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50%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:music

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, story

56% User Score Based on 36 reviews

Critic Score 60%Based on 1 reviews

Mankind had its fastest technological progress in recent history. Uncover a dark secret that goes back to the days of the first Russian space project. Use your hacker skills to start uncovering a dark secret, by going through the past from the early days of computers, all the way to the most advanced computers of the future. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Hacker Evolution IMMERSION.

91%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, story

91% User Score Based on 2,074 reviews

A magic theme incremental about creating everything from nothing. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Orb of Creation.

95%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, humor

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, character development

95% User Score Based on 62 reviews

Hunter is having a very rough week. They've just started a new career as a police officer at the Axon City Police Department, except they've been trained as a conflict de-escalation officer and aren't allowed to carry any weaponry. This has not gone down well with their partner Ember, a fire elemental who usually solves problems by chucking a fireball at it and cleaning up the mess afterwards. I… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Help! I'm Turning Into A Mermaid!.

93%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:monetization, atmosphere

93% User Score Based on 1,380 reviews

To understand the future, you must first discover the past. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Lapse 2: Before Zero.

80%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, replayability

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, optimization

82% User Score Based on 589 reviews

Critic Score 75%Based on 3 reviews

The Executive is a sandbox business simulation game that lets you rewrite the history of Hollywood from the 1970s to today. As the founder of a scrappy production company, you’ll produce the movies you’ve always dreamed of, manage ambitious franchises, and build a studio that rivals the industry’s greatest. Navigate the challenges of the movie business, outmaneuver your competition, and decide whe… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Executive Movie Industry Tycoon.

87%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, story

87% User Score Based on 191 reviews

Build your settlement and satisfy the needs of your penguins with better food, elegant decorations, entertainment venues, high-tech coolers, and luxury houses while dealing with killer whales and thief seals. Design your penguin settlementShape a settlement worthy of your penguins. Set up new energy generators to activate more houses, workplaces, and coolers. Build workplaces to produce materials,… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to United Penguin Kingdom: Huddle up.

76%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

80% User Score Based on 247 reviews

Critic Score 63%Based on 2 reviews

Descending suddenly on the world, the macabre Mort armies destroy nation after nation, leaving humanity decimated in their wake. Among the forces resisting the Mort is a small band of mercenaries known as the Ashen Hawk Brigade. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Redemption Reapers.

65%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, grinding

65% User Score Based on 215 reviews

This Is the President is a political thriller. You are the newly elected leader with a shady background. It is up to you to abuse the position of the most powerful man in the world to escape justice for past crimes - even if that pitches the country into utter chaos. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to This Is the President.

95%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, story

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

98% User Score Based on 10,000 reviews

Critic Score 80%Based on 1 reviews

The 4th entry in the multi-award winning ‘The Room’ puzzle game series If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Room: Old Sins.

91%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, optimization

91% User Score Based on 305 reviews

Card Survival: Fantasy Forest is a card-based deep survival simulator and the next installment in the Card Survival Series. Experience what life would be like in the primordial forests of old. Carve out a home in a world teeming with beasts, spirits and monsters - where humans have yet to find their place. Key Features: Simple but deep System: A deep and detailed survival simulator in a v… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Card Survival: Fantasy Forest.

88%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, optimization

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

88% User Score Based on 618 reviews

Find your missing friend. Uncover the secrets within. Brave a luxurious and haunting mansion in Dead Take, a first-person psychological horror crafted by Surgent Studios. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dead Take.

91%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, replayability

96% User Score Based on 860 reviews

Critic Score 81%Based on 4 reviews

In this point-and-click urban thriller, down-and-out private eye Kathy Rain will embark on her most dangerous case yet — the pursuit of the notorious serial killer known as the Soothsayer. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Kathy Rain 2: Soothsayer.

68%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:optimization, humor

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, graphics

69% User Score Based on 49 reviews

Become a movie mogul in Super Movie Tycoon! From script to screen, build your dream team and create blockbusters to conquer Hollywood! Through your creative designs, build a unique cinematic world! From scriptwriting to set construction, from character development to special effects, every detail is crafted by your own hands. Here, you are the director, screenwriter and producer - use your boundle… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Super Movie Tycoon.

