Games Like Mind Scanners

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 44.5% ★, Dystopian 20.2%, Multiple Endings 7.3%, Simulation 6.8%, Pixel Graphics 6.1%

Why You'll Like It: The definitive bureaucratic simulation that forces players to make moral choices while managing time and strict government regulations.

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 40.9% ★, Dystopian 21.2%, Simulation 9.5%, Pixel Graphics 8.4%, RPG 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: A dystopian job simulation that captures the feeling of working a high-pressure, low-freedom role in a collapsing society.

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 25% ★, Political 23.2% ★, Dystopian 18.3%, Choices Matter 8%, Multiple Endings 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: You play as a state-installed landlord tasked with spying on tenants, perfectly mirroring the oppressive surveillance themes of Mind Scanners.

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 49.5%, Political Sim 27.3% ★, Dystopian 10%, Political 7.4% ★, Story Rich 2.6%

Why You'll Like It: A surveillance-based investigation game where you must decide what information to report to the government, mirroring the moral weight of your diagnostic choices.

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 29% ★, Dystopian 15.8%, Management 12%, Multiple Endings 9.1%, Choices Matter 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: A voyeuristic management game where you observe people through cameras and must decide whether to intervene in their lives.

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 20.9% ★, Political Sim 20.2% ★, Dystopian 15.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.5%, Management 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: A chaotic media management simulation where you control the narrative of a dystopian state through live television editing.

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 27.2% ★, Political 27.2% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.4%, Multiple Endings 8.5%, Choices Matter 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: A deep political management game where every decision you make as a leader has far-reaching consequences for your country.

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 23.8% ★, Cyberpunk 18.6%, Dystopian 16%, Choices Matter 11.1%, Multiple Endings 10.5%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses heavily on the interrogation and diagnostic mechanics of Mind Scanners within a gritty, dystopian cyberpunk setting.

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 24.2% ★, Political 23.7% ★, Dystopian 18.3%, Choices Matter 7.9%, Multiple Endings 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: Expands the dystopian management formula into a workplace environment where you must climb the corporate ladder of a totalitarian regime.

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 38.4% ★, Dystopian 34.9%, Simulation 17.3%, Choices Matter 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: A censorship simulator where you manage a newspaper and decide how to manipulate public opinion under a totalitarian regime.

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: Choose Your Own Adventure 23.2%, Choices Matter 18.3%, Multiple Endings 17.6%, Story Rich 11.3%, Simulation 10.6%

Why You'll Like It: You play as a bureaucrat in the afterlife, deciding who lives and dies based on files, echoing the clinical yet heavy choices of Mind Scanners.

Greetings, valued employee. You have been tasked with sorting the Ringo CorpoNation's genetic samples. With the credits that you earn, you can shop, game and pay your bills on time. Rogue workers may try to entice you into betraying your beloved employer, but we know you'll give 110%.

Why similar: Political 25.8% ★, Political Sim 23.4% ★, Dystopian 16.7%, Management 9.5%, Retro 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: A dystopian job simulator that emphasizes corporate oversight and the dehumanizing nature of bureaucratic labor.

Frostpunk is the first society survival game. As the ruler of the last city on Earth, it is your duty to manage both its citizens and infrastructure. What decisions will you make to ensure your society's survival? What will you do when pushed to breaking point? Who will you become in the process?

Why similar: Strategy 31.5%, Management 30.7%, Choices Matter 19.9%, Simulation 13.5%, Singleplayer 4.4%

Why You'll Like It: A high-stakes societal management game that forces you to make brutal moral compromises to ensure the survival of your people.

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 27.3%, Cyberpunk 24.5%, Futuristic 15.9%, Multiple Endings 12.8%, Story Rich 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: A narrative-driven survival game set in a dystopian space station where you must manage your resources and relationships to survive.

MINDS BENEATH US is an emotional sci-fi narrative game. Through the eyes of a humble individual, experience a mad world where humans are exploited as computing devices for AI. Listen to the concerns of those you meet and offer guidance. Together, face challenges and confront an uncertain destiny.

