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Games like 2018

Games like 2018

Looking for games like 2018? Here are top simulation recommendations, selected from player-similarity data — start with Loot Box Quest, Headliner: NoviNews or Pronoun Palace.

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  1. 94%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, humor
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, monetization
    94% User Score Based on 403 reviews

    The spiritual successor to DLC Quest! Earn that sense of pride and accomplishment in the way that only repetitive clicking can deliver. It's a clicker game, so chill out, have a few chuckles, and watch numbers get bigger while the industry burns around us all. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Loot Box Quest.

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  2. 87%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, replayability
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, optimization
    91% User Score Based on 534 reviews
    Critic Score 75%Based on 3 reviews

    Short media bias adventure where YOU control national news and its impact on your career, society, and family. Control the News, control the Truth. Share your story, and see what the Headliner before you did. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Headliner: NoviNews.

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  3. 99%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, monetization
    99% User Score Based on 965 reviews

    Pronoun Palace is a word-spelling roguelike set in a dystopian future where the government has taken your pronouns. Use spells to manipulate letter tiles, catch fish, and abuse amphetamines to defeat the Party and get your pronouns back! Gameplay Strategize your spelling; use wooden tiles to attack and plastic tiles to defend. Activate spells to manipulate tiles to your favor—shift letters acros… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Pronoun Palace.

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  4. 82%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    82% User Score Based on 5,348 reviews

    A totalitarian State controls every aspect of private and social life. Laws are oppressive. Surveillance is total. Privacy is dead. You are a State-installed manager of an apartment house. The State requires you to spy on your tenants, and report any illegal or subversive activity. However, you can also choose to keep the information to yourself, or use it to blackmail the residents, resulting in … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Beholder.

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    60%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, humor
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story
    93% User Score Based on 15 reviews

    When a sudden election rocks the country, whose side are you on? In Civic Story, you'll encounter colourful characters and situations that show how the upcoming election affects you, your colleagues, and the nation in this satirical and insightful 8-chapter Visual Novel about our world today. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Civic Story.

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  7. 83%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:music, story
    83% User Score Based on 195 reviews

    A cozy sorting game set in a quiet Tokyo workshop. Clients bring you boxes of clutter: buttons, coins, gears, stamps. Sort, match, and piece everything together with satisfying ASMR clicks. No timers. No wrong answers. Just the joy of tidying up. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Sorting Bureau.

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  8. 97%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    97% User Score Based on 78 reviews

    Inspect your way through dozens of unique, hilarious cards in this chilled-out papers-please-em-up! Identify and appraise cards from The World's Most Coolest TCG! Start your new job as an official Habubis Trading Card Inspector and uncover a tale of friendship, corporate espionage and murder?! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Trading Card Inspector.

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    77%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:music, monetization
    77% User Score Based on 829 reviews

    What if you controlled the News? Short media bias adventure game about controlling the news and it’s impact on your career, society, and family. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to HEADLINER.

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    73%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, stability
    74% User Score Based on 9,336 reviews
    Critic Score 68%Based on 1 reviews

    Have you ever wanted to be president? or prime-minister? Convinced you could do a better job of running the country? Let's face it, you could hardly do a worse job than our current political leaders. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Democracy 3.

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  11. 79%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:humor, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, music
    83% User Score Based on 232 reviews
    Critic Score 68%Based on 2 reviews

    Healer's Quest is a lighthearted RPG in which you solely play as the healer of a band of jackasses. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Healer's Quest.

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  12. 89%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:monetization, grinding
    95% User Score Based on 9,428 reviews
    Critic Score 83%Based on 14 reviews

    Not For Broadcast is an immersive, narrative-driven propaganda sim set in the control room of a TV Studio in a 1980’s dystopia. Control what the people see and what they don't as the government tightens its grip. Will you censor the news and be rewarded, or fight for the truth and live with the consequences? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Not For Broadcast.

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  13. 88%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, humor
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, story
    88% User Score Based on 101 reviews

    Screen fantasy girls for a bold urban adult studio in this “Papers, Please”-style experience. Make tough calls, build your reputation, and outshine your rival across 10 intense days to unlock multiple endings. Who’s in… and who’s out? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Next Girl, Please.

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  14. 80%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, graphics
    80% User Score Based on 330 reviews

    Collect fruits colors Upgrade the Skill Tree Features: Skill Tree with a variety of upgrades Multiple collectables with different effects Challenges (& Hard Mode) number go up If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Snakecremental.

