Games like Death and Taxes

88%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, character development

88% User Score Based on 3,040 reviews

Wake up, get dressed, brush your teeth, eat breakfast, go to work. A true horror story. A game about mental health. Made for Spelkollektivet's 2019 Halloween Game Jam! The main theme was Horror, and the sub-themes were: Archenemy, Profession, Personal. TRIGGER WARNINGS: Mental health, depression, anxiety, self-loathing, dysphoria, eating disorders The theme we chose was: Personal + Archenemy … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Paper Cages.

79%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

86% User Score Based on 5,594 reviews

Critic Score 72%Based on 14 reviews

These are troubling times, Your Grace. The petitioners’ petty matters exceed our limited resources, to say nothing of the war. A careful balance must be struck. Your throne awaits. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Yes, Your Grace.

80%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

81% User Score Based on 1,218 reviews

Critic Score 77%Based on 3 reviews

Every citizen of our great State dreams of working at the Prime Ministry!You are lucky, intern – your dream has come true! While you are at the bottom of the career ladder, that is more than many of your fellow citizens will ever achieve! Have you already decided what you're going to become? Will you become a diligent and responsible officer decorated by the Wise Leader himself? Or will you become… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Beholder 2.

93%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

93% User Score Based on 9,338 reviews

WARNING. Stay inside. Lock your doors. Close the blinds. Only let humans in. Eliminate all Visitors. An anxiety horror about paranoia in the End of Times. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to No, I'm not a Human.

73%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

79% User Score Based on 2,364 reviews

Critic Score 67%Based on 15 reviews

Out of money and out of luck you find yourself heart broken and on the verge of collapse. Your landlord's taken the key back, you can't finish your manuscript, and your beloved is marrying someone else. With no choice but to handle whatever life throws at you, you set out on the open road on a mission to win back the love of your life. The story from there is up to you. Can your life be salvaged, … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Always Sometimes Monsters.

85%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, humor

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, monetization

89% User Score Based on 3,108 reviews

Critic Score 61%Based on 1 reviews

Led by her new friend, Misfortune ventures in a quest to find Eternal Happiness. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Little Misfortune.

86%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, grinding

91% User Score Based on 3,255 reviews

Critic Score 78%Based on 6 reviews

WELCOME TO THE FDI, MR TANNER. Time to clear your head, work through your hangover and start your first day as an Operator. There are plenty of cases to solve. Assist our field agents using your computer console and ingenuity to bring criminals to justice. Ready to make the world a better place? Investigate Crimes: Solve cases such as murders, missing people, and cyber attacks. Use FDI Software:… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Operator.

91%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, humor

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, atmosphere

95% User Score Based on 1,029 reviews

Critic Score 88%Based on 21 reviews

Imagine you're a 12 year old, suddenly in charge of the guard shed at the castle gate, where you decide if elves, goblins and 100+ other characters should be admitted. It's a wonderful combination of deduction, narrative and puzzle games. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Lil Guardsman.

65%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, replayability

74% User Score Based on 5,430 reviews

Critic Score 54%Based on 32 reviews

You'll take the role of police chief and dive into a story of crime and intrigue If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to This Is the Police.

89%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding

91% User Score Based on 2,498 reviews

Critic Score 85%Based on 6 reviews

This Bed We Made is a third-person mystery game in which you play as a maid in a 1950s hotel and snoop around strangers' rooms to uncover their deadly secrets. Discover what links the clients together in this tale of love, heartbreak and murder! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to This Bed We Made.

88%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:humor, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, monetization

92% User Score Based on 2,925 reviews

Critic Score 81%Based on 6 reviews

An adventure with 100 different endings If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Reventure.

82%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

82% User Score Based on 5,348 reviews

Critic Score 82%Based on 2 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.

74%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

78% User Score Based on 1,395 reviews

Critic Score 60%Based on 2 reviews

Live the life of a Monster, from birth to elderhood and beyond, making decisions that affect the world of Monsters and Humans.You live in the village of Omen, and your favorite snack is the fingers of small children. As a Monster, you pop up in the most interesting places — what do you do when three angry bears discover a young child in their cabin? Or when you spy a wolf hunting down that woman w… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Monster Loves You.

81%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, optimization

83% User Score Based on 1,342 reviews

Critic Score 72%Based on 1 reviews

The Yawhg is a one-to-four-player choose-your-own-adventure game that randomizes a unique story every time you play. The evil Yawhg is returning. How will the town's locals lead their lives in the meanwhile, and what will they do when the dreaded Yawhg finally arrives? The fate of a community hinges on the characters' actions, and the decisions of their players. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Yawhg.

79%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:humor, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, optimization

93% User Score Based on 9,887 reviews

Critic Score 10%Based on 1 reviews

Swipe left, swipe right, be the King. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Reigns.

85%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding

90% User Score Based on 2,632 reviews

Critic Score 80%Based on 10 reviews

You didn't ask to lead this expedition but here you are: stuck in the ice, Captain missing, miles from civilization and everyone looking for you to lead. Manage your meager resources, balance safety and morale, make the hard calls and head in the only direction you can - into The Pale Beyond. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Pale Beyond.

