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Looking for games like PhD Simulator? Here are top survival role playing recommendations, selected from player-similarity data — start with Through the Darkest of Times, Insurmountable or Shanghai Office Simulator.

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  2. 78%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    78% User Score Based on 460 reviews

    Insurmountable is a strategic adventure game with roguelike elements, in which you have to overcome a dangerous randomly generated mountain. Confront the differing terrains as a lonely mountaineer and make your way through Ice, Snow and Stone. Use items to keep up your steadily sinking stats, while making your way up and down the insurmountable heights. The dynamic and ever-changing weather system… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Insurmountable.

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  3. 45%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay
    59% User Score Based on 27 reviews

    What’s really going on in those offices in the Far East? Do they really work 210 hours a week, getting paid pennies on the dollar? Find out the answers to these questions and more, unless of course, you fear KANG GE, overlord of the cubicles, in which case you wouldn’t last a minute in Shanghai... If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Shanghai Office Simulator.

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  4. 《Natural Selection University》 is a challenging strategy simulation game where every decision matters. As a student in a ruthless academic world, your goal is to survive 100 days, manage limited resources, and complete a groundbreaking thesis. 【Key Features】 Deep Strategic Gameplay: Carefully plan each day—allocate time between studying, gathering supplies, and resting to maintain health and … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Natural Selection University.

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  5. HOW TO PLAY Every new campaign brings a different schedule of government laws, creating a new struggle each time. Choose a profession. Gain experience, advance through its ranks, and unlock permanent benefits for future lives. Plan each month. Adjust your living expenses and decide how to spend your limited time. Oppose oppressive laws—or live with their consequences. Resistance creates per… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to 100 for Justice.

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  6. 92%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    92% User Score Based on 1,599 reviews

    Change is an emotional homeless survival experience set in a randomly generated city with rogue-like elements. Explore, survive, earn perks, find items and more to develop your character and escape to a new life. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to CHANGE: A Homeless Survival Experience.

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  7. 93%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    94% User Score Based on 2,877 reviews
    Critic Score 90%Based on 1 reviews

    An atmospheric management RPG about life on the open road. Pick up hitchhikers, work odd jobs, customize and repair your car, and map your route across the country. Use upgrades, skills and items to overcome challenges. And remember to take it easy. You’re young. You have time. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Keep Driving.

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    60%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, character development
    Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, gameplay
    68% User Score Based on 38 reviews

    Kudos is a turn-based game that puts you in control of a single character and manages their life from age 20 to 30. You get to pick their friends, their job, and how they spend their free time, but there is a catch! You can only choose to do one thing each day, or two at the weekends. This makes Kudos 2 a game of agonizing choices. Do you turn down an invitation from a friend because you are too t… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Kudos 2.

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  9. 86%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, optimization
    86% User Score Based on 2,161 reviews

    A Legionary's Life lets you play as a Roman soldier during the years of the Second Punic War and beyond. Rise up through the ranks and win prestigious awards or just focus on making it home in one piece; it's up to you. This is a single-player game with RPG elements, extensive usage of attribute and skill checks, a turn-based combat system involving many variables (including morale, reach, conf… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to A Legionary's Life.

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  10. 70%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    70% User Score Based on 2,008 reviews

    Tharsis is a turn-based space strategy game. With dice and cannibalism. It puts you in control of humanity's first manned mission to Mars, just as it's struck by a micrometeoroid storm. You must guide your crew through disasters, food shortages, and the unforgiving nature of space - all while maintaining your sanity amidst cryptic signals and warnings from Mars. Defy the odds, make the difficult d… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Tharsis.

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  11. 75%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, humor
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, grinding
    75% User Score Based on 368 reviews

    In This Grand Life, you create a character, manage their finances and help them achieve their goals. Cruise your way through life with a silver spoon, or struggle endlessly to find employment as a convicted felon. You cannot control your past, but you can change your future. What choices will you make? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to This Grand Life.

