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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 937 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 817 reviews2018
    Dev: Unbound Creations
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 74%

    Award-winning adventure where you control the news and its impact on society, your friends and career. Different choices lead to unique combinations of endings. Share your story with the community, and see what the players before you did.

    Why similar: Political Sim 40.1%, Dystopian 13.8%, Choices Matter 12.4%, Multiple Endings 10.4%, Story Rich 4.5%

  2. #2 Not For Broadcast
    96% matchVery Positive94% of 12,650 reviews2022
    Dev: NotGamesPub: tinyBuild
    Windows
    Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 81%

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

    Why similar: Political Sim 33.6%, Dystopian 20.2%, Choices Matter 14.4%, Multiple Endings 12.2%, Adventure 5.9%

  3. #3 Beholder 2
    96% matchVery Positive87% of 8,130 reviews2018
    Dev: Alawar Stargaze (Warm Lamp Games)Pub: Alawar
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 20.3 hrs≥1hr: 88%

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

    Why similar: Political Sim 32.5%, Dystopian 19.7%, Choices Matter 13.5%, Multiple Endings 10.4%, Dark 4.9%

  4. #4 Death and Taxes
    95% matchVery Positive86% of 8,511 reviews2020
    Dev: Placeholder Gameworks
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 82%

    In this 2D, short narrative-based game, you assume the role of the Grim Reaper... on an office job. Your job is to decide which people are going to live or die. The consequences of your choices are yours to bear, while the mystery of your incarnation awaits revelation!

    Why similar: Choices Matter 29.5%, Multiple Endings 23.2%, Story Rich 11%, Simulation 7.5%, Adventure 7.5%

  5. #5 Beholder
    94% matchVery Positive92% of 31,023 reviews2016
    Dev: Alawar Stargaze (Warm Lamp Games)Pub: Alawar
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 14.0 hrs≥1hr: 82%

    You’re a state-installed landlord in a totalitarian country. Place listening devices, steal and sneak into your tenants’ apartments. Use what you uncovered to report anyone capable of plotting against the state. You MUST! But WILL you?

    Why similar: Political Sim 33.6%, Dystopian 19.6%, Choices Matter 13.6%, Multiple Endings 10.7%, Dark 5.3%

  6. #6 Replica
    94% matchVery Positive86% of 3,527 reviews2016
    Dev: Somi
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 36.4 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 37.9%, Indie 14.6%, Choices Matter 10.4%, Adventure 10.2%, Story Rich 8.7%

  7. #7 Song of Farca
    93% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,676 reviews2021
    Dev: Wooden MonkeysPub: Alawar
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 93%

    Hack into crime scenes, look for evidence, analyze data, interrogate criminals, track suspects and deal with the consequences of your decisions. This is a dark and brutal detective story with a Black Mirror-esque atmosphere of digital dominance and the narrative structure of a US crime procedural.

    Why similar: Dystopian 25.3%, Choices Matter 19.3%, Multiple Endings 12.9%, Story Rich 7.2%, Female Protagonist 6%

  8. #8 For the People
    92% matchMostly Positive73% of 815 reviews2020
    Dev: Brezg StudioPub: 101XP
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 69%

    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 39.1%, Dystopian 15.7%, Choices Matter 13%, Multiple Endings 11.3%, Story Rich 4.6%

  9. #9 Beholder: Conductor
    90% matchVery Positive91% of 5,237 reviews2025
    Dev: Alawar
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 86%

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

    Why similar: Political Sim 44.3%, Dystopian 14.7%, Choices Matter 10.3%, Multiple Endings 7.9%, Story Rich 3.7%

  10. #10 Suzerain
    89% matchVery Positive92% of 11,790 reviews2020
    Dev: Torpor Games
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 18.4 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 45.2%, Choices Matter 16.3%, Multiple Endings 14.4%, Visual Novel 6.7%, Story Rich 6.2%

  11. #11 The Westport Independent
    91% matchMostly Positive77% of 346 reviews2016
    Dev: Double Zero One Zero
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 50%

    The Westport Independent is a censorship simulator taking place in a post-war country, governed by the recently elected Loyalist Party. As the editor of one of the last independent newspapers in the country, your job is to remove and edit the content of your paper, affecting the people’s opinion of both the rebels and the Loyalist...

