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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...
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-90%$1.39Beholder
Nov 9 · Alawar Stargaze (Warm Lamp Games)
Both: Choices Matter · Dystopian
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👍 23,215
$24.99Not For Broadcast
Jan 25 · NotGames
Both: Choices Matter · Dystopian
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?
Adventure1980sChoices MatterDystopian FMVSimulationDark ComedyStory RichMultiple EndingsManagement👍 10,342
$4.99HEADLINER
Oct 3 · Unbound Creations
Both: Choices Matter · Dystopian
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.
IndieAdventureChoices MatterMultiple EndingsPolitical SimDystopian ShortStory Rich2DReplay Value👍 890
-85%$2.69Beholder 2
Dec 4 · Alawar Stargaze (Warm Lamp Games)
Both: Dystopian · Choices Matter
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!
Dystopian Choices MatterStrategySimulationPolitical SimStory RichSingleplayerAtmosphericMultiple EndingsDark👍 6,865
$9.99Orwell: Ignorance is Strength
Feb 22 · Osmotic Studios
Both: Choices Matter · Dystopian
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.
EspionageSimulationPolitical SimChoices MatterIndieDystopian Story RichAdventureDetectiveSingleplayer👍 1,506
$19.99Minds Beneath Us
Jul 31 · BearBoneStudio
Both: Choices Matter · Dystopian
MINDS BENEATH US is an emotional sci-fi narrative game. Through the eyes of a humble individual, experience a mad world where humans are exploited as computing devices for AI. Listen to the concerns of those you meet and offer guidance. Together, face challenges and confront an uncertain destiny.
CinematicAtmosphericStory RichCyberpunkChoices MatterVisual NovelChoose Your Own AdventureDystopian RPG2D👍 5,754
$19.99No Umbrellas Allowed
Sep 3 · Hoochoo Game Studios
Both: Choices Matter · Dystopian
Reveal the true value of the items coming into the shop. Each item has their own history. Dig deep to see what is behind them and become an expert appraiser. Begin a tug of war with customers. With their own expectations and knowledge, they never give up on money.
SimulationIndieStrategyPixel GraphicsChoices MatterManagementSingleplayerStory RichDystopian 2D👍 1,395
$14.99VA-11 Hall-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action
Jun 21 · Sukeban Games
Both: Dystopian · Choices Matter
VA-11 HALL-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action is a booze em' up about waifus, technology, and post-dystopia life.
CyberpunkVisual NovelPixel GraphicsStory RichFemale ProtagonistDystopian LGBTQ+Choices MatterPoint & ClickCasual👍 33,838
$4.99Take As Needed
Nov 19 · Chromeleon Games
Both: Choices Matter · Dystopian
Assume a lead drug development role at Mazer- the foremost pharmaceutical company in the world! Create groundbreaking drugs for your customers, work hard to impress your bosses, and try not to ruffle too many feathers...
IndiePuzzleChoices MatterDystopian Visual NovelMultiple Endings2DAtmosphericDialogue HeavyConspiracy
$4.99Emily is Away Too
May 26 · Kyle Seeley
Both: Choices Matter
Emily is Away Too is a brand new story featuring new characters and multiple different endings. Message your friends, surf the web and choose your path through this branching narrative.
IndieSimulationChoices MatterDating SimCasualPixel GraphicsStory RichMultiple EndingsSingleplayerText-Based👍 5,339
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$9.99Emily is Away <3
Apr 16 · Kyle Seeley
Both: Choices Matter
Emily <3 is a brand new story set on an old-new social media. Customize your facenook profile, send some friend requests and determine the outcome of your senior year.
Choices MatterSimulationDating SimIndieMultiple EndingsCasualSingleplayerStory RichEmotionalVisual Novel👍 6,040
-85%$2.69Beholder 3
Mar 3 · Paintbucket Games
Both: Dystopian
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.
Political SimSimulationDystopian StrategyPoint & ClickChoose Your Own Adventure2DAtmosphericDarkIsometric👍 2,275
$9.991979 Revolution: Black Friday
Apr 4 · iNK Stories, N-Fusion Interactive
Both: Choices Matter
1979 Revolution: Black Friday is a choice driven, narrative game that brings players into the brooding world of a nation on the verge of collapse. Play as Reza, an aspiring photojournalist, and make life and death decisions as you survive the gritty streets of Iran in the late 1970’s.
AdventureIndieChoices MatterActionHistoricalStory RichChoose Your Own AdventureSingleplayerMultiple EndingsAtmospheric👍 1,021
$12.99CorpoNation: The Sorting Process
Feb 22 · Canteen
Both: Dystopian
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👍 118
$19.99We. The Revolution
Mar 21 · Polyslash
Both: Choices Matter
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!
HistoricalChoices MatterPolitical SimAdventureSimulationSingleplayerStrategyInvestigationStory RichTurn-Based👍 1,999
$9.99ANEURISM IV
Mar 11 · Vellocet
Both: Dystopian
A dystopian simulator where your choices shape a decaying city. Join other players to protect the metropolis from ruin, hasten its downfall, or simply work in the factories. With no set goals or rules, every action has consequences in a world teetering on the brink.