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  12. 65%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, humor
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, replayability
    60% User Score Based on 521 reviews
    Critic Score 78%Based on 3 reviews

    Welcome cosmonauts, to the perilous and patulous potato universe of Holy Potatoes! We’re in Space?! - A game where you manage your own spaceship while hurtling through a spud filled universe! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Holy Potatoes! We're in Space?.

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  13. 75%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, replayability
    75% User Score Based on 247 reviews

    Just Deserts is a sci-fi action dating sim where you play as a soldier who must protect a city from mysterious alien attack, while at the same time you will also be seeking to capture the heart of your dream girl(s)! Theme song by Vesuvia [Ecky], vocal track by iMochi If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Just Deserts.

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  16. 79%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, music
    79% User Score Based on 188 reviews

    Combination of survival RPG and dating sim that lets you play as young medieval soldier who over the course of wars and adventures becomes the most formidable and respected knight of his era. And hopefully finds the love of his life. Or, if he’s not lucky enough, perishes in the chaos of war If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Heads Will Roll.

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  17. CLOCK IN. BUILD YOUR CONFIDENCE. WIN THE DATE.You are Johni, the newest hire at an office where the deadlines are real, the coworkers are complicated, and your next crush may be one conversation away. Crushing on the Clock is a comedy dating/life sim that turns romance into a strategy game. Use each day to work, earn money, improve your mood, energy, and looks, shop for gifts and outfits, and lea… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Crushing on the Clock.

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  18. 91%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, grinding
    91% User Score Based on 188 reviews

    You've been reincarnated as another world dark lord with the skill to be reborn again and again. Use experience from your past lives to choose the right paths to conquer everything. Features ✨What's in this game Play as an another world dark lord: Grow and absorb the mana around you. Devour everything you can to survive. Develop dark magic, create minions, or evolve into a powerful creature. … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Reincarnated as a Dark Lord Before Taking Over the World with Power 999999999.

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    76%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:replayability, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, graphics
    76% User Score Based on 80 reviews

    Typinc. is a roguelike deckbuilding typing game. Complete typing jobs presented to you to unlock perks which affects the score you make.                          Features: Typing stats such as Best Typing Speed, Average of Last 10 and Accuracy.  Roguelike Deckbuilding Unlock different perks for different effects If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to TypInc..

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    64%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, replayability
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, grinding
    64% User Score Based on 445 reviews

    Spin Hero combines the thrill of a roguelike adventure with the strategic depth of deckbuilding. Navigate through procedurally generated stages where every decision counts. Spin the reels to determine your fate in battle, collecting powerful symbols to strengthen your inventory. Adapt and evolve your strategy with each run, learning from defeat to unlock new possibilities and discover unique syner… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Spin Hero.

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  21. 88%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, music
    88% User Score Based on 114 reviews

    Make sure you are ready to face those sinister creatures. Bosses will end your pathetic lives with no hesitation. Position yourself strategically, either getting in close for a fatal strike against your opponents or maintaining distance to cast devastating spells. The locomotive is connected to 12 different types of carriages, it’s the only sanctuary in this world of madness. Get away fr… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Railroads & Catacombs.

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  22. 95%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, monetization
    95% User Score Based on 1,634 reviews

    Die in the Dungeon is a deck-building, turn-based roguelite where your deck is not made out of cards, but DICE! In Die in the Dungeon, each dice represents a different action, from basic ones like attacking or healing to boosting other dice or copying their abilities. Improve the quality of your dice, combine them and acquire powerful relics to defeat the monsters that dwell in the dungeon! Find… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Die in the Dungeon: Origins.

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  23. 84%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    84% User Score Based on 786 reviews

    Hardcore survival RPG with non-linear story that lets you play as a young medieval soldier who over the course of battles and adventures becomes the most formidable and respected knight of his era. Or, if he’s not lucky enough, perishes in the chaos of the Hundred Years' War. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Heads Will Roll: Reforged.

