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60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Simulation, Singleplayer, Choices Matter, Choose Your Own Adventure.

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A darkly humorous life simulator where every decision matters. Swipe left or right to guide a life through hundreds of strange events while balancing Health, Money, Social, and Happiness. Live well, die horribly, and try again.

Reviews: Mostly Positive — 71% — of 75 reviews
Released: 2022-01-02
Developer: Goldtusks
Genres: Adventure, Casual, Simulation
Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux

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  1. #1 Choice of Life: Middle Ages
    97% matchVery Positive89% of 1,774 reviews2020
    Dev: Blazing Planet Studio
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 70%

    A card game in a Medieval setting where you make decisions on which not only your life will depend, but also the future of the kingdom!

    Why similar: Card Game 28.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 23.2%, Life Sim 20.2%, Choices Matter 9%, Funny 6.1%

  2. #2 Choice of Life: Samosbor
    96% matchVery Positive88% of 191 reviews2025
    Dev: Blazing Planet Studio
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    You're just a simple inhabitant of the endless Gigastructure. The best you'll get is seven shifts at a machine and a bowl of feed concentrate, and that for good service to the party.... Is that it? Or do you have a choice?

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 25.6%, Card Game 24.2%, Life Sim 22.9%, Choices Matter 7.6%, Funny 7.4%

  3. #3 Reigns
    96% matchVery Positive87% of 8,051 reviews2016
    Dev: NerialPub: Devolver Digital
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 81%

    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: Card Game 30.2%, Life Sim 22.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.2%, Choices Matter 13.1%, Simulation 4.5%

  4. #4 Choice of Life: Middle Ages 2
    95% matchVery Positive95% of 967 reviews2022
    Dev: Blazing Planet Studio
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 81%

    Explore your kingdom and rule wisely in the card game - Choice of Life: Middle Ages 2

    Why similar: Card Game 30.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 29.5%, Choices Matter 9.8%, Simulation 8.7%, Funny 8.4%

  5. #5 Choice of Life: Wild Islands
    94% matchVery Positive93% of 343 reviews2024
    Dev: Blazing Planet Studio
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 76%

    Conquer the jungle and prove that in any situation you - the master of your fate!

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 26.8%, Card Game 25.4%, Survival 15%, Funny 7.9%, Choices Matter 7.6%

  6. #6 Judge, Jury, and Keyboard
    94% matchMixed66% of 209 reviews2022
    Dev: Virtue Enforcer
    Windows

    In an era dominated by viral trends, you become the "Internet Judge"—where a few keystrokes can sway public opinion and determine fates. This darkly humorous strategy game lets you experience the absurdity and power of "keyboard justice." Every judgment you make reshapes this chaotic digital world.

    Why similar: Card Game 35.7%, Life Sim 26.2%, Simulation 9.1%, Drama 8.6%, Funny 8.2%

  7. #7 Nobody - The Turnaround
    93% matchMixed60% of 14,289 reviews2022
    Dev: U.Ground Game StudioPub: Thermite Games
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 12.0 hrsMean: 23.9 hrs≥1hr: 91%

    Nobody – The Turnaround is a life simulator set in a parallel world that echoes modern society. Manage your time and resources carefully, strive to find a way through difficult times, and overcome the predicament you find yourself in.

    Why similar: Life Sim 38.1%, Survival 23%, Sandbox 12.9%, Simulation 9.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 7.8%

  8. #8 Imagine Lifetimes
    92% matchMixed66% of 138 reviews2020
    Dev: Frycandle
    Windows

    Satirical, short and simple point-and-click "simulation" game about the meaninglessness of life.

    Why similar: Life Sim 38.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 37.2%, Simulation 12.1%, 2D 5.2%, Choices Matter 2.5%

  9. #9 PowerSimulator
    91% matchMixed42% of 207 reviews2023
    Dev: SHIT MAKER
    Windows

    Do you want to be a upright official or corrupt officials?Choose your choice,Reaching the pinnacle of power.

    Why similar: Card Game 29%, Choose Your Own Adventure 26.9%, Life Sim 14.8%, Choices Matter 9.5%, Funny 7.7%

  10. #10 Trolley Problem, Inc.
    91% matchMixed67% of 1,513 reviews2022
    Dev: ReadGravesPub: Yogscast Games
    Windows
    Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 2.5 hrs≥1hr: 68%

    Trolley Problem, Inc. is a darkly comedic narrative game based on real-world philosophical papers, in which you are asked to make a series of impossible choices from two awful answers. Wrestle with your moral compass, decide the fate of millions – and compare your choices with the rest of the world.