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  15. 97%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, replayability
    97% User Score Based on 1,110 reviews

    What does a SUPERVILLAIN do, when he is forbidden from doing anything evil for the day? WARNING: This is not the type of game where you can make meaningful choices. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to this game will end in 205 clicks..

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    88%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, story
    88% User Score Based on 952 reviews

    Welcome... to New Day! New Day is an upcoming life simulation game where almost anything can happen! Create your own islanders, design their apartments, and get involved with their day-to-day life as they divulge into unexpected friendships, problems, and more! Within New Day, you'll be able to use the Islander Creator to create your very own original islanders! The Islander Creator featur… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to New Day.

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  18. 79%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:humor, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, graphics
    79% User Score Based on 388 reviews

    The Trolley Solution is a compilation of point-and-click minigames based on the famous thought experiment originally proposed by Philippa Foot. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Trolley Solution.

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    75%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, music
    78% User Score Based on 225 reviews
    Critic Score 65%Based on 2 reviews

    Amass wealth, topple governments, achieve immortality. Spinnortality is a cyberpunk management sim where corporations are king. Can you build your technocratic power and create an empire that will stand for eternity? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Spinnortality.

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    93%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, humor
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    93% User Score Based on 12,216 reviews

    KinitoPet is a psychological horror experience that takes place through Kinito, an early 2000s virtual assistant. Kinito is able to walk, talk, browse, adapt, and play games as Kinito is like no other with its adaptive technology! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to KinitoPET.

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    80%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, optimization
    80% User Score Based on 11,782 reviews

    Build a civilization of real people, working together to advance society and stop a meteor, all without destroying the ecosystem in the process. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Eco.

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  22. 78%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, grinding
    78% User Score Based on 458 reviews

    Found a powerful corporation. Use it to market horrific products, control the media, cause riots, crash stock markets, topple governments and become immortal. In this 8-20 hour turn-based management game, you will: Achieve immortality with cutting edge tech. Bribe politicians, spread fake news, rig elections. Research products such as metacritic for friendships, sentient social media and ‘auto-car… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Spinnortality | cyberpunk management sim.

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    82%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    82% User Score Based on 1,986 reviews

    Soul Gambler puts YOU in the role of Faust, an ordinary young man living in the present day whose DESTINY is about to be change forever. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Soul Gambler.

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    51%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:humor, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, graphics
    40% User Score Based on 401 reviews
    Critic Score 66%Based on 7 reviews

    Redshirt is the comedy sci-fi sim about social networking aboard a space station, starring the station's most ambitious low-ranking peon: you! Navigate the professional and interpersonal politics of the ubiquitous "Spacebook" to curry favor among friends and colleagues. As intense intergalactic conflict rages around you, it's up to you to accrue those all-important "likes" on your status updates! … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Redshirt.

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    97%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:humor, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, grinding
    97% User Score Based on 12,193 reviews

    You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you. A parody of Jonathan Blow's The Witness. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Looker.

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    77%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, story
    77% User Score Based on 1,066 reviews

    Have you ever wanted to devote your time and energy to amassing a small fortune, and then place total trust in a complete stranger to not steal it all away from you? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Split or Steal.

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  28. 74%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, graphics
    74% User Score Based on 318 reviews

    Democracy 3: Africa is the new standalone 're-imagining' of the hit political strategy game 'Democracy 3'. Set entirely in countries on the continent of Africa, D3:A puts you in charge of these countries and challenges you to stay in power whilst fixing each country's problems, improving the quality of life for your electorate, and... If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Democracy 3 Africa.

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    50%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, emotional
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, story
    50% User Score Based on 80 reviews

    Step into the shoes of a New Zealand Police officer. Search for forensic evidence, connect with the community, and catch offenders in this immersive 3D experience. Do you care enough to be a cop? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to VirtualCop.

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  30. 68%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:monetization, stability
    75% User Score Based on 264 reviews
    Critic Score 61%Based on 9 reviews

    The Westport Independent is a censorship simulator about the last weeks on an independent newspaper which is to be dismantled according to a new government bill. You play an editor in charge of choosing what will be printed in the paper, making sure that the content is nice and proper according to the government guidelines. With rebellions against the government rising slowly amongst the public,… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Westport Independent.

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    76%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, humor
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, monetization
    76% User Score Based on 1,311 reviews

    NGU Industries (sequel to NGU Idle) is a free-to-play idle game and Factory Manager! It's packed with weird humor, tons of upgrades, and many hours of content! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to NGU INDUSTRIES.