    Why similar: Dystopian 44.8%, Indie 20.9%, Choices Matter 19%, Simulation 15.4%

  12. #12 Postmortem: One Must Die (Extended Cut)
    91% matchMostly Negative40% of 187 reviews2013
    Dev: Unbound Creations
    Windows
    Median: 12 minMean: 2.9 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: Adventure 20.2%, Choices Matter 19.7%, Indie 16.4%, Multiple Endings 13.8%, Story Rich 7.2%

  13. #13 Organs Please
    89% matchVery Positive83% of 334 reviews2023
    Dev: TECHHOMEPub: HeroCraft PC
    Windows
    Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%

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

    Why similar: Political Sim 35.4%, Dystopian 19.3%, Multiple Endings 13.6%, Choices Matter 13.2%, Story Rich 4.9%

  14. #14 VA-11 Hall-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action
    88% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 38,654 reviews2016
    Dev: Sukeban GamesPub: Ysbryd Games
    Windows · Linux
    Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 31.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%

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

    Why similar: Dystopian 30.2%, Choices Matter 18.9%, Story Rich 8.9%, Female Protagonist 8.1%, Visual Novel 7.5%

  15. #15 The Red Strings Club
    87% matchVery Positive93% of 14,255 reviews2018
    Dev: DeconstructeamPub: Devolver Digital
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%

    The Red Strings Club is a cyberpunk narrative experience about fate and happiness featuring the extensive use of pottery, bartending and impersonating people on the phone to take down a corporate conspiracy.

    Why similar: Choices Matter 32.3%, Dystopian 15.9%, Story Rich 14.7%, Pixel Graphics 9.6%, Indie 7.9%

  16. #16 THE EDITOR
    86% matchVery Positive90% of 69 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 30.7%, Adventure 14.1%, Visual Novel 11.2%, Story Rich 10.8%, Simulation 10.6%

  17. #17 BAD END THEATER
    84% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 10,015 reviews2021
    Dev: NomnomNami
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 71%

    select your protagonist and explore a variety of terrible fates!

    Why similar: Multiple Endings 30.6%, Choices Matter 29.3%, Story Rich 11.8%, Visual Novel 9.5%, Pixel Graphics 6.3%

  18. #18 1979 Revolution: Black Friday
    86% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,087 reviews2016
    Dev: iNK Stories
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 5.0 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: Choices Matter 38.1%, Multiple Endings 18.6%, Adventure 14.4%, Indie 13.2%, Story Rich 9.8%

  19. #19 Not For Broadcast VR
    85% matchMixed40% of 73 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: Dystopian 29.8%, Choices Matter 17.8%, Multiple Endings 14.7%, Political Sim 14%, Adventure 6.9%

  20. #20 Not For Broadcast: Prologue
    84% 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 Sim 54.5%, Choices Matter 20.3%, Story Rich 7.6%, Indie 5.5%, Simulation 5.2%

  21. #21 Do Not Feed the Monkeys
    83% matchVery Positive94% of 12,685 reviews2018
    Dev: Fictiorama StudiosPub: Alawar
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 87%

    A digital voyeur simulator where you watch strangers through surveillance cameras. Invade their privacy and witness their most intimate moments, but don’t interact with the subjects – anything could happen if you dare feed the monkeys!

    Why similar: Political Sim 35.9%, Dystopian 15.7%, Choices Matter 12.9%, Multiple Endings 11.6%, Story Rich 4.8%

  22. #22 PRODUCER 2021
    81% matchVery Positive100% of 176 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 45.7%, Visual Novel 32.7%, 2D 21.6%

  23. #23 One's Own Exile
    79% matchVery Positive100% of 479 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 20.9%, Dystopian 19.1%, Choices Matter 14.1%, Adventure 9.7%, Dark 9.1%

  24. #24 She Sees Red - Interactive Movie
    81% matchMostly Positive78% of 3,168 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 38.3%, Multiple Endings 19.2%, Adventure 9%, Violent 8.7%, Indie 7%

  25. #25 Dyscourse
    82% 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 33.7%, Adventure 21.7%, Indie 18.8%, Simulation 11.6%, Female Protagonist 6.7%

  26. #26 Social Credit Simulator
    80% matchMostly Positive75% of 104 reviews2022
    Dev: Fasu Studio
    Windows

    In Social Credit Simulator, you make life-altering decisions by assigning social credit scores based on people’s actions and status. Satirizing real-world social rating systems, your choices determine your survival in a dystopian regime.