    Why similar: Life Sim 38.3%, Text-Based 19.2%, Choices Matter 14.2%, Simulation 11.5%, Funny 11.5%

  11. #11 Moko's Advice
    90% matchVery Positive94% of 176 reviews2019
    Dev: Portrait Prophecies
    Windows

    A dark comedy choice game about appeasement

    Why similar: Simulation 65.8%, Funny 13.5%, Choices Matter 11.7%, 2D 5.5%, Casual 3.6%

  12. #12 我的人生
    89% matchMixed66% of 510 reviews2025
    Dev: ZZ GamesPub: Gamirror Games
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 93%

    This is a wild and unpredictable life simulator, filled with laughter, banter, and endless possibilities. A strategy game that blends deck-building roguelike mechanics with Luck Be a Landlord-style gameplay. Shape your own life story from 400+ unique events and a deck of 380+ cards!

    Why similar: Card Game 38.2%, Life Sim 35.6%, Funny 10.5%, Simulation 9.1%, 2D 3%

  13. #13 Normis Simulator
    88% matchVery Positive88% of 50 reviews2025
    Dev: PropilGames
    Windows

    Playing as Normis, you are a typical representative of the mainstream with a traditional stable life, ironically referring to youth subcultures, avoiding conflicts and extreme actions, preferring routine and social adaptation.

    Why similar: Life Sim 28.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 28.1%, Simulation 18.7%, Adventure 9.1%, Relaxing 5.2%

  14. #14 Dyscourse
    89% 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 43.5%, Survival 19.6%, Simulation 12.4%, Choices Matter 11.4%, Adventure 8.2%

  15. #15 Dark Lord
    86% matchVery Positive90% of 184 reviews2024
    Dev: Undead FoxPub: LTG Studio
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 42 minMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 38%

    Unleash your power in Dark Lord, a roguelike RPG filled with strategy, adventure, and sardonic wit. Rule your growing realm with an iron fist in Story Mode, dive deep into the legends created by other players, or forge your own in Community Stories Mode!

    Why similar: Card Game 32.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 26.8%, Simulation 13.1%, Choices Matter 8.4%, Funny 7.9%

  16. #16 ERRANTE
    87% matchMostly Positive78% of 68 reviews2022
    Dev: Errant Interactive
    Windows

    This is an experimental project, a sandbox life simulator that gives you the power to suggest how the game should evolve, which features we should focus on, which slice of life to tell and everything you can imagine.

    Why similar: Life Sim 32.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 30.8%, Sandbox 15.7%, Simulation 11.2%, Relaxing 6.5%

  17. #17 Death and Taxes
    85% matchVery Positive86% of 8,138 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 47.7%, Choices Matter 19.3%, Simulation 15.6%, 2D 6.1%, Adventure 5.6%

  18. #18 Monster Loves You!
    86% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,197 reviews2013
    Dev: Radial Games Corp
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%

    Live the life of a Monster, from birth to elderhood and beyond, making decisions that affect the world of Monsters and Humans. Solve problems. Meet animals and interesting people. Get to know them. Eat them. Make your own story!

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 40.8%, Life Sim 13.1%, Simulation 11.4%, Choices Matter 10.7%, Text-Based 8.3%

  19. #19 World of BoreCraft
    84% matchVery Positive95% of 57 reviews2023
    Dev: Chris Antoni
    Windows

    Retro 2004 flash-like parody that asks the question, how much will you sacrifice to become the greatest WoB player ever?

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 48.3%, Simulation 24.5%, Funny 9.9%, Choices Matter 9.5%, 2D 6.8%

  20. #20 Pohinki Simulator
    83% matchMixed65% of 69 reviews2025
    Dev: Niphilist Studios
    Windows

    Pohinki Simulator is a survival game set in a polish neighbourhood, where you need to explore the open world in search for trash in order to survive and gain power. Build structures, experiment with found items, and become the most powerful bum alive!

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 30.5%, Life Sim 23.6%, Survival 20%, Sandbox 14.3%, Funny 6.6%

  21. #21 Reigns: Her Majesty
    84% matchVery Positive83% of 1,294 reviews2017
    Dev: NerialPub: Devolver Digital
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 79%

    Reigns: Her Majesty is the revolutionary follow-up to the smash swipe ‘em up hit Reigns.

