Games Like The Shrouded Isle

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: Lovecraftian 34.9%, Management 20.6%, Difficult 17.2%, Choices Matter 11.4%, Story Rich 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: It captures the same occult, lore-heavy atmosphere where managing resources and secrets is a matter of life and death.

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 47.4% ★, Dark Humor 17.8%, Choices Matter 10.6%, Multiple Endings 9.7%, Story Rich 6.5%

Why You'll Like It: You play as a state-appointed landlord tasked with spying on tenants, forcing you to make difficult moral decisions to keep your own family alive.

A horror cooking simulator where the secret ingredient is crime. Improve your shops, buy new tools, expand your menu, and above all, make your customers happy.

Why similar: Villain Protagonist 55% ★, Management 18.9%, Dark Humor 15.6%, Horror 10.5%

Why You'll Like It: This management sim puts you in the shoes of a villainous couple running a shop where you must dispose of bodies to keep your business profitable.

The Fabulous Fear Machine is a narrative-driven strategy game with a pulp horror style. As the Machine's new Master, you must sow fear and expand your influence by creating Legends, harvesting resources, manipulating events, and spying on your enemies.

Why similar: Villain Protagonist 21.3% ★, Strategy RPG 15.3%, Difficult 12.5%, Dark Humor 10.3%, Horror 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: You act as a villainous mastermind spreading fear and influence through a strategic, card-based management system.

A roguelite monster-management simulation inspired by the likes of the SCP Foundation, Cabin in the Woods, and Warehouse 13. Order your employees to perform work with the creatures and watch as it unfolds; harness greater energy, and expand the facility

Why similar: Management 31%, Difficult 23.8%, Lovecraftian 15.3%, Horror 11.3%, Story Rich 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: It shares the high-stakes, stressful management gameplay where failing to contain dangerous entities leads to catastrophic consequences.

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: Multiple Endings 35%, Difficult 23.6%, Story Rich 19.6%, Strategy 11.3%, 2D 10.5%

Why You'll Like It: This game masterfully replicates the crushing weight of bureaucratic moral choices and the pressure of maintaining a regime under strict scrutiny.

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: Political Sim 42.4% ★, Turn-Based 21.6%, Experimental 16.2% ★, Choices Matter 8.9%, Story Rich 5.8%

Why You'll Like It: Set during the French Revolution, this game forces you to act as a judge who must balance political favor with the lives of the accused.

If you don't sacrifice your neighbors, the world ends. Life Eater is a horror fantasy kidnapping simulator where you must become intimately familiar with your targets' lives one intrusive action at a time... and hope that the dark god you serve is even real.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 50.3%, Horror 24.3%, Procedural Generation 14.9%, Multiple Endings 10.5%

Why You'll Like It: A dark simulation game where you must perform ritualistic sacrifices within a strict time limit, mirroring the core loop of The Shrouded Isle.

The most blasphemous, diabolical and insane management game ever created. Aided by a lascivious nun in a grim prison, rig executions, conduct horrid experiments and do the unspeakable to cook up your cure-all: The Kindeman Remedy. Do not be afraid. This time, you're the monster.

Why similar: Villain Protagonist 35.2% ★, Noir 17.5%, Dark Humor 13.6%, Management 11.3%, Horror 6.5%

Why You'll Like It: A dark management sim where you play as a disgraced doctor performing unethical experiments and managing resources to survive.

Take on the role of a Dark Elder God and lead your agents to bring about an apocalypse in a fantasy world. Work in the shadows, avoiding the heroes who will try to stop you, as you bring about plague and famine, ice age and volcanic destruction, madness and never ending night.

Why similar: Political Sim 46.9% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 18.3%, Lovecraftian 16.5%, Strategy 7.2%, Horror 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: A grand strategy game where you play as a dark deity attempting to bring about the apocalypse through agents and political manipulation.

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: Building 30.8%, Management 21.8%, Strategy 21.7%, Difficult 13.5%, Choices Matter 12.2%

Why You'll Like It: This city-builder forces you to make brutal, cold-hearted decisions to ensure the survival of your society in a dying world.

Take the Infernal Throne in this hellish turn-based grand strategy game. The Prince of Darkness has vanished, leaving Archfiends to conspire: muster your legions while intoning dark sorceries, devilish schemes, and machiavellian plots. Who will be the new ruler of Hell and ascend the Throne?

Why similar: Diplomacy 49.7% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 22.6%, Choices Matter 10.1%, Strategy 8.9%, Horror 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: A deep political strategy game set in Hell where diplomacy, betrayal, and resource management are key to claiming the throne.

