- #1 Do Not Feed the Monkeys
97% 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: Dark Humor 15%, Dystopian 15%, Management 10.3%, Multiple Endings 8.4%, Choices Matter 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: The direct predecessor to the seed game, offering the same core voyeuristic management loop and dark humor.
- #2 Beholder
96% matchVery Positive92% of 30,197 reviews2016
Dev: Alawar Stargaze (Warm Lamp Games)Pub: Alawar
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 13.5 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 28.1%, Dark Humor 18.2%, Choices Matter 13.1%, Multiple Endings 11.6%, Strategy 6.7%
Why You'll Like It: A classic dystopian management game where you spy on tenants to report their activities to the state.
- #3 Beholder 2
96% 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: Dystopian 34.1%, Choices Matter 15.7%, Multiple Endings 13.4%, Strategy 8.6%, Story Rich 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: Expands the scope of the original by placing you inside the heart of the government bureaucracy with branching narrative choices.
- #4 Orwell: Keeping an Eye On You
95% 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 76.5%, Dystopian 14.6%, Story Rich 3.5%, Simulation 2.3%, Atmospheric 1.2%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses heavily on the ethics of surveillance by tasking you with monitoring citizens to uncover secrets for a government agency.
- #5 Papers, Please
94% 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: Dystopian 38.5%, Multiple Endings 13.5%, Simulation 10.8%, Pixel Graphics 10.8%, Indie 6.5%
Why You'll Like It: The definitive dystopian management sim where you must balance bureaucratic efficiency with moral choices in a grim society.
- #6 Replica
94% 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 51.6%, Pixel Graphics 18.1%, Story Rich 11.4%, Choices Matter 9.5%, Indie 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: An intimate surveillance game that forces you to invade a stranger's privacy through their smartphone interface.
- #7 Cyber Manhunt 2: New World - The Hacking Simulator
92% matchVery Positive93% of 5,341 reviews2025
Dev: Aluba Van+Pub: Spiral Up Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 10.0 hrsMean: 22.6 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 32.7%, Dark Humor 27.5%, Choices Matter 14.6%, Story Rich 9%, Strategy 6.2%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on modern hacking and social engineering to uncover the secrets of various targets.
- #8 Orwell: Ignorance is Strength
93% 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: Dystopian 39%, Choices Matter 22.6%, Simulation 11.3%, Story Rich 9.7%, Investigation 5.4%
Why You'll Like It: A sequel that deepens the surveillance state narrative, focusing on the power of information and media manipulation.
- #9 Beholder 3
91% 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: Dystopian 28.7%, Dark Humor 16%, Management 11.7%, Multiple Endings 7.5%, Strategy 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: Continues the series' signature surveillance management gameplay with new layers of political intrigue.
- #10 Song of Farca
90% 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 35.1%, Choices Matter 17.9%, Multiple Endings 13.5%, Story Rich 9.6%, Simulation 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: A detective game set in a high-tech dystopian city that relies on hacking and surveillance to solve cases.
- #11 Telling Lies
91% matchMixed63% of 1,290 reviews2019
Dev: Sam BarlowPub: Annapurna Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Four private lives. One big lie. Search through secretly recorded video conversations to discover the truth. The successor to the acclaimed Her Story.
Why similar: Investigation 45.6%, Story Rich 18.8%, Simulation 14.8%, Atmospheric 10.5%, Indie 6.2%
Why You'll Like It: An investigative thriller that requires you to sift through video surveillance logs to piece together a complex narrative.
- #12 Hypnospace Outlaw
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 5,338 reviews2019
Dev: TendershootPub: No More Robots
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 6.7 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 32.1%, Funny 24.8%, Story Rich 18%, Atmospheric 13.4%, Indie 6.3%
Why You'll Like It: Features a unique investigation mechanic where you monitor a retro-internet space to enforce rules and uncover secrets.
- #13 60 Seconds! Reatomized
88% matchVery Positive94% of 18,699 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 29.8%, Life Sim 25.4%, Management 18.2%, Funny 11.6%, Strategy 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: A high-pressure resource management game that relies on dark humor and difficult survival choices.
- #14 Headliner: NoviNews
89% 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: Dystopian 30.3%, Choices Matter 18.4%, Multiple Endings 17.2%, Story Rich 9.6%, Simulation 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: Allows you to control the narrative of a society through your editorial choices, directly impacting the dystopian world around you.
- #15 Not Tonight
86% 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: Life Sim 33.7%, Dystopian 30.1%, Simulation 11.3%, Pixel Graphics 11%, Multiple Endings 5.7%
Why You'll Like It: A dystopian life-sim that requires you to manage your job and survival in a crumbling, politically charged society.
