Games Like Orwell: Keeping an Eye On You

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: Espionage 61.9% ★, Choices Matter 9.5%, Investigation 8.8%, Political Sim 6.1% ★, Simulation 5.6%

Why You'll Like It: This direct sequel expands on the original's surveillance mechanics with deeper political intrigue and more complex moral consequences.

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: Choices Matter 39.3%, Political Sim 22.8% ★, Simulation 18.9%, Dystopian 8.6%, Great Soundtrack 2.2%

Why You'll Like It: You play as a state-installed landlord tasked with spying on tenants, forcing you to choose between your humanity and your duty to the state.

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: Choices Matter 40%, Political Sim 22.5% ★, Simulation 20.4%, Dystopian 8.9%, Story Rich 2.2%

Why You'll Like It: This sequel moves the action to a government office, focusing on the dark, bureaucratic choices inherent in a dystopian regime.

Hacknet is an immersive, terminal-based hacking simulator for PC. Dive down a rabbit hoIe as you follow the instructions of a recently deceased hacker, whose death may not have been the accident the media reports.

Why similar: Hacking 45.5% ★, Choices Matter 23.3%, Simulation 17.8%, Dystopian 4.6%, Detective 3.8%

Why You'll Like It: A terminal-based hacking simulator that captures the technical, investigative feel of digging through private files to uncover the truth.

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: Simulation 52.1%, Dystopian 16.6%, Choices Matter 12.9%, Point & Click 4.9%, Story Rich 2.9%

Why You'll Like It: Like Orwell, this game puts you in a position of bureaucratic power where you must decide the fate of individuals based on the information you uncover.

Four private lives. One big lie. Search through secretly recorded video conversations to discover the truth. The successor to the acclaimed Her Story.

Why similar: Investigation 49.6%, Choices Matter 20.4%, Simulation 14.5%, Detective 4.9%, Mystery 2.8%

Why You'll Like It: You must sift through a database of stolen video clips to piece together a complex narrative, mirroring the data-mining gameplay of Orwell.

A woman is interviewed seven times by the police. Search the video database and explore hundreds of authentic clips to discover her story in this groundbreaking and award winning narrative game.

Why similar: Investigation 70.1%, Simulation 14.9%, Detective 5.8%, Interactive Fiction 3.4%, Point & Click 1.9%

Why You'll Like It: This non-linear detective game requires you to search a police database to solve a mystery, capturing the same investigative thrill as Orwell.

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: Choices Matter 38.4%, Political Sim 21% ★, Simulation 20.3%, Dystopian 8.2%, Interactive Fiction 3.3%

Why You'll Like It: You control the feed of a national news station, forcing you to choose what the public sees and how it shapes their perception of the government.

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: Choices Matter 38.7%, Political Sim 25.3% ★, Simulation 19.6%, Dystopian 7.2%, Point & Click 2.7%

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

Discover a digital realm shrouded in mystery. Sequel to an award-winning narrative driven hacking simulator puzzle game. Play as an AI assistant in a major corporation. Deploy intricate social engineering tactics and expose hidden truths in a world of ambition and high-tech deception.

Why similar: Investigation 47.3%, Choices Matter 21.1%, Simulation 10.3%, Hacking 5.4% ★, Dystopian 4.8%

Why You'll Like It: This sequel refines the investigation mechanics, offering more complex puzzles and deeper narrative threads regarding digital privacy.

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: Choices Matter 37.6%, Hacking 24.4% ★, Dystopian 20.9%, Mystery 5.1%, Story Rich 5.1%

Why You'll Like It: You are forced by the government to hack into a suspect's phone to find evidence of terrorism, echoing the core premise of Orwell.

Cyber Manhunt is a story-oriented puzzle game focusing on big data, hacking, citizen privacy, and social workers. It focuses on social issues such as cyber violence and privacy breaches.

Why similar: Simulation 50.3%, Investigation 21.4%, Hacking 14.5% ★, Detective 5.4%, Mystery 4.6%

Why You'll Like It: A realistic hacking and investigation simulator that tasks you with gathering information on targets through social engineering and data analysis.

Welcome to the FDI. As our newest Operator, your role is to use your detective skills to assist our field agents and investigate mysterious crimes. Use cutting-edge FDI software to dig for clues, solve puzzles, and uncover the truth.

Why similar: Investigation 67.9%, Simulation 16.7%, Detective 6.4%, Mystery 2.9%, Point & Click 1.5%

Why You'll Like It: You work as a remote terminal operator for a government agency, using your computer to guide field agents and solve mysteries.