Why similar: Dystopian 22.8%, Cyberpunk 19.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16%, Multiple Endings 10.5%, Choices Matter 10.4%

Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric narrative game set in a dystopian future that explores the intersection of technology and human consciousness.

These are troubling times, Your Grace. The petitioners’ petty matters exceed our limited resources, to say nothing of the war. A careful balance must be struck. Your throne awaits.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 17%, Management 16.3%, Choices Matter 15.1%, Multiple Endings 12.6%, Pixel Graphics 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: A resource management game that focuses on the difficult moral choices of a ruler trying to keep their kingdom afloat.

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 47.4% ★, Political 31.4% ★, Simulation 12.1%, Adventure 5.1%, Story Rich 4.1%

Why You'll Like It: A surveillance-based simulation that focuses on privacy, government secrets, and the ethical dilemmas of intelligence work.

Reveal the true value of the items coming into the shop. Each item has their own history. Dig deep to see what is behind them and become an expert appraiser. Begin a tug of war with customers. With their own expectations and knowledge, they never give up on money.

Why similar: Dystopian 20.1%, Management 15.8%, Choices Matter 12.1%, Simulation 10.8%, Pixel Graphics 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: A shop management game that explores societal decay and the ethics of buying and selling items in a desperate world.

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: Choose Your Own Adventure 23.7%, Management 23%, Choices Matter 14.8%, Simulation 10.2%, RPG 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: A complex, time-pressured management game that uses a unique card-based interface to explore dark, esoteric themes.

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 30.2% ★, Political 28.4% ★, Dystopian 13%, Multiple Endings 7.6%, Choices Matter 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: Allows you to influence public opinion and societal stability through the news you choose to publish.

Take over the duties of a border guard inspector in a communist country of the 80's. Smuggling, corruption and forgery are the order of the day here. Be vigilant and earn the respect of your superiors.

Why similar: Management 31.7%, Multiple Endings 28.8%, Simulation 19.2%, Story Rich 14.7%, Singleplayer 5.6%

Why You'll Like It: A border control simulation that combines inspection mechanics with a dark, dystopian atmosphere.

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 20.1% ★, Political 18.7% ★, Time Management 11.3%, Dystopian 10.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: A political management game that focuses on bureaucratic decision-making and the struggle to maintain power.

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: Cyberpunk 22%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.4%, Futuristic 16.8%, Management 15.1%, Choices Matter 11.1%

Why You'll Like It: A narrative-heavy game where you interact with citizens to shape the future of a city governed by an AI.

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 26.3% ★, Dystopian 17.9%, Cyberpunk 12.9%, Multiple Endings 7.5%, Choices Matter 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: A dystopian simulation that tasks you with making judicial decisions in a world governed by strict, often cruel, laws.

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: Retro 41.2%, Simulation 32.1%, Story Rich 16.3%, Adventure 5.4%, Singleplayer 5%

Why You'll Like It: A retro-aesthetic investigation game that hides a satirical, dystopian critique of corporate control beneath its colorful surface.

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 30.7% ★, Political 17.4% ★, Dystopian 12.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 7%, Management 5.9%

After MI7 has been hacked, your primary goal is to bring a cyber-criminal network to justice. Played entirely from your computer's desktop, Mainlining is a thrilling point and click hacking adventure that features a gripping narrative which will have you hooked from the very first case.

Why similar: Simulation 39%, Pixel Graphics 20.9%, Adventure 18%, Story Rich 16.4%, Singleplayer 5.6%

Why You'll Like It: A hacking and investigation game that focuses on uncovering government secrets through digital surveillance.

Sit on the throne as a benevolent (or malevolent) medieval monarch of the modern age and swipe your royal controller either left or right to impose your will upon the kingdom.

Why similar: Choices Matter 33.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 29.3%, RPG 9.5%, Simulation 8.2%, Strategy 6.5%

Why You'll Like It: A quick-fire management game where you make binary choices to balance the needs of various factions in your kingdom.

From the independent studio that brought you Contrast, We Happy Few is an action/adventure game set in a drug-fuelled, retrofuturistic city in an alternative 1960s England. Hide, fight and conform your way out of this delusional, Joy-obsessed world.