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  24. 64%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:humor
    Most mentioned negative aspects:music, gameplay
    74% User Score Based on 38 reviews

    The simple game of a shut-in learning from home and earn money. (The game is purely fictional, do not try this out in reality.) If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Legend of Homebody.

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  25. 91%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, humor
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    93% User Score Based on 2,874 reviews
    Critic Score 85%Based on 2 reviews

    In this casual sim set in China, you step into the shoes of an average kid from birth towards the end of your high school. Study hard, have fun, make friends and face your ultimate challenge, the “Gaokao”. What will your life be after that? And when you have a child, will you be a Tiger Parent? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Chinese Parents.

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  26. 96%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    96% User Score Based on 4,242 reviews

    After the war between humans and demons, you found a baby on the battlefield and became a father. You will Plan time and courses for her, bring her into contact with various roles, and raise her up. The daughter's future and the ending of the volcano country depends on each of your choices. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Volcano Princess.

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  27. 65%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, music
    65% User Score Based on 51 reviews

    Principia: Master of Science is a simulation game with the theme of European science in 17th century. Player will choose one of real scientists in those era like Isaac Newton and proceed on the research. It's the time even the word "Science" didn't exist. Who can be the master of science? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to PRINCIPIA: Master of Science.

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  30. 53%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:music, replayability
    53% User Score Based on 246 reviews

    In Home Behind, you take on the role of a refugee cast out from your homeland by a band of rebels. Your home and the peace you enjoyed has been destroyed, and your family has disappeared. Can you survive the struggle, famine, and sickness to make it to the safety of Europe? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Home Behind.

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  31. 71%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, optimization
    71% User Score Based on 782 reviews
    Critic Score 70%Based on 1 reviews

    Prepare your decks and go on a pilgrimage through the wasteland! Nowhere Prophet is a unique single-player card game. Travel across randomly generated maps and lead your followers in deep tactical combat. Discover new cards and build your deck as you explore this strange, broken world. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Nowhere Prophet.

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  32. Munchy LairWe hope you enjoy it! About the Game『Munchy Lair』 brings the familiar idea of Snake into a pixel-art adventure built around turn-based tactics and roguelike tower climbing. You are not simply chasing food across an open board. Space is limited, enemies are moving, and every turn asks you to make a choice. Study the situation, plan a route, avoid danger, and look for the right moment… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Munchy Lair.

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  33. Day by Day: Tokyo Student Diary is a pixel-art survival life simulation game about the everyday life of an international student in Japan. After arriving in Tokyo, you'll start from scratch and face the realities of studying abroad. Find a place to live, keep yourself fed, learn Japanese, earn money through part-time jobs, manage your time, and take care of both your physical and mental well-bein… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Day by day:东京留子生存日记.

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  34. 45%Game Brain Score
    45% User Score Based on 6 reviews

    Post-apocalyptic pixel art survival RPG—offline play and turn-based battles. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Wanderer.

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  35. You are a traveling merchant and a single father. For 11 years, your daughter's future rests in your hands. Start your journey when she is 10 years old. Every month, you choose her path: study, work, adventure, shop, socialize, or rest. Will she become a Living Legend? An Enchantress? A humble tavern cook? Or something no one expects? Your decisions shape not just who she becomes, but who sh… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Luminara: The Second Dawn.

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  36. The Peak of Life is a 2D pixel art strategy game that combines simulation, decoration, career planning, and language learning. Here, you can simply enjoy the rain and the scenery in peace, or challenge your mind to become a tycoon and buy up all the properties here! Property purchase and furniture arrangementYou can search for your favorite properties on the map and save up to purchase them, then … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Peak of Life.

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  37. Livora is a browser-based life simulation strategy game about trying to build a stable life under modern pressure. Players choose a starting life and manage money, rent, bills, work, health, energy, relationships, family obligations, and long-term consequences. Every choice has a cost, and not every cost is money. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to LIVORA.