Take on the role of a private investigator in this immersive detective simulator. Solve murders and other crimes in a procedurally generated and persistent city where every NPC lives and breathes their own independent lives. Find the killer quickly… or they will kill again!

Why similar: Detective 65.7%, Hacking 19.3% ★, Atmospheric 4.2%, Indie 3.9%, Singleplayer 3.5%

Why You'll Like It: An immersive detective sim that allows you to conduct surveillance and investigate citizens in a procedurally generated dystopian city.

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: Choices Matter 44.4%, Simulation 22.2%, Dystopian 8.9%, Detective 6.7%, Hacking 6.4% ★

Why You'll Like It: A detective game set in a cyberpunk world where you use hacking and surveillance to solve crimes and navigate political corruption.

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: Choices Matter 42.8%, Political Sim 27.9% ★, Simulation 13%, Interactive Fiction 4.1%, Visual Novel 3.1%

Why You'll Like It: A political simulation game where you manage a country and make difficult choices that affect the lives of your citizens and the stability of the nation.

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: Choices Matter 36.2%, Political Sim 27.3% ★, Simulation 16.4%, Dystopian 6.1%, Interactive Fiction 4%

Why You'll Like It: You control the news cycle in a city, and your editorial decisions directly impact the social and political climate of the world.

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: Simulation 53.9%, Choices Matter 32.4%, Dystopian 11.7%, Indie 2.1%

Why You'll Like It: You act as an editor for a newspaper in a dystopian state, deciding which stories to publish and how to censor information to influence public opinion.

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: Investigation 41.6%, Choices Matter 25%, Political Sim 15.4% ★, Simulation 13.5%, Story Rich 1.4%

Why You'll Like It: Set during the French Revolution, you act as a judge who must balance political pressure with the need for justice in a volatile society.

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: Simulation 51.7%, Political Sim 41.7% ★, Story Rich 2%, Point & Click 1.7%, Indie 1.6%

Why You'll Like It: A surveillance-based simulation that tasks you with monitoring citizens and deciding who is a threat to the state.

A murder. A hack. A bombing. All it takes to plunge the solar system into war – unless you do something about it. Help CDI agent Neil Conrad make a string of increasingly difficult decisions in this modern dialog-driven adventure set in a gorgeous 2D sci-fi noir universe.

Why similar: Investigation 52.5%, Choices Matter 33.9%, Detective 6%, Interactive Fiction 3.4%, Multiple Endings 1.8%

Why You'll Like It: A sci-fi noir detective game where your choices in dialogue and investigation lead to multiple branching endings.

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: Choices Matter 51.6%, Political Sim 28% ★, Detective 8.9%, Interactive Fiction 3.9%, Story Rich 3.2%

Why You'll Like It: A noir-style investigation game where you must manage your team and use psychological tactics to extract information from suspects.

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: Simulation 62.5%, Detective 10.7%, Point & Click 5.7%, Great Soundtrack 4.8%, Interactive Fiction 4.6%

Why You'll Like It: You act as a moderator for a 90s-style internet, investigating user content and enforcing rules in a satirical digital environment.

Grey Hack is a massively multiplayer hacking simulator game. You're a hacker with full freedom to act as you wish on a vast network of procedurally generated computers.

Why similar: Simulation 61.6%, Hacking 31.8% ★, Detective 4.6%, Indie 1.5%, Adventure 0.4%

Why You'll Like It: A multiplayer hacking simulator that emphasizes terminal commands and file system exploration for a highly authentic experience.

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

Why You'll Like It: The original title that explores how media influence can change the trajectory of a society, focusing on the power of information.

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

Why similar: Choices Matter 47.1%, Investigation 33.7%, Detective 9%, Mystery 4.4%, Story Rich 2.8%

Why You'll Like It: A first-person investigative thriller where you have a limited amount of time to uncover a conspiracy within a government facility.

Observation is a sci-fi thriller uncovering what happened to Dr. Emma Fisher, and the crew of her mission, through the lens of the station’s artificial intelligence S.A.M.

Why similar: Indie 27.2%, Adventure 21.5%, Story Rich 20.5%, Mystery 17.5%, Atmospheric 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: You play as the AI of a space station, using cameras and system access to help the only survivor, offering a unique perspective on surveillance.

Event[0] is a sci-fi narrative exploration game where you build a relationship with a lonely spaceship computer to get home to Earth.

Why similar: Mystery 37.9%, Story Rich 17.6%, Multiple Endings 14.6%, Atmospheric 10.8%, Indie 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: A narrative game where you must communicate with an AI through a terminal to uncover the truth about your situation.