- #16 The Westport Independent
87% 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 53.3%, Simulation 22.1%, Choices Matter 15.2%, Indie 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: A censorship simulator that forces you to manage a newspaper in a dystopian state, deciding what information the public sees.
- #17 Citizen Sleeper
84% matchVery Positive93% of 9,761 reviews2022
Dev: Jump Over The AgePub: Fellow Traveller
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Roleplaying in the ruins of interplanetary capitalism. Live the life of an escaped worker, washed-up on a lawless station at the edge of an interstellar society. Inspired by the flexibility and freedom of TTRPGs, explore the station, choose your friends, escape your past and change your future.
Why similar: Dystopian 42.2%, Multiple Endings 19.2%, Sci-fi 15.3%, Story Rich 11.9%, Atmospheric 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: Combines life-sim mechanics with a gritty, dystopian sci-fi setting where every choice impacts your survival.
- #18 Despotism 3k
86% 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 29.6%, Sexual Content 14.2%, Resource Management 11.5%, Strategy 10.6%, Pixel Graphics 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: A dark humor management game where you must exploit your subjects to survive in a harsh, automated world.
- #19 Contraband Police
82% matchVery Positive95% of 24,287 reviews2023
Dev: Crazy RocksPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 15.7 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: Management 27.9%, Multiple Endings 27.3%, Simulation 15.7%, Story Rich 13.2%, Atmospheric 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: A border control management game that forces you to make difficult moral decisions while navigating a corrupt dystopian regime.
- #20 Organs Please
84% 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: Dystopian 25%, Resource Management 14.3%, Multiple Endings 13.3%, Management 12.8%, Choices Matter 11.5%
Why You'll Like It: A satirical dystopian management game that forces you to make grim choices to keep your facility running.
- #21 Mainlining
85% matchMostly Positive77% of 359 reviews2017
Dev: RebelephantPub: ReadGraves
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 92%
After MI7 has been hacked, your primary goal is to bring a cyber-criminal network to justice. Played entirely from your computer's desktop, Mainlining is a thrilling point and click hacking adventure that features a gripping narrative which will have you hooked from the very first case.
Why similar: Simulation 38%, Pixel Graphics 22.4%, Story Rich 17.6%, Indie 16.2%, Singleplayer 5.8%
Why You'll Like It: A hacking and investigation simulator that captures the dark, bureaucratic feel of working for a shadowy intelligence agency.
- #22 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 24.6%, Multiple Endings 21.7%, Story Rich 13.2%, Strategy 11.3%, Simulation 11.2%
Why You'll Like It: A bureaucratic management game where you decide who lives and who dies, mirroring the moral weight of the seed game.
- #23 Rogue AI Simulator
82% matchVery Positive83% of 384 reviews2023
Dev: Nerdook ProductionsPub: Surefire.Games
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 66%
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 20.8%, Resource Management 18.9%, Management 15.9%, Multiple Endings 12.4%, Choices Matter 12.2%
Why You'll Like It: Puts you in the role of an AI managing a facility, balancing dark humor with strategic control and resource management.
- #24 Mind Scanners
81% 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: Dystopian 27.5%, Management 15.5%, Multiple Endings 12.9%, Choices Matter 12%, Pixel Graphics 6.8%
Why You'll Like It: A medical management game set in a dystopian world that forces you to make difficult ethical decisions about your patients.
- #25 No Umbrellas Allowed
81% matchVery Positive81% of 1,438 reviews2021
Dev: Hoochoo Game Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 10.8 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 21.5%, Management 15.2%, Choices Matter 13.8%, Simulation 9.7%, Pixel Graphics 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: A management sim that focuses on the appraisal of items and social interaction within a dystopian city.
- #26 Beholder: Conductor
77% 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: Dystopian 23.5%, Investigation 13.8%, Choices Matter 10.9%, Management 9.9%, Multiple Endings 9.6%
- #27 Cash Cleaner Simulator
77% matchVery Positive92% of 7,200 reviews2025
Dev: Mind Control GamesPub: Forklift Interactive
Windows
Median: 12.5 hrsMean: 36.1 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Check it, clean it, sort it, ship it. Welcome to the life of a cash cleaner. Take jobs from underworld contacts and clean some cash. Just don't try to leave...
Why similar: Life Sim 22.1%, Dark Humor 18.2%, Management 16.4%, Resource Management 14.9%, Multiple Endings 14.9%
- #28 Silicon Dreams | cyberpunk interrogation
79% matchVery Positive94% of 253 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 22.6%, Investigation 21.8%, Choices Matter 16.6%, Multiple Endings 14.5%, Story Rich 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: A conversation-based investigation game that requires you to read people to uncover the truth in a cyberpunk setting.