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  32. 62%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:humor, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, replayability
    62% User Score Based on 354 reviews

    Play as another US president! Decide the fate of the world and run the country any way you like. Do you wish to start a war or make peace? Take care of the poorest or support capitalists? Advocate for gun rights or stand against them? It is all up to you! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to I Am Your President.

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  33. 93%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, humor
    Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, grinding
    93% User Score Based on 581 reviews

    The world may end, but more importantly: your job is on the line. Step onto the battlefield, befriend (and fall in love with) a ragtag crew of heroes, and go head-to-head against an immortal foe to protect the bureaucratic kingdom you love in this hilarious narrative-driven tactics RPG. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Ledgerbound.

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  34. 96%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, optimization
    96% User Score Based on 229 reviews

    Far Mining is a short and relaxing incremental game about mining asteroids. Mine resources, upgrade your ship, unlock new tools, and find your way out of deep space. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Far Mining.

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  35. 98%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding
    98% User Score Based on 2,788 reviews

    Gameplay:The general gameplay of SLCSDO (Silly Linguine Cat Simulator Deluxe Online) is that you have to pet Silly Linguine Cat, you will have pet goals, when you get to that amount of pets, you will get a random crate (gambling!!!!). These crates can be opened to reward you with skins for Linguine Cat! However, If gambling isn't your thing, then lucky for you we have one other core gameplay mecha… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Silly Linguine Cat Simulator Deluxe Online.

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  36. 90%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:humor, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, music
    90% User Score Based on 116 reviews

    'Trump Simulator 2025' is a silly little game made by a silly little person. For the lols. Immerse yourself into the role of the President Elect! Run the country while flying in Air Force One, thousands of feet in the air. Nuke anyone you don't like Pass whatever laws you want Drive your CyberSuck vehicle  Make your Secret Service agents get you Cola at 3am Tweet crazy things Bo… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Trump Simulator 2025.

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  39. 86%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, stability
    86% User Score Based on 496 reviews

    The loan shark is coming for you. Catch enough fish to repay your debt before it is too late. Go fish. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Loan Shark.

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    81%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, grinding
    81% User Score Based on 410 reviews

    Idle Colony is a game about little creatures and big numbers that will make your dopamine go up and your worries go down. Merge Combine two fruits of the same tier into the next one. 1$, 2$, 4$, 8$... This process generates an exponential amount of money as you make your way up to bigger fruits. Upgrade Unlock buildings to uncover always more options to leverage your income. As cash comes in, it g… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Idle Colony.

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  42. 83%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    83% User Score Based on 143 reviews

    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%.Experience a linear dystopian narrative, in which you will work as a Lab Technician for a corporately-owned state. Your job is to organise a my… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to CorpoNation: The Sorting Process.

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    61%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:humor
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, gameplay
    61% User Score Based on 89 reviews

    You've just been hired as the newest checker at your local Shoppy Mart. You'll be tasked with bagging groceries for the endless waves of customers that will enter your store on a daily basis. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Shoppy Mart.

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  45. 87%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    91% User Score Based on 8,391 reviews
    Critic Score 82%Based on 7 reviews

    Using the new governmental security program that has the power to survey the online presence of every person in The Nation, you investigate the lives of citizens to find those responsible for a series of terror attacks. Information from the internet, personal communications and private files are all accessible to you. But, be warned, the information you supply will have consequences… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Orwell: Keeping an Eye On You.

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  46. 75%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, replayability
    75% User Score Based on 268 reviews

    Aeon Command is a tug of war strategy game, where you play as one of three unique factions to help gain dominance over the Aeon Nebula! Take control of your mother ship to gather resources, produce ships and fight off the enemy mother ship. Grow stronger as you progress through the 24 mission campaign and unlock new upgrades. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Aeon Command.

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  49. 94%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, humor
    Most mentioned negative aspects:monetization, graphics
    94% User Score Based on 360 reviews

    Look, mate - it’s not that hard. Choose the angles, roll the ads, and bleep the swears. Just keep in mind that how you show these people will change their lives. Don’t worry - you’ll get paid either way! In an alternate 1980s where the nation stumbles towards dystopia, join the National Nightly News team as they document the latest political scandal, the rise of a radical government, and which ce… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Not For Broadcast: Prologue.

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  50. 91%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    91% User Score Based on 13,802 reviews

    The Escapists 2 is the forthcoming sequel to the sandbox prison-escape game which will include, in a first for the series, drop in/drop out play for up to four players in both local and online play. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Escapists 2.

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