- #1 Ministry of Order
97% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: VoltekPlay
Windows · Mac · Linux
Inspect the parents’ medical record and match the newborn who can only be theirs — that is the day’s work in this 1920s dystopian puzzle. A fire burned the birth records, and the Ministry put you in charge of giving the children back. Your choice goes into the report.
Why similar: Political Sim 29.5% ★, Point & Click 12.6%, Investigation 11.2%, Noir 8.4%, Multiple Endings 7.1%
- #2 The Darkest Files
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 761 reviews2025
Dev: Paintbucket Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Germany, 1956. The war is over, but justice is not served. Former Nazis walk free, while their victims lie in unmarked graves. As a prosecutor, you'll unearth long-buried evidence, confront witnesses and hunt down perpetrators. Will you have the courage to bring these "ordinary men" to court?
Why similar: Political Sim 32.9% ★, Immersive Sim 13.5%, Investigation 13.2%, Noir 12.1%, Puzzle 7.4%
- #3 财神模拟器
96% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: 克里斯工作室
Windows
Become a novice God of Wealth! Grant fortunes or ruin fates with a touch. Your choices build "Virtue" for ascension or lead to轮回. Uncover the truth behind your divine power.
Why similar: Political Sim 46.1% ★, Immersive Sim 19.1%, Point & Click 11.9%, Puzzle 7.8%, Multiple Endings 4.1%
- #4 Beholder: Conductor
95% matchVery Positive91% of 5,479 reviews2025
Dev: Alawar
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.3 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: Political Sim 51.5% ★, Investigation 13%, Point & Click 8.6%, Choices Matter 5.6%, Puzzle 5.1%
- #5 Effective Immediately
94% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Matt Black
Windows
All intergalactic travel passes through the orbital relay checkpoint. Verify ID discrepancies, repair vehicle systems and struggle against ethical dilemmas as you negotiate a shifting political landscape. Report for duty, Effective Immediately.
Why similar: Political Sim 43.2% ★, Immersive Sim 19.9%, Point & Click 10.9%, Puzzle 7.7%, Choices Matter 5.8%
- #6 DOSSIER 089
94% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: Hamza DURAK
Windows
Inspect evidence, expose contradictions, and sign binding orders in a dystopian political thriller. Your laws return through the people who exploit them as thirty connected files decide District 089's fate.
Why similar: Political Sim 37.6% ★, Investigation 17.2%, Dynamic Narration 14.8% ★, Point & Click 10%, Multiple Endings 5.3%
- #7 Prosecutor Absolution
93% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: MintFrost Soft
Windows
You have been appointed Deputy Chief Prosecutor of Davelia. Your goal is to pay off your mortgage. Your tool is other people's prison sentences. Your conscience is your problem. The State of Davelia will not forget about you.
Why similar: Political Sim 34.8% ★, Investigation 15.6%, Point & Click 10%, Job Simulator 8.8% ★, Psychological 5.6%
- #8 The Propagandist
92% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Roundy Ducky
Windows · Mac
Step into the desk of a state Propagandist! Design posters, shape public opinion, and censor any media that challenges the state. Enlighten the people, serve your glorious country, and uphold the vision of the Mother. Every poster you create can shift the fate of the nation.
Why similar: Political Sim 60.6% ★, Point & Click 15.7%, Choices Matter 7.9%, Job Simulator 5.6% ★, Story Rich 4.7%
- #9 Police Chief Simulator
91% matchMostly Positive73% of 796 reviews2026
Dev: Perfect Circle Team S.A.
Windows
Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Welcome to Winston Springs, Officer! The local police station is in urgent need of a Chief of Police, and you’ve been chosen for the job! Handle incoming reports, renovate and expand the station, solve cases, and fight crime!
Why similar: Political Sim 35.8% ★, Immersive Sim 17.3%, Investigation 16.1%, Noir 14.7%, Simulation 6.7%
- #10 Article 7
91% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: First Scoop Studios
Windows
Article 7 is a short political thriller where you play as Arvenia’s Minister of Civil Authority during a national crisis. Review documents, weigh conflicting information, speak with members of the press, and decide whether to grant emergency powers to the Chancellor.