- #29 Spinnortality | cyberpunk management sim
80% matchMostly Positive78% of 311 reviews2019
Dev: James PattonPub: Clockwork Bird
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 7.7 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 30.8%, Management 24%, Strategy 14.4%, Simulation 13.3%, Sci-fi 6.6%
Why You'll Like It: A corporate management game that focuses on manipulating the world to increase profit in a dystopian future.
- #30 60 Parsecs!
79% matchVery Positive89% of 3,984 reviews2018
Dev: Robot Gentleman
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.1 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 29.6%, Life Sim 20.7%, Management 16.2%, Funny 12.9%, Sci-fi 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: A sci-fi resource management game that uses dark humor and text-based choices to drive its narrative.
- #31 Booth: A Dystopian Adventure
78% 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: Dystopian 31.5%, Life Sim 15.3%, Multiple Endings 13.6%, Choices Matter 13.6%, Story Rich 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: A narrative-driven game that focuses on the moral weight of your choices within a bleak, atmospheric world.
- #32 Dynopunk
76% matchVery Positive93% of 518 reviews2023
Dev: Tomato Fantasy GamesPub: 101XP
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 6.2 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 19.4%, Management 14.4%, Multiple Endings 11.6%, Choices Matter 11.4%, Funny 9.1%
- #33 Welcome to the Game II
78% matchVery Positive84% of 3,417 reviews2018
Dev: Reflect Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 8.3 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 29.8%, Sexual Content 25.5%, Simulation 21.5%, Indie 8.8%, Atmospheric 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: An intense surveillance and deep-web investigation game that captures the paranoia of the digital age.
- #34 Unemployment Simulator 2018
75% 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 30.9%, Life Sim 24%, Multiple Endings 10.4%, Story Rich 9.3%, Simulation 8%
- #35 The Red Strings Club
76% matchVery Positive94% of 13,842 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 24.2%, Pixel Graphics 18.3%, Dystopian 17.1%, Story Rich 16%, Atmospheric 8.6%
- #36 TOBOR
75% 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: Dystopian 24.9%, Dark Humor 19.1%, Investigation 16%, Multiple Endings 12.3%, Choices Matter 12%
- #37 Repair this!
74% matchVery Positive89% of 771 reviews2024
Dev: HGISoft
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 83%
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 24.3%, Management 19.7%, Choices Matter 13.5%, Multiple Endings 13.4%, Resource Management 10.3%
- #38 FACEMINER
73% 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 39.1%, Management 15.3%, Simulation 9.8%, Pixel Graphics 9.5%, Story Rich 8.9%
- #39 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: Choices Matter 35.9%, Multiple Endings 28.6%, Simulation 15.6%, 2D 9.2%, Indie 6.7%
- #40 60 Seconds!
74% matchVery Positive85% of 11,636 reviews2015
Dev: Robot Gentleman
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 9.0 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 29.9%, Management 19.5%, Choices Matter 16.6%, Funny 12.9%, Strategy 9.4%
- #41 Not Tonight 2
73% 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: Dystopian 34.9%, Life Sim 28.4%, Pixel Graphics 10.1%, Choices Matter 9.4%, Simulation 9.1%
- #42 Choice of Life: Samosbor
71% matchVery Positive88% of 191 reviews2025
Dev: Blazing Planet Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 19.6%, Dark Humor 18.9%, Life Sim 17.9%, Multiple Endings 10.7%, Choices Matter 10.4%
- #43 I'm on Observation Duty 2
73% matchVery Positive92% of 534 reviews2020
Dev: Notovia
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 2.3 hrs≥1hr: 66%
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 63.8%, Indie 22.8%, Atmospheric 9.6%, Singleplayer 3.8%
- #44 RE0: VTuber Life
71% matchVery Positive87% of 263 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 28.7%, Life Sim 22.7%, Funny 11.5%, Multiple Endings 10.1%, Pixel Graphics 9.4%
- #45 Not For Broadcast
70% 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: Dystopian 31.1%, Management 15.7%, Choices Matter 14.9%, Multiple Endings 14.2%, Story Rich 7.7%
- #46 The Confession
71% matchOverwhelmingly 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 27.9%, Life Sim 19.1%, Multiple Endings 13.5%, Choices Matter 13.2%, Funny 11.6%
- #47 No, I'm not a Human
67% matchVery Positive93% of 26,830 reviews2025
Dev: TrioskazPub: CRITICAL REFLEX
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 92%
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 26.2%, Story Rich 15%, Atmospheric 11.4%, Simulation 7.4%
- #48 Covid Simulator
72% 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 22.5%, Dark Humor 21.7%, Management 18.2%, Choices Matter 11.3%, Dystopian 11.2%
- #49 Malware
68% matchVery Positive89% of 1,164 reviews2024
Dev: Odd Games
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 2.6 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Malware lurks where you least expect it. Unscrupulous software vendors have hidden traps inside legitimate installers — can you spot them all and keep your computer clean?
