Games Like Hard Time III

The toughest prison sim in the yard has been locked back up to serve another sentence in 2D!

Why similar: Simulation 100%

The lightweight champion of wrestling comes full circle with higher resolution visuals and a smoother frame rate - whilst still retaining the retro style that puts the fun first! Now featuring whole other booking & roaming modes at no extra cost for the biggest Triple Threat in wrestling.

Why similar: Wrestling 50.6% ★, Character Customization 11.5%, Choices Matter 7.9%, Cartoony 6.5%, Immersive Sim 6.2%

Relive your school days in 3D, where old school graphics bring back timeless fun! Create your own star student and attend a schedule full of classes in time to gather the knowledge you need to thrive, while an equally important popularity contest challenges you survive...

Why similar: Wrestling 36.2% ★, Dark Humor 14.6%, Life Sim 14.2%, Open World 11.3%, Character Customization 9.5%

Get a taste of prison life! Become a prison guard and deal with dangerous convicts. Prison management, lots of daily activities. Will you become the best guard in history? Or maybe you'll turn into the worst scumbag this Prison has ever seen?

Why similar: Crime 35%, Stealth 17.8%, Dialogue Heavy 17%, Open World 14.9%, Combat 9.9%

Have you ever considered creating your own crime empire, without the legal and moral consequences? SIMULATE IT! Crawl into the dark alleys of the street business in this OG drug-dealing game, and make a fortune! A co-op sequel – DDS2 – is out NOW

Why similar: Crime 58.3%, Open World 15.9%, Simulation 14.2%, Crafting 11.6%

PAYDAY 3 is the ultimate co-op FPS crime fantasy. Choose between stealth or loud playstyles, customize your character, and get ready to pull off the perfect heist.

Why similar: Crime 35.9%, Dark Humor 19.2%, Gun Customization 17.5%, Stealth 16.6%, Combat 7%

BUILD YOUR VIRTUAL WEED EMPIRE: Grow the hottest strains & crossbreed new ones, roll your own Blunts, sell Bongs, hire Growers, make Solventless Concentrates, handle Rival Dealers, befriend Influencers, smoke Dabs, ride a Dolphin, and More! WELCOME TO WEED SHOP 3!

Why similar: Dark Humor 20.7%, Life Sim 20%, Open World 16.1%, Crafting 12.8%, Immersive Sim 12.7%

From small-time dope pusher to kingpin - manufacture and distribute a range of drugs throughout the grungy city of Hyland Point. Expand your empire with properties, businesses, employees and more.

Why similar: Crime 44.4%, Open World 18.3%, Stealth 11%, Crafting 10.3%, Character Customization 8.1%

From the THIEF SIMULATOR developers. It's the 80s. Steal VCRs, tapes, classic cars, and if you get caught, outrun the police!

Why similar: Crime 27.4%, Stealth 18.4%, Dialogue Heavy 11.5%, Open World 9.4%, Third Person 9.1%

Too long in this prison, time to get out of here. Pull the carpet and start digging with a teaspoon. Watch out for the guard, sell him the junk you find. Trade toilet paper with the prisoners. Get better items and improve your stats. Expand the tunnel, use glow sticks and dynamite. Will you escape?

Why similar: Crime 41%, Life Sim 25%, Immersive Sim 12.1%, Action-Adventure 8.3%, Simulation 7.4%

Kindergarten 3 is the long awaited threequel to the Kindergarten series! Explore a new school with old and new friends...and new ways to get ruthlessly murdered.

Why similar: Dark Humor 57.9%, Investigation 22.1%, Choices Matter 20%

Tru Or Die: Chiraq is a third person single/multiplayer roleplaying game.

Why similar: Crime 32.5%, Life Sim 16.5%, Survival 14.8%, Open World 14.1%, Third Person 4.9%

Survive the galaxy's toughest prison and rise to the top of a space gang! Explore, fight, craft, trade and learn convicts' stories to escape the facility. Space Prison is a turn-based tactical survival game with deep strategy and social RPG elements.

Why similar: Dark Humor 45.4%, Survival 24%, Crafting 21.2%, Simulation 9.4%

Good or Insane? The choice is yours. Following the Apocalyptic end to the Postal Dude’s week in Paradise, we follow him and his insane pitbull Champ as they emigrate to its appropriately named sister city, Catharsis.

