Games like In the Hot Seat

90%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, replayability

94% User Score Based on 376 reviews

Critic Score 73%Based on 2 reviews

Komorebi is a coming-of-age/slice of life story about a group of friends who happen to experience visions of their future; and the fears and anxieties they face as they try to find their own way in a life that may be predestined. From Klace, critically acclaimed creator of Winds of Change. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Komorebi.

75%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:humor, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, story

100% User Score Based on 26 reviews

Butter Side Down is a bizarro choose-your-own-choice game. Starring Basil Bonser, Adam Spargo, Grey Michael, Beatrice, Jeep Johnson, and Rotten Ruggerio. Answer questions, take calls, play card games, and solve one hell of a mystery. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Butter Side Down.

58%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:humor, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, gameplay

58% User Score Based on 52 reviews

Get closer to the truth than ever in the VR edition of Not For Broadcast. Keep the cameras rolling, censor the swears and immerse yourself in the powerful, alluring and occasionally deadly world of broadcast television news. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Not For Broadcast VR.

65%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, graphics

65% User Score Based on 110 reviews

[Media 3285209] Wait! Life is Beautiful! - W!LIB! is an interactive psychological thriller about suicides with a touch of black humor. Playing the game is like watching a spine-tingling film or... If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Wait! Life is Beautiful!.

90%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, humor

Most mentioned negative aspects:music, graphics

94% User Score Based on 173 reviews

Critic Score 70%Based on 1 reviews

Find love, in a world where cats run the U.S. government! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Cat President: A More Purrfect Union.

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.

Bless me, Father. You're not going to believe this one. You just took over the confessional at St. Augustine's. All week, people kneel down on the other side of the screen and hand you the worst thing they did. Some of it is heavy. Most of it is ridiculous. What you do with it is up to you. Hear them outNine confessions across the demo's three days, every one of them voiced, every one … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Confessional Simulator.

You're Hired!"Welcome to Rosetta North, a family of elite truth-seekers, where we're as good at snooping around as we are at writing about it. That is the other side of investigative journalism, after all. Here, community, transparency, and mutual accountability form the very essence of what we do. We invite you, a free agent, into the fold as a part of our tight-knit society. Settle in, ther… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Reluctant Redemption of Verity Lux.

48%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:humor

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, gameplay

77% User Score Based on 13 reviews

Now available for free, discover a mystery story set in the world of Methods: The Detective Competition. Red July, an up-and-coming celebrity detective, is challenged by The Illusion Killer — a serial killer who patterns his murders after optical illusions. However, in the course of solving the murder, Red July's famous method — which lets her instantly solve any crime — stops working. Now the rac… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Methods: The Illusion Murders.

A fantasy/adventure Visual Novel that spans both past and present. The world is trapped in an endless time loop, and a terrible beast brings ruin over and over again. Dive into a simulated point in history to gather answers on breaking the cycle. As Freya Fae, track down the master assassin Orick Genn before he brings ruin to the city of Ironfall. Rely on your faithful companions and make friends… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Beneath Her Starry Sky.

64%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

95% User Score Based on 19 reviews

Grotesque notes written not by Fyodor Dostoevsky, but by "certain person". If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Bobok.

100%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:humor, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, gameplay

100% User Score Based on 58 reviews

Future? No Thanks! is a narrative-driven, open-world adventure set in an ecosocialist utopia. You're old, bitter, and scheduled for euthanasia. Enjoy your last day in a future that works for everyone but you. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Future? No Thanks!.

See your name in lights on Broadway! Find fame, fortune, and true love! All it costs is your immortal soul. Devil on Your Shoulder is an interactive urban fantasy romance novel by Lisa Fox, where your choices control the story. It's entirely text-based, 300,000 words and hundreds of choices, without graphics or sound effects, and fueled by the vast, unstoppable power of your imagination. … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Devil on Your Shoulder.

93%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, story

93% User Score Based on 205 reviews

You receive a dinner invite from an awkward new neighbor and things go great. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Discussion Over Dinner.

