- #1 This Is the Police 2
97% matchMostly Positive75% of 6,580 reviews2018
Dev: Weappy StudioPub: THQ Nordic
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 10.7 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Interpret the law as you see fit! Run the sheriff’s department, manage your cops, make tough decisions – and try to keep out of prison yourself – in this story-driven mixture of adventure, strategy, and turn-based tactical combat.
Why similar: Strategy 25.6%, Story Rich 13.7%, Great Soundtrack 11.9%, Choices Matter 10.9%, Management 9.3%
- #2 This Is the Police
96% matchVery Positive82% of 11,217 reviews2016
Dev: Weappy StudioPub: THQ Nordic
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 12.4 hrs≥1hr: 91%
This Is the Police is a strategy/adventure game set in a city spiraling the drain. Taking the role of gritty Police Chief Jack Boyd, you'll dive into a deep story of crime and intrigue. Will Jack reach his retirement with a nice stack of bills, or will he end up broken ... or worse?
Why similar: Detective 18.1%, Strategy 16.8%, Choices Matter 13.9%, Great Soundtrack 11.6%, Story Rich 10.4%
- #3 Beholder
96% 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: Great Soundtrack 22.3%, Choices Matter 14.5%, Strategy 11.7%, Simulation 10.6%, Story Rich 8.7%
- #4 Beholder 2
95% 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: Choices Matter 17.8%, Strategy 15.6%, Simulation 13.8%, Story Rich 11%, Atmospheric 8.8%
- #5 🧠 OUT OF THE BOX
94% matchVery Positive84% of 295 reviews2018
Dev: Nuclear TalesPub: 🚀 Raiser Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Dive into a wild story of gangsters and criminals where you decide the fate of the peculiar customers of a luxurious nightclub in a never-ending race against the clock.
Why similar: Choices Matter 19.2%, Simulation 16.4%, Strategy 14.6%, Point & Click 10.2%, Multiple Endings 9.6%
- #6 We. The Revolution
94% matchMostly Positive75% of 2,476 reviews2019
Dev: PolyslashPub: Valkyrie Initiative
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 79%
As a judge of the Revolutionary Tribunal, preside over complicated cases of ordinary citizens, dangerous criminals, and enemies of the revolution in revolutionary Paris. Make judgments, plot political intrigue, and try to not lose your own head!
Why similar: Choices Matter 20.5%, Simulation 16.9%, Strategy 16.7%, Story Rich 12.9%, Thriller 11.6%
- #7 Rough Justice: '84
92% matchMostly Positive75% of 109 reviews2023
Dev: Gamma MinusPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Do what it takes to make your fledgling security agency thrive in this 80s noir crime bustin', dirty crossing, vengeance-seeking board game inspired strategy game with dice and cards.
Why similar: Detective 32.2%, Strategy 15%, Simulation 12.7%, Story Rich 11%, Management 9%
- #8 Blacklist Mafia
91% matchVery Positive82% of 73 reviews2024
Dev: VICTORIA Games
Windows
Blacklist Mafia - is not only a struggle for power and money, but also a dangerous game of survival. Who will be blacklisted, and who will become the new boss? Find out with us!
Why similar: Detective 53.6%, Adventure 17.4%, Atmospheric 16.8%, 2D 12.2%
- #9 Noir Chronicles: City of Crime
93% matchMixed60% of 235 reviews2018
Dev: Brave Giant LTDPub: Artifex Mundi
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Step into the shoes of Alfred Fox, a private eye with a knack for getting into trouble, and confront the danger looming over your old flame, Barbara Le Purr. Using your own intuition and wide investigation techniques you will follow the intrigue and face many, sometimes deadly, consequences.
Why similar: Detective 29.4%, Great Soundtrack 18.1%, Violent 13.4%, Point & Click 8.6%, Adventure 8.5%
- #10 Coffee Noir - Business Detective Game
90% matchMostly Positive70% of 87 reviews2021
Dev: DOJI
Windows · Mac · Linux
A unique combination of a business management game and detective novel with elegant graphics in a noir comic-book art style. Experience an advanced business management simulation along with intriguing story set in alternative future of Neo-London.
