Games Like Do Not Feed the Monkeys

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 38.8%, Political Sim 25.2% ★, Simulation 19.4%, Dystopian 7.2%, Point & Click 2.7%

Why You'll Like It: This game perfectly mirrors the surveillance-based gameplay of the seed, requiring you to sift through private data to make life-altering decisions.

Step into the shoes of a government official in a top-secret department of the Orwell surveillance program. Given the power to both uncover and fabricate "the truth", how far will you go in the service of your country? Season 2 of Orwell, the award-winning surveillance thriller.

Why similar: Political Sim 38.9% ★, Dystopian 17.1%, Choices Matter 10.5%, Point & Click 8.2%, Story Rich 5.7%

Why You'll Like It: As the direct sequel, it deepens the themes of government surveillance and the ethical implications of controlling information.

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: Political Sim 27.8% ★, Dystopian 15%, Dark Humor 12.5%, Point & Click 9.6%, Choices Matter 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: You play as a landlord tasked with spying on tenants, which offers a very similar gameplay loop of observation and moral compromise.

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 25.6%, Point & Click 21.8%, Multiple Endings 10.8%, Pixel Graphics 9.7%, Simulation 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: It captures the same bureaucratic dread and moral weight of managing a high-stakes job where every choice impacts the lives of others.

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

Why similar: Political Sim 30.8% ★, Dystopian 17.4%, Point & Click 9.7%, Choices Matter 9.4%, Multiple Endings 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: This sequel shifts the perspective to a government office, maintaining the dystopian atmosphere and the pressure of making difficult choices.

A new political Party has won a landslide in the General Election, and for some reason the editor at the news station you work at has done a runner. Now it’s up to you, the Janitor, to take over the editing booth in this tumultuous time - will you help the government, or stand in their way?

Why similar: Political Sim 28.3% ★, Dystopian 15.8%, Point & Click 10.8%, Management 10.3%, Choices Matter 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: Managing a live news feed requires constant attention and moral judgment, mirroring the surveillance management of the seed.

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 43.4%, Pixel Graphics 20.5%, Story Rich 12.8%, Choices Matter 9.4%, Adventure 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: This title focuses entirely on invading a stranger's privacy through their smartphone, making it a thematic twin to the seed game.

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: Point & Click 23.9%, Choices Matter 17.4%, Multiple Endings 15.9%, Story Rich 10.7%, Strategy 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: You play as a reaper deciding who lives and who dies, focusing on the heavy burden of choice and administrative management.

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 24.4%, Point & Click 18.7%, Choices Matter 14.7%, Multiple Endings 11.3%, Story Rich 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: You play as a private investigator using high-tech surveillance tools to solve crimes, which aligns closely with the voyeuristic gameplay.

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: Point & Click 33.3%, Choices Matter 18.1%, Story Rich 16.2%, Simulation 11.5%, Atmospheric 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: You act as a digital investigator sifting through stolen video footage to uncover secrets, emphasizing the voyeuristic nature of the experience.

When a high-ranking security officer saves you from prison, you end up a pawn in her schemes. Now you must eliminate anyone standing in the way of her secret plans and try to get your life back while working two jobs. No tenant, employee or superior is safe from your spying.

Why similar: Political Sim 29.4% ★, Dystopian 14.5%, Dark Humor 10.6%, Point & Click 10.4%, Management 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: It continues the series' focus on surveillance and moral struggle, fitting perfectly into the established gameplay style.

This Is the Police is a strategy/adventure game set in a city spiraling the drain. Taking the role of gritty Police Chief Jack Boyd, you'll dive into a deep story of crime and intrigue. Will Jack reach his retirement with a nice stack of bills, or will he end up broken ... or worse?

Why similar: Management 31.6%, Choices Matter 19.4%, Strategy 15.2%, Story Rich 13.3%, Simulation 6.4%

Why You'll Like It: Managing a police department involves constant moral dilemmas and resource allocation in a corrupt, dystopian city.

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: Point & Click 42.9%, Simulation 17.1%, Funny 13.7%, Story Rich 11.2%, Atmospheric 6.9%

Why You'll Like It: This game tasks you with monitoring a 90s-style internet for rule-breakers, blending humor with the act of digital surveillance.

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 34.7%, Point & Click 20%, Management 18.8%, Funny 14.4%, Strategy 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: This sci-fi iteration of the management-survival genre keeps the focus on making tough choices with limited resources.

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 50.5%, Simulation 25.2%, Choices Matter 16.8%, Indie 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: As a newspaper editor, you must decide what news to publish and what to censor, directly influencing the political climate of a dystopian city.

