Games like Mind Scanners
by The Outer Zone
Monitor State and Papers, Please play most like Mind Scanners. Of the 12 closest games below, most share its dystopian ; 4 came out in the last year and 6 are free or under $10. The best known is Papers, Please, with 73,496 Steam reviews.
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Monitor State
Sep 23 · Artur Pukhavoi
Both: Dystopian · Retro · Multiple Endings
You are an operator in a dystopia world, watch and punish citizens. Experience a deep narrative with moral dilemmas. Obey, resist or find another path.
Dystopian Choices MatterFuturisticRetroCyberpunkPoint & ClickMultiple EndingsSimulation2DStory RichPapers, Please
Aug 8, 2013 · Lucas Pope
Both: Dystopian · Multiple Endings · Retro
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.
IndieSimulationPoint & ClickPixel GraphicsSingleplayerDystopian Multiple EndingsPuzzleStory RichRetro👍 73,496Get In Get Out
Dec 18, 2025 · Wessi
Both: Choose Your Own Adventure · Management
A post-apocalyptic alternate-history guard simulator. A mysterious infection is ravaging the German-occupied UK. Interrogate arrivals, scan for symptoms, and make though moral calls as a guard. Randomized traits,multiple tools, an authoritarian regime, multiple endings and over 80 unique characters!
Choose Your Own AdventurePoint & ClickHidden ObjectPost-apocalypticAlternate HistoryChoices MatterManagementWorld War IIInvestigationInteractive FictionNot Tonight
Aug 17, 2018 · PanicBarn
Both: Dystopian
Person of European Heritage #112: Welcome to Relocation Block B, your new home. Your designated role is 'Bouncer'. Work hard, stay out of trouble, and we might let you stay in the UK.
SimulationLife SimPixel GraphicsRPGAlternate HistoryDystopian IndieSingleplayer2DAdventure👍 2,220Teller's Duty
Jun 12 · Hiscory
Both: Dystopian · Time Management
In 1980, you land a teller job at Kertasia Bank thanks to your distant uncle. But the bank follows bizarre rules set by a foolish government. Face strict policies, tough customers, and moral choices while saving for your mom’s medical bills. Your fate is in your hands.
SimulationStory RichChoices MatterDystopian Job SimulatorTime ManagementNarrativeDark HumorEconomyAtmospheric👍 389CorpoNation: The Sorting Process
Feb 22, 2024 · Canteen
Both: Dystopian · Retro
Greetings, valued employee. You have been tasked with sorting the Ringo CorpoNation's genetic samples. With the credits that you earn, you can shop, game and pay your bills on time. Rogue workers may try to entice you into betraying your beloved employer, but we know you'll give 110%.
AdventureDystopian SimulationJob SimulatorPoint & ClickStory RichPolitical SimCapitalismMysteryRetro👍 118Dilemma
May 11 · DrAxelStudio
Both: Choose Your Own Adventure · Medical Sim
You don't cure patients; you decide their fate. In this grim medical sim, review records and face impossible bioethical dilemmas. Consult the Medical Bible and choose who gets the bed. Every signature impacts your Ethics, Reputation, and Legal Risk. In a broken system, mercy is a dangerous luxury.
SimulationStrategyVisual NovelChoose Your Own AdventureMedical Sim2DHand-drawnAtmosphericCapitalismDarkBio Inc. Redemption
Mar 8, 2018 · DryGin Studios
Both: Medical Sim · Management
Bio Inc.: Redemption is a realistic simulation and strategy game in which you make life or death decisions. Create a deadly illness to infect and torment your victim or play as the head of a medical team and hopefully find a cure to save your human patient. Will you be the plague or preserve humanity?
Medical SimOutbreak SimSimulationStrategyManagementGoreSandboxSingleplayerMultiplayerAtmospheric👍 3,063Project Hospital
Oct 30, 2018 · Oxymoron Games
Both: Management · Medical Sim
Become an ace doctor, an aspiring architect and a successful manager at the same time. Design your very own hospital, tweak every detail or choose one of the prebuilt scenarios and just jump to the doctor’s duty.
ManagementMedical SimCity BuilderJob SimulatorSimulationSandboxStrategyBuildingEducationEconomy👍 8,411Organs Please
Apr 5, 2023 · TECHHOME
Both: Multiple Endings · Dystopian · Management
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.
Multiple EndingsPoint & ClickPolitical SimDystopian Choices MatterResource ManagementStory RichManagementStrategy2D👍 202Beholder
Nov 9, 2016 · Alawar Stargaze (Warm Lamp Games)
Both: Dystopian · Multiple Endings
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?
Choices MatterDystopian Political SimStrategyAtmosphericSingleplayerDarkStory RichSimulationMultiple Endings👍 23,271Lobotomy Corporation | Monster Management Simulation
Apr 9, 2018 · ProjectMoon
Both: Management
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
ManagementDifficultPsychological HorrorStory RichSimulationHorrorGoreSingleplayerGreat SoundtrackIndie👍 52,655