    Why similar: Life Sim 32.4%, Card Game 25.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.8%, Choices Matter 9.9%, Simulation 6.3%

  22. #22 Therapy Simulator
    80% matchVery Positive83% of 69 reviews2025
    Dev: Jemboy
    Windows

    Step into the chair of a therapist in Therapy Simulator! Guide your patients through emotional journeys with branching dialogue choices. Balance humor, humanity, and the chaos of therapy!

    Why similar: Life Sim 45.4%, Choices Matter 19.7%, Simulation 15.8%, Funny 13.6%, Casual 3.9%

  23. #23 浮生箓 Floating Life
    82% matchMixed49% of 150 reviews2022
    Dev: 心流工作室(Heart Stream Studio)
    Windows

    《浮生箓》是一款剧情重开模拟游戏,互动式轻量小说游戏。支持创意工坊自由编辑与上传自己的剧本,融合如修仙、武侠、玄幻等小说题材的背景,可自由选择出生的剧本,体验千变万化的人生,从出生开始让你体验到丰富多变的剧情,多种多样的选择,不同选择带来不同的变化,各种有趣的梗。来吧,开始你的浮生之旅,随着进程生成自己的浮生箓!

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 30.5%, Text-Based 19.1%, Life Sim 15.3%, Drama 12.1%, Simulation 9.2%

  24. #24 Awkward Valley
    79% matchVery Positive92% of 90 reviews2025
    Dev: GallbladderPub: Rue Valley Time Management Department
    Windows

    Welcome to Awkward Valley! Plan your day, tackle strange activities, and unlock bizarre new options as you go. Gym? Therapy? Vending machine snacks? It’s up to you! Featuring Awkward Yeti’s weird and wonderful characters in a totally normal town.

    Why similar: Life Sim 39.5%, Simulation 13.5%, Relaxing 9.6%, Funny 9.5%, Choices Matter 8.4%

  25. #25 Durka Simulator
    78% matchVery Positive94% of 1,713 reviews2023
    Dev: Crucial ExperimentPub: Unknown Softwares Lab
    Windows · Linux

    A visual novel set in a universe where the orderlies are trying to take over our planet.

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 34%, Text-Based 15.2%, Sandbox 14.5%, Survival 9.1%, Funny 8.9%

  26. #26 Life Simulator
    82% matchMixed49% of 247 reviews2020
    Dev: 鹊思网络Pub: 方块游戏(CubeGame)
    Windows

    Life Simulator is a simulation game with relaxed atmosphere. Players will play as a college graduate getting into the big city, you will fight for your life for four years, you can be a winner with cars, houses and soul mate, or maybe a salty fish with nothing, and you can also find love...

    Why similar: Life Sim 47.1%, Simulation 18.9%, Survival 14.4%, Funny 12.2%, Casual 6.8%

  27. #27 be you 2
    81% matchVery Positive83% of 96 reviews2020
    Dev: louis morel
    Windows

    be you 2 is an interactive visual novel. In this sequel to "be you", you must raise a child by making story choices. There are multiple routes and endings based on your offspring's personality.

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 31.9%, Life Sim 28.2%, Text-Based 13.9%, Choices Matter 10.4%, Funny 8.6%

  28. #28 Short Life
    81% matchMostly Positive71% of 192 reviews2018
    Dev: gametornado
    Windows

    Choose your hero and get to the finish without losing your head :) Avoid obstacles and try to complete the levels with all your body parts.

    Why similar: Simulation 69.1%, Adventure 30.9%

  29. #29 Unemployment Simulator 2018
    77% matchVery Positive86% of 85 reviews2026
    Dev: Samuel LehikoinenPub: turbolento publishing
    Windows

    Social welfare survival horror based on real events. Endure emotional pain and societal pressure. Stay entertained. Survive the routine and become the hero of your studio apartment—battle inner demons, hide skeletons in the closet, and most importantly… keep the bathroom clean.

    Why similar: Life Sim 66.3%, Simulation 22.3%, Adventure 8.5%, Singleplayer 2.9%

  30. #30 This Grand Life
    79% matchMostly Positive76% of 237 reviews2018
    Dev: Poking Water Games
    Windows
    Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 81%

    A life simulator that leans heavily into the personal finance aspect. Pay taxes, take out mortgages, trade stocks, buy real estate, start businesses, or grind your way to victory as an employee.