Why similar: Political Sim 57.1% ★, Point & Click 13.6%, Choices Matter 7.2%, Simulation 6.6%, Multiple Endings 5.6%
- #11 Schism
90% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Far Owl Studios
Windows
You are a double agent between a break-off religious sect and an inquisition within a holy city. Gather intelligence from both sides, solve their puzzles, navigate between dark-truths, and collect insights to write reports that give you the power to shape an inevitable conflict to come...
Why similar: Political Sim 49.3% ★, Immersive Sim 24%, Choices Matter 5.1%, First-Person 5%, Multiple Endings 4.4%
- #12 Ministry of Truth: False Memory
89% matchVery Positive88% of 81 reviews2026
Dev: IKKOSAMAPub: Two Cakes Studio
Windows
Ministry of Truth: False Memory is a story-driven simulator in a totalitarian society. Become an official, manipulate facts, rewrite history, and provide the ‘truth’ to the public. Choose: obey or fight against the regime. The Great Father is watching you!
Why similar: Political Sim 43.3% ★, Dynamic Narration 12% ★, Point & Click 10.5%, Choices Matter 7.9%, Multiple Endings 5.7%
- #13 King For a Week
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Statistical Anomaly GamesPub: Parabolic Worlds
Windows
Rule a Kingdom...for a week. Judge your subjects, make the big decisions and deal with the consequences. Every choice matters and any wrong move could bring about the destruction of the kingdom, or the premature end of your rule.
Why similar: Political Sim 32.7% ★, Dynamic Narration 18.9% ★, Immersive Sim 15.5%, Choices Matter 7.8%, Multiple Endings 6.6%
- #14 Good News
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Augusto Salgado
Windows
You've been hired as a chief editor to make this newspaper grow, but your writers are awful. Correct their drafts, set the tone of the news to fit your audience, make readership grow; and form a relationship with the shady politicians that will push you to give them good press in an electoral year
Why similar: Political Sim 21.1% ★, Noir 19.8%, Job Simulator 9.5% ★, Point & Click 9.3%, Multiple Endings 8.5%
- #15 Mistport
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: The Great Young One
Windows
Mistport sets you as a booth inspector, in a gloomy Victorian city. Inspect documents for ships that pull into the misty harbor, identify suspicious individuals, and uncover mysteries that will shape the city’s fate. Stay loyal to your post or venture into the mists of insanity. The choice is yours.
Why similar: Political Sim 51.6% ★, Investigation 15.1%, Choices Matter 8.7%, Multiple Endings 8.3%, Simulation 7.2%
- #16 Town Hall
86% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: 3Cats Studio
Windows
The town is half empty, but the town hall still opens at nine. You are the clerk. Whatever your stamp approves becomes true — permits, licenses, names, deaths. Everyone who reaches your desk brings a reason, and most bring money. In the basement, a file explains why the town emptied.
Why similar: Political Sim 63.6% ★, Choices Matter 10.2%, First-Person 7.4%, Simulation 7.3%, Story Rich 4.5%
- #17 What Awaits, Aleksey?
84% matchVery Positive84% of 57 reviews2026
Dev: JKBC
Windows · Mac · Linux
A desk investigation game set in a fictional 1970 communist state. Every morning, a new evidence bag arrives. Intercepted letters, coded messages, wiretap recordings. Somewhere in that paper trail is a network of names. Cross-reference. Decipher. Identify. Then decide what to do with what you know.
Why similar: Political Sim 30.2% ★, Dynamic Narration 16.9% ★, Investigation 14.3%, Point & Click 10.8%, Multiple Endings 6.5%
- #18 The King's Whisperer
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Demian Vrij Games
Windows
You are the Whisperer, hooded advisor to King Alric the Uncertain. Forty days. Twenty-five court crises. Four pillar-leaders pulling the realm in four directions. The King hears you last before every decision. Twenty-one endings. No correct path.
Why similar: Political Sim 44.5% ★, Noir 15.4%, Dynamic Narration 12.4% ★, Choices Matter 8.4%, Multiple Endings 6.5%
- #19 Security 51
83% matchMostly Positive72% of 498 reviews2026
Dev: Alawar
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 68%
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: Political Sim 36.3% ★, Investigation 19.5%, Point & Click 12.8%, Puzzle 7.7%, Choices Matter 7.7%
- #20 NARROWS: Naval Checkpoint Simulator
84% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Tecera GamesPub: Tecera
Windows
Trade has flowed through the Narrows for centuries, now it's yours to command. Inspect every ship, check for contraband, deal with smugglers and pirates. With war on the horizon, every choice has its cost, choose well.