Why similar: Strategy 24.2%, Detective 23.2%, Simulation 20.4%, Management 11.7%, Atmospheric 6.9%
- #11 Counter Terrorist Agency
91% matchMixed45% of 544 reviews2019
Dev: Play2ChillPub: Games Operators
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Counter Terrorist Agency lets you fight international terrorism and prevent attacks all over the world. Use modern invigilation techniques, discover connections, interrogate suspects, eliminate threats and dismantle terrorist networks.
Why similar: Strategy 26%, Simulation 24.7%, Choices Matter 10.4%, Management 10.4%, Difficult 8.2%
- #12 Beat Cop
89% 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: Detective 21.3%, Simulation 18.3%, Great Soundtrack 11.3%, Choices Matter 10.2%, Adventure 9.5%
- #13 Through the Darkest of Times
89% matchVery Positive84% of 1,155 reviews2020
Dev: Paintbucket GamesPub: HandyGames
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 61%
Berlin 1933. “Adolf Hitler is chancellor!” We all know the consequences this message bore. Unspeakable horrors and suffering would sweep across the world. Few would stand and fight the monstrosity that was the German Reich. Will you? Lead an underground resistance group Through the Darkest of Times.
Why similar: Strategy 22.8%, Simulation 20.4%, Choices Matter 11.8%, Adventure 9.1%, Story Rich 7.5%
- #14 Beholder 3
88% 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: Strategy 17.4%, Simulation 17.4%, Choices Matter 10.3%, Point & Click 10.3%, Atmospheric 9.7%
- #15 Knock on the Coffin Lid
86% matchVery Positive84% of 2,907 reviews2024
Dev: RedBoon
Windows · Mac
Median: 10.0 hrsMean: 22.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Investigate your own death, find ways to break free from a time loop, choose a hero who will ascend to the throne and rule the Northern gate! The fates of whole nations of the land of Midian depend on your choices.
Why similar: Strategy 35.5%, Story Rich 25.1%, Roguelite 13.2%, 2D 13.2%, Singleplayer 7.2%
- #16 Freud's Bones-the game
87% matchVery Positive82% of 84 reviews2022
Dev: Katabasi StudioPub: Fortuna Imperatore AxelFox
Windows
Infiltrate, rule and rescue the mind of the father of Psychoanalysis: Sigmund Freud, in this surreal and obscure adventure. Take control of his inner voice, choose his destiny, solve clinical cases, save or condemn your patients, all whilst trying to save Freud from himself.
Why similar: Detective 33.7%, Story Rich 11.1%, Point & Click 10.4%, Strategy 10.2%, Multiple Endings 8.7%
- #17 KingSim
86% 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: Choices Matter 21.3%, Simulation 18.4%, Strategy 17%, Story Rich 14.5%, Management 12.4%
- #18 Song of Farca
85% 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: Detective 27.9%, Choices Matter 15.7%, Simulation 12%, Story Rich 10.4%, Atmospheric 7.9%
- #19 Cartel Tycoon
84% matchMostly Positive76% of 3,802 reviews2022
Dev: Moon MoosePub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 16.5 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Cartel Tycoon is a survival business sim inspired by the ‘80s and '90s narco trade. Expand and conquer, fight off rival thugs and evade the authorities. Earn people's loyalty and strive to overcome the doomed fate of a power-hungry drug lord.
Why similar: Strategy 25.8%, Simulation 24.2%, Atmospheric 18.9%, Management 17.7%, Roguelite 8.5%
- #20 This Is the President
83% matchMixed68% of 409 reviews2021
Dev: SuperPACPub: THQ Nordic
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 89%
This Is the President is a political thriller. You are the newly elected leader with a shady background. It is up to you to abuse the position of the most powerful man in the world to escape justice for past crimes – even if that pitches the country into utter chaos.