Why similar: Dystopian 76.7%, Adventure 12%, Story Rich 6.7%, Singleplayer 4.6%

Why You'll Like It: A dystopian adventure that explores medical control and societal conformity in a dark, alternate-history setting.

The Occupation is a fixed-time, investigative thriller set in North West England on Saturday 24th October, 1987.

Why similar: Political 53.9% ★, Choices Matter 22.1%, Story Rich 13.5%, Adventure 7.2%, Singleplayer 3.2%

Why You'll Like It: A time-sensitive investigation game set in a political thriller environment where your choices dictate the outcome.

Global strategy game about secret societies. You’ll lead the Brotherhood - an organization that juggles the whole world. The key feature of the game is the manipulation of powers. Instead of giving direct orders, the Brotherhood provokes countries into doing what the Brothers want.

Why similar: Political Sim 38.3% ★, Political 37.2% ★, Choices Matter 9.2%, Simulation 7.3%, Strategy 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: A grand strategy game where you control a shadow organization to manipulate global political outcomes.

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 21.8% ★, Political 19.6% ★, Dystopian 14.9%, Management 8.4%, Multiple Endings 8.1%

The year is 1923—step inside Castle Woods Sanatorium, where care and cruelty blur together. Disguised as a doctor, you’ll diagnose and treat patients using a deck of symptoms, tests, and outdated therapies. But tread carefully: one wrong move could expose you as an impostor.

Why similar: Medical Sim 42.9% ★, Political 28.1% ★, Multiple Endings 8%, Choices Matter 7.2%, Story Rich 4.5%

Lovecraftian Doctor Simulator. Diagnose patients by analyzing unsettling symptoms and treat them using your Book of Medicine. Make moral choices — decide who to save or kill, discover whom to trust, and unlock multiple endings! Can you endure 30 days of perilous decisions?

Why similar: Medical Sim 48.8% ★, Time Management 17.4%, Choices Matter 8.9%, Management 8.1%, Multiple Endings 8%

Awaken the incompetent doctor within you! Diagnose strange patients, examine their absurd symptoms… and prescribe treatments that could change their lives… or cut them short. Your actions will have consequences.

Why similar: Medical Sim 51.4% ★, Multiple Endings 12.8%, Choices Matter 12.1%, Management 9.5%, Simulation 5.9%

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 25.8% ★, Political Sim 24.6% ★, Dystopian 15.2%, Choices Matter 9.8%, Multiple Endings 9.2%

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 26.7% ★, Political Sim 21.8% ★, Dystopian 16.6%, Time Management 11.1%, Pixel Graphics 5.2%

A short medical simulation horror game with multiple endings where the imperfect are made HAPPY. Perform tasks and operations on sedated patients to fix their defects before submitting your files to the Ministry of Happiness & Peace!

Why similar: Medical Sim 58.5% ★, Dystopian 20.7%, Multiple Endings 11%, Simulation 7%, 2D 2.4%

Build a biometric data harvesting empire from scratch in FACEMINER, the hardcore thriller clicker set in 1999. Classify data, upgrade mining infrastructure, and scale up your A.I. surveillance empire to obscene ends in this creepy narrative-driven incremental management sim with a dystopian twist.

Why similar: Dystopian 25.3%, Political 24.4% ★, Retro 12.5%, Management 11%, Simulation 7.6%

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 24.5% ★, Political 18.6% ★, Dystopian 16.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10%, Management 7.5%

In a dystopian future, as The Judge with immense power, you journey through space to find hope in a divided society. This sci-fi adventure explores hope amidst adversity.

Why similar: Political Sim 31.8% ★, Dystopian 18.9%, Cyberpunk 13.5%, Multiple Endings 9.7%, Choices Matter 8.8%

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

Why similar: Political Sim 22.6% ★, Political 18.4% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.7%, Management 10.1%, Multiple Endings 7.8%

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 31% ★, Political 26.5% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 15%, Choices Matter 5%, RPG 4.7%

Step into the shoes of a dedicated medical professional in Doctor Life Simulator. Experience the challenges and triumphs of running your own medical practice, from diagnosing complex illnesses to performing life-saving surgeries.

