Games like Political Life
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A political life simulation: enter in middle age, assemble bills, run elections, take the money, bury the trail. There is no win condition — only how you are remembered when you die.
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Aug 28 · Hovgaard Games
Both: Life Sim
Big Ambitions is a revolutionary role-playing business sim. Go from nothing to the biggest entrepreneur in New York by opening small businesses or slowly building huge corporations any way you like.
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Both: Text-Based · Multiple Endings
Act in your own words to uncover the truth behind a broken oath. In this challenging high-fantasy Role Living Game, AI plays the GM and every character while fixed rules determine success and failure. Choose one companion, then investigate, negotiate, and fight your way to the story's end.
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Both: Pixel Graphics · Multiple Endings
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Both: Choices Matter
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Both: Choices Matter · Multiple Endings
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Both: Life Sim
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Both: Pixel Graphics
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Both: Pixel Graphics
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Both: Choices Matter
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Both: Text-Based
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Sep 7 · OFFMOON Inc.
Both: Choices Matter
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Both: Life Sim
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Both: Pixel Graphics
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Both: Text-Based · Pixel Graphics
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Both: Life Sim
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5 days ago · TLR Games
Both: Pixel Graphics
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5 days ago · geertvd
Both: Pixel Graphics
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3 days ago · BANANAK
Both: Pixel Graphics
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Aug 23 · GLITCHED MATRIX
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Both: Multiple Endings
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$4.99TRADESMAN: Deal to Dealer
Aug 27 · AZAMATIKA
Both: Pixel Graphics
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Both: Pixel Graphics · Choices Matter
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$4.99Dub Together
Sep 1 · Banani
Up to six players redub video clips and give them a whole new meaning. You record the scene, then watch every result together and vote. With voice effects, a built-in clip editor and live voting from your Twitch chat.
Party GameMultiplayerFunnyCasualComedyParody FMVLevel EditorMemesPvP👍 153
$3.77La mansión de Campanillas
4 days ago · Lacinia Estudio
Both: Text-Based
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10 days ago · One More Time
Both: Life Sim
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Aug 26 · Art Games Studio S.A.
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4 days ago · CHICKEN SODA GAMES
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