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: Investigation 34.9%, Political Sim 22.2% ★, Choices Matter 21.9%, Simulation 11.1%, Dystopian 4.8%

Welcome to the Game II is an atmospheric horror / strategy / puzzle game that takes you into the world of the deep web in search of the shadow web. Play as an investigative reporter trying to solve a case of a mysterious woman broadcasting for help as masked men are on the hunt to kill her.

Why similar: Simulation 62.1%, Hacking 32.7% ★, Indie 2.3%, Atmospheric 1.4%, Singleplayer 1.4%

Why You'll Like It: A deep-web investigation game that captures the tension of searching for dangerous information while trying to remain hidden.

Spot the lie and beat the liars in 'Contradiction' - the all-video murder mystery adventure!

Why similar: Investigation 78.1%, Detective 7.7%, Interactive Fiction 3.8%, Mystery 3.4%, Point & Click 2.3%

Why You'll Like It: An FMV detective game where you must analyze interviews and catch suspects in their lies, similar to the investigative focus of Orwell.

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: Investigation 41.2%, Choices Matter 23.8%, Simulation 13.5%, Political Sim 12.4% ★, Detective 3.7%

A rogue-like river journey through the backwaters of a forgotten post-societal America. Forage, craft, evade predators.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 50.2%, Adventure 16.3%, Indie 15.7%, Atmospheric 12.3%, Singleplayer 5.5%

In the world of City Eye, you’ll become an operator of the Central Monitoring System, who will try to prevent the effects of every single transgression in the game. Use city maps to track dangerous areas and don’t let the suspects run away from the Police.

Why similar: Investigation 36.4%, Choices Matter 25.3%, Political Sim 19.1% ★, Dystopian 7.1%, Hacking 4.7% ★

Murderous Pursuits is a kill-or-be-killed Victorian stealth-em-up for 1-8 players in which you must hunt and kill your quarry before your hunters do the same to you, all while avoiding witnesses.

Why similar: Simulation 89.1%, Mystery 7.9%, Indie 3.1%

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: Investigation 43.3%, Choices Matter 25.6%, Simulation 11.8%, Dystopian 5.4%, Detective 4%

Stories: The Path of Destinies is an Action RPG, an enchanted storybook filled with madcap fantasy tales, each told by a zippy narrator attuned to the player’s choices and actions.

Why similar: Choices Matter 74.9%, Adventure 16.8%, Great Soundtrack 2.3%, Multiple Endings 2.2%, Story Rich 1.7%

Satellite Reign is a real-time, class-based strategy game, set in an open-world cyberpunk city. You command a group of 4 agents through rain-soaked, neon-lit streets, where the law is the will of mega-corporations.

Why similar: Indie 39.7%, Great Soundtrack 28.3%, Atmospheric 16.9%, Singleplayer 15.2%

Set in the '90s, Kathy Rain tells the story of a strong-willed journalism major who has to come to terms with her troubled past as she investigates the mysterious death of her recently deceased grandfather.

Why similar: Point & Click 91.3%, Choices Matter 3.7%, Detective 2.2%, Mystery 1.4%, Story Rich 0.5%

Life on Tiny Planet was calm and carefree until a great disaster occurred - Tiny Planet was hit by a meteor! The world fell apart and now its future depends only on you! Use your imagination and creativity: in order to restore Tiny Planet and help its inhabitants you will have to fix a variety of machines and mechanisms as well as solve...

Why similar: Point & Click 89.9%, Story Rich 4.8%, Atmospheric 2.3%, Adventure 1.1%, Indie 1%

DISTRAINT is a 2D psychological horror adventure game for PC. In order to secure a partnership in a famous company, Price seizes the property of an elderly woman. In that very moment, he finds out the price of his humanity.

Why similar: Indie 82.7%, Story Rich 6.5%, Mystery 3%, Atmospheric 2.7%, Adventure 2%

Unravel cyber secrets and foil mass surveillance as a skilled hacker in Hackhub. Challenge authority, rewrite the rules, and emerge as the ultimate digital rebel.

Why similar: Simulation 58%, Hacking 24.6% ★, Interactive Fiction 7.5%, Detective 5.3%, Multiple Endings 2%

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: Investigation 50.1%, Choices Matter 30.2%, Simulation 5.7%, Dystopian 4.2%, Detective 3.3%

Junk, junk and even more junk. Life on the trash-planet Deponia is anything but a walk in the park. No surprise that Rufus had enough of that and hatches one ludicrous plan after the other to escape this bleak place.

Why similar: Point & Click 37.3%, Adventure 26.6%, Story Rich 11.4%, Great Soundtrack 10.2%, Dystopian 9%

Hyperdrive Massacre is an 80s inspired arcade fragfest in Spacewar sauce designed around local multiplayer, focused on kinestetics, tactical and shooting skills at a frenzied pace.

