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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.

Reviews: Mostly Positive — 77% — of 931 reviews
Released: 2017-10-03
Developer: Unbound Creations
Genres: Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux
Median playtime: 2.0 hrs
Mean playtime: 2.7 hrs
Players ≥ 1 hr: 70%

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  1. #1 Headliner: NoviNews
    97% matchVery Positive89% of 807 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: Political Sim 25.8%, Political 22.2%, Politics 16.9%, Dystopian 9%, Choices Matter 8%

  2. #2 Beholder 2
    96% matchVery Positive87% of 7,978 reviews2018
    Dev: Alawar Stargaze (Warm Lamp Games)Pub: Alawar
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 19.5 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: Political Sim 21.8%, Political 19.6%, Politics 13.4%, Dystopian 13.4%, Choices Matter 9%

  3. #3 Not For Broadcast
    96% matchVery Positive94% of 12,442 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: Political Sim 25.5%, Political 24%, Dystopian 15.6%, Choices Matter 11%, Multiple Endings 9.1%

  4. #4 Beholder
    95% matchVery Positive92% of 30,475 reviews2016
    Dev: Alawar Stargaze (Warm Lamp Games)Pub: Alawar
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 13.6 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: Political Sim 26.2%, Political 22%, Dystopian 15.5%, Choices Matter 10.5%, Multiple Endings 8.2%

  5. #5 Replica
    94% matchVery Positive86% of 3,516 reviews2016
    Dev: Somi
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 35.6 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: Political 30.2%, Dystopian 27.2%, Indie 10.5%, Choices Matter 7.4%, Adventure 7.1%

  6. #6 Death and Taxes
    92% matchVery Positive86% of 8,276 reviews2020
    Dev: Placeholder Gameworks
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.5 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 29.5%, Multiple Endings 22.9%, Story Rich 11.1%, Adventure 7.4%, Simulation 7.3%

  7. #7 1979 Revolution: Black Friday
    93% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,086 reviews2016
    Dev: iNK Stories
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 88%

    1979 Revolution: Black Friday is a choice driven, narrative game that brings players into the brooding world of a nation on the verge of collapse. Play as Reza, an aspiring photojournalist, and make life and death decisions as you survive the gritty streets of Iran in the late 1970’s.

    Why similar: Political 47.2%, Choices Matter 20.1%, Multiple Endings 9.7%, Adventure 7.5%, Indie 7.1%

  8. #8 Postmortem: One Must Die (Extended Cut)
    94% matchMostly Negative40% of 187 reviews2013
    Dev: Unbound Creations
    Windows
    Median: 12 minMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 20%

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

    Why similar: Political 26%, Politics 16.7%, Adventure 11.9%, Choices Matter 11.7%, Indie 9.9%

  9. #9 Beholder: Conductor
    89% matchVery Positive91% of 4,427 reviews2025
    Dev: Alawar
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%

    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 36.9%, Political 19.1%, Dystopian 12.4%, Choices Matter 8.4%, Multiple Endings 6.5%

  10. #10 Song of Farca
    91% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,607 reviews2021
    Dev: Wooden MonkeysPub: Alawar
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 6.7 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: Political 21.8%, Dystopian 21%, Choices Matter 15.8%, Multiple Endings 10.4%, Story Rich 5.9%

  11. #11 The Westport Independent
    91% matchMostly Positive76% of 334 reviews2016
    Dev: Double Zero One Zero
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 49%

    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: Political 36%, Dystopian 28.9%, Indie 13.5%, Choices Matter 12.1%, Simulation 9.5%

  12. #12 For the People
    90% matchMostly Positive73% of 798 reviews2020
    Dev: Brezg StudioPub: 101XP
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 70%

    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 30.6%, Political 26%, Dystopian 12.5%, Choices Matter 10.1%, Multiple Endings 8.7%

  13. #13 Organs Please
    89% matchVery Positive84% of 324 reviews2023
    Dev: TECHHOMEPub: HeroCraft PC
    Windows
    Median: 3.2 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: Political Sim 23.4%, Political 19.2%, Politics 14.8%, Dystopian 12.9%, Multiple Endings 8.9%

  14. #14 Suzerain
    88% matchVery Positive93% of 11,339 reviews2020
    Dev: Torpor Games
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 18.3 hrs≥1hr: 73%

    Assume the role of President Anton Rayne and guide the nation of Sordland. Amidst brewing international conflicts, need for reform, deep-seated corruption, and economic recession, you must make the decisions in this political drama. How will you lead?