Why similar: Strategy 45%, Adventure 20.9%, Management 18.7%, 2D 15.4%
- #21 The Church in the Darkness ™
84% matchMixed60% of 163 reviews2019
Dev: Paranoid ProductionsPub: Fellow Traveller
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 89%
The Church in the Darkness is an action/stealth game where you infiltrate a religious cult and the story changes every time you play. It's 1977 and your nephew has moved deep into the South American jungle. Sneak into his commune, find out what's going on, and try to get the best ending you can.
Why similar: Great Soundtrack 22.2%, Violent 21.6%, Choices Matter 15.5%, Adventure 9.8%, Story Rich 8.5%
- #22 City of Gangsters
82% matchMostly Positive73% of 1,559 reviews2021
Dev: SomaSimPub: Kasedo Games
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 12.6 hrs≥1hr: 76%
In this management tycoon game, you’ll start a criminal operation from nothing and grow it into a well-oiled money machine! Build speakeasies and illegal distilleries. Manage production chains and resource distribution. Leverage favors, chase down debtors, and bribe the police to look the other way.
Why similar: Strategy 46.7%, Management 28%, Simulation 22%, Singleplayer 3.3%
- #23 Jey's Empire
82% matchVery Positive88% of 85 reviews2019
Dev: Maestro CinetikPub: Gaming at Work
Windows · Mac · Linux
Step into the shoes of J. Edgar Hoover and combat the Mafia, Communists, the Ku Klux Klan, the Black Panthers, the Weather Underground, and more as you shape history with your every move. Download now and become the ultimate mastermind in this thrilling management RPG!
Why similar: Choices Matter 18.8%, Strategy 17.2%, Simulation 15.4%, Management 14.9%, Point & Click 11.6%
- #24 Interrogation: You will be deceived
81% matchMostly Positive78% of 382 reviews2019
Dev: Critique GamingPub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 92%
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: Detective 38.8%, Choices Matter 19.1%, Story Rich 13%, Atmospheric 10.2%, Management 9.7%
- #25 Nauticrawl
81% matchVery Positive91% of 493 reviews2019
Dev: Spare Parts OasisPub: Armor Games Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 77%
A stolen, enigmatic machine is your only way out. It's likely to kill you, but so will the hostile planet you're escaping. Pull levers, hack devices, and puzzle out how to pilot the Nauticrawl to freedom in this unusual atmospheric adventure... or die trying.
Why similar: Great Soundtrack 26.6%, Simulation 15.1%, Difficult 13.6%, Atmospheric 9.5%, Strategy 9.3%
- #26 Underchoice
78% 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: Choices Matter 20.4%, Simulation 15.8%, Story Rich 12.5%, Strategy 11.7%, Difficult 10.6%
- #27 Betrayal At Club Low
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 584 reviews2022
Dev: Cosmo D Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 2.6 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Tonight you're on a rescue mission, infiltrating a nightclub that was once a coffin factory. Will you succeed? Will you fail? Or will your night take an unexpected detour? Roll the Pizza Dice and find out!
Why similar: Detective 39.7%, Choices Matter 19%, Point & Click 13.4%, Atmospheric 11.1%, Multiple Endings 9.1%
- #28 Basement
80% matchMostly Positive70% of 2,230 reviews2019
Dev: Halfbus
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Basement is a strategy game, where you start doing illegal business to fund the development of your dream video game. It won't be easy, so get ready to deal with other gangs, cops, crazy junkies, mysterious investor and even ghosts from the past.
Why similar: Great Soundtrack 29.4%, Strategy 18%, Simulation 16.4%, Difficult 15%, Management 11.7%
- #29 My Hotel
79% matchMixed44% of 98 reviews2024
Dev: BrainSwapperPub: CreativeForge Games
Windows
Step into the 1950s with My Hotel. As the new owner of a mysterious hotel, revive its glory through stylish renovations, solve hidden secrets, and master faction intrigues. A captivating blend of history and adventure awaits.
Why similar: Strategy 21.8%, Choices Matter 17.7%, Simulation 13.2%, Story Rich 10.8%, Management 9.9%
- #30 Gods Will Be Watching
79% matchMostly Positive70% of 2,945 reviews2014
Dev: DeconstructeamPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Gods Will Be Watching is a minimalistic “point and click thriller” centered on despair, commitment, and sacrifice as players face intriguing puzzles and tough decisions that will affect their entire crew’s wellbeing.