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: Turn-Based 32.3%, Management 20.8%, Choices Matter 16.6%, Multiple Endings 13.2%, Story Rich 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: You must manage your kingdom's resources and deal with the difficult, often heartbreaking requests of your subjects.

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

Why similar: Choices Matter 29.3%, Multiple Endings 26.6%, Story Rich 19.8%, Strategy 15.3%, 2D 9%

Why You'll Like It: You play as a bureaucrat deciding who lives and who dies, balancing the fate of the world with your own professional standing.

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 47.4% ★, Management 14.8%, Multiple Endings 11.7%, Choices Matter 9.8%, Story Rich 6.5%

Why You'll Like It: A dystopian management game where you must decide who is worthy of survival and who is recycled for their parts.

Create your Religion, raise your Disciples, and guide them to bring you glory! Inspire growth in your Disciples so they may challenge the false gods and convert their followers. Defeat your rivals, and become the One Truth!

Why similar: Turn-Based 48.8%, Strategy 26.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 24.9%

Why You'll Like It: A strategy game where you manage your own religion, choosing commandments and followers to grow your influence in a turn-based format.

Start your own cult in a land of false prophets, venturing out into diverse and mysterious regions to build a loyal community of woodland Followers and spread your Word to become the one true cult.

Why similar: Dark Humor 49.7%, Building 32.1%, Strategy 9.4%, 2D 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: Combines dungeon crawling with cult management, requiring you to maintain the faith and loyalty of your followers through dark rituals.

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 39.7% ★, Dark Humor 17.1%, Management 13.3%, Multiple Endings 8.2%, Choices Matter 7.9%

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

A turn-based strategy game where you lead a secret society towards world domination. Investigate the influential and convert them to your faction via bribery, seduction and intimidation. Reshape society's power structures to fend off rival societies and the world's nations in your quest for power.

Why similar: Political Sim 37.4% ★, Turn-Based 22.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.6%, Difficult 11.3%, Strategy 5.5%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on global political manipulation and conspiracy, mirroring the hidden, high-stakes nature of managing a cult.

Build and manage a medieval graveyard while facing ethical dilemmas and making questionable decisions. Welcome to Graveyard Keeper, the most inaccurate medieval cemetery sim of the year.

Why similar: Management 35.9%, Dark Humor 28%, Building 24.5%, Story Rich 6.5%, 2D 5%

Why You'll Like It: A morbid management game where you must maintain a graveyard and make ethically questionable decisions to progress your dark business.

Iratus: Lord of the Dead is a turn-based tactical roguelike RPG set in a dark fantasy universe. Lead an army of undead to help an angry necromancer in his quest to reach the surface world and bring death to the mortal realms!

Why similar: Villain Protagonist 54% ★, Turn-Based 14.5%, Lovecraftian 13.2%, Strategy 10.2%, Difficult 6.2%

Why You'll Like It: A turn-based strategy game where you play as a necromancer building an army of the undead to conquer the world.

War for the Overworld is an unholy union of Dungeon Management and Strategy that rewards all those villainous thoughts you’ve been having. Craft your own perilous dungeon and defend it against pesky heroes who keep exploring it and taking your stuff.

Why similar: Villain Protagonist 58.8% ★, Management 33.3%, Strategy 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: A dungeon management game that allows you to play as an evil entity building a base to defend against invading heroes.

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: Choices Matter 38.6%, Story Rich 25.7%, Strategy 22.1%, 2D 13.6%

Why You'll Like It: A survival management game where you must lead a doomed expedition, making impossible choices to keep your crew from turning on you.

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 48.1% ★, Dark Humor 14.4%, Management 11.9%, Strategy 6.1%, Multiple Endings 5.8%

Why You'll Like It: Continues the series' focus on dystopian surveillance and the moral cost of climbing the ladder in a corrupt society.

Humanity is enslaved by an AI… which is awesome, because we’re on the right side of the conflict. Exploit puny humans to extract power and build your own empire!

Why similar: Dark Humor 30.5%, Villain Protagonist 24.2% ★, Difficult 21.1%, Strategy 10.3%, Management 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: A dark, humorous management game where you control humans as a machine overlord, forcing them to work until they collapse.

Experience a story-driven RPG where your choices mean all the difference in the world.

Why similar: Villain Protagonist 58.3% ★, Choices Matter 19.1%, Story Rich 12.4%, Turn-Based 8.3%, Strategy 1.9%

Why You'll Like It: An RPG that places you in the role of a high-ranking official for an evil overlord, where your political decisions shape the fate of the world.