    Why similar: Political Sim 27.6%, Political 25.1%, Politics 19.5%, Choices Matter 9.9%, Multiple Endings 8.7%

  15. #15 Not For Broadcast: Prologue
    87% matchVery Positive93% of 769 reviews2019
    Dev: NotGamesPub: tinyBuild
    Windows
    Median: 24 minMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 15%

    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 28.3%, Political Sim 28.1%, Politics 22.8%, Choices Matter 10.5%, Story Rich 3.9%

  16. #16 Not Tonight 2
    86% matchMostly Positive79% of 462 reviews2022
    Dev: PanicBarnPub: No More Robots
    Windows
    Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 5.7 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: Political 23.2%, Political Sim 20.8%, Politics 17.6%, Dystopian 12.8%, Choices Matter 5.1%

  17. #17 Need to Know
    86% matchMixed67% of 293 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: Political Sim 46.1%, Political 27.8%, Adventure 7.7%, Indie 7.3%, Simulation 6.3%

  18. #18 Not For Broadcast VR
    85% matchMixed40% of 70 reviews2023
    Dev: NotGamesPub: tinyBuild
    Windows

    Get closer to the truth than ever in the VR edition of Not For Broadcast. Keep the cameras rolling, censor the swears and immerse yourself in the powerful, alluring and occasionally deadly world of broadcast television news.

    Why similar: Political 30.1%, Dystopian 21.1%, Choices Matter 12.5%, Multiple Endings 10.1%, Political Sim 9.8%

  19. #19 Not Tonight
    84% matchVery Positive83% of 2,722 reviews2018
    Dev: PanicBarnPub: No More Robots
    Windows
    Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 90%

    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: Political 38.9%, Politics 21.2%, Dystopian 17.7%, Simulation 5.3%, Multiple Endings 4.3%

  20. #20 Social Credit Simulator
    84% matchMostly Positive76% of 96 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: Political Sim 34.6%, Political 32.8%, Choices Matter 12.8%, Indie 4.3%, Simulation 3.3%

  21. #21 Orwell: Keeping an Eye On You
    83% matchVery Positive90% of 15,430 reviews2016
    Dev: Osmotic StudiosPub: Daedalic Entertainment
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 8.2 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 43.1%, Political Sim 20.4%, Simulation 11.3%, Politics 7.1%, Dystopian 6.4%

  22. #22 Papers, Please
    82% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 78,992 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: Political 46.9%, Dystopian 18.9%, Multiple Endings 8.5%, Indie 8.5%, Simulation 4.2%

  23. #23 Mind Scanners
    81% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,308 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: Political 25.9%, Political Sim 24.6%, Dystopian 15.2%, Choices Matter 9.7%, Multiple Endings 9.2%

  24. #24 Orwell: Ignorance is Strength
    82% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,869 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: Political Sim 26.2%, Political 21.2%, Politics 13.4%, Dystopian 12.6%, Choices Matter 9.7%

  25. #25 Phonopolis
    77% matchVery Positive93% of 716 reviews2026
    Dev: Amanita Design
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 70%

    Phonopolis is a story-driven puzzle adventure set in a hand-painted 3D world made of cardboard. Solve a wide variety of playful puzzles and help Felix end the Leader's oppressive influence in a resonant dystopian city inspired by avant-garde art.

    Why similar: Political 30.2%, Dystopian 25.1%, Politics 19.6%, Story Rich 7.4%, Adventure 7.3%

  26. #26 Justice.exe
    81% matchMostly Positive71% of 102 reviews2022
    Dev: Late Game ClutchPub: Gameclaw Studio
    Windows · Mac

    Justice.exe is a dialogue-heavy dystopian legal drama in which you defend sentient AI in court. Discover key story elements in dialogue, build your case by studying arguments, and engage the opposing counsel in wits, charisma and skullduggery. Small choices might alter the fate of your clients.

    Why similar: Political 31.8%, Dystopian 19.1%, Choices Matter 12.5%, Multiple Endings 10.1%, Story Rich 5.1%

  27. #27 THE EDITOR
    79% matchVery Positive90% of 68 reviews2023
    Dev: DECATREE GAMES
    Windows

    NEWSPAPER EDITING ADVENTURE. "In 1996, a congressman was murdered...The prime suspect is a congressman's aide. As the suspicious article was published the story begins" Play the role of editor-in-chief of a newspaper. You become the editor of a newspaper and write a front-page article every day.