Why similar: Dark Humor 59.3%, Open World 24.4%, Third Person 16.3%

Pilgor's baaack! Gather your herd and venture forth into Goat Simulator 3; an all-new (at least on Steam), totally realistic, sandbox farmyard experience. Invite up to three friends in local or online co-op, create carnage as a team, or compete in mini-games and then not be friends anymore.

Why similar: Open World 27.7%, Character Customization 26.4%, Action-Adventure 14.1%, Cartoony 13.7%, 3D 9.6%

Dive into The Prison, a modern reimagining of the classic late 90's game. Experience a vividly detailed prison world and strategic multiplayer gameplay. Customize your inmate, follow a gripping storyline, and discover new items and secrets. Will you escape or rule from within?

Why similar: Character Customization 42.4%, Third Person 36.4%, 3D 21.2%

Step into the shoes of a young aspiring fighter facing other fighters. To survive and protect your loved ones, you must enter the renowned world of fighting. Every choice you make, from intense training to accepting risky challenges has an effect on your favorite girls.

Why similar: Crime 48%, Life Sim 19.7%, Open World 11.7%, Immersive Sim 7.1%, Combat 6.5%

Fat Prisoner Simulator 3 - a hockey simulator where you are going to play the role of a prisoner. Each team consists of three players. Your have to score as many goals in the opponent’s net as you can in order to win the match.

Why similar: Dark Humor 38.6%, Third Person 22.5%, Simulation 13.5%, 3D 13%, Combat 12.4%

Intravenous 2 is the ultimate blend of tactical gameplay and immersive storytelling. Will you embrace the shadows or confront your foes head-on? The choice is yours. Experience a new era of tactical stealth action. Save lives. Uncover secrets. Take vengeance.

Why similar: Crime 27.9%, Gun Customization 24.6%, Stealth 21.4%, Combat 9.4%, Immersive Sim 7.2%

Explore infinite possibilities with INFINITE LIVES - where superhumans and subhumans fight for control of the ultimate shared universe! Bursting into the 3rd dimension brings new powers with unprecedented freedom, in a vicious cycle that never ends...

Why similar: Wrestling 56% ★, Dark Humor 16.2%, Investigation 9.8%, Action-Adventure 6.9%, Cartoony 6.8%

Inspired by JCS videos and similar Interrogation analysis. Match evidence with statements. Play good cop/bad cop. Make choices. Learn what makes people tick. Unravel the mystery.

Why similar: Crime 32.2%, Dark Humor 21.1%, Investigation 17%, Dialogue Heavy 14.7%, Immersive Sim 11.2%

Take back your identity in Muffles’ Life Sentence- a darkly quirky RPG set in a prison where inmates are remade to match their crimes.

Why similar: Dark Humor 54.1%, Crime 45.9%

See how long you can survive in a world full of brainless zombies and heartless humans! Find your place among hundreds of other characters spread across several warring factions, and battle to reclaim every corner of a sprawling city in real-time.

Why similar: Wrestling 44.8% ★, Dark Humor 15.9%, Character Customization 10.3%, Open World 8.8%, Crafting 7.2%

FPS/mecha hybrid europolice sim with emphasis on interacting with NPCs and different gameplay systems.

Why similar: Crime 37%, Stealth 20.8%, Immersive Sim 14.7%, Character Customization 12.2%, Open World 9.1%

INMATE: Survival is an open world survival game, where you play the role of a prisoner sentenced to stay on a 4*4 km Island with many types of enemies both humans and animals.

Why similar: Open World 24.6%, Survival 24.5%, Crafting 19.7%, Action-Adventure 10.3%, Combat 9.6%

The engine behind 3D wrestling brings the revolution to MMA, where real resistance challenges you to survive each round! Embark on a career to climb the ranks at 5 unique promotions with their own weight classes, or become the boss in the sport's 1st fully playable "Promoter" mode.

Why similar: Wrestling 56.2% ★, Cartoony 10.1%, Combat 9.6%, Immersive Sim 7%, Character Customization 5.6%

First-person homeless crime sandbox. Steal, drink, hallucinate and crush rival bums in chaotic online co-op.

Why similar: Crime 27.8%, Dark Humor 17.3%, Life Sim 13.2%, Survival 10.9%, Open World 10.8%

Your quintessential construction simulator is here. Take a dodgy loan, restore a property, move in the locals, attend to their grievances, then celebrate with a pint in this fully-simulated, open-world 1980's Britain.