72%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding

81% User Score Based on 9,076 reviews

Critic Score 42%Based on 2 reviews

The Universim aims to revive the glory days of the god-game genre and bring it into the next generation with fresh ideas and ambitious gameplay. With the powers of a god, you are unleashed upon the universe to begin forging your galactic empire in the stars. From dust to the cosmos beyond, your civilization will rise through the ages under your guidance. Yet this is not the same static world you m… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Universim.

84%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, replayability

84% User Score Based on 756 reviews

Build and expand your very own settlements in high mountains! Carefully plan production chains and satisfy various needs of your three-caste society while dealing with mountain hazards such as weather breakdowns and avalanches. Are you skilled enough to make your town thrive? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Laysara: Summit Kingdom.

80%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability

80% User Score Based on 148 reviews

Demo Available — Try Before You BuyTest your system performance and get a first look at some of the game’s core gameplay, atmosphere, and controls. Age Ratings: Certified through IARC Your Feedback MattersThis is our first game, and your feedback helps us improve over time, You can share your feedback in the Steam Discussions section. About the Game A third-person survival horror acti… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to ENTITY: THE BLACK DAY.

58%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

60% User Score Based on 673 reviews

Critic Score 55%Based on 5 reviews

BEDLAM is a strategic turn-based strategy game set in a post-apocalyptic wasteland. Now with more battle strategy!! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Skyshine's BEDLAM.

59%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, optimization

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, gameplay

59% User Score Based on 226 reviews

A space-themed sim featuring party mode and co-op with a heavy dose of humor. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Space Station Tycoon.

86%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, humor

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, atmosphere

86% User Score Based on 161 reviews

Runaway: A Twist of Fate is a point-and-click graphical adventure. It is a game developed by Péndulo Studios, S.L. and the sequel of Runaway 2: The Dream of The Turtle, as well as the third and final chapter in the Runaway series. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Runaway: A Twist of Fate.

96%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, replayability

99% User Score Based on 8,749 reviews

Critic Score 80%Based on 1 reviews

The disappearance of an ambitious engineer and his high-society wife provokes a hunt for a precious artefact. The trail leads you to the attic of their home, and the discovery of an old, peculiar dollhouse. What secrets lie within these walls? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Room: Old Sins.

‍♂️ Five Nights at Freddy’s meets Resident Evil… in the office. Zombie Apocalypse 9-5 By Mourning Star Studios CPI 441 - Computer Gaming Capstone Welcome to the End of the World… on a Schedule. Stock shelves. Take inventory. Survive. In Zombie Apocalypse 9-5, clocking in might just kill you. This 3D/2D Fusion first-person shooter horror game throws you into a post-apocalyptic corporate … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to 9-5 Zombie Apocalypse.

99%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:monetization, stability

99% User Score Based on 5,616 reviews

Detective Larsen has received an odd request: Bring someone from the afterlife. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Escape from the Shadows.

Early Access Road Map About the GameHell doesn't clean itself. But you do. You've been assigned to the worst job in the afterlife. Hell has a rot problem. An infestation creep has crept into the neglected zones and started swallowing them whole, bodies are piling up faster than anyone can count, and nobody else is coming to deal with it. That's where you come in. Hell Cleaners is a first-pe… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Hell Cleaners.

96%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, humor

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

96% User Score Based on 1,262 reviews

Play as Kale, the Master Healer, on his journey to defeat the Demon King who terrorizes the Kingdom. Your main job is to keep your party alive by healing or buffing them. Accompanied by a tank who is always sleeping, a newbie archer, and a genius but mean magic user. === Keep your party alive ===As a healer, it's your job to heal your party and keep them alive. === Upgrade Kale's healing s… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Master Healer Kale with useless party.

91%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, humor

Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, replayability

91% User Score Based on 398 reviews

Wireworks is a base-defense roguelike auto-battler where your defenses are built and controlled using a module board. Manage your wires, fine tune your modules, combine signals and create synergies to survive incoming enemies and bosses. 200+ Items and Skills to mix, match, and discover new builds. 3 Unique Areas with varied enemies and boss fights. Unlockable Characters with special s… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Wireworks.