Why similar: Indie 49.9%, Great Soundtrack 39.5%, Singleplayer 10.6%

Command a space-faring empire in Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion, the new stand-alone expansion that combines 4X depth with real-time strategy gameplay.

Why similar: Simulation 97.4%, Singleplayer 2.6%

Gamedec is a single-player cyberpunk isometric RPG. You are a game detective, who solves crimes inside virtual worlds. Use your wits to gather info from your witnesses and suspects, getting to the bottom of deceptive schemes. The game continually adapts to your decisions and never judges.

Why similar: Espionage 66.1% ★, Investigation 16.4%, Choices Matter 11.9%, Detective 1.9%, Mystery 1%

Fortified is an explosive strategy shooter where players will defend the Earth against a menacing Martian invasion in the 1950s. Play as one-of-four pulp inspired heroes as they fight swarms of terrifying robots with an arsenal of Cold War era weapons and experimental technology.

Why similar: Indie 100%

A fully moddable city sandbox with jobs, NPCs, apartments, garages, gangs, and more. Broke Protocol is an open-world action game focused on roleplaying and custom content. Define your goals and identity in a persistent, reactive world where you write your own story.

Why similar: Indie 100%

A perfect-information strategy game inspired by RTS, deckbuilders, and board games. Choose from three distinct technology classes and outwit your foes by snowballing your starting resources into a powerful cybernetic army. ABSOLUTELY NO PAY-TO-WIN.

Why similar: Simulation 92.9%, Indie 5.4%, Singleplayer 1.7%

The unique cyberpunk-meets-fantasy world of Shadowrun has gained a huge cult following since its creation nearly 25 years ago. Now, creator Jordan Weisman returns to the world of Shadowrun, modernizing this classic game setting as a single player, turn-based tactical RPG.

Why similar: Dystopian 47.1%, Story Rich 16.3%, Indie 13.8%, Singleplayer 8.8%, Adventure 7.9%

Evolvation is a casual multiplayer and fast-paced and class based space flying shooter developed by a two-man-army (Eric and Jacob) from Amsterdam. Classes are: Highspeed, Fighter, Stealth, Support and Tank. Each class has its own special ability which provides a dynamic gameplay.

Why similar: Simulation 96.4%, Indie 3.6%

What if you could hear every word spoken at the scene of a crime? “Acoustic Detectives” wanted for testing our new device! Return aurally to crime scenes and use the voices you hear to identify potential suspects and solve the mysteries. What is it that’s connecting these seemingly unrelated cases?

Why similar: Investigation 59.8%, Simulation 19.9%, Detective 6.9%, Mystery 3.8%, Interactive Fiction 2.9%

A first-person psychological horror with a strong emphasis on atmosphere and storytelling. Explore an ever-shifting Victorian mansion as a painter seeking to complete his masterpiece, even at the cost of his own sanity.

Why similar: Story Rich 25.3%, Mystery 19.9%, Atmospheric 18.2%, Great Soundtrack 16.3%, Indie 7.5%

Slip on your flares, grab your shades and hop in your station wagon, it's time to work… as a professional mob cleaner. In this stylish award winning 2D action-stealth game you have to make sure you get in, clean up and get out without leaving a trace - Queue the funky 70s inspired soundtrack!

Why similar: Indie 74.2%, Singleplayer 25.8%

Things are not what they seem at your new tech support specialist job. While resolving customer issues, you soon find yourself in the middle of a conspiracy. Will you side with your employer, join a rogue hacktivist group bent on destroying them, assist the police or stand alone?

Why similar: Simulation 63.6%, Hacking 20.7% ★, Mouse Only 8.4% ★, Story Rich 4.1%, Adventure 1.7%

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 75.6%, Dystopian 5.7%, Story Rich 5.6%, Great Soundtrack 4.5%, Point & Click 2.7%

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 30.2% ★, Simulation 27%, Choices Matter 24.3%, Dystopian 10.5%, Point & Click 2.6%

1963. A classified experiment. A grieving mother with unnatural powers. Step into a first-person psychological horror told through the static of a Cold War-era monitor peering into the astral realm and beyond. Find out what happened to you and uncover the conspiracy they tried to bury.

Why similar: Espionage 85.9% ★, Choices Matter 11.8%, Interactive Fiction 1%, Point & Click 0.6%, Multiple Endings 0.6%

Braveland is a turn-based game inspired by old-school strategies with hexagonal battlefield. You will start as a humble warrior's son whose village was cruelly raided and will end as talented commander of your army.

Why similar: Atmospheric 65.1%, Singleplayer 34.9%