    Why similar: Life Sim 31.8%, Survival 24.5%, Text-Based 14.1%, Choices Matter 9%, Funny 8.5%

  31. #31 Artist Life Simulator
    77% matchVery Positive83% of 189 reviews2022
    Dev: Interactive FatePub: Interactive Fate
    Windows

    Live the life of a starving artist in 19th century alternative history. Survive poverty, alchoholism, madness, depression, and 67 different feelings. Paint masterpieces by combining inspirations, sell them for riches (or scraps) and create a painting that will change the world.

    Why similar: Card Game 35.8%, Life Sim 31.4%, Survival 15.9%, Simulation 8.4%, 2D 5%

  32. #32 Social Credit Simulator
    78% matchMostly Positive76% of 93 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: Text-Based 35.7%, Choices Matter 23.6%, Simulation 20%, 2D 11.3%, Casual 6.8%

  33. #33 Purrgatory
    75% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 4,893 reviews2021
    Dev: Niv
    Windows

    A slice-of-death visual novel about making friends, cracking cat puns, and waiting for eternity to pass.

    Why similar: Funny 59.9%, Casual 14.4%, Adventure 11.7%, 2D 9.9%, Singleplayer 4.1%

  34. #34 Trainee Death Simulator
    73% matchVery Positive93% of 1,956 reviews2024
    Dev: Bone Nail
    Windows
    Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 13.2 hrs≥1hr: 76%

    You will play as a Trainee Death, harvesting Souls to pay off your debt. Random choice events offer you various options: Lie in bed and slack off since the debt is endless anyway, Or follow your senior to earn some extra Souls, collecting outfits to switch up your style.

    Why similar: Card Game 52.8%, Choices Matter 17.5%, Simulation 15.4%, Drama 12.5%, Singleplayer 1.8%

  35. #35 Retirement Simulator
    76% matchMostly Negative35% of 3,957 reviews2022
    Dev: DoubleThink Studio
    Windows · Mac

    Retirement Simulator is a game that simulates the retirement life. Customize your retirement and realize your ultimate goals: become a world traveller, an influencer, a KungFu Master or more. Through discovering stories and events, you will also deepen your bonds with your familiy and the community.

    Why similar: Card Game 38.6%, Life Sim 37.3%, Simulation 13.4%, 2D 5.4%, Casual 3.9%

  36. #36 Destined to Die
    75% matchMostly Positive75% of 219 reviews2021
    Dev: SuncatsPub: Suncats
    Windows · Mac

    Destined to Die is a task managing game about depression, containing over 200+ pieces of physical and digital art. What's the point in life, if all paths lead to death. Choose your actions, and learn how to live. All paths lead to death, but how long can you live?

    Why similar: Life Sim 71.4%, 2D 9.1%, Casual 8.4%, Choices Matter 7.4%, Simulation 3.2%

  37. #37 THE GAME OF LIFE
    76% matchMostly Positive72% of 2,664 reviews2015
    Dev: Marmalade Game Studio Ltd
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 79%

    THE GAME OF LIFE showcases a beautifully rendered digital game board, cards and spinner that capture the fun of the Classic game full of adventure & surprises! THE GAME OF LIFE will take players on a journey where fortunes can be won…and lost!

    Why similar: Card Game 51.4%, Simulation 24.1%, Adventure 13.6%, Casual 9.9%, Singleplayer 1%

  38. #38 Chushpan Simulator
    72% matchVery Positive85% of 2,762 reviews2024
    Dev: Sebasa Games
    Windows
    Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 66%

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

    Why similar: Life Sim 48.9%, Funny 15.4%, Choices Matter 12.7%, Simulation 12.2%, Adventure 5.3%

  39. #39 DeafBlind
    73% matchVery Positive88% of 145 reviews2024
    Dev: Joe Williams
    Windows

    DeafBlind offers an immersive sensory deprivation experience, simulating what life might feel like if you were both deaf and blind. This game invites you to navigate a world shrouded in silence and darkness, challenging you to adapt and explore in entirely new ways.

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 50.1%, Simulation 28.6%, Relaxing 11%, Choices Matter 8.1%, Singleplayer 2.2%

  40. #40 "LIFE" not found;
    72% matchVery Positive94% of 330 reviews2022
    Dev: BerCh1n
    Windows

    This small Narrative Point & Click (Puzzle) game is about the mental health struggles of a adolescent high school dropout who's lost at life. Find out what they're struggling with, you might even recognize some things from your own life.

    Why similar: Text-Based 50.8%, Choices Matter 23.3%, Simulation 22.4%, Singleplayer 3.5%

  41. #41 Nihilist Simulator
    74% matchVery Positive84% of 117 reviews2017
    Dev: hyperboreanGamesPub: Back To Basics Gaming
    Windows
    Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 72%

    A game where your only goal is to die - Just like in real life!