    Why similar: Political Sim 51.6%, Choices Matter 19.1%, Indie 6.3%, Simulation 5.1%, Puzzle 4.3%

  27. #27 Beholder 3
    79% matchMixed65% of 2,841 reviews2022
    Dev: Paintbucket GamesPub: Alawar
    Windows
    Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 49.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%

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

    Why similar: Political Sim 41.4%, Dystopian 22.1%, Choices Matter 7.8%, Multiple Endings 7.7%, Dark 5.5%

  28. #28 God For A Day
    77% matchMixed58% of 76 reviews2026
    Dev: Funky Forest
    Windows

    In this narrative-based simulation game, you play as the Son of God. Your mission: Decide, bless or condemn city residents. Uncover the person's story through their items and secrets before making decisions. Your choices alter the city's destiny, and impact your revelation on Judgment Day.

    Why similar: Choices Matter 32.2%, Multiple Endings 19%, Adventure 13.5%, Simulation 9.2%, Indie 7.2%

  29. #29 Honked: a clown noir
    77% matchVery Positive98% of 50 reviews2023
    Dev: Crimp Games
    Windows · Mac

    Honked! is a short narrative-adventure game about a mysterious world of Clowns where not all is as it seems.

    Why similar: Multiple Endings 36.1%, Story Rich 21.1%, Adventure 20.2%, Choices Matter 12.1%, Visual Novel 5.1%

  30. #30 Papers, Please
    76% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 80,270 reviews2013
    Dev: Lucas PopePub: 3909
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%

    Congratulations. The October labor lottery is complete. Your name was pulled. For immediate placement, report to the Ministry of Admission at Grestin Border Checkpoint. An apartment will be provided for you and your family in East Grestin. Expect a Class-8 dwelling.

    Why similar: Dystopian 33.9%, Multiple Endings 15.7%, Indie 15%, Simulation 7.9%, Story Rich 5.7%

  31. #31 Alruna and the Necro-Industrialists
    75% matchVery Positive86% of 123 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 30.1%, Dystopian 27.5%, Female Protagonist 12.4%, Adventure 9%, Pixel Graphics 8.3%

  32. #32 Need to Know
    78% matchMixed67% of 298 reviews2018
    Dev: Monomyth Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

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

    Why similar: Political Sim 63.5%, Adventure 10.7%, Indie 9.9%, Simulation 9%, Story Rich 4.5%

  33. #33 Thank You For Your Application
    73% matchVery Positive82% of 963 reviews2026
    Dev: IceLemonTea Studio
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 77%

    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 26.7%, Dystopian 26%, Choices Matter 15.4%, Multiple Endings 13.9%, Indie 5.1%

  34. #34 Will Die Alone
    76% 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: Dystopian 22.1%, Multiple Endings 18%, Choices Matter 16.7%, Story Rich 7.8%, Visual Novel 6.2%

  35. #35 Underchoice
    72% matchMostly Positive76% of 123 reviews2026
    Dev: TG IndiePub: Targem Games
    Windows

    Become the overseer and shape the fate of those who come knocking at the door. Each decision you make, whether it is to let in a stranger, to use your resources on something, or to risk the safety of the bunker.

    Why similar: Dystopian 26.9%, Choices Matter 21.4%, Multiple Endings 15.5%, Story Rich 7.3%, Indie 7.1%

  36. #36 Ministry of Broadcast
    75% matchVery Positive82% of 469 reviews2020
    Dev: Twin PetesPub: Hitcents
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 2.1 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: Adventure 26.2%, Dystopian 26.1%, Indie 24.1%, Multiple Endings 8.3%, Pixel Graphics 4.5%

  37. #37 The Sundew
    74% matchVery Positive86% of 107 reviews2021
    Dev: 2054
    Windows · Linux

    You are Anna Isobe, a cyborg cop abandoned by progress and thrust into the midst of a global conspiracy. Experience classic point and click gameplay as you travel across the dark future, and make choices that will seal the fate of the world.