90%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding

90% User Score Based on 61 reviews

Delve into a devilishly delightful world of mysticism and mystery as Harold Ludicael, the disgraced demonologist. After the untimely demise of a famous illustrator, you’re tasked with solving their murder in this point-and-click visual novel. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Case of the Serialized Killer.

91%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, atmosphere

91% User Score Based on 490 reviews

Demonheart is a first-person visual novel in a dark fantasy setting, featuring a female protagonist whose personality is completely up to the player thanks to extensive dialog choices. The game consists of 5 chapters to be released throughout 2017. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Demonheart.

64%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, replayability

60% User Score Based on 191 reviews

Critic Score 80%Based on 1 reviews

Explore four beautiful game boards, dozens of character cards, and thousands of dialog cards (worn and aged from decades of neglect) which comprise the zany world of an American small town in the 1920s. Encounter nearly a hundred individual personalities. These denizens form the core culture of intolerance and repression your girls can overcome with wit, charm, and brazenness. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dangerous High School Girls in Trouble!.

No Truce With The Groceries is a Disco-lite narrative point-and-click adventure et in the decaying hinterland of a declining America. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to No Truce With The Groceries.

Rule as a hobgoblin warlord in this kingdom management RPG. Balance resources and manage the shifting opinions of commoners, goblinoids, and elites. Face difficult decisions, and choose whether to rule with fairness… or with brutality.Core Game In this kingdom-management RPG, you play as a hobgoblin warlord who has conquered a dying kingdom. Now seated on the throne, you must guide your legion th… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Yes, My Warlord.

Take the king's throne and immerse yourself in a world full of tough choices and unexpected challenges. Your kingdom is in danger, and its future depends solely on you. Speak with heroes, making life-changing decisions. Every "yes" or "no" affects your resources. Achieve your goal within a limited time and discover the consequences of your choices. Use your resources wi… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Cool Kingdom.

Play as a contractor for a mysterious organization in a new mystery point and click. You're tasked to review tapes and complete reports about strange situations. Find clues, connect dots, choose what you want to believe and influence the world. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Window Of Perspectives.

You work as a detective specialized in the art of interrogation. You're given cases to solve and people to interrogate, together with your loyal partner, Charles. Interaction with other entities is based on written or spoken words. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Interrogator 2.

Ever wondered what it's like to be President Of The United States? TO BE Joe Biden for a few weeks? In this hilarious game, you can do just that! In a satirical, fantasy setting, of course. This visual novel game features: A choice of 3 weeks to explore in Joe Biden's chaotic, but adventure-filled presidency. Choosing actions and dialogue for multiple characters that include Melania Trump, … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Joe Biden - Escape From MAGA Chapter 1.

Sexy President is a romantic fantasy-adventure filled with alluring art, lovable characters, and intriguing player choices. How far will Sexy President go to earn your vote?! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Sexy President.

Come celebrate Camp Chuckerwood's 100th year! It's Midsummer Night's Dream meets Friday the 13th, as you work as a camp counselor for the the bloodthirsty, training them to become the next generation of horror icons! The world needs these creatures of the night in order to keep the magic and imagination of the world alive, which is odd, considering these are all slashers and other types of movie … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Furry Shakespeare: Dreamin' of One Lazy Dead Midsummer.

62%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:humor, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, graphics

94% User Score Based on 17 reviews

A cyberpunk sci-fi adventure of epic scope. A galactic empire enriches CEO-Kings, yet leaves Les Misérables hungry. An ex-robo-marine turned dancer, goth alien hacktivist, and billion-year-old mentor struggle to free e-minds, organize resistance, & overturn the cosmic Neofeudal chessboard for good. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Neofeud 2.

99%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, optimization

99% User Score Based on 199 reviews

A self abating husk is forcibly coerced into a suicide pact by a "perfect" girl drowning in ennui and despair. The result is unfathomable heart rending terror and confusion. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to PASSENGER x PRINCESS: NO HOPE // MUST DIE.