Take on the role of a private investigator in this immersive detective simulator. Solve murders and other crimes in a procedurally generated and persistent city where every NPC lives and breathes their own independent lives. Find the killer quickly… or they will kill again!

Why similar: Pixel Graphics 38.2%, Atmospheric 21.7%, Adventure 19.2%, Singleplayer 11.5%, Indie 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: An immersive detective sim that allows you to tail suspects and break into apartments, capturing the feeling of being a professional voyeur.

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 31.4%, Point & Click 22.7%, Management 18.9%, Funny 11.6%, Strategy 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: The resource management and dark humor under pressure provide a similar feeling of impending doom found in the seed game.

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: Point & Click 36%, Simulation 20.3%, Pixel Graphics 13.7%, Story Rich 10.7%, Adventure 10.3%

Why You'll Like It: This hacking simulator forces you to investigate targets through their digital footprint, capturing the same investigative tension as the seed.

Seize forbidden treasures. Summon alien gods. Feed on your disciples. Cultist Simulator is a game of apocalypse and yearning. Play as a seeker after unholy mysteries, in a 1920s-themed setting of hidden gods and secret histories.

Why similar: Management 27%, Resource Management 20.7%, Choices Matter 18.5%, Story Rich 12%, Strategy 11.3%

Why You'll Like It: It shares the obscure, management-heavy gameplay loop where you must decipher information to survive and progress.

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 19.2%, Pixel Graphics 16.7%, Point & Click 16.4%, Story Rich 14.3%, Dystopian 12%

Why You'll Like It: A cyberpunk narrative game that focuses on manipulating people through conversation and choices, fitting the theme of social engineering.

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

Why similar: Pixel Graphics 28.6%, Point & Click 14.6%, Simulation 11.9%, Choices Matter 11.1%, Adventure 7%

Why You'll Like It: The pixel-art style and the pressure of balancing a job with moral choices in a gritty city mirror the seed's atmosphere.

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 32.2%, Point & Click 23.1%, Multiple Endings 18.1%, Story Rich 12.6%, Atmospheric 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: This game excels at building a narrative through management mechanics within a gritty, dystopian setting where every choice matters.

VA-11 HALL-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action is a booze em' up about waifus, technology, and post-dystopia life.

Why similar: Dystopian 26.1%, Point & Click 18.2%, Choices Matter 12.9%, Pixel Graphics 10.8%, Story Rich 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: While you are a bartender, the core loop involves listening to the intimate lives of your customers, creating a similar voyeuristic vibe.

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: Management 35.9%, Strategy 19.5%, Simulation 19.1%, Choices Matter 13.1%, Atmospheric 3.4%

Why You'll Like It: The management of emergency calls requires quick thinking and moral judgment, capturing the high-pressure nature of the seed.

You have 3 weeks to get a date for Monster Prom! Go through absurd and funny situations, raise your stats and seduce one of your classmates. Beautiful art, bold, unapologetic dialogue and hard choices make up this Multiplayer (1-4 players) Dating Sim. Be your worst self.

Why similar: Choices Matter 32.5%, Funny 20.4%, Sexual Content 17.2%, Simulation 9.7%, Nudity 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: While comedic, the game is built entirely around making choices that lead to multiple endings, which is a core appeal of the seed.

A first‑person cyberpunk horror detective story set in a decaying, neon‑scarred future. As an Observer who invades minds to hunt for clues, you will sift through corrupted memories to track down a mysterious killer and confront your own dark past.

Why similar: Dystopian 36.7%, Choices Matter 22.8%, Multiple Endings 22%, Story Rich 18.4%

Why You'll Like It: This cyberpunk horror game features a detective who hacks into the minds of others, offering a dark and invasive perspective.

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: Multiple Endings 20.3%, Choices Matter 20.1%, Pixel Graphics 18.6%, Story Rich 15.5%, Atmospheric 10.8%

Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on listening to the stories of your patrons, providing a more relaxed but similarly observation-heavy experience.

A Beholder series spin-off. Become a conductor of the Determination Bringer train: monitor passengers, report incidents, and carry out important Ministry assignments — whose level of secrecy depends only on your loyalty. And remember: mission success is very important to you!

Why similar: Political Sim 38.7% ★, Dystopian 12%, Point & Click 8.9%, Choices Matter 6.5%, Management 6.5%

For the People is a mix of a political management sim and a visual novel, putting players in the shoes of an idealistic young state official tasked with shaping the future of a communist factory town. Will the party provide for the people, or are the people just cogs in its machine?..