Why similar: Political Sim 20.6% ★, Immersive Sim 18.7%, Investigation 15.4%, Point & Click 9.4%, Choices Matter 7.5%
- #21 Need to Know
86% matchMixed67% of 298 reviews2018
Dev: Monomyth Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Welcome to the Department of Liberty. Ascend the ranks of the NSA-like surveillance agency and decide: will you stand up for privacy, or help create an unstoppable police state? Spy on people’s deepest secrets, pick apart their private lives and decide their fate in this modern surveillance thriller.
Why similar: Political Sim 64.2% ★, Simulation 11.7%, Point & Click 7.7%, Puzzle 5.2%, Adventure 5.1%
- #22 Gallows and Gold
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Will Charles
Windows
In a kingdom of ink and rot, the gavel is heavier than the sword. As the High Judge, every sentence you scrawl reshapes a crumbling world. Mercy or Justice? Innocent or Guilty? The gallows await your word in this hand-etched moral choice simulator.
Why similar: Political Sim 35.6% ★, Immersive Sim 16.4%, Noir 15.1%, Point & Click 13.3%, Simulation 9.4%
- #23 The Newspapers of the day
81% matchPositive92% of 12 reviews2026
Dev: divingstudio
Windows
Run a newspaper under censorship. Report, choose your articles, strike out words, lay out the page. Sharp reporting draws the censors; a compliant paper loses its readers. 1920s Gyeongseong — a newspaper management simulation adventure where you complete a single page, every single day.
Why similar: Political Sim 44.9% ★, Investigation 17.1%, Point & Click 8.5%, Choices Matter 7.8%, Multiple Endings 6.8%
- #24 Seal & Sentence
81% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Crimson Smile Games
Windows
Serve as a border officer in a medieval kingdom on the brink of war. Inspect documents, interrogate suspicious travelers, and decide who may enter. Will you obey the Crown or follow your conscience?
Why similar: Political Sim 33.9% ★, Investigation 23.2%, Point & Click 15%, Simulation 10.2%, Choices Matter 7.7%
- #25 We. The Revolution
82% matchMostly Positive75% of 2,489 reviews2019
Dev: PolyslashPub: Valkyrie Initiative
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 78%
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 39.9% ★, Investigation 17.4%, Point & Click 10%, Thriller 8.1%, Choices Matter 7.1%
- #26 Midline '85
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: NADSAT
Windows · Mac · Linux
On July 14, 1985, a Calamity will occur in the town of Midline. You, the Operator, have exactly five days to prevent it using the E.D.A.T. terminal. Take emergency calls, save lives on the other side of the screen—or let the inevitable happen.
Why similar: Political Sim 35.4% ★, Immersive Sim 15.7%, Noir 14.8%, Investigation 12.7%, Point & Click 9.3%
- #27 Compensation Not Guaranteed
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Team Project LunchPub: Toge Productions
Windows
Peek into Southeast Asian politics through a lens darkly. Check ownership for authenticity, listen to stories, decide who should give up their land in the name of PROGRESS!
Why similar: Political Sim 33.2% ★, Point & Click 19.1%, Choices Matter 11.2%, Puzzle 9.1%, Simulation 8.8%
- #28 Freud's Bones-the game
79% 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: Dynamic Narration 22% ★, Investigation 18.3%, Point & Click 15%, Noir 11.8%, Multiple Endings 8.3%
- #29 Unsolved Case: Above the Law Collector's Edition
78% match9 user reviews22% of 9 reviews2023
Dev: Do Games Limited
Windows
Nothing brings people together as well as a common grief or crime! Can you bravely confront a criminal puppeteer with no legal defense?
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 20.8% ★, Noir 16.7%, Point & Click 14.1%, Investigation 10.9%, Puzzle 9.1%
- #30 For the People
78% matchMostly Positive73% of 817 reviews2020
Dev: Brezg StudioPub: 101XP
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 69%
For the People is a mix of a political management sim and a visual novel, putting players in the shoes of an idealistic young state official tasked with shaping the future of a communist factory town. Will the party provide for the people, or are the people just cogs in its machine?..