Why similar: Medical Sim 52.9% ★, Management 14.1%, Time Management 12.2%, Choices Matter 8.8%, Simulation 7%

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 31.7% ★, Political 25.9% ★, Dystopian 17.6%, Choices Matter 9.6%, Simulation 6.1%

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 24.5% ★, Political 24.3% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.9%, Management 9.4%, Futuristic 8.8%

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 31.5% ★, Political Sim 30.3% ★, Management 12.6%, Choices Matter 8.9%, Pixel Graphics 5.8%

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 30.6% ★, Dystopian 21.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.4%, Multiple Endings 10.9%, Choices Matter 9.8%

Field Hospital is a text-based bureaucratic detective game about hard decisions. Decide who to treat and whom to refuse. Face consequences. Study patients’ info and read their stories. Investigate the tangled case of Dr. Taylor.

Why similar: Medical Sim 43.8% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.8%, Multiple Endings 11.3%, Choices Matter 10%, Story Rich 7.5%

Play a doctor in Vital Signs: Emergency Department and challenge your medical knowledge to help treat a wide array of cases who come into the ER.

Why similar: Medical Sim 60.1% ★, Time Management 21.5%, Choices Matter 7.4%, Simulation 6.1%, 2D 3.3%

MONOTONIA: First Contact is a prologue-format experience, free and essential to pave the challenging and definitive cycle of MONOTONY. Work, pay your bills, and survive!

Why similar: Political 28.6% ★, Political Sim 28.2% ★, Time Management 17.4%, Multiple Endings 8.7%, Pixel Graphics 5%

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: Cyberpunk 40.8%, Choices Matter 15.1%, Pixel Graphics 13.1%, Story Rich 11.4%, Dystopian 11.3%

An intense, but also funny, medical drama that deals with a lot of life-changing decisions. Become an aspiring surgeon at Little Creek Hospital!

Why similar: Medical Sim 66.5% ★, Time Management 20%, Simulation 6.2%, Story Rich 3.5%, Adventure 2.8%

BatteryNote is a multi-ending sci-fi adventure visual novel game. You can recharge three robots with limited lifespans, bringing them back to life. Interact with them through conversations or experiment by applying high voltage. How they spend their final moments is entirely up to you.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 38.4%, Multiple Endings 18%, Pixel Graphics 13.7%, Story Rich 13.2%, Choices Matter 8.8%

As a detective tasked with bringing down a dangerous terrorist group, you fight on two fronts: interrogating suspects & managing your team and its reputation. With time running out, how far will you go to stop these criminals? Manipulation, threats or even torture? Does the end justify the means?

Why similar: Political 34.5% ★, Political Sim 30.2% ★, Management 13.1%, Choices Matter 10.4%, Story Rich 6.5%

In this episodic visual novel, follow the adventures of MSPA Reader as they return to Alternia once more to save their friends... and realize that nothing is as it seems.

Why similar: Dystopian 19.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.7%, Multiple Endings 14.5%, Choices Matter 13.2%, Cyberpunk 12.5%

You didn’t ask to lead this expedition, but here you are. Stuck in the ice, Captain missing, miles from civilisation. Someone has to take charge. Manage your meagre resources, balance safety and morale, make the hard calls, and head in the only direction you can - through The Pale Beyond.

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 24.8%, Choices Matter 21.8%, Story Rich 13.2%, Simulation 12.8%, Strategy 11.1%

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: Cyberpunk 34.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 34.4%, RPG 15.1%, 2D 8.2%, Adventure 7.6%

Be the tax collector of a shady city hall in this narrative-driven resource management game. Talk to debtors, manage a team, make difficult choices, and challenge the city's moral decay. It's their money, but it's your job.

Why similar: Management 24.1%, Multiple Endings 18.6%, Choices Matter 17.2%, Story Rich 11.2%, Simulation 10.8%

Build, manage and optimise intergalactic hospitals! Recruit staff to satisfy the whims of various alien species, and cure their bizarre illnesses - for money! Save the (literal) Galaxy in story mode, or head into sandbox to design the hospital of your dreams.

Why similar: Medical Sim 44.3% ★, Time Management 17.2%, Management 11.9%, Choices Matter 8.6%, Story Rich 8.1%