Why similar: Political Sim 32.4% ★, Dystopian 12.1%, Point & Click 10.2%, Management 9.5%, Multiple Endings 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: A political simulator that forces you to manage a city while dealing with the consequences of your choices and public opinion.

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: Dark Humor 22.4%, Dystopian 20.5%, Point & Click 19.9%, Choices Matter 10.8%, Story Rich 8.2%

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: Political Sim 33.4% ★, Point & Click 16.3%, Choices Matter 11%, Multiple Endings 10.9%, Funny 6.9%

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 31.9%, Sexual Content 13.9%, Strategy 10.5%, Pixel Graphics 10.1%, Resource Management 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: This game features dark humor and management mechanics where you control humans as resources, similar to the cold nature of the seed.

Spy on strangers through security cameras, invade their privacy and discover their secrets in this digital voyeur simulator. Welcome to the future of The Primate Observation Club. Even in 2099 the rule about messing with your unlucky subjects still remains in this sequel: DO NOT feed the monkeys!

Why similar: Dystopian 15.2%, Dark Humor 15%, Management 9.9%, Multiple Endings 8.3%, Choices Matter 8.2%

A dark and satirical management sim, where you take control of a recycling factory with a twist: it recycles humans. Your job is to decide who gets to escape our dying planet in a cozy spaceship and who sacrifices their blood, sweat and tears for humanity. Literally.

Why similar: Political Sim 26.7% ★, Dystopian 13.5%, Point & Click 11.2%, Management 8.8%, Multiple Endings 8.7%

Short, thought-provoking adventure where you are a News Editor and decide what stories get published, set in a fictional city where most people are genetically modified. Multiple unique endings let you share your story and see what the Headliner before you did.

Why similar: Political Sim 35.6% ★, Dystopian 15.8%, Choices Matter 12.9%, Multiple Endings 11.6%, Story Rich 4.8%

Why You'll Like It: You control the media and influence public opinion, which is a key thematic element of surveillance and control.

Take control of the National Nightly News, as a radical government comes to power. In this immersive, high-pressure, propaganda sim, you control what the people see and determine what’s Not For Broadcast.

Why similar: Political Sim 43.9% ★, Management 16.6%, Choices Matter 12%, Funny 10%, Story Rich 7.3%

Two doctors traverse backwards through a dying man's memories to fulfill his last wish. This is To the Moon's standalone sequel, but can also be played first.

Why similar: Funny 23.3%, Pixel Graphics 20.8%, Story Rich 20.5%, Atmospheric 12.1%, 2D 10.7%

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 34.8%, Choices Matter 22.3%, Multiple Endings 17%, Simulation 9%, Adventure 6.9%

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: Dystopian 38.8%, Pixel Graphics 19.1%, Simulation 17.7%, Multiple Endings 8.9%, Story Rich 5.5%

What if you could hear every word spoken at the scene of a crime? “Acoustic Detectives” wanted for testing our new device! Return aurally to crime scenes and use the voices you hear to identify potential suspects and solve the mysteries. What is it that’s connecting these seemingly unrelated cases?

Why similar: Point & Click 37.5%, Story Rich 19.5%, Simulation 14.2%, Atmospheric 11.6%, 2D 9.2%

Welcome to the Department of Liberty. Ascend the ranks of the NSA-like surveillance agency and decide: will you stand up for privacy, or help create an unstoppable police state? Spy on people’s deepest secrets, pick apart their private lives and decide their fate in this modern surveillance thriller.

Why similar: Political Sim 63.3% ★, Simulation 12.1%, Point & Click 10.6%, Adventure 5.7%, Story Rich 5.4%

Grab your trench coat, tune your sixth sense and join the Darkside Division as they investigate the outright bizarre, the downright dangerous and the confusing cases of Twin Lakes. Flesh-hungry tentacles, mafian zombies, and the occasional missing sock are no match for The Darkside Detective.

Why similar: Point & Click 29.9%, Dark Humor 19.6%, Pixel Graphics 12.8%, Funny 12.8%, Story Rich 11.5%

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 24.9%, Point & Click 19%, Management 16.1%, Choices Matter 12.5%, Funny 10.2%

Thank You for Your Application is a story-driven interview simulation game. After 15 rounds of interviews, you are reassigned as a junior interviewer, tasked with screening candidates’ resumes according to company requirements and issuing the appropriate thank letters.

Why similar: Political Sim 22.4% ★, Dystopian 20.5%, Point & Click 19.9%, Multiple Endings 9.9%, Choices Matter 9.4%

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 51.4%, Story Rich 19.1%, Indie 9.7%, 2D 8%, Atmospheric 6.7%

Ministry of Truth: False Memory is a story-driven simulator in a totalitarian society. Become an official, manipulate facts, rewrite history, and provide the ‘truth’ to the public. Choose: obey or fight against the regime. The Great Father is watching you!