    Why similar: Dystopian 25.2%, Choices Matter 20.7%, Multiple Endings 16.2%, Story Rich 8.1%, Adventure 8.1%

  38. #38 Not Tonight
    73% matchVery Positive82% of 2,785 reviews2018
    Dev: PanicBarnPub: No More Robots
    Windows
    Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 91%

    Person of European Heritage #112: Welcome to Relocation Block B, your new home. Your designated role is 'Bouncer'. Work hard, stay out of trouble, and we might let you stay in the UK.

    Why similar: Dystopian 43.9%, Simulation 13.7%, Multiple Endings 11.1%, Pixel Graphics 9.4%, Indie 6%

  39. #39 halfmoon
    70% matchVery Positive91% of 174 reviews2026
    Dev: lvl374
    Windows

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

    Why similar: Visual Novel 22.4%, Story Rich 21%, Adventure 15.2%, Indie 13%, 2D 12.7%

  40. #40 Orwell: Ignorance is Strength
    74% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,911 reviews2018
    Dev: Osmotic StudiosPub: Daedalic Entertainment
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 90%

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

    Why similar: Political Sim 38.1%, Dystopian 18%, Choices Matter 14.1%, Multiple Endings 5.9%, Story Rich 4.7%

  41. #41 NeuroNet: Mendax Proxy
    71% matchVery Positive81% of 67 reviews2023
    Dev: Dream Harvest
    Windows

    You are Arc, a city management AI. Designed to manage a city-wide AR metaverse known as the NeuroNet. Meet its many users, build relationships and help or hinder their lives while trying to balance the wider needs of the city. Find your humanity in a world losing theirs to technology.

    Why similar: Choices Matter 37.9%, Story Rich 16.3%, Adventure 16%, Visual Novel 12.8%, 2D 8.6%

  42. #42 Justice.exe
    72% matchMixed69% of 103 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: Dystopian 27.7%, Choices Matter 18.3%, Multiple Endings 15%, Story Rich 7.5%, Indie 6.8%

  43. #43 Cloudpunk
    70% matchVery Positive87% of 15,433 reviews2020
    Dev: ION LANDS
    Windows
    Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 10.3 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 25.2%, Female Protagonist 22.7%, Adventure 18.8%, Indie 15.7%, Choices Matter 11.9%

  44. #44 The Change Architect
    73% matchMixed65% of 55 reviews2020
    Dev: ChardPub: Far Few Giants
    Windows · Mac

    You are a protest organiser, coordinating the crowd outside your window. When the police move in on your position you have to decide whether to tell the protestors to hold the line or pull back.

    Why similar: Choices Matter 32.9%, Multiple Endings 24.8%, Dark 11.6%, Story Rich 10.6%, Visual Novel 9.8%

  45. #45 Not Tonight 2
    71% matchMostly Positive77% of 484 reviews2022
    Dev: PanicBarnPub: No More Robots
    Windows
    Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 61%

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

    Why similar: Political Sim 35.1%, Dystopian 21.5%, Choices Matter 8.6%, Multiple Endings 6.8%, Dark 5.4%

  46. #46 PEPPERED: an existential platformer
    67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 702 reviews2025
    Dev: Mostly Games
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 83%

    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 33.9%, Choices Matter 25.2%, Multiple Endings 22.1%, Story Rich 10.3%, Pixel Graphics 6%

  47. #47 Beat Cop
    70% matchVery Positive82% of 6,185 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: Choices Matter 18%, Indie 17.7%, Pixel Graphics 15.7%, Adventure 15.3%, Simulation 10.3%

  48. #48 Tails Noir Preludes
    69% matchVery Positive91% of 309 reviews2023
    Dev: EggnutPub: Raw Fury
    Windows

    Tails Noir Preludes is a post-noir narrative adventure with branching choices. It is an intertwined series of vignettes about change, circumstance, and consequence. Guide four characters through formative moments in their lives in a dystopian Vancouver inhabited by anthropomorphic animals.