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  38. 72%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:replayability, optimization
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, stability
    86% User Score Based on 35 reviews

    Build your empire from a basement. Trade stocks, run companies, date, raise kids, dodge the SEC, and retire a legend — or go broke trying. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to SELF MADE: Investment Life Sim.

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  39. 95%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    95% User Score Based on 1,207 reviews

    NO-SKIN is an RPG roguelike characterized by a horror atmosphere and a smooth yet complex gameplay. Face the horrors that the house hides behind every corner and discover who the No-Skin Man  truly is! Features: Unique art style: photos in the background combined with hand-drawn pixel art characters. High replayability: tackle the game at different challenge levels. Horror atmosphere: immerse yo… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to NO-SKIN.

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  40. 83%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, music
    83% User Score Based on 172 reviews

    Play chess with help from your AI character, solve chess puzzles, build an unrivaled openings repertoire, and win tournaments worldwide. Become World Champion in the first and only chess career simulator! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Master of Chess.

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  41. 98%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:music, story
    98% User Score Based on 62 reviews

    Wishlist Full Game HereLoving the demo? You can now wishlist the full game on the main steam page! About the GameNOTICEThis is a DEMO ONLY. Please visit the main Snowkissed Romance page to wishlist the fully game. About Snowkissed RomanceDuring your final winter break before college in December of 1994, step foot into the mythical town of Yukihari, based in the Northern mountains of Japan. … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Snowkissed Romance.

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  42. 88%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, replayability
    93% User Score Based on 906 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.

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  43. 90%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, replayability
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding
    90% User Score Based on 873 reviews

    LoneStar is a strategic Roguelike spaceship combat game. As a bounty hunter, you will capture criminals scattered across the universe. Win the shockwave battle to gain bounty rewards and vacations. Find the treasures, customize your spaceship, unlock talents, defeat the felons and be a legend!The Bounty Hunter Association is recruiting now! Abundant rewards await you! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to LONESTAR.

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  44. 63%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, grinding
    63% User Score Based on 661 reviews

    WARSAW RISING: City of Heroes is a challenging turn-based tactical RPG set in an occupied capital during WWII. Pick your heroes. Navigate historic streets. Confront occupiers. And try to survive the 63 days of hell in this historically accurate portrayal of Poles fighting for their city. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to WARSAW RISING: City of Heroes.

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  45. 73%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability
    93% User Score Based on 29 reviews

    As the Lord of the Dungeon, defend yourself from the heroes' attacks before they reach you! Command your own subordinates, devise schemes, and tackle pressing issues! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Slay or Fall.

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    91%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding
    91% User Score Based on 166 reviews

    A CITY ON THE BRINK Dredgeport is spiralling out of control. Gangs rule the slums, corruption trumps the law, and corpses of the war-dead are burned daily for fuel. You are an ex-soldier, mistaken for dead and shipped back to Dredgeport for processing. After a narrow escape, you find yourself alone in the guts of the city, with only two things to your name: your life and your sanity. Keeping both … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Duskpunk.

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    85%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, replayability
    85% User Score Based on 66 reviews

    "Lucky Hero" is a Roguelike symbol-building game. Your weapons and equipment have transformed into symbols, and by spinning the Wheel of Fortune, you will face various powerful enemies. This game offers a vast array of symbols and character skills for players to explore and combine. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Lucky Hero.

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  50. 88%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, monetization
    88% User Score Based on 205 reviews

    This Grand Life 2 seeks to answer the question, "What would life be like as a ____ living in ____?"With a unique character preferences system and an inflation-driven economy, the game simulates the financial experience of different people in the modern world. Features Colony Sim-Style Management - Set priorities for your characters and watch them fulfill their desires. You make the important decis… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to This Grand Life 2.

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