63%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:optimization

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, stability

63% User Score Based on 80 reviews

Geopolitical Simulator – 2026 Edition is a simulation of our current world, recreating its features in-depth and across a number of domains: economic, political, military, social, financial, environmental, energetic, transportation… Every country and major multinational corporation are represented with their own variables and functions. The calculation and scenario engines include more than 150,00… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Geo-Political Simulator 2026 Edition.

79%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, story

79% User Score Based on 152 reviews

BUILD BY DAY, SURVIVE BY NIGHT Use the daylight hours to expand your city, manage your resources carefully and fortify your defenses. When night falls, the rules change. Relentless waves of zombies advance with the sole purpose of destroying all you've built. Each night brings larger, more dangerous hordes, making preparation your only hope. In the darkness, nothing can be trusted. A NEW CHALLENGE… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to City Defense Z.

90%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, story

Most mentioned negative aspects:monetization, stability

90% User Score Based on 420 reviews

Fun escape room games If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Escape Room Collection.

88%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, replayability

94% User Score Based on 803 reviews

Critic Score 81%Based on 7 reviews

Hey remember when your parents, your friends, and society at large all conspired to make you feel ugly, lazy, stupid, and unloved despite the brilliant human spirit contained within you? No? Well, allow us to refresh your memory via the timeless medium of a slice-of-life role-playing game! In Consume Me, you take on the role of Jenny, young, in love, and entering her final year of high school. … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Consume Me.

90%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

90% User Score Based on 471 reviews

Embark on an adventure with Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson on this surprising and elastic point-and-click adventure. Grab, pull, and release to help them solve a bizarre investigation full of humor and meta-time travel! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Crushed In Time.

74%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, replayability

74% User Score Based on 224 reviews

Welcome to Super Loco World! As the freshly-minted transport tycoon around these parts, you’ll need to build up a rail network, manage train traffic, and keep the goods flowing to meet the growing demands of an ever-evolving world!  Embrace automation Your trains need more than just a route from you! Control their speeds carefully, manage rail junctions, and eventually automate the process using s… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Super Loco World: Cozy Train Automation.

96%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, replayability

Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, story

96% User Score Based on 189 reviews

Gladiator Command is a gladiator management sim set in the brutal world of ancient Rome. As the master of a rising Ludus (Gladiator School), you recruit fighters, train their stats, manage staff, balance finances, equip gear, and prepare your roster for real-time arena combat where your planning decides everything. Core Gameplay Train and develop gladiators with distinct stats, traits, and skil… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Gladiator Command.

85%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, story

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding

85% User Score Based on 110 reviews

Simultree is an incremental game about running a life simulation. Features: Run simulations to experiment with some entities that are trying to survive by eating fruits and reproducing.Unlock items and upgrade inside a tech tree.Compete in an online leaderboard. A game made in 3 days for Mini Jam #186 (Theme: Evolution, Limitation: Failure is progress). Everything has been made during the ja… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Simultree.

95%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding

98% User Score Based on 243 reviews

Critic Score 82%Based on 2 reviews

A point n' click sequel to Perfect Tides about the momentum and whiplash of young adulthood. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Perfect Tides: Station to Station.

93%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, humor

Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, stability

93% User Score Based on 800 reviews

Critic Score 95%Based on 1 reviews

Out of the Park Baseball 18 - officially licensed through MLB.com and the MLBPA - is the follow-up to Metacritic's PC Game of the Year 2016 and the ultimate baseball game! Guide your favorite MLB franchise to glory, play any historical season or create your own fictional baseball world. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Out of the Park Baseball 18.

98%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:humor, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, grinding

98% User Score Based on 291 reviews

This satirical adventure stars a metrics-obsessed AI who will monitor, profile, and entertain you as you progress through over a hundred genre-bending puzzles. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Lab Rat.

66%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:monetization, grinding

66% User Score Based on 980 reviews

Create and grow a village, lead your tribe, and live the ultimate virtual life! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Virtual Villagers 6.

86%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding

86% User Score Based on 862 reviews

Return to classic survival horror in this special demo version of Tormented Souls 2. Experience the opening section of the game as Caroline navigates the claustrophobic passageways of a shadowy convent in search of her missing sister If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Tormented Souls 2.