    Why similar: Simulation 55.8%, Adventure 26.3%, Casual 17.9%

  42. #42 Playing Kafka
    70% matchVery Positive95% of 317 reviews2024
    Dev: Charles Games
    Windows · Mac

    There are things that often fail on nothing but themselves. Is there even a way out? Playing Kafka is a narrative adventure full of impenetrable schemes, insidious plot twists and conversations that slip out of hand. Based on Kafka’s life and his work, developed with Kafka experts.

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 62.9%, Choices Matter 13.8%, Adventure 13.7%, Drama 8.9%, Singleplayer 0.7%

  43. #43 Depression Quest
    74% matchMixed61% of 3,931 reviews2014
    Dev: The Quinnspiracy
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 42 minMean: 75.2 hrs≥1hr: 42%

    Depression Quest is an interactive fiction game where you play as someone living with depression. You are given a series of everyday life events and have to attempt to manage your illness, relationships, job, and possible treatment.

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 77.6%, Text-Based 14.2%, Drama 5.2%, Singleplayer 3%

  44. #44 Survive In Russia
    73% matchMixed65% of 57 reviews2020
    Dev: Alexander Sablin
    Windows · Mac

    Survive in Russia is a survival quest in Russia. You will be available a selection of characters. Each of them presents survival mode and story mode. Only on your choice will depend on the life of the character.

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 41.7%, Survival 22%, Choices Matter 13%, Drama 10.1%, Adventure 5.1%

  45. #45 New Day
    68% matchVery Positive89% of 827 reviews2024
    Dev: Scrapbook Studios
    Windows

    New Day is an upcoming life simulation game where almost anything can happen! Create your own islanders, design their apartments, and get involved with their day-to-day life as they divulge into unexpected friendships, problems, and more!

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 42.9%, Life Sim 39.9%, Simulation 10.1%, Relaxing 6.4%, Singleplayer 0.6%

  46. #46 Talk to Strangers
    71% matchVery Positive93% of 425 reviews2019
    Dev: Post Mortem PixelsPub: GrabTheGames
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 90%

    Talk to Strangers is a game of everyday survival. Survive door to door conversations ranging from bizarre to mundane (in this order) while trying to sell products to strangers. But beware: nothing is what it seems in this neighborhood.

    Why similar: Life Sim 41.5%, Survival 29.6%, Funny 10.6%, Simulation 8.7%, 2D 5.6%

  47. #47 Covid Simulator
    71% matchVery Positive81% of 68 reviews2022
    Dev: Coldrice Games LLC
    Windows

    COVID SIMULATOR is an outbreak simulation that visualizes how quickly Covid-19 spreads, becoming a disaster. The game is an open sandbox where you can add (or remove) Covid mandates and see what happens! Create your workplace, enact your mandates, and roll the dice with your workers.

    Why similar: Life Sim 57.6%, Choices Matter 16.5%, Simulation 11.8%, 2D 9.3%, Casual 4.4%

  48. #48 Derealized
    70% matchMostly Positive79% of 76 reviews2023
    Dev: JacksonG13Pub: JacksonGameStudios
    Windows

    Derealized is a choice based game inspired by games such as The Stanley Parable and Undertale. This experience offers 10 different endings for you to explore! How many will you find?

    Why similar: Text-Based 48.3%, Simulation 34.2%, Choices Matter 17%, Singleplayer 0.5%

  49. #49 nothing_matters
    69% matchVery Positive83% of 229 reviews2023
    Dev: Ka Hin Yuen
    Windows

    A short point & click narrative adventure inspired by the real life experience of a struggling solo indie game developer. A story about everything and hence nothing at all. Discover what truly matters to you.

    Why similar: Adventure 38.9%, 2D 35.2%, Casual 25.9%

  50. #50 Office Life
    66% matchVery Positive89% of 2,039 reviews2024
    Dev: LeiYun GamesPub: 2P Games
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 12.8 hrsMean: 48.6 hrs≥1hr: 92%

    Dive into a massive 2-million-word immersive life sim. Use card-based strategies to survive office politics, rise from a rookie intern to a business tycoon, and find true love. Career, Romance, Wealth—why choose when you can have it all?

    Why similar: Life Sim 51.8%, Choices Matter 12.3%, Simulation 10.5%, Funny 10.4%, Relaxing 9.4%

  51. #51 A Game About
    69% matchVery Positive90% of 881 reviews2018
    Dev: byolivierb
    Windows · Mac

    A Game About is a free, short, lo-fi point & click adventure that tasks the player with living with their daily routine. Through day to day choices, life changes in imperceptibles and unexpected ways.