96%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, humor

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding

96% User Score Based on 608 reviews

When dinosaurs were brought back to life, none wanted to be a cop, so humans made you: Dinocop. Investigate the guests of the Cretaceous hotel to crack a meaty case that will confront you with your most profound existential dilemma. Who brought human meat to the dinosaur rights convention ? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dinocop.

94%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, music

94% User Score Based on 143 reviews

Loser Named Hana is a friendship-building visual novel. You respond to an ad advertising $100 a week to be the lonely college student, Hana, friend. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Loser Named Hana.

91%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

91% User Score Based on 54 reviews

Take part in an expansive choose-your-own-adventure horror story, where you’ll uncover the secrets of an anachronistic corporation reigning over a post-truth world. Solve cryptic riddles, make difficult choices, and escape the depths of SMYRNACORP with your mind intact, no matter the cost. With hundreds of possible story routes, multiple endings, interactive puzzles and RPG elements, INHUMAN RESO… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Inhuman Resources.

93%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:music, story

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding

93% User Score Based on 323 reviews

Intellica believes that positivity and happiness are the keys to self-sustaining thinking programs. By taking part in the A.M.T. Study, you can help make it happen!  QUALIA is a retro-inspired Interactive Fiction text game where you analyze and categorize two participants based on their responses to a series of questions. Are they really human? Are you? Remember, the A.M.T. Study is not a … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to qualia.

Underpaid and overworked—hell might be better than the burger joint. Bloodquest From Hell is a first-person exploration puzzle game set in a grotesque dimension of meat, fire, and minimum wage. Developed as a senior project at Ringling College of Art and Design’s Game Art department, the game blends surreal puzzles with an aesthetic inspired by 1980s horror and fantasy films. You play as a fry c… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Bloodquest From HELL.

80%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:humor

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, graphics

80% User Score Based on 51 reviews

You are in hell. Nothing left to to do but contemplate the life you lived, and fish. A narrative fishing game set in hell! Fish out ancient treasures, upgrade your fishing abilities, and contemplate the unmendable mistakes of your wasted life! Will you manage to fish out Lucifer's crown and earn another chance at life? Attributions:Zombie icons created by FreepikSea icons created by Khoirul H… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Underfishing.

55%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:emotional, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:story

91% User Score Based on 11 reviews

An otome game with intricate dark fantasy/fairytales. Can you solve the mysteries and find love? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Nusantara: Bermuda.

80%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, music

94% User Score Based on 36 reviews

Embark on a surreal, psychedelic adventure to travel back and forth through time and rescue young Alice, helping her escape the uncanny, macabre and treacherous world of Styx. Unravel the metaphysical mystery of the grandchild cult and find out why they call you the monster! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Alice's Lullaby.

46%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:humor

Most mentioned negative aspects:music, story

75% User Score Based on 12 reviews

Tired of bland, terrible-looking linear games without much gameplay, full of stereotypes and plot holes? Good news: this game isn't bland. Step into the hilarious world of Isekaing - truly triple-N(iche) game that combines parody, musical and quest genres into an unholy abomination that will challenge your very sanity! Zoe Powell is hit by the Truck-kun, and respawns into a pixel-art video game, w… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Isekaing: from zero to zero..

92%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story

Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, grinding

92% User Score Based on 2,715 reviews

Home Safety Hotline is an analog horror inspired telephone operator simulator where you answer incoming callers' questions about what's inside their home. Read through a vast catalog of common pests and household hazards, and do your best to become an expert in home safety. You will be held responsible for what happens. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Home Safety Hotline.

98%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, humor

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, optimization

98% User Score Based on 311 reviews

One day you're in your apartment, wallowing in self-pity, and the next thing you know you're being summoned to a land full of witches trying to kill you, with your doppelganger's unconscious body lying on the wooden floor. Can you find your way back home? Follow along Palmier as she/he has an identity crisis while exploring a whole new world filled with killer witches, magic, and four lonely tw… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Bewitching Sinners.