Why similar: Difficult 15.2%, Choices Matter 13.9%, Story Rich 12.2%, Point & Click 11.3%, Great Soundtrack 10.1%
- #31 PUSHER - Drug Tycoon
77% matchVery Positive85% of 124 reviews2023
Dev: P4 GAMES
Windows
Thrilling business tycoon sim where you step into the shoes of a drug dealer in 1980s USA. Your main goal is simple: BUY LOW and SELL HIGH. Get ready for a experience where you'll combine strategy, risk-taking, and decision-making to build your criminal empire.
Why similar: Simulation 33.4%, Strategy 19.6%, Management 18.6%, Atmospheric 14.4%, 2D 10.1%
- #32 INFRA
77% matchVery Positive88% of 3,717 reviews2016
Dev: Loiste Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 88%
INFRA puts you into the boots of a structural analyst on a routine mission. Quickly though, your task turns into a fight for survival, all caused by deep-rooted schemes of the past. Your tools are simple: your camera and the wits to navigate a labyrinth of debris.
Why similar: Great Soundtrack 38.5%, Atmospheric 22.6%, Story Rich 17.9%, Adventure 13%, Singleplayer 4.2%
- #33 Debtors' Club
76% matchMixed68% of 74 reviews2024
Dev: mecagames
Windows
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: Choices Matter 15.8%, Strategy 14.1%, Simulation 13.6%, Story Rich 11.2%, Management 8.9%
- #34 Game Dev Studio
76% matchVery Positive85% of 686 reviews2018
Dev: Explosive Squat Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 10.9 hrs≥1hr: 55%
Welcome to your own Game Dev Studio! How will you run your own offices and ascend to greatness in the gaming industry?
Why similar: Simulation 27.7%, Strategy 23.2%, Great Soundtrack 13.3%, Management 11.3%, Difficult 6.8%
- #35 Greyhat - A Digital Detective Adventure
74% matchVery Positive91% of 248 reviews2020
Dev: Limited Games
Windows
How far would you go to save your daughter? As an infamous hacker-for-hire you have the skills to steal almost any secret. But when your daughter is taken, will you be able to use these skills to uncover a dark conspiracy that goes further than you could ever imagine?
Why similar: Detective 42%, Story Rich 13.2%, Point & Click 12.3%, Thriller 11.7%, Adventure 9.1%
- #36 Interrogation Simulator
73% matchVery Positive95% of 62 reviews2022
Dev: Otis MillerPub: Fire Cycle Games
Windows · Linux
Inspired by JCS videos and similar Interrogation analysis. Match evidence with statements. Play good cop/bad cop. Make choices. Learn what makes people tick. Unravel the mystery.
Why similar: Strategy 26.6%, Simulation 21%, Story Rich 18.8%, Point & Click 17.9%, 2D 10.3%
- #37 Mittelborg: City of Mages
75% matchMixed63% of 116 reviews2019
Dev: Armatur GamesPub: Asterion Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Mittelborg: City of Mages is a strategic adventure with elements of rogue-like and resource management. You are crowned to be Chancellor of the city, but this power is a heavy burden. Face tough decisions, fight mystical tempests, look for the cause of upcoming chaos. Will Mittelborg have a future?
Why similar: Strategy 24.2%, Simulation 22%, Choices Matter 16.4%, Adventure 10.6%, Atmospheric 6.9%
- #38 Beholder: Conductor
69% 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: Choices Matter 16.7%, Strategy 13.3%, Simulation 12.9%, Story Rich 10.8%, Point & Click 8.8%
- #39 Murder Mystery Machine
74% matchMixed55% of 179 reviews2021
Dev: Blazing GriffinPub: Microids
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Join the District Crime Agency in this isometric, modern noir deduction thriller. Explore crime scenes in complex dioramas, organize your evidence effectively, and blur the lines between right and wrong to present your case. Do you have what it takes to be a real detective?