    Why similar: Choices Matter 34.6%, Adventure 15.7%, Story Rich 12.3%, Simulation 11.6%, Puzzle 8.8%

  28. #28 KingSim
    80% matchVery Positive85% of 209 reviews2020
    Dev: Fuzzy Pixel Game Studio
    Windows
    Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 81%

    Become the King in a story-driven 8-bit style game, where choice matters. And try not to die instantly...

    Why similar: Political Sim 34.8%, Political 25.9%, Choices Matter 13.5%, Multiple Endings 12.1%, Story Rich 5.2%

  29. #29 Beholder 3
    79% matchMixed65% of 2,752 reviews2022
    Dev: Paintbucket GamesPub: Alawar
    Windows
    Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 48.0 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: Political Sim 32.5%, Political 22.4%, Dystopian 17.7%, Choices Matter 6.2%, Multiple Endings 6%

  30. #30 The Red Strings Club
    78% matchVery Positive94% of 13,919 reviews2018
    Dev: DeconstructeamPub: Devolver Digital
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 84%

    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 33.6%, Dystopian 16.3%, Story Rich 15.6%, Pixel Graphics 10.2%, Indie 8.3%

  31. #31 Will Die Alone
    78% matchMostly Positive76% of 67 reviews2022
    Dev: Arianna Ravioli
    Windows · Mac

    Some memories aren't meant to stay. We are our memories and our experiences. What happens if you delete some of them? If you change your past and, thus, your future?

    Why similar: Political 34.2%, Dystopian 16%, Multiple Endings 12.7%, Choices Matter 11.9%, Story Rich 5.6%

  32. #32 子夜之章:历史的终局~MidNights of Desperado~
    77% matchVery Positive98% of 305 reviews2021
    Dev: 银阼Pub: NPC Entertainment
    Windows
    Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 74%

    The protagonist of this lonely life is you. You leave your hometown and come to a strange world. The world is prosperous and cold, strange but real. You may like it or wish you could tear it to pieces. The good news is, you have the choice!

    Why similar: Politics 28.4%, Dystopian 22.3%, Choices Matter 14.9%, Multiple Endings 12.4%, Story Rich 6.2%

  33. #33 PRODUCER 2021
    76% matchVery Positive100% of 175 reviews2022
    Dev: Stuffed Wombat
    Windows

    a ~2 hour long graphic adventure novella. Tasked with disrupting the end of the world, you explore, investigate and produce your way through a strangely familiar world.

    Why similar: Adventure 67%, 2D 33%

  34. #34 One's Own Exile
    74% matchVery Positive100% of 448 reviews2025
    Dev: Updog Software
    Windows

    Follow Sybil in her pursuit for survival, having to sacrifice everything - her culture, her identity, her values - to achieve a single objective: escape from a place that is constantly trying to kill her. A short game about persecution and identity.

    Why similar: Multiple Endings 21.9%, Dystopian 20.6%, Choices Matter 14.9%, Adventure 10.2%, Dark 9.9%

  35. #35 Alruna and the Necro-Industrialists
    75% matchVery Positive87% of 107 reviews2024
    Dev: NeckboltPub: Burning Planet Digital
    Windows

    Alruna is a compact and high-density Metroidvania, with a focus on sequence-breaking and playing things out of order.

    Why similar: Multiple Endings 29.6%, Dystopian 27.8%, Female Protagonist 12.4%, Adventure 8.9%, Pixel Graphics 8.4%

  36. #36 Political Arena
    72% matchMostly Positive77% of 70 reviews2025
    Dev: Wayside Press
    Windows · Mac

    POLITICAL ARENA is a one-of-a-kind strategy/sim sandbox about American politics. Seek fame or infamy in a richly simulated political world, complete with high stakes legislative strategizing, backroom deals and the press. Customize and play as the politician of your dreams (or nightmares).