Why similar: Life Sim 35%, Open World 27.9%, Immersive Sim 18.5%, 3D 9.6%, Simulation 9.1%

A new breed of Police Simulator, Enforcer demands you show exceptional bravery in the line of duty while under pressure and enemy gunfire.

Why similar: Crime 55.6%, Open World 27.1%, Simulation 12.3%, Third Person 5%

Get ready to enter the 2nd Dimension! Thrust into a bizarre and unfamiliar city and find your place among strange citizens. Work, Fight, Study, Eat, Drink, Gamble, Train, Sleep, Quest, Collect, Invest, Repeat.

Why similar: Dark Humor 34.7%, Open World 21.9%, Cartoony 17%, Life Sim 16.8%, Simulation 9.6%

The greatest grappling game returns to take on the world! Customize every aspect of the match, from your wrestler to the ring itself, in your fight for the championship belt.

Why similar: Wrestling 77.2% ★, Character Customization 14.5%, Simulation 8.3%

Welcome to SCUM, a ruthless open-world survival game where deep character customization defines the prisoner you become. Loot, craft, hunt, build, and fight to outlast a hostile island where every choice can change your fate. Stay alive. Stay dangerous. Become harder to kill.

Why similar: Open World 25.3%, Survival 24.8%, Character Customization 19.7%, Crafting 16.5%, Third Person 13.7%

The mayor of Rockhaven threw you down a hole into the Undercity. Why? Net worth too low. In this open-world simulation, you and up to 3 pals will steal, fight, and scheme to reclaim the city. Customise your rides, buy businesses, and take on the Mayor’s forces. Rockhaven is yours for the taking!

Why similar: Crime 29.9%, Life Sim 15.2%, Open World 14.1%, Character Customization 11.6%, Third Person 8.2%

Hard Times is an extreme urban survival game where you have to put yourself into the shoes of a homeless man, taking on all the challenges that daily survival places in the great metropolis of indifference.

Why similar: Simulation 41.7%, Survival 34.7%, Crafting 23.6%

The Full Package, Remastered – With enhanced graphics, improved lighting, reworked environments, and visual effects, Steelport and The Third Street Saints have never looked so good.

Why similar: Dark Humor 23.1%, Open World 20.6%, Life Sim 15%, Character Customization 12.9%, Action-Adventure 11.2%

Enter Pawnbroker Simulator, where every deal, appraisal, and choice forges your path to pawn shop greatness. Sharpen your instincts, unlock new talents, craft a storefront that turns heads, offer high-stakes loans, and stay one step ahead of cunning thieves.

Why similar: Life Sim 37%, Immersive Sim 18.6%, Dialogue Heavy 15.3%, Choices Matter 10.2%, 3D 9.5%

Wanna find out what a prison riot looks like? Check a free stand-alone prologue for Prison Simulator. A story that is not available in the full game! Be warned: Police baton might not be enough to bring order to the prison halls.

Why similar: Crime 37.4%, Stealth 17.9%, Dialogue Heavy 16.1%, Open World 14.6%, Combat 9.1%

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: Dark Humor 61.1%, Choices Matter 21.1%, Simulation 17.8%

The Escapists provides players the opportunity of experiencing a light-hearted insight into everyday prison life with the main objective being that of escaping!

Why similar: Crafting 50.6%, Survival 33.1%, Simulation 16.2%

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: Crime 48.9%, Choices Matter 23.4%, Investigation 22.9%, Simulation 4.7%

Craft, Steal, Brawl and Escape! It’s time to bust out of the toughest prisons in the world as you return to the life of an inmate in The Escapists 2, now with multiplayer! Have you got what it takes to escape?

Why similar: Stealth 28.7%, Crafting 24.6%, Character Customization 20.9%, Open World 16.8%, Simulation 9%

Dead Rising returns with modern graphics in this Deluxe Remaster!

Why similar: Survival 48.2%, Action-Adventure 31.9%, Third Person 19.8%

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: Wrestling 45% ★, Dark Humor 18.9%, Life Sim 13.9%, Survival 10.7%, Immersive Sim 7.6%

Crack that Whip! Take reigns of a privately run prison. You are responsible for the care, custody, and control of individuals who have been arrested. Begin with a low security prison and build it up to a SuperMax. From construction to daily operations, you must protect society while turning a profit. It's time for lockdown.