Why similar: Detective 42.3%, Strategy 20.4%, Adventure 10%, Point & Click 9.6%, Difficult 6.2%
- #40 Rebel Cops
73% matchMostly Positive75% of 1,836 reviews2019
Dev: Weappy StudioPub: THQ Nordic
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Lead a ragtag squad of cops in rebellion against their town's new criminal power and see how long you can hold out in this unforgiving turn-based spin-off game from This Is the Police. You'll be desperately short on supplies, and a single shot can cost a cop their life.
Why similar: Strategy 43.4%, Great Soundtrack 32.1%, Violent 18.7%, Singleplayer 3.5%, Indie 2.3%
- #41 Long Live Caesar
70% matchVery Positive82% of 71 reviews2024
Dev: Yury Khovansky
Windows · Mac · Linux
44 BC. Caesar, the dictator of Rome, discovers that the threat of conspiracy comes from the people closest to him. Can you resist the impending danger and rewrite history?
Why similar: Detective 36.6%, Choices Matter 14%, Strategy 13.5%, Simulation 13.2%, Atmospheric 10.4%
- #42 Rencounter
73% matchMostly Positive71% of 375 reviews2016
Dev: SPVDPub: GrabTheGames
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 23.8 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Rencounter is a difficult, turn-based, RPG, roguelike game with a mysterious atmosphere. Help your squad survive while navigating through a network of tunnels and rooms. Distribute provisions and medicine to keep them alive.
Why similar: Strategy 28.5%, Difficult 20.6%, Violent 15.1%, Great Soundtrack 14.2%, Atmospheric 9.8%
- #43 Waiting For The Raven
71% matchMostly Positive79% of 73 reviews2020
Dev: Musclebird
Windows · Mac · Linux
Become Master of Spies, plant connections and agents in the underworld. Who will you join? Who may be betrayed? Decipher Letters, Solve Mysteries, Manage Businesses, Spy, Bribe, Abduct, Murder, Seduce in an experimental atmospheric hybrid of first-person & top-down espionage experience.
Why similar: Strategy 24.7%, Choices Matter 21.3%, Simulation 18.4%, Management 17.6%, Atmospheric 11.6%
- #44 The Meter is Running
66% matchMostly Positive78% of 259 reviews2026
Dev: Debt Driven Games
Windows · Linux
You inherited a taxi dispatch business but it came with debt attached. Hire drivers, dispatch fares, navigate Istanbul’s chaos, deal with bad customers and worse luck. You have 15 days to pay it off or lose everything. The meter is running.
Why similar: Simulation 14.5%, Point & Click 12.5%, Management 12%, Atmospheric 11%, Strategy 10.9%
- #45 Mainlining
71% matchMostly Positive77% of 368 reviews2017
Dev: RebelephantPub: ReadGraves
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 92%
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 30.6%, Great Soundtrack 23.9%, Adventure 13.7%, Point & Click 12.4%, Story Rich 10.4%
- #46 The Joker's Game
65% matchVery Positive83% of 512 reviews2025
Dev: All In Game Co., Limited
Windows · Mac
"The Joker's Game" is an FMV crime battle royale. Jack, drowning in debt, joins a lethal game. Critical choices, even small ones, shape outcomes. Outwit rivals, uncover truths, or perish? Every move decides survival... or the deadly prize.
Why similar: Detective 33.1%, Strategy 14%, Simulation 11.9%, Story Rich 10.4%, Thriller 9.2%
- #47 Organs Please
68% 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: Choices Matter 17.3%, Strategy 14.3%, Simulation 12%, Story Rich 11.4%, Point & Click 10.3%
- #48 The Reeve
67% matchVery Positive87% of 53 reviews2024
Dev: Gray Muscat
Windows · Mac
You are an Administrator serving your probationary period in a medieval town. Make decisions to affect the town's reputation, order, military and supplies. Choose wisely to deal with bandits, famines, cultists and plagues. The most difficult choices will decide the fate of your town!