81%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

92% User Score Based on 3,769 reviews

Critic Score 75%Based on 14 reviews

Watch strangers via hidden cameras. Invade their privacy. But don’t you dare… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Do Not Feed the Monkeys.

80%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

91% User Score Based on 5,896 reviews

Critic Score 69%Based on 28 reviews

"The Red Strings Club is a cyberpunk narrative experience about fate and happiness featuring the extensive use of pottery, bartending and impersonating people on the phone to take down a corporate conspiracy." If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Red Strings Club.

90%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

91% User Score Based on 15,234 reviews

Critic Score 79%Based on 1 reviews

Road 96 is a crazy, beautiful road-trip. The discovery of exciting places, and unusual people on your own personal journey to freedom. An ever-evolving story-driven adventure inspired by Tarantino, The Coen Brothers, and Bong Joon-ho. Moments of action, exploration, contemplative melancholy, human encounters and wacky situations. Set against a backdrop of authoritarian rule and oppression. A stunn… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Road 96.

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.

88%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, grinding

95% User Score Based on 2,594 reviews

Critic Score 81%Based on 16 reviews

When the truth is buried, go underground. Step into this new take on text-based adventure from the award-winning team behind Thomas Was Alone and Volume. A short story that hands you the fate of the world above, as a detective looking for answers on the Subsurface Circular. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Subsurface Circular.

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.

83%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, optimization

88% User Score Based on 3,145 reviews

Critic Score 73%Based on 1 reviews

Reynardo the Fox is a clever rogue, but he’s not as clever as he thinks. He's got himself sucked into a Rebellion against the mad Emperor, and now he’s got fateful choices to make. Should he rescue his oldest friend, the shiftless Lapino; wield a gem cursed by a dead god; or resurrect a weapon lost at the beginning of time? Worse, he’s still in love with the Emperor’s adopted daughter, who he met … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Stories: The Path of Destinies.

81%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

94% User Score Based on 4,100 reviews

Critic Score 69%Based on 4 reviews

A realistic horror experience of exploring a missing woman’s phone. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to SIMULACRA.

98%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding

98% User Score Based on 5,354 reviews

"Welcome to BAD END THEATER! Select your protagonist and explore a variety of terrible fates! The decisions you make in one story will affect the others. You can toggle these behaviors to open up new paths! Unfortunately, every path leads to a bad ending... Can you find a way to save this unlucky cast? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to BAD END THEATER.

98%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, optimization

98% User Score Based on 2,345 reviews

heya! this is a fools mod for brutal orchestra made by me! mats! its based off one of my faviorite visual novels, BAD END THEATER!, go play it here if your interested: BAD END THEATER op Steam (steampowered.com)in an update i also added charicters from her tears were my light, by the same creator, you can find it here: her tears were my light op Steam (steampowered.com)this mod adds 8(?) fools, ma… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to BRUTAL END TEARS.

85%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

95% User Score Based on 7,923 reviews

Critic Score 76%Based on 23 reviews

A coffee-brewing and heart-to-heart talking simulation. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Coffee Talk.

86%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding

86% User Score Based on 438 reviews

In The Bottom of the Well, you play as Alice who has just had an unsettingly life-like dream about the end of the world. She retells her experience to her friend in a huge, branching narrative. Although a single play-through might take as little as 20 minutes, experiencing all the possible paths Alice can take through the ruins of her city will take you many hours. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Bottom of the Well.

73%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding

72% User Score Based on 1,028 reviews

Critic Score 78%Based on 2 reviews

In Afterparty, you are Milo and Lola, recently deceased best buds who suddenly find themselves staring down an eternity in Hell. But there's a loophole: outdrink Satan and he'll grant you re-entry to Earth. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Afterparty.

74%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

74% User Score Based on 708 reviews

Social Media: Steam | Discord | Twitter | Facebook Gamedec is a single-player non-combat cyberpunk isometric RPG. You are a game detective, who solves crimes inside virtual worlds. Use your... If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Gamedec.

84%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, grinding

86% User Score Based on 4,119 reviews

Critic Score 76%Based on 1 reviews

Storyteller lets you build stories using a visual language. The goal on each level is to make a story that fits the given title by placing settings and characters that react to each other, creating a narrative through their relationships.Storyteller's comic-panel design and charming animations allow for experimentation within the framing of its many stories: just drag and drop characters to see ho… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Storyteller.

70%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, character development

70% User Score Based on 1,736 reviews

Follow us About the GameHome is a unique horror adventure set in a beautifully-realized pixel world. It’s a murder mystery with a twist—because you decide what ultimately happens. Awakened by an oncoming storm, you open your eyes to discover yourself in a strange, dark room—tucked away in a house that’s not yours. As you play the game, it changes—subtly, almost imperceptibly—to reflect your pe… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Home.

