covid mandates and see what happens! Create your workplace, enact your mandates, and roll the dice with your workers.
Why similar: Life Sim 22.4%, Dark Humor 21.9%, Management 17.8%, Dystopian 11.4%, Choices Matter 11.3%
- #58 Streamer Life Simulator 2
64% matchVery Positive81% of 6,964 reviews2026
Dev: Cheesecake Dev
Windows
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 90%
In the second game of the series, competition has increased and now everyone wants to be a streamer. Are you ready to stream until your cpu burns out?
Why similar: Life Sim 51.4%, Simulation 16.7%, Funny 14.1%, Atmospheric 8.8%, Indie 4.9%
- #59 My sexy Neighbour 2
66% matchMixed68% of 862 reviews2025
Dev: Pocket Rocket Studio 🚀Pub: Taboo Tales 💘
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Run a spicy blog, take crazy dares from your fans, and sneak around your neighborhood to deliver the wildest content online. From naughty pranks to full-on adult missions — it’s all about cash, chaos, and keeping it sexy. Don’t get caught.
Why similar: Sexual Content 47.2%, Life Sim 18.6%, Simulation 15.6%, Choices Matter 10.5%, Atmospheric 5.9%
- #60 Party Hard 2
67% 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: Pixel Graphics 27.4%, Strategy 23%, Funny 18.2%, Simulation 16.3%, Indie 10.5%