  52. #52 Our Life: Beginnings & Always
    66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 13,335 reviews2020
    Dev: GB Patch Games
    Windows · Linux
    Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 25.8 hrs≥1hr: 55%

    A twenty-dollar bill, four summers, fifteen years, and a one of a kind life. Create an experience that’s all your own in this near-fully customizable visual novel where you grow from childhood to adulthood with the lonely boy next door.

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 50.3%, Choices Matter 20.7%, Relaxing 11.9%, Funny 7%, Drama 6.4%

  53. #53 Life is Pointless
    70% matchVery Positive86% of 94 reviews2019
    Dev: Will deManbey
    Windows

    Earn points in an attempt to find meaning in your normally pointless existence.

    Why similar: Funny 36.3%, Simulation 32.8%, Casual 30.9%

  54. #54 The Way of Life Free Edition
    69% matchMostly Positive74% of 6,195 reviews2016
    Dev: CyberCoconut
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 18 minMean: 1.8 hrs≥1hr: 14%

    The Way of Life makes the player relive the same life's experiences from the point of view of three characters of different ages: an adult, an old man and a child.

    Why similar: Survival 43.2%, Simulation 28.3%, Adventure 15.7%, Funny 7.5%, Singleplayer 5.4%

  55. #55 One Hour One Life
    67% matchVery Positive81% of 4,579 reviews2018
    Dev: Jason Rohrer
    Windows
    Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 11.4 hrs≥1hr: 67%

    A multiplayer survival game of parenting and civilization building. Get born to another player as your mother. Live an entire life in one hour. Have babies of your own in the form of other players. Leave a legacy for the next generation as you help to rebuild civilization from scratch.

    Why similar: Life Sim 33.4%, Survival 26.9%, Simulation 11%, Funny 9.6%, Drama 9.6%

  56. #56 Sultan's Game
    62% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 32,886 reviews2025
    Dev: Double CrossPub: 2P Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 12.1 hrsMean: 23.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%

    Survive a mad Sultan's reign in this brutal resource management RPG. Draw a card every seven days and complete its challenge. Make dreadful choices to stay alive: will you die a loyal servant, become a kingslayer, or call down the gods' judgement?

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 32.3%, Card Game 31.7%, Choices Matter 10.3%, Drama 9.7%, Simulation 9.1%

  57. #57 場外人生
    68% matchVery Positive90% of 330 reviews2019
    Dev: YuruOwO
    Windows

    一個孤單的人,培養自我,增進事業,買房築巢,尋找伴侶,結婚生子,擴張勢力,建立國家,最終橫跨星海,啟動時光機器......,所謂幽默而真實的沙盒人生模擬器(つд⊂)。

    Why similar: Life Sim 31.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 28.5%, Sandbox 15.7%, Simulation 13.7%, Adventure 5.8%

  58. #58 Growing Up
    65% matchVery Positive88% of 3,558 reviews2021
    Dev: Vile Monarch
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 11.7 hrs≥1hr: 92%

    This is the story of your life. Experience the entire journey from toddler to adulthood. Go to schools, learn new things, meet new friends, and have wild adventures! Every choice you make will influence your future career, and decide who your romantic partner will be. Who will you become?

    Why similar: Life Sim 37%, Choose Your Own Adventure 29.1%, Choices Matter 12.2%, Simulation 9.9%, Adventure 4.2%

  59. #59 Avocado
    67% matchMixed54% of 129 reviews2024
    Windows

    Avocado is a clicker game made with the next generation in green technology, in which you click an avocado! In Avocado you click the avocado to obtain even more avocados! Drop new and exciting avocados to trade with your friends! Come and enjoy yourself as a part of the Avocado gang!

    Why similar: Life Sim 52.5%, Sandbox 21.6%, Simulation 9.4%, Funny 7.9%, Relaxing 5.3%

  60. #60 Very Unserious Game
    65% matchVery Positive92% of 78 reviews2025
    Dev: Le Clown de la ClassePub: Youplaboum!
    Windows

    Are you looking for a new job that will give meaning to your life? The Innovality family is ready to welcome you! Between smart innovation and spontaneous conference calls, grow into a valued team member in a cutting-edge startup!

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 45.2%, Text-Based 22.9%, Funny 13.4%, Simulation 10.7%, Choices Matter 4.6%

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