Why similar: Political Sim 42.8% ★, Noir 17.7%, Point & Click 9.7%, Choices Matter 6.7%, Multiple Endings 6.3%
- #31 Make the Border Great Again: Visa Officer Simulator
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: KagekAI
Windows · Mac
Play as a visa officer in this chaotic simulator! Inspect passports, catch lies, and decide who crosses the border. But watch out—one bad stamp, and you're in jail! Test your wits in this hilarious battle of logic and deception.
Why similar: Political Sim 47.5% ★, Immersive Sim 19.4%, Investigation 14.2%, Simulation 10.6%, Puzzle 6.3%
- #32 You are the Judge!
77% matchMostly Positive70% of 262 reviews2023
Dev: Steel Games
Windows
As a judge of the Kobardde court, solve complex cases inspired by actual events. Your decisions will directly affect people's (and perhaps yours) lives. You may have to make difficult decisions for your family, country, and life. What kind of judge will you be?
Why similar: Political Sim 45.7% ★, Immersive Sim 19.2%, Investigation 17%, Choices Matter 4.4%, Simulation 3.9%
- #33 Micro Factory
76% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: lifegamextrem sl
Windows
Design your factory, connect machines with conveyor belts, and optimize production. Complete 48 levels across Classic mode and the Industrial Campaign, tackle daily challenges, and unlock 32 collectible cards and 24 in-game achievements. Every connection counts!
Why similar: Political Sim 45.6% ★, Point & Click 18.6%, Puzzle 10.7%, Simulation 8.9%, Choices Matter 6.6%
- #34 Bureau of Hero Affairs
75% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: indigoblue
Windows
Bureau of Hero Affairs is a simulation game about processing paperwork in an obsolete office system and digging up what it buried. As a journalist working undercover inside the Bureau, uncover the truth of a disaster twenty years ago. Follow the regulations, or report the truth.
Why similar: Political Sim 45.5% ★, Investigation 20.2%, Point & Click 11.2%, Choices Matter 6.5%, Puzzle 6%
- #35 EVIDENCE
74% match2 user reviews0% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: MOROZ GAMES
Windows
EVIDENCE is an atmospheric neo-noir detective thriller. Investigate murders, narcotics trafficking, underground casinos, disappearances, arson cases, robberies, and strange incidents that slowly begin connecting into something far bigger.
Why similar: Immersive Sim 18%, Point & Click 17.1%, Noir 14.2%, Dynamic Narration 12% ★, Simulation 11.8%
- #36 NO FURTHER ACTIONS
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: OFF COURSEPub: SOZDAY GAMES
Windows
You have been assigned as an operator, reading protocols that force you to make decisions using buttons and switches. Every decision shapes your fate — and decides whether you’ve done what was expected of you.
Why similar: Political Sim 51% ★, Point & Click 11.8%, Simulation 11.6%, Multiple Endings 8.4%, 3D 3.6%
- #37 Jury Trial
74% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Loge Games
Windows
Start your legal career in a law simulation RPG set in a divided and often unjust fictional country. Create your own attorney, study case files, uncover evidence, shape the jury, and fight for the verdict in court. Play the campaign or create, share, and download cases with the in-game Case Editor.
Why similar: Political Sim 43.3% ★, Immersive Sim 19.4%, Investigation 17.1%, Choices Matter 7.3%, Multiple Endings 7.1%
- #38 The Race for the White House
77% matchMixed63% of 48 reviews2015
Dev: Eversim
Windows
Play as a real-world candidate and completely immerse yourself into the battle of the US presidential election! Travel around the United States, try to woo voters across the country, create your own political agenda, skillfully manage your campaign budget... and perhaps you will be the next White House occupant!
Why similar: Political Sim 86.6% ★, Simulation 10.2%, Indie 3.3%
- #39 Brumel: Fantasy Presidential Race
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: SECHAN BARAM
Windows
In this fantasy political simulation, you are the Hero Party’s presidential candidate, with 60 days to win an election. Defeat rivals from the Demon Party, the Spirit Party, and beyond to become president. The fate of your nation—and the world—rests on your choices.
Why similar: Political Sim 59.3% ★, Immersive Sim 14%, Choices Matter 8.8%, Multiple Endings 8.2%, Simulation 7.5%
- #40 Sinheritance
71% matchVery Positive93% of 56 reviews2026
Dev: STIM GAMES
Windows
Sinheritance is a terrifying and mind-bending puzzle game. Explore every corner in an intensely oppressive atmosphere to piece together a chilling story. Every step must be taken with caution, for the deepest fears often stem from your own choices and your gradually crumbling sanity.