73%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, optimization

73% User Score Based on 223 reviews

Embark on a mesmerizing puzzle game adventure with Machinika: Atlas. Stranded within a crashed alien ship on Saturn's moon, "Atlas", assume the role of the museum researcher, the protagonist of Machinika: Museum, whose escape pod led them to the heart of an alien vessel. Machinika: Atlas is the direct sequel to Machinika: Museum, unfolding its narrative on Atlas, a moon of Saturn. Whi… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Machinika: Atlas.

86%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, grinding

89% User Score Based on 4,608 reviews

Critic Score 77%Based on 3 reviews

Set in a wholesome fairytale world, Fabledom is a laid-back City builder. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Fabledom.

100%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:humor, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding

100% User Score Based on 53 reviews

WISHLIST NOW CAN YOU SURVIVE THE DEVIL'S GAME? In The Devil is in the Details, is an Anomaly detection -meets- Escape Room - meets Survival Horror hybrid, played from a first-person perspective. You find yourself trapped in a hellish mansion. Each step forward is a gamble in this ever-changing nightmare, where no two playthroughs are alike. Explore and investigate your surroundings and try to … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Devil is in the Details.

80%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, grinding

83% User Score Based on 439 reviews

Critic Score 73%Based on 3 reviews

Build your settlement. Gather and refine resources from forests and quarries, breed animals, grow vegetables, fish and make wine, so you can keep your population healthy and fed. Improve your buildings and ensure water supply with aqueducts. Welcome citizens to your village as artisans, farmers, carpenters... or train them to join your legions in different units. Towers and walls will protect your… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Citadelum.

91%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

98% User Score Based on 138,322 reviews

Critic Score 82%Based on 8 reviews

You will be mining resources, researching technologies, building infrastructure, automating production and fighting enemies. Use your imagination to design your factory, combine simple elements into ingenious structures, apply management skills to keep it working and finally protect it from the creatures who don't really like you. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Factorio.

87%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, music

87% User Score Based on 811 reviews

Monitor camera feeds, report valuable info, and hand-deliver shady packages. An hourly quota of reports will test your keen eye to spot the differences, while timed deliveries will force you outside unexpectedly. Until you clock out for the night almost nowhere is safe. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dead Signal.

93%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:music, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, story

96% User Score Based on 497 reviews

Critic Score 76%Based on 1 reviews

A puzzle game about water, erosion, and watching things grow. Manipulate the landscape and bring wildflowers to life as you make your way down a peaceful mountainside. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Spring Falls.

56%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, story

52% User Score Based on 1,328 reviews

Critic Score 65%Based on 4 reviews

A brutal survival management simulator set in a post-apocalyptic wasteland. Keep your faction of survivors alive, maintain your shelter and scavenge the ravaged world for resources. Befriend and trade with the factions you meet or conquer them by force. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Sheltered 2.

39%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, humor

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, graphics

39% User Score Based on 240 reviews

Find the most effective way to construct and manage a hospital. Build your hospital smart and avoid excess time and resources consumed by examining your patients unnecessary. You can choose to micromanage your patients or hope that your doctors are able to identify the cause of their symptoms. Aim to avoid malpractice, and become the best hospital administrator in the world. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Hospitalize.

84%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, humor

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding

92% User Score Based on 2,930 reviews

Critic Score 75%Based on 9 reviews

Swipe and be the Queen! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Reigns: Her Majesty.

64%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:humor, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, story

84% User Score Based on 37 reviews

Critic Score 47%Based on 3 reviews

Godly Corp is an over-the-top simulator where you play as intern god in a corporation. Use your tentacle arm to perform many unusual office tasks. Master woobly tentacle physics and try to not destroy all life on the planets that you take care of. Every day brings completely new challenges. Expect everything including chainsaw robots, bug infestation, space trips and more. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Godly Corp.

96%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, humor

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding

96% User Score Based on 54 reviews

Alluna and Brie Re-Tentacled is a massive overhaul of the original game, bringing in sweeping balance changes to the combat and life simulation systems as well as adding in a whole heap of quality of life improvements. There’s even 5 new boss fights! It’s the same great RPG as before, without the horrific nigh-unusable interface from the original that haunted my every waking moment as a game devel… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Alluna and Brie Re-Tentacled.