    Why similar: Political 45.4%, Political Sim 32%, Choices Matter 13%, Simulation 7.3%, 2D 1.4%

  37. #37 This Is the Police
    74% matchVery Positive82% of 11,102 reviews2016
    Dev: Weappy StudioPub: THQ Nordic
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 12.3 hrs≥1hr: 91%

    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: Choices Matter 32.5%, Political 27.5%, Story Rich 13.7%, Indie 8%, Adventure 6%

  38. #38 2064: Read Only Memories
    75% matchMostly Positive80% of 1,665 reviews2015
    Dev: MidBoss, LLC.Pub: Chorus Worldwide Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%

    2064: Read Only Memories is a cyberpunk point-and-click adventure set in Neo-San Francisco. Team up with Turing, the world's first sapient machine, to unravel a conspiracy that threatens to shake an entire society

    Why similar: Choices Matter 33.1%, Multiple Endings 30%, Story Rich 14%, Adventure 9.5%, 2D 5.6%

  39. #39 Ministry of Broadcast
    73% matchVery Positive82% of 468 reviews2020
    Dev: Twin PetesPub: Hitcents
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 66%

    Ministry of Broadcast is a narrative-driven single player cinematic platformer mixing Orwell’s 1984 with modern reality TV. A country divided by The Wall; to cross it and reach your family, you must compete on - and win - a reality TV show broadcast by the Regime.

    Why similar: Political 25.2%, Dystopian 20.1%, Adventure 19.8%, Indie 18.7%, Multiple Endings 6.2%

  40. #40 We. The Revolution
    73% matchMostly Positive75% of 2,413 reviews2019
    Dev: PolyslashPub: Valkyrie Initiative
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 79%

    As a judge of the Revolutionary Tribunal, preside over complicated cases of ordinary citizens, dangerous criminals, and enemies of the revolution in revolutionary Paris. Make judgments, plot political intrigue, and try to not lose your own head!

    Why similar: Political Sim 53.9%, Choices Matter 20.5%, Adventure 7.4%, Story Rich 7.3%, Simulation 5.3%

  41. #41 BAD END THEATER
    69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 9,656 reviews2021
    Dev: NomnomNami
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 71%

    select your protagonist and explore a variety of terrible fates!

    Why similar: Multiple Endings 33.2%, Choices Matter 32.5%, Story Rich 13.3%, Pixel Graphics 7.1%, Simulation 4.4%

  42. #42 Do Not Feed the Monkeys
    71% matchVery Positive94% of 12,357 reviews2018
    Dev: Fictiorama StudiosPub: Alawar
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 6.8 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: Political Sim 37%, Dystopian 16.4%, Choices Matter 13.2%, Multiple Endings 11.8%, Story Rich 5%

  43. #43 halfmoon
    67% matchVery Positive92% of 62 reviews2026
    Dev: lvl374
    Windows

    halfmoon is a short adventure game set in an information center for the dead before they move on.

    Why similar: Story Rich 26.9%, Adventure 19.1%, Indie 16.8%, 2D 16.7%, Pixel Graphics 15.4%

  44. #44 NeuroNet: Mendax Proxy
    70% 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: Choices Matter 43.3%, Story Rich 18.7%, Adventure 18%, 2D 10.1%, Casual 6.9%

  45. #45 Dyscourse
    72% matchMostly Positive77% of 444 reviews2015
    Dev: Owlchemy Labs
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 92%

    Dyscourse is an interactive choice-based narrative adventure game where you journey through a stylized world of choice and consequence. Choose wisely.

    Why similar: Choices Matter 33.8%, Adventure 21.5%, Indie 19.1%, Simulation 11.2%, Female Protagonist 6.7%

  46. #46 TOBOR
    68% 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: Political 34.9%, Dystopian 21.8%, Choices Matter 15.4%, Multiple Endings 13.8%, Story Rich 5.9%

  47. #47 Cloudpunk
    69% matchVery Positive88% of 15,203 reviews2020
    Dev: ION LANDS
    Windows
    Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 69%

    A neon-noir story in a rain-drenched cyberpunk metropolis. It’s your first night on the job working for the Cloudpunk delivery service. Two rules: Don’t miss a delivery and don’t ask what’s in the package.

    Why similar: Story Rich 25.3%, Female Protagonist 22.8%, Adventure 18.9%, Indie 15.8%, Choices Matter 11.2%

  48. #48 Beat Cop
    70% matchVery Positive82% of 6,094 reviews2017
    Dev: Pixel CrowPub: 11 bit studios
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%

    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: Indie 18%, Choices Matter 17.8%, Pixel Graphics 16%, Adventure 15.1%, Simulation 10%

  49. #49 PEPPERED: an existential platformer
    66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 660 reviews2025
    Dev: Mostly Games
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 82%

    An existential platformer where Doomsday is just around the corner. Save the world or become an eternal corporate slave for the God of Death. Choices matter. Or do they? Goof around and find out.