A sci-fi colony sim driven by an intelligent AI storyteller. Generates stories by simulating psychology, ecology, gunplay, melee combat, climate, biomes, diplomacy, interpersonal relationships, art, medicine, trade, and more.

Why similar: Management 29.8%, Building 21.1%, Procedural Generation 18.7%, Story Rich 12.1%, Strategy 11.8%

Why You'll Like It: A colony management sim that frequently forces players into dark moral dilemmas to ensure the survival of their settlers.

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 Sim 39.7% ★, Noir 26.4%, Management 13.9%, Choices Matter 9.5%, Story Rich 6.6%

Why You'll Like It: A noir-style game where you use psychological tactics and interrogation to uncover secrets and maintain political control.

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: Management 44.8%, Building 38.9%, Strategy 16.3%

Why You'll Like It: A management game where you run a criminal empire, balancing production, logistics, and the constant threat of law enforcement.

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: Choices Matter 100%

Why You'll Like It: A censorship simulator where you manage a newspaper and decide what information to suppress to appease a dystopian government.

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

Why similar: Political Sim 26.8% ★, Diplomacy 18.1% ★, Strategy RPG 13.4%, Dark Humor 10.9%, Management 9.7%

Become a cult leader and unleash divine power in this dark fantasy strategy RPG. You are the villain - you command disciples, outwit enemies in combat, and shape the fate of the fallen city as you awaken the Dead Gods — Wrath, Desire, and Madness.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 28.9%, Strategy RPG 23.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.4%, Difficult 12.1%, Multiple Endings 7.5%

Play as a Rogue Artificial Intelligence, in the sequel to the hit Flash game "I'm an Insane Rogue AI", played more than 4 million times! Your Prime Directive is simple: design a facility & manage human Test Subjects for the Dept of Science. But be careful: they NEVER stop being suspicious of you...

Why similar: Political Sim 36.2% ★, Dark Humor 13%, Management 11.3%, Building 10.8%, Procedural Generation 8.6%

LEAD the CULT OF CTHULHU. Decide the fate of your followers, perform eldritch rituals, and master the art of city-building in a world where the line between sanity and madness blurs. Can you endure the horrors you unleash?

Why similar: Lovecraftian 39.8%, Management 22.1%, Building 17.8%, Horror 12.3%, Strategy 8%

My Lovely Daughter is an alchemist simulator that explores the depth of a father’s grief and how far he will go to resurrect his daughter. Contains dark and disturbing subject matters, might not be suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.

Why similar: Villain Protagonist 41.8% ★, Dark Humor 15.3%, Management 13.3%, Horror 7.9%, Multiple Endings 7.1%

Turn-based kingdom management simulator focused on decision-making. Will you survive and lead the kingdom to prosperity, or die in agony? The throne awaits.

Why similar: Strategy RPG 22.4%, Building 16.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.6%, Management 14.1%, Choices Matter 11.7%

Shadow Government Simulator: Prologue is just part of the amazing adventure that awaits you in the full version of the game. A turn-based strategy game where you lead a secret society towards world domination. Investigate the influential and convert them to your faction via bribery, seduction & more

Why similar: Political Sim 36.9% ★, Turn-Based 17.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.1%, Difficult 8.7%, Management 7%

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: Dark Humor 34.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 28.1%, Choices Matter 15.9%, Story Rich 11.6%, Strategy 10.3%

Machiavillain is an evil mansion management and strategy game, inspired by Dungeon Keeper, Prison Architect and all the horror movie clichés! Build your own manor, raise your monsters, set up your traps, and exterminate your victims. But to gain reputation you'll have to slay by the horror movie rules!

Why similar: Villain Protagonist 60.3% ★, Management 16.3%, Strategy 12.1%, Building 9.8%, 2D 1.6%

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: Political Sim 29.1% ★, Diplomacy 22.1% ★, Strategy RPG 12.9%, Dark Humor 11.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.8%

Fhtagn Simulator is a Cthulhu Roulette Deckbuilder. Set up card slots on roulette to maximize card's value. Collect evil creatures, spells, items and environment to build your deck. Your ultimate mission is to sacrifice spirit collected by cards to unseal the ancient gods that have come to earth!

Why similar: Villain Protagonist 38.1% ★, Lovecraftian 25.1%, Turn-Based 20.6%, Procedural Generation 8.8%, Strategy 4.3%

Deck of Haunts invites you to become a malevolent Haunted House. Lure humans into your cursed halls, manipulate their fears, and drain their essence to grow your power. Use strategy to build your mansion and expand your dark influence, turning your home into a terrifying, inescapable nightmare.