    Why similar: Visual Novel 18.2%, Story Rich 15.5%, Adventure 14.6%, Female Protagonist 13.1%, Dark 11.5%

  49. #49 KingSim
    69% matchVery Positive84% of 211 reviews2020
    Dev: Fuzzy Pixel Game Studio
    Windows
    Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 80%

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

    Why similar: Political Sim 46.8%, Choices Matter 18.2%, Multiple Endings 16.5%, Story Rich 6.9%, Simulation 5%

  50. #50 Orwell: Keeping an Eye On You
    68% matchVery Positive90% of 15,558 reviews2016
    Dev: Osmotic StudiosPub: Daedalic Entertainment
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 86%

    Big Brother has arrived - and it’s you. Investigate the lives of citizens to find those responsible for a series of terror attacks. Information from the internet, personal communications and private files are all accessible to you. But, be warned, the information you supply will have consequences.

    Why similar: Choices Matter 49%, Political Sim 23.1%, Simulation 13.2%, Dystopian 7.2%, Multiple Endings 2.2%

  51. #51 Neo Cab
    68% matchMostly Positive79% of 2,886 reviews2019
    Dev: Chance AgencyPub: Fellow Traveller
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 66%

    A visual novel about emotional survival in an automated world. Play as Lina, the last human cab driver. It’s your first night driving the lonely streets of Los Ojos, and your best friend has just disappeared. Stay on the road. Stay on the search. Stay human.

    Why similar: Choices Matter 33.8%, Multiple Endings 30.4%, Story Rich 13.2%, Visual Novel 11.1%, Adventure 9.3%

  52. #52 Hellink
    69% matchVery Positive94% of 52 reviews2019
    Dev: Ikigai
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    The first visual novel about fake news! Investigate in 2044 in a humorous and cyberpunk universe. Counter your opponents' lies and thwart the plot that threatens Néo-Sorbonne!

    Why similar: Indie 24.2%, Female Protagonist 21.5%, Visual Novel 19.6%, Story Rich 17.7%, 2D 11.3%

  53. #53 Murder
    71% matchMixed52% of 433 reviews2015
    Dev: Peter MoorheadPub: CDP
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 24 minMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 21%

    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 38.8%, Indie 37.3%, Female Protagonist 12.8%, Pixel Graphics 11%

  54. #54 Exit: A Biodelic Adventure
    66% matchVery Positive89% of 70 reviews2024
    Dev: neurosaur
    Windows

    In the world of excessive biotechnologies, an epidemic is ravaging the human race, infecting people's neuronet implants and enslaving them to the mysterious Worm. Who are you: a fighter of the infection, or a hunter of new prey?

    Why similar: Adventure 23.7%, Story Rich 21%, Indie 19.9%, Puzzle 13.6%, 2D 12.1%

  55. #55 MINDHACK
    65% matchVery Positive93% of 745 reviews2023
    Dev: VODKAdemo?
    Windows · Mac

    Change the minds of evildoers…for good! MINDHACK is a text adventure game where you meet unique evildoers, hack their minds, and rewrite them into happy people!

    Why similar: Dystopian 46.6%, Story Rich 12.6%, Choices Matter 11.8%, Visual Novel 10.5%, Adventure 10.4%

  56. #56 Emily is Away Too
    66% matchVery Positive93% of 6,228 reviews2017
    Dev: Kyle Seeley
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 15.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%

    Emily is Away Too is a brand new story featuring new characters and multiple different endings. Message your friends, surf the web and choose your path through this branching narrative.

    Why similar: Choices Matter 28%, Multiple Endings 19.4%, Indie 11.8%, Story Rich 8.8%, Simulation 8.7%

  57. #57 Empire TV Tycoon
    68% matchMostly Positive79% of 900 reviews2015
    Dev: Dreamsite Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 74%

    Empire TV Tycoon is a game in which you manage a TV channel and fight for audiences taking decisions that will project your channel to fame and fortune.You will decide the content of your channel, select advertisers, hire workers, make your own productions, hire actors, and engage in much more activities!

    Why similar: Choices Matter 36.6%, Female Protagonist 15.2%, Simulation 9.9%, Funny 9.2%, Indie 8.3%

  58. #58 Security 51
    63% matchMostly Positive71% of 416 reviews2026
    Dev: Alawar
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 2.2 hrs≥1hr: 61%

    You're a security officer deep within Area 51. Scan the staff, verify clearances, and decide who can enter the elevator and who absolutely mustn't leave. The deeper you go, the less certain you are that anyone standing before you is still human.

    Why similar: Political Sim 41.4%, Choices Matter 18.7%, Multiple Endings 16%, Simulation 5.1%, Puzzle 4.1%

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