    Why similar: Dystopian 34.3%, Choices Matter 25.1%, Multiple Endings 21.7%, Story Rich 10.3%, Pixel Graphics 6.1%

  50. #50 Save Koch
    71% matchMixed63% of 155 reviews2019
    Dev: Wooden Monkeys
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%

    You are local mafia kingpin, Jeffrey Koch. Your empire in New Kandinski is in total chaos because an unknown Mastermind has decided to take your place. And they’ve planted a sleeper Mole inside your operation. It’s time to act, but you need to act smart.

    Why similar: Political 32.7%, Choices Matter 18.3%, Adventure 8.3%, Multiple Endings 7.8%, Story Rich 7.5%

  51. #51 You are the Judge!
    68% matchMixed70% of 258 reviews2023
    Dev: Steel Games
    Windows

    As a judge of the Kobardde court, solve complex cases inspired by actual events. Your decisions will directly affect people's (and perhaps yours) lives. You may have to make difficult decisions for your family, country, and life. What kind of judge will you be?

    Why similar: Political Sim 40.5%, Political 31.6%, Choices Matter 8.3%, Multiple Endings 6%, Indie 5.6%

  52. #52 Silicon Dreams | cyberpunk interrogation
    68% matchVery Positive94% of 255 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: Political 30.4%, Choices Matter 19.4%, Dystopian 18%, Multiple Endings 14.9%, Story Rich 7.2%

  53. #53 Democracy 4
    67% matchVery Positive82% of 6,313 reviews2022
    Dev: Positech Games
    Windows
    Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 13.1 hrs≥1hr: 78%

    Democracy 4 lets you take the role of President / Prime minister, govern the country (choosing its policies, laws and other actions), and both transform the country as you see fit, while trying to retain enough popularity to get re-elected...

    Why similar: Political Sim 33.3%, Political 26.3%, Politics 24.8%, Choices Matter 8.5%, Simulation 3%

  54. #54 Democracy 3
    70% matchMostly Positive74% of 7,255 reviews2013
    Dev: Positech Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 10.8 hrs≥1hr: 84%

    Have you ever wanted to be president? or prime-minister? Convinced you could do a better job of running the country? Let's face it, you could hardly do a worse job than our current political leaders.

    Why similar: Political Sim 54.3%, Politics 25.9%, Political 12.6%, Simulation 3.8%, Indie 2.3%

  55. #55 Lunar Ascendant
    66% matchMixed49% of 83 reviews2026
    Dev: Darts Games
    Windows

    The political drama set in a future that's too close for comfort. Become the first mayor of ARTEMIS: A Pioneering Lunar City. Navigate the future of lunar colonization, choose between independence and cooperation, shape policies for or against AI influence, and tackle interplanetary conspiracies.

    Why similar: Political Sim 29.5%, Political 26.8%, Politics 21.7%, Choices Matter 9.6%, Multiple Endings 8.6%

  56. #56 Politics The Game
    63% matchVery Positive95% of 2,352 reviews2025
    Dev: Simplicity Games
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%

    Become a parliamentarian, create a powerful party, and lead it to victory in this humorous adventure game. Manage your popularity and dignity, use unique powers, and navigate a storyline inspired by current events.

    Why similar: Politics 32.1%, Political 28.9%, Political Sim 26.6%, Adventure 6.3%, Simulation 4.3%

  57. #57 Murder
    71% matchMixed51% of 423 reviews2015
    Dev: Peter MoorheadPub: CDP
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 24 minMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 20%

    From the designer and artists behind "Stranded" comes a short story about the intersection of morality and sentience, in a cyberpunk future where both have become commodities.

    Why similar: Adventure 37.8%, Indie 37.3%, Female Protagonist 13.9%, Pixel Graphics 11%

  58. #58 She Sees Red - Interactive Movie
    67% matchMostly Positive78% of 3,149 reviews2019
    Dev: Rhinotales
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 75%

    She Sees Red is a mature, hard-boiled interactive thriller. When someone is killed inside a nightclub, an experienced detective vows to put the murderer behind bars. Make choices that affect the narrative and experience several different endings in this blood-red interactive movie.

    Why similar: Choices Matter 39.9%, Multiple Endings 19.4%, Adventure 9.3%, Violent 9%, Indie 7.4%

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