95%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding

95% User Score Based on 1,311 reviews

Cabernet is a 2D narrative RPG set in a 19th century Eastern European inspired world, with a modern twist. Guide Liza, a young vampire in her new unlife among the unsuspecting townsfolk. Will you retain your humanity or descend further into the horror you have become? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Cabernet.

88%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

89% User Score Based on 6,503 reviews

Critic Score 88%Based on 11 reviews

SURVIVAL HAS NEVER BEEN SO PERSONAL If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Alters.

94%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:monetization, grinding

94% User Score Based on 4,790 reviews

Killer Frequency is a first-person horror adventure that puts you in the shoes of Forrest Nash, a late-night radio host whose callers are being stalked by a mysterious killer. Solve puzzles, save lives and run the switchboards, all while listening to a jukebox of retro ‘80s tunes! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Killer Frequency.

83%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

88% User Score Based on 2,464 reviews

Critic Score 77%Based on 7 reviews

"Not Tonight is a post-Brexit management game, fusing a time-pressure RPG with a politically charged story where every decision matters. Will you join the resistance and fight the regime -- or keep your head down and hope that one day this will all be a distant memory?" If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Not Tonight.

84%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, stability

89% User Score Based on 57,262 reviews

Critic Score 79%Based on 47 reviews

Firewatch is a single-player first-person video game where you, as a man named Henry, explore the Wyoming wilderness after taking a summer job as a fire lookout. What is supposed to be a peaceful respite from your complicated life takes a turn when you start to question some of the things that are happening to you. Your only human connection is over a handheld radio, which you’ll use to speak wit… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Firewatch.

71%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, replayability

69% User Score Based on 6,360 reviews

Critic Score 76%Based on 5 reviews

Buy Twelve Minutes for PS4 & PS5 and solve a gripping mystery to break a nightmare time loop in this top-down thriller. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Twelve Minutes.

97%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

97% User Score Based on 42,461 reviews

Critic Score 98%Based on 1 reviews

Varios gamer jugaron este juego ej: Auronplay Este juego es el real  Yo no soy el creador! 4 mb windows If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Papers, Please.

80%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, replayability

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, optimization

88% User Score Based on 2,316 reviews

Critic Score 60%Based on 3 reviews

Phileas Fogg has wagered he can circumnavigate the world in just eighty days. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to 80 Days.

91%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, replayability

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, optimization

92% User Score Based on 468 reviews

Critic Score 75%Based on 1 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.

89%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, optimization

93% User Score Based on 984 reviews

Critic Score 84%Based on 8 reviews

A murder. A hack. A bombing. All it takes to plunge the solar system into war – unless you do something about it. Help CDI agent Neil Conrad make a string of increasingly difficult decisions in this modern dialog-driven adventure set in a gorgeous 2D sci-fi noir universe. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Lacuna.

77%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:monetization, stability

87% User Score Based on 2,618 reviews

Critic Score 67%Based on 7 reviews

Discover the beautiful world of Nihilumbra and join Born on his adventure. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Nihilumbra.

90%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, grinding

96% User Score Based on 8,462 reviews

Critic Score 84%Based on 40 reviews

The fate of the city is in your hands. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Forgotten City.

96%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:humor, story

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

96% User Score Based on 5,068 reviews

A slapstick-figure comedy adventure-RPG full of mobsters, monsters, and mysteries. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Shadows Over Loathing.

89%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, optimization

94% User Score Based on 4,294 reviews

Critic Score 82%Based on 3 reviews

Roleplaying in the ruins of interplanetary capitalism. Live the life of an escaped worker, washed-up on a lawless station at the edge of an interstellar society. Inspired by the flexibility and freedom of TTRPGs, explore the station, choose your friends, escape your past and change your future. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Citizen Sleeper.

51%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, monetization

51% User Score Based on 2,920 reviews

Heartbound is a non-traditional role-playing game about a boy, his dog, secrets, and sanity. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Heartbound.

69%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding

73% User Score Based on 2,174 reviews

Critic Score 60%Based on 4 reviews

Lifeless Planet was inspired by Cold War era science fiction stories, posing questions about humankind's desire for space travel. What if you journeyed across the galaxy to another planet, only to find humans had already been there? What kind of person would sign up for a one-way mission, leaving behind planet Earth and everyone they've ever known and love... to go in search of an Earth-like plane… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Lifeless Planet Premier Edition.

79%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, grinding

79% User Score Based on 1,810 reviews

Critic Score 68%Based on 1 reviews

"Event[0] is a game about building a personal relationship with a machine. You type messages into a computer, and Kaizen answers. As in any relationship, you experience gratitude, disappointment, and sometimes jealousy. It is by working through fears and anxieties of your virtual companion that you will find your way back to Earth." If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Event[0].

73%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, character development

71% User Score Based on 650 reviews

Critic Score 76%Based on 2 reviews

The Detail, a crime noir adventure in a modern American city. This is a city where cases matter, clearance rates matter, and on a good day even justice matters. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Detail.