Why similar: Investigation 24%, Noir 16.4%, Immersive Sim 16.1%, Point & Click 14%, Puzzle 9.1%
- #41 Seaburn
73% matchMostly Positive73% of 11 reviews2024
Dev: Treeburn Studios
Windows
Seaburn is a choice-based political simulator where your choices affect the future of the planet. Play as a policymaker as you sign legislation, respond to events, and compete in high-stakes elections. Earn money, become popular, and save the environment.
Why similar: Political Sim 63.7% ★, Simulation 11%, Choices Matter 9.2%, Multiple Endings 8.4%, First-Person 4.2%
- #42 The First Scene
72% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: Brando
Windows
The game is adapted from the incident "Double Secret Room Murder in Grain Deposit". The story sounds abstract and unintroducible? This game will restore the case process and take you to the "first scene"!
Why similar: Political Sim 40.1% ★, Immersive Sim 21.4%, Puzzle 10.9%, Thriller 10.2%, Simulation 5.2%
- #43 Japanese Salaryman
72% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Antikat
Windows · Mac
A 1990s office-noir RPG. By day, survive office politics at METTA and protect your relationships. By night, hack into company servers in grid-based hacking puzzles, spy on people for upgrades, and sell stolen secrets to escape crushing debt.
Why similar: Political Sim 44.4% ★, Investigation 17.9%, Noir 16.7%, Thriller 7.7%, Simulation 4.3%
- #44 CHERNOGRAD
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Wirehead Studios
Windows · Linux
You have been appointed as an Observer for the 15th District of Chernograd. Inspect apartments, identify violators, record evidence and file reports. But what if order is just a convenient illusion?
Why similar: Political Sim 44.8% ★, Point & Click 10.8%, Multiple Endings 8.7%, Choices Matter 7.1%, Simulation 6.3%
- #45 Black Border 2
70% matchMixed68% of 22 reviews2025
Dev: Bitzooma
Windows
Black Border 2 is an intense border patrol simulator where you inspect documents and use special tools to detect forgeries and stop smugglers.
Why similar: Political Sim 48.2% ★, Point & Click 15.8%, Simulation 11.2%, Investigation 11.2%, Puzzle 9.4%
- #46 TOMORROW'S DAY
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: SPLENDEED®
Windows · Mac · Linux
Dallas, Texas, 1999. Congratulations, James Steel, you are now an agent of Dallas' Internal Security. The security of the United States is at risk; communism is spreading through our streets and threatening our institutions. You must stop it.
Why similar: Political Sim 34% ★, Immersive Sim 15.1%, Investigation 12.7%, Point & Click 11.3%, Thriller 5.9%
- #47 Dropper Factory
68% matchPositive94% of 65 reviews2026
Dev: Brora
Windows
First-person 3D clicker about developing a cube factory: start generators, upgrade production, increase cube value, and automate your progress.
Why similar: Immersive Sim 23.4%, Point & Click 17.7%, Investigation 16.4%, Dynamic Narration 16.3% ★, Simulation 14%
- #48 Street Dog Legend
68% matchPositive100% of 71 reviews2025
Dev: monthbug
Windows · Mac · Linux
STREET DOG LEGEND is a flash-game inspired cooking simulator with a satirical storyline and multiple endings. Manage your street cart, meet interesting characters, play minigames, and more!
Why similar: Political Sim 47.2% ★, Job Simulator 11.7% ★, Point & Click 11.2%, Multiple Endings 8%, Choices Matter 7.8%
- #49 Bird
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Entanglement Interactive
Windows · Mac
In Bird, collect hand-drawn animations and recorded interviews to reveal the heart-wrenching true story of Darrell Fair, an artist and activist wrongfully convicted in 1998 and still fighting for his freedom. Bird is an intimate, artistic journey that asks what would you do to set a caged bird free?
Why similar: Political Sim 47.3% ★, Immersive Sim 21.1%, Point & Click 12.4%, First-Person 5.7%, Simulation 4.8%
- #50 Politisim
67% match2 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: OateyGames
Windows
Run for President of the United States. Fight through a state-by-state primary, pick a running mate at the convention, trade blows across every televised debate, and hold your coalition together on election night — one decision a week, in a country paying attention to every one.