Why similar: Choices Matter 20.3%, Simulation 16.5%, Story Rich 12.5%, Management 12.2%, Strategy 11.7%
- #49 Life in Bunker
72% matchMixed59% of 333 reviews2016
Dev: Flox StudiosPub: Flox Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 55%
You've been elected as the new Bunker Warden! Now you must take control over a group of fellow bunker residents and try to make them last until the surface becomes habitable.
Why similar: Strategy 35.9%, Simulation 33.6%, Great Soundtrack 13.7%, Management 11.1%, Indie 3.2%
- #50 Starship Inspector
70% matchMixed61% of 51 reviews2021
Dev: Vedanta Team
Windows
Starship Inspector is a Space Roguelike in which every choice you make matters. Save a galaxy or rescue your crew member? Serve an evil empire or help an ancient tribe? You'll constantly have to make hard decisions and deal with consequences.
Why similar: Strategy 31.5%, Simulation 19.5%, Adventure 14.1%, Atmospheric 7.9%, Story Rich 7.2%
- #51 Euphoria: Supreme Mechanics
69% matchMostly Positive76% of 249 reviews2020
Dev: Whale Rock Games
Windows
The ability to discern hidden connections is both a gift and a curse. The covert mechanisms of reality do not reveal themselves to any and all, and there is a price to pay for this knowledge…
Why similar: Simulation 24.1%, Great Soundtrack 19.3%, Strategy 14.5%, Adventure 11.2%, Difficult 8.4%
- #52 The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante
66% matchVery Positive88% of 12,656 reviews2021
Dev: SeverPub: 101XP
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 84%
A narrative-driven hardcore RPG set in a gritty world ruled by real but unrelenting gods. Set out on a challenging lifetime journey, where every choice has a price and entails consequences. Will you become an inquisitor, a judge, or conspire against the old order? Dare to decide!
Why similar: Choices Matter 37.2%, Story Rich 17.7%, Simulation 8.6%, Strategy 8.2%, Violent 7.7%
- #53 Security 51
64% 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: Detective 27.6%, Choices Matter 14.8%, Simulation 12.8%, Difficult 12%, Point & Click 8.5%
- #54 Rogue State Revolution
68% matchMostly Positive76% of 542 reviews2021
Dev: LRDGames, Inc.Pub: Modern Wolf
Windows · Linux
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Greetings your Excellency. Time to rebuild, reform and prepare for new challenges in the People's Republic of Basenji. In this thrilling political strategy, you will appoint ministers and lead the country to success. Be careful — you may find yourself replaced in the next election.
Why similar: Strategy 24.2%, Simulation 20.3%, Difficult 19.8%, Atmospheric 17.5%, Management 14%
- #55 HACK_IT
72% matchMostly Negative25% of 145 reviews2016
Dev: Dan_D
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 88%
HACK_IT presents players with a fully immersive hacking experience, you’ll meet characters and find out things you never imagined. Including interactive apps that will give you the power to shutdown servers and retrieve passwords.
Why similar: Simulation 22.8%, Great Soundtrack 21.5%, Strategy 14.4%, Adventure 11%, Atmospheric 6.6%
- #56 Rebirth of Island
71% matchMixed52% of 102 reviews2016
Dev: Yo_Serjio
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Survive, adapt, and research in the New World, with its rules, dwellers, and their laws. Head the colonization of these locations and ensure the independence and security of your population.
Why similar: Great Soundtrack 30.4%, Strategy 27%, Difficult 13.8%, Adventure 12.2%, Atmospheric 8.7%
- #57 The Hand of Glory
67% matchVery Positive95% of 211 reviews2020
Dev: Madit Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 10.3 hrs≥1hr: 95%
The challenge of a dangerous serial killer plummets detective Lazarus Bundy’s career into a chasm with no way out. In a desperate attempt at a comeback, Lazarus decides to secretly investigate the disappearance of Kathrin Mulzberg.
Why similar: Great Soundtrack 34.2%, Thriller 12.3%, Point & Click 12%, Adventure 11.8%, Story Rich 11.6%
- #58 THE EDITOR
66% 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: Strategy 17.7%, Simulation 17.2%, Choices Matter 15.9%, Point & Click 10.5%, Story Rich 10%