52%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:music

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay

78% User Score Based on 18 reviews

The Citizen The Citizen is a first person narrative comedy game (absurdist narrator-fetish) about “how to deal with important subjects without saying anything”. Featuring completed sentences, the game transcends the bare minimum steam requirements. FEATURING MULTIPLE TASTE: Play it your way! Depending on your taste, you might dislike this game while others might enjoy it. We have worked hard … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Citizen.

90%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, humor

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, replayability

94% User Score Based on 878 reviews

Critic Score 84%Based on 6 reviews

Vampire Therapist is a narrative adventure in the vein (get it) of What We Do in the Shadows, the horror works of Mel Brooks, Monty Python, and Horrible Histories where you play as a reformed bloodsucker helping other vampires find inner peace. Take on the role of Sam, a former rootin’, tootin’ Wild West gunslinger who escaped his day-to-day of murder and mayhem and realized, after a hundred years… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Vampire Therapist.

63%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:music, gameplay

63% User Score Based on 257 reviews

Inside Jennifer is an adult, corruption game, with multiple choice routes and endings. As Jennifer’s life unfolds, you’ll have to make decisions that will cause unique and distinct interactions between all characters. Stay loyal, lie, cheat or go wild, the choice is yours. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Inside Jennifer.

63%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, monetization

67% User Score Based on 45 reviews

Critic Score 65%Based on 4 reviews

The Last Worker is a first person narrative adventure centered around our struggle in an increasingly automated world. Combining a hand crafted art style with uniquely immersive gameplay mechanics in an epic setting, The Last Worker delivers an emotional, thought provoking and comedic story packaged with rich characters performed by an all-star cast. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Last Worker.

87%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:humor, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, monetization

97% User Score Based on 5,350 reviews

Critic Score 75%Based on 8 reviews

"Monster Prom 2: Monster Camp" brings you more of the world's best (and maybe only?) multiplayer dating sim; but in a way you've never expected! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Monster Prom 2: Monster Camp.

91%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:humor, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, story

91% User Score Based on 214 reviews

Talk to Strangers is a short game of everyday survival. Survive door to door conversations ranging from bizarre to mundane (in this order) while trying to sell products to strangers. But beware: nothing is what it seems in this neighborhood. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Talk to Strangers.

97%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:emotional, music

97% User Score Based on 156 reviews

The second step that you never knew you needed to take to get to wherever you're wanting to go... You won't regret this experience. You have nothing to lose, and everything to gain... If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Journey - Episode 2: Words of Wisdom.

72%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding

72% User Score Based on 1,028 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.

96%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:humor, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, gameplay

98% User Score Based on 102 reviews

Critic Score 85%Based on 1 reviews

Marry everything. Execute everything. SPEND IT ALL. Live the ultimate fantasy in this Henry VIII simulator, and humiliate France with your wealth and excess, or die trying. Who's going to stop you? God? Nope. You're also the Pope. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Fit For a King.

90%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding

98% User Score Based on 43 reviews

Murder Is Game Over is a pixel art point-and-click murder mystery involving the untimely death of a famous game designer. You and your trusty companion are on the case! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Murder Is Game Over.

95%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:humor, story

Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, grinding

95% User Score Based on 7,607 reviews

This is the anti-visual novel. Instead of playing as some guy magically able to score with beautiful anime girls, YOU play the anime girl and create mass chaos in the lives of your potential "suitors". Earnest comedy, social accuracy, and late 2000's aesthetic await you in Class of '09! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Class of '09.

Just Updated* 5/28/2024 UPDATE * Due to negative feedback I have sent the request to Steam to make this game free (instead of $1, the lowest you can make it). If you are looking to purchase Derision now for $1, please wait until the FREE update has gone into effect. Derision was really just a learning experience for me as a Unreal Engine developer and a test run for the Steam SDK. Thanks to every… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Derision.