Why similar: Political Sim 64.7% ★, Immersive Sim 14.5%, Simulation 10.6%, Choices Matter 4.9%, Multiple Endings 4.4%
- #51 One Last Dinner
70% match3 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2024
Dev: Cynosure Studios
Windows
You are a famous detective. Examine the evidence around you, read the notes left for you and listen to audio recordings, follow clues, write down your findings, interrogate suspects. How would you like to be the shining star of the scene?
Why similar: Investigation 24.4%, Immersive Sim 23.7%, Dynamic Narration 21.8% ★, Puzzle 9.7%, First-Person 6.6%
- #52 ONE MORE TERM
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: ONE MORE TERM
Windows
Lead a republic through 48 months. Examine documents, manage your cabinet, pass laws, survive crises, and answer for the consequences of every political compromise.
Why similar: Political Sim 54.4% ★, Choices Matter 10.9%, Multiple Endings 9.1%, Investigation 8.1%, Simulation 6.3%
- #53 Serra de Deus
67% matchVery Positive94% of 99 reviews2025
Dev: David Pateti
Windows · Linux
High up in a Rio de Janeiro favela, a young man lives a quiet life running a hot dog stand. But his routine takes a dark turn when a series of murders—linked to a mysterious cult—begins to shake the community.
Why similar: Noir 21.6%, Immersive Sim 20.6%, Investigation 17.2%, Simulation 13.8%, Adventure 6.5%
- #54 Kommissar
73% matchNegative17% of 36 reviews2017
Dev: Beardserk
Windows
Kommissar is a political prosecution simulator in a totalitarian regime. Keep the Independent City-State of Roulettenburg united under the regime iron fist. Watch for your fellow citizens and seize the dissidents for the glory of the fatherland.
Why similar: Political Sim 73.2% ★, Simulation 7.5%, Point & Click 7%, Choices Matter 4.2%, Adventure 2.4%
- #55 Creepy Shift: Uncle Joe’s Motel
66% matchVery Positive92% of 244 reviews2026
Dev: Night Shift Team Pub: Red Limb Studio
Windows
An unknown actress takes a job at Uncle’s Motel to make ends meet. She’s running from trouble but peace is the last thing she’ll find here. A blend of cozy simulation, horror, and psychological depth, wrapped in a dark, noir-tinged atmosphere.
Why similar: Noir 27.2%, Investigation 21.2%, Psychological 11.4%, Immersive Sim 11.3%, Simulation 6.9%
- #56 Absolution
67% matchMostly Positive71% of 41 reviews2025
Dev: Andrea LimPub: USC Games
Windows
Absolution is a first-person psychological horror experience where you face THE JUDGE as they peel apart your very soul. Uncover dark truths and navigate moral dilemmas as you're questioned about your past deeds. Every lie has consequences.
Why similar: Immersive Sim 20.5%, Dynamic Narration 17.3% ★, Point & Click 15.6%, Thriller 11.8%, Psychological 10.5%
- #57 JudgeSim
66% matchVery Positive85% of 1,444 reviews2024
Dev: DelusionArt Studio
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Things were worse than ever in Banana Republic, a somber island country. While anarchists roamed the streets, corruption was running deeper due to economic crisis and rising crime rates. Bearing these burdens were "judges" who tried to make things right with honesty...
Why similar: Investigation 23.8%, Immersive Sim 17.5%, Political Sim 15.7% ★, Point & Click 13%, Puzzle 8.7%
- #58 Headliner: NoviNews
69% matchVery Positive89% of 817 reviews2018
Dev: Unbound Creations
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Award-winning adventure where you control the news and its impact on society, your friends and career. Different choices lead to unique combinations of endings. Share your story with the community, and see what the players before you did.
Why similar: Political Sim 56.8% ★, Point & Click 13.4%, Choices Matter 8.3%, Multiple Endings 7.5%, Simulation 5%
- #59 HEADLINER
69% matchMostly Positive77% of 938 reviews2017
Dev: Unbound Creations
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Short, thought-provoking adventure where you are a News Editor and decide what stories get published, set in a fictional city where most people are genetically modified. Multiple unique endings let you share your story and see what the Headliner before you did.
Why similar: Political Sim 54% ★, Choices Matter 12.6%, Multiple Endings 10.5%, Adventure 5.3%, Simulation 4.6%