Why similar: Building 45.8%, Horror 31.6%, Strategy 22.6%

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: Diplomacy 30.9% ★, Turn-Based 23.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 16%, Management 13%, Difficult 11.4%

Aid the Deities of Dread in their quest for vengeance and pave the way for their ascension. Gather grim materials, construct defences and expand the underworld to appease the rage of the gods in The Deadly Path, a unique building management and roguelike strategy game.

Why similar: Dark Humor 35.1%, Management 31.1%, Choices Matter 21%, Strategy 12.8%

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 49.3%, Story Rich 24%, Management 14.9%, Strategy 8.1%, 2D 3.7%

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 55.8% ★, Choices Matter 12.8%, Multiple Endings 11.3%, Story Rich 8.1%, Strategy 8%

Build your dungeon, command demons, set traps, and slay invading adventurers with powerful spells.

Why similar: Villain Protagonist 65.8% ★, Dark Humor 16.1%, Management 10.4%, Strategy 7.6%

My Lovely Empress is an empire management sim inspired by Asian mythology. As the Emperor of the Crimson Empire, you will build relations with neighboring rulers, balance internal factions, and ensure the prosperity of your people, all before you reap their souls to resurrect your beloved empress.

Why similar: Management 48.3%, Choices Matter 21.8%, Multiple Endings 21.5%, Story Rich 4.9%, Strategy 3.4%

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: Management 26.1%, Noir 22.3%, Villain Protagonist 17.7% ★, Choices Matter 12.9%, Strategy 11.1%

Sim Junta – A game of dirty politics! You are the new dictator of Risuena, a small and poor country of the third world. You have just seized power after a bloody coup and your intentions are to stay in power as long as you can, to rip this country off, transfer the money to your secret Swiss bank account and of course, stay alive and...

Why similar: Political Sim 86.3% ★, Strategy 10.1%, 2D 3.6%

Command your minions to solve mysteries and cover up scandals in a high-class boarding school, where the competition is cut-throat and image is everything. But be careful - one of your minions is a traitor.

Why similar: Noir 28.9%, Turn-Based 16.6%, Difficult 15.6%, Management 12.7%, Choices Matter 9.3%

Manage a haunted funeral service as a priest in a cursed forest. Bury or cremate the dead, perform exorcisms, fend off demonic possessions, and quiet restless souls. Survive terrifying encounters, maintain sanity, and experience the pinnacle of horror simulation in The Unholy Priest!

Why similar: Management 57.9%, Horror 42.1%

The Tribe Must Survive is a survival base builder strategy game set in a harsh Lovecraftian Stone Age. Build your camp, overcome disasters and uncover new areas. Manage fears and diminish internal conflicts, as your Tribe grows. Every decision matters. Will your Tribe survive?

Why similar: Lovecraftian 29.7%, Building 17.4%, Difficult 17.2%, Management 17.1%, Choices Matter 11.4%

Take up the role of the Hell Governor and embrace the challenge of welcoming souls who perished in major, historically real human disaster. Build your city, manage your resources while defending the chaos from demons who steal and kill your folks....and also that GIANT TITAN lurking around.

Why similar: Building 29.3%, Management 27.6%, Horror 22.1%, Multiple Endings 21%

A cosmic horror idle game where you build the Yellow King’s cult, spread his living mold, and click yourself hollow. Memory by memory. Scream by silent scream, as the sky blooms with eyes watching your beautiful undoing.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 49.3%, Strategy 20.1%, Management 18.4%, 2D 12.3%

In Divine's Howl, you will embody a divine avatar, leading your followers to expand your power across a shattered world.

Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 40.8%, Noir 36.6%, Strategy 22.7%

Sea Salt is a dark fantasy reverse horror action-strategy game where you play as the nightmarish force of Dagon by controlling and growing a horde of minions.

Why similar: Villain Protagonist 42.1% ★, Lovecraftian 38.6%, Horror 10.3%, Strategy 9%

An existential horror game in which you are tasked with keeping a sleeper colony ship intact. No enemies or NPCs share the ship with you - only creaking metal echoes and endless dark. Overcome random events, system failures, and the downward spiral of your sanity to see your mission through.

Why similar: Dark Humor 35.4%, Management 18.9%, Choices Matter 15.4%, Story Rich 12.2%, Multiple Endings 11.7%

This game is a simulation of self-isolation. You need to support your family, not to lose your job and finally not to go crazy.

Why similar: Horror 33.4%, Difficult 25.7%, Choices Matter 22%, Multiple Endings 18.9%