Why similar: Life Sim 43.3%, Simulation 21%, Strategy 20.5%, 2D 7.8%, Singleplayer 5.9%
- #50 SIMULACRA 2
70% matchVery Positive86% of 1,648 reviews2020
Dev: Kaigan GamesPub: Neon Doctrine
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 75%
A dead influencer. An obsessed detective. Three suspects. Piece the truth together by going through the victim’s phone messages, videos, and social media in the follow up to the critically acclaimed SIMULACRA.
Why similar: Choices Matter 30.2%, Multiple Endings 28.9%, Story Rich 17.5%, Simulation 12.5%, 2D 10.9%
- #51 Back to the Dawn
65% matchVery Positive95% of 9,819 reviews2025
Dev: Metal Head GamesPub: Spiral Up Games
Windows
Median: 6.9 hrsMean: 22.6 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Back to the Dawn is a story-rich RPG set in a high-security prison ruled by factions and buried secrets. Investigate two conspiracies from the inside, gather evidence, and outsmart a system designed to silence you. Make friends (or foes) with fellow inmates and with their help, break out of prison.
Why similar: Choices Matter 20.1%, Investigation 18.5%, Multiple Endings 16.8%, Pixel Graphics 14%, Story Rich 13%
- #52 NeuroNet: Mendax Proxy
69% matchVery Positive82% of 66 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 20.3%, Resource Management 15%, Management 14.4%, Investigation 13%, Choices Matter 12.4%
- #53 Magical Massage
66% matchVery Positive99% of 96 reviews2026
Dev: Pop Elephant StudioPub: Cyberisle
Windows
Extreme Life-and-Death Massage! Enjoy magician's look of agony and cure embarrassing ailments! From hemorrhoids that cause earthquakes to rhinitis that make huge explosion...nothing too fancy that you can't handle. However, if your skills fall short, these powerful, unclothed magicians may kill you.
Why similar: Dystopian 26%, Dark Humor 22.4%, Resource Management 13.7%, Multiple Endings 10.9%, Funny 7.5%
- #54 Streamer Life Simulator 2
65% matchVery Positive82% of 6,613 reviews2026
Dev: Cheesecake Dev
Windows
Median: 6.9 hrsMean: 9.3 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 51.5%, Simulation 16.6%, Funny 13.9%, Atmospheric 8.9%, Indie 4.9%
- #55 Flat Eye
70% matchMixed65% of 135 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 18.6%, Resource Management 15.8%, Management 13.9%, Multiple Endings 12.4%, Choices Matter 11.5%
- #56 Please Subscribe: Streamer Career
69% matchVery Positive83% of 129 reviews2022
Dev: Raptor Claw Games
Windows
Please Subscribe is the sequel to Gamer Career Tycoon from 2018. Develop your own livestream channel from the ground up. Manage and operate, overcome challenges, learn new tricks in order to rise in the charts, and possibly, become the next big internet superstar.
Why similar: Life Sim 24.3%, Management 21.2%, Strategy 14.3%, Simulation 13.9%, Choices Matter 11.3%
- #57 Definitely Not Fried Chicken
67% matchMostly Positive74% of 2,463 reviews2023
Dev: Dope GamesPub: Silver Lining Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 12.0 hrs≥1hr: 66%
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 27.3%, Management 21.8%, Resource Management 20.3%, Funny 11.6%, Simulation 8.4%
- #58 Punch Club 2: Fast Forward
67% matchVery Positive83% of 4,326 reviews2023
Dev: Lazy Bear GamesPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 38.0 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Train, fight, and rise to the top in this knockout sequel to the smashing fighter management simulator! Mentor your fighter and guide him to become the ultimate champion: choose from different combat styles, control his routine, and watch him kick some butt like a proud sensei!
Why similar: Resource Management 27.2%, Life Sim 24.9%, Management 23.9%, Pixel Graphics 12.7%, Funny 11.2%
- #59 My sexy Neighbour 2
66% matchMixed69% of 721 reviews2025
Dev: Pocket Rocket Studio 🚀Pub: Taboo Tales 💘
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 74%
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 44.9%, Life Sim 19.3%, Simulation 15.7%, Choices Matter 11.3%, Atmospheric 6.4%
- #60 Reigns: Her Majesty
69% matchVery Positive83% of 1,294 reviews2017
Dev: NerialPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Reigns: Her Majesty is the revolutionary follow-up to the smash swipe ‘em up hit Reigns.
Why similar: Life Sim 35.4%, Choices Matter 19%, Dark Humor 18.6%, Funny 7.8%, Strategy 7%