Why similar: Political Sim 33.9% ★, Dystopian 17.2%, Point & Click 11.3%, Choices Matter 9.7%, Multiple Endings 7.5%

Interpret the law as you see fit! Run the sheriff’s department, manage your cops, make tough decisions – and try to keep out of prison yourself – in this story-driven mixture of adventure, strategy, and turn-based tactical combat.

Why similar: Management 28.4%, Strategy 21.9%, Story Rich 16.6%, Choices Matter 14.5%, Adventure 4.3%

A rookie announcer just moved in. Enter her room using your landlord's spare keys. Place hidden cameras to expose her vulnerable self in private and her secret weaknesses. Will this surveillance lead to dominating her, or to a pure love with her? Rewrite her daily life through your own gaze.

Why similar: Sexual Content 31%, Nudity 19.5%, Simulation 16.7%, Multiple Endings 10.7%, Choices Matter 7.5%

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: Dark Humor 29.9%, Funny 25%, Pixel Graphics 19.1%, Simulation 12.7%, 2D 6.4%

Greetings. Your Mind Scanner request has been approved. Your duty is to diagnose and treat the citizens of The Structure. The patient list is long so don't waste your time. We’ll let you see your daughter soon...

Why similar: Political Sim 28.5% ★, Dystopian 16.2%, Management 11.7%, Multiple Endings 9.2%, Choices Matter 8.3%

Prepare yourself for the most thrilling night of your life! Something strange has happened and people everywhere are turning into blood thirsty walking corpses. But guess who’s the brains behind this hungry undead army? YOU! So spread this pandemic and wipe humanity off the planet.

Why similar: Strategy 37%, Pixel Graphics 36.8%, 2D 11.2%, Indie 7.1%, Funny 4.4%

Join Brian Pasternack on his first working day at Sintracorp. Uncertain, unprepared, and massively unqualified, will Pasternack have what it takes to shine in Sintracorp’s hierarchy? It all depends on how he performs on his first assignment… and whether he survives it.

Why similar: Dark Humor 31.3%, Multiple Endings 17.4%, Choices Matter 15.9%, Pixel Graphics 12.1%, Story Rich 11%

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 51.3%, Nudity 25.8%, Indie 12.8%, Atmospheric 7.3%, Singleplayer 2.7%

DISTRUST is an isometric survival adventure with procedural generation on an Arctic research station lost in the endless dark of a polar night. A story-rich fiction with multiple endings that suits both singleplayer fans and co-op enthusiasts.

Why similar: Point & Click 50.4%, Strategy 19.2%, Atmospheric 15.1%, Adventure 10.2%, Singleplayer 5.1%

Become Phoenix Wright and experience the thrill of battle as you fight to save your innocent clients in a court of law. Play all 14 episodes, spanning the first three games, in one gorgeous collection.

Why similar: Point & Click 36.2%, Story Rich 28.2%, Funny 18.7%, Adventure 7.3%, 2D 5.5%

Bio Inc.: Redemption is a realistic simulation and strategy game in which you make life or death decisions. Create a deadly illness to infect and torment your victim or play as the head of a medical team and hopefully find a cure to save your human patient. Will you be the plague or preserve humanity?

Why similar: Management 37.9%, Strategy 16.8%, Simulation 14.9%, Sexual Content 12.1%, Atmospheric 10.9%

There is no game. So don't go messing things up by clicking everywhere. You don’t want to be kicked out of your video game world, do you? Of course not!

Why similar: Point & Click 34.3%, Funny 17.8%, Pixel Graphics 14.8%, Story Rich 12.3%, Adventure 6.2%

Immigration Enforcement Case #112: You are under arrest. Unless your friends can cross a broken America, retrieve your identifying documents and stay out of trouble... this is the end of the American dream for you.

Why similar: Political Sim 37.9% ★, Dystopian 21.5%, Pixel Graphics 8.4%, Choices Matter 6.8%, Simulation 6.7%

Moonlighter is an Action RPG with rogue-lite elements that demonstrates two sides of the coin – revealing everyday routines of Will, an adventurous shopkeeper that secretly dreams of becoming a hero.

Why similar: Management 42.2%, Pixel Graphics 25%, Simulation 12.2%, 2D 8.6%, Adventure 8.2%

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: Management 25.9%, Point & Click 20.2%, Resource Management 16.7%, Choices Matter 13.5%, Simulation 11.5%