On their way from Ugryupinsk, Egor and Nastya find themselves caught in the middle of a conflict between two gangs — the Pavers and the Glaziers. Egor must find common ground with the Glaziers, deal with the Pavers, and rescue Nastya

Why similar: Dark Humor 30.7%, Life Sim 26.2%, Open World 19.2%, Choices Matter 9.7%, Combat 7.8%

You’re out of jail, but the debt isn’t gone. Sneak, steal, and break into houses solo or in 4-player co-op. Use lockpicks, sleeping gas, and brute force to complete jobs, outsmart security, and make enough money before time runs out. Will you pay back what you owe, or lose everything?

Why similar: Crime 47%, Life Sim 16.6%, Stealth 12.9%, Action-Adventure 8.2%, Immersive Sim 7.7%

Dive into the wild west as a saloon owner in a volatile frontier town. Customize your character and face the consequences of your choices as you forge friendships and enemies of townsfolk, travellers, outlaws and lawmen. Build the most famous saloon in the territory, or be overwhelmed and destroyed.

Why similar: Life Sim 23.5%, Character Customization 16.6%, Dark Humor 16%, Immersive Sim 12.7%, Third Person 10%

POSTAL 4: No Regerts is a satirical and outrageous comedic open world first person shooter and the long-awaited true sequel to what’s been fondly dubbed as "The Worst Game Ever™", POSTAL 2!

Why similar: Dark Humor 35.7%, Open World 22.7%, Survival 16.2%, Third Person 14.8%, Action-Adventure 10.7%

Build an intricate prison, hire the best staff, and pamper your prisoners to create the perfect rehabilitation facility in Prison Tycoon: Under New Management

Why similar: Life Sim 49.4%, Cartoony 24.8%, Simulation 15.9%, 3D 9.9%

Become the best thief. Gather intel, steal things and sell them to buy hi-tech equipment. Do everything that a real thief does.

Why similar: Crime 42.9%, Stealth 26.2%, Open World 15.7%, Simulation 9.4%, Immersive Sim 5.9%

Lucius is back. In a whole new narrative experience, he now returns to his old neighborhood of Winter Hill. The path will be a difficult one, with trials and tribulations waiting ahead. Has he made the right choices? Is it finally time to end it all?

Why similar: Third Person 100%

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: Stealth 39.5%, Open World 30.6%, Immersive Sim 29.9%

Step into the world of bootleg booze in this story-driven, single-player sim! Grow your crops, brew your drinks, bond with eccentric customers, and bottle it all under your own brand. Uncover the truth behind your brother’s arrest, complete quirky missions, and build your underground empire.

Why similar: Crime 27.9%, Open World 14.1%, Immersive Sim 11.6%, Stealth 11%, Crafting 10.7%

Grab a backpack, boxing tape, and focus on what high school is all about: Beating the ever loving crap out of one another! Troublemaker blends favorite action-adventure-beat-'em-up elements from the strongest traditions in the genre.

Why similar: Third Person 33.8%, Action-Adventure 30.8%, 3D 19.4%, Simulation 16%

Haydee III is a hardcore metroidvania with third-person shooter mechanics, platforming, puzzles, a sexy heroine and cake!

Why similar: Character Customization 48.1%, Third Person 36.6%, 3D 15.3%

In order to save the world once again Pete and Vasily Ivanovich will have to get through fire, water and through… some other stuff and then again and again. They will get really close to the worst criminals on Las-Vegas streets, enlist in the commandos and complete several missions for the USA government - to get rid of drug dealer's...

Why similar: Dark Humor 67.5%, Cartoony 19.5%, Third Person 13%

Fat Prisoner Simulator 2 is a fighting simulator with realistic physics where you are going to play the role of a prisoner during a jailhouse riot. All you can see around is crazy prisoners attacking everybody there.

Why similar: Third Person 55.4%, Simulation 44.6%

A game in which you have to go from an insignificant person to the king of the world

Why similar: Dark Humor 29.7%, Life Sim 26.2%, Open World 18.8%, Choices Matter 11.2%, Combat 8.7%

Outwit your most cunning adversary to date in the latest installment of this popular, spy-themed VR puzzle series. Wield new gadgets, visit action-packed locales, and wear custom disguises as you dive back into the world of espionage in this escape room game.

Why similar: Investigation 67.8%, Simulation 32.2%