Dystopian Immersive SimPsychological HorrorCraftingPvPRPGLife SimSandboxSurrealFPS👍 5,695
$7.99Save The World
Jun 1 · Winter Wolves
Both: Choices Matter · Dystopian
Aliens ask a broke young woman what's wrong with Earth... then start making everything she says come true. Shape humanity's future in a darkly comic sci-fi visual novel with consequential choices, four endings, conspiracy, and romance.
Choices MatterSci-fiVisual NovelAliensDark HumorMultiple EndingsStory RichDystopian ConspiracyFemale Protagonist
$13.99Headliner: NoviNews
Oct 23 · Unbound Creations
Both: Choices Matter
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.
Political SimInteractive FictionVisual NovelChoices MatterPoint & ClickStory Rich2DMultiple EndingsDialogue HeavySimulation👍 767
$14.99Silicon Dreams | cyberpunk interrogation
Apr 20 · James Patton, Clockwork Bird
Both: Choices Matter
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?
Choices MatterStory RichInvestigationCyberpunkDialogue HeavyMultiple EndingsAdventureEmotionalDetectiveAtmospheric👍 218
$11.99VLADiK BRUTAL
Aug 9 · BRUTAL SOFTWARE
Both: Dystopian
Fight under the onslaught of mutated monsters, obsessed soldiers and even darker bosses. Just try to survive and find out what to do next in this life, simultaneously tearing your enemies to pieces.
FPSShooterFirst-PersonActionDystopian AdventureRealisticCasualPuzzleAction-Adventure👍 9,549
FreeLife is Strange - Episode 1
Jan 29 · DONTNOD Entertainment, Feral Interactive (Mac), Feral Interactive (Linux)
Both: Choices Matter
Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.
Story RichChoices MatterGreat SoundtrackFemale ProtagonistTime TravelAtmosphericEpisodicSingleplayerAdventureTime Manipulation👍 125,182
$4.99Nikopol: Secrets of the Immortals
Jul 30
Both: Dystopian
Nikopol is a first-person dystopian point-and-click sci-fi adventure game. In 2023 France is ruled by an iron-fist religious dictatorship. A mysterious pyramid ship suddenly appears above Paris. Begin to unravel a conspiracy involving the government, your missing father, and Egyptian Gods.
Choose Your Own AdventurePoint & ClickAdventureDystopian Comic BookExplorationPuzzleHidden Object3DAlternate History👍 265
$14.99Batman - The Telltale Series
Aug 2 · Telltale
Both: Choices Matter
Enter the fractured psyche of Bruce Wayne and discover the powerful and far-reaching consequences of your choices as the Dark Knight.
Choices MatterStory RichAdventureSuperheroSingleplayerEpisodicQuick-Time EventsPoint & ClickActionAtmospheric👍 15,063
-90%$1.09Trolley Problem, Inc.
Apr 21 · ReadGraves
Both: Choices Matter
Trolley Problem, Inc. is a darkly comedic narrative game based on real-world philosophical papers, in which you are asked to make a series of impossible choices from two awful answers. Wrestle with your moral compass, decide the fate of millions – and compare your choices with the rest of the world.
Choices MatterDark HumorIndieCasualLife SimSimulationMinimalistText-BasedImmersive SimArtificial Intelligence👍 1,267
$4.99Choice of Life: Middle Ages
Nov 6 · Blazing Planet Studio
Both: Choices Matter
A card game in a Medieval setting where you make decisions on which not only your life will depend, but also the future of the kingdom!
Card GameSingleplayerChoices MatterStrategyIndieMedievalChoose Your Own AdventureTurn-BasedLife SimRPG👍 1,752
$19.99The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante
Mar 4 · Sever, Schisma Games
Both: Choices Matter
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!
Choices MatterStory RichRPGInteractive FictionChoose Your Own AdventureVisual NovelText-BasedMedievalIndieSingleplayer👍 8,153
$9.99Spinnortality | cyberpunk management sim
Feb 1 · James Patton
Both: Dystopian
Found a company, spread fake news, start riots and become immortal. In this cyberpunk management sim, wealth is power and corporations are king. Can you monopolize the globe and build a corporate empire that will stand forever?
SimulationStrategyIndieCyberpunkManagementCapitalismDystopian Story RichFuturisticSci-fi👍 281
$9.99Always Sometimes Monsters
May 21 · Vagabond Dog
Both: Choices Matter
Set out on a cross-country journey to win back the love of your life and endure the hardship of making story-defining choices that affect your life and the lives of those around you.
IndieRPGStory RichPixel GraphicsChoices MatterLGBTQ+CasualSingleplayerWalking SimulatorGreat Soundtrack👍 1,387
-75%$7.49Dragon Age: Origins - Ultimate Edition
Oct 26 · BioWare
Both: Choices Matter
Explore a stunning world, make complex moral choices, and engage in bone-crushing combat against massive and terrifying creatures. The Ultimate Edition includes Dragon Age: Origins, Dragon Age: Origins - Awakening and all nine content packs.
RPGFantasyStory RichChoices MatterSingleplayerParty-Based RPGReal-Time with PauseCharacter CustomizationAdventureDark Fantasy👍 28,735
$2.99Network
May 13 · NetGames
Both: Choices Matter · Dystopian
This game reveals the problem of the Internet. Now the global network has turned into a dump, in which you never know what file you can stumble upon. The so-called "deadly" files are no exception...
HorrorAtmosphericDarkThrillerStory RichAdventureChoices MatterChoose Your Own AdventureDystopian Realistic





