Games like Do Not Feed the Monkeys
If you like Do Not Feed the Monkeys (simulation, voyeurism and dark humour), these 10 games are similar in what you do and how you play. They go from most to least similar.
Papers, Please
- In common: story and thinking
When you want something different, tense and weighty: each working day is a brief, absorbing session.
The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition
- In common: story and thinking
- Difference: less management
When you want to laugh with a classic adventure that's over in a few afternoons and where you can barely die.
Monkey Island™ 2 Special Edition: LeChuck’s Revenge™
- In common: story and thinking
- Difference: less management
When you're in the mood for a funny point-and-click adventure where you can't die and the game gives you hints if you get stuck.
This War of Mine
- In common: thinking and story
- Difference: more building
When you want survival with moral weight that shows war from the civilians' side rather than the soldier's.
Keep Driving
- In common: story and thinking
When you want a trip you can finish in an afternoon: each run lasts one to four hours and there are several endings.
Undertale
- In common: story
- Difference: less management
When you want a special, short story you can finish in a few sessions.
Tales from the Borderlands
- In common: story
- Difference: less management
When you fancy an episodic comedy adventure: each episode lasts around an hour and a half.
Citizen Sleeper
- In common: story and short sessions
When you want an absorbing story that needs no reflexes: each cycle is a short session of decisions.
Game Dev Tycoon
- In common: thinking and short sessions
- Difference: less story
When you want a simple tycoon game for one or two afternoons, where every game you release is a small challenge.
Disco Elysium - The Final Cut
- In common: story and thinking
- Difference: more creative
When you're in the mood for a story with lots of reading, sharp humour and decisions that shape who you are. With no rush and a desire to think.
How we pick them
We compare the tags the Steam community gives each game with our own classification: what you do (action, story, building…), the difficulty, how long sessions last and whether you play alone or with others. Nobody pays to appear.
About Do Not Feed the Monkeys
You join a secret club that spies on strangers through hacked cameras. You note down what you see and hear, look it up in an in-game search engine and decide whether to step in, all while working, eating, sleeping and paying rent.
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