Political SimDystopian
5 games that share both with Orwell: Ignorance is Strength
Do Not Feed the Monkeys
Orwell, but a management game, and darkly funny
Loved · 94%Games like Do Not Feed the Monkeys
DetectiveInvestigation
3 games that share both with Orwell: Ignorance is Strength
The Roottrees are Dead
Orwell, but three times the hours, and even better loved
Loved · 96%Games like The Roottrees are Dead
The Case of the Golden Idol
Orwell, but even better loved
Loved · 98%Games like The Case of the Golden Idol
And more like Orwell: Ignorance is Strength
Each with the kinds it shares, under its name.
Papers, Please
Orwell, but a job sim, and even better loved
Loved · 97%Dystopian · Point & ClickGames like Papers, Please
No Case Should Remain Unsolved
Orwell, but told in text, and even better loved
Loved · 96%Interactive Fiction · InvestigationGames like No Case Should Remain Unsolved
Another Lost Phone: Laura's Story
Orwell, but half the hours
Loved · 91%Detective · Interactive FictionGames like Another Lost Phone: Laura's Story
Cyber Manhunt
Orwell, but cyberpunk, and twice the hours
Loved · 92%Hacking · DetectiveGames like Cyber Manhunt
A Normal Lost Phone
Orwell, but a third of the hours
Liked · 89%Interactive Fiction · DetectiveGames like A Normal Lost Phone
SIMULACRA
Orwell, but a horror game, and psychological horror
Loved · 90%Detective · Choices MatterGames like SIMULACRA
Cyber Manhunt 2: New World - The Hacking Simulator
Orwell, but darkly funny, and twice the hours
Loved · 93%Detective · HackingGames like Cyber Manhunt 2: New World - The Hacking Simulator
Agent A: A puzzle in disguise
Orwell, but an escape room game, and wholesome
Loved · 95%Espionage · DetectiveGames like Agent A: A puzzle in disguise
Strange Horticulture
Orwell, but a shopkeeping game, and cozy
Loved · 94%Detective · MysteryGames like Strange Horticulture
Unheard - Voices of Crime
Orwell, but top-down
Loved · 96%Detective · MysteryGames like Unheard - Voices of Crime
Suzerain
Orwell, but told in text, and four times the hours
Loved · 92%Political Sim · Interactive FictionGames like Suzerain
Gamedec - Definitive Edition
Orwell, but a CRPG, and twice the hours
Liked · 80%Espionage · DetectiveGames like Gamedec - Definitive Edition
Pentiment
Orwell, but hand-drawn, and historical
Loved · 95%Interactive Fiction · InvestigationGames like Pentiment
AI: The Somnium Files
Orwell, but anime, and five times the hours
Loved · 91%Detective · Visual NovelGames like AI: The Somnium Files
Analogue: A Hate Story
Orwell, but sci-fi, and anime
Loved · 93%Hacking · Interactive FictionGames like Analogue: A Hate Story
The Walking Dead: The Telltale Definitive Series
Orwell, but horror, and seven times the hours
Loved · 97%Choices Matter · Interactive FictionGames like The Walking Dead: The Telltale Definitive Series
Aviary Attorney
Orwell, but funny, and hand-drawn
Loved · 95%Detective · Visual NovelGames like Aviary Attorney
Which of these do you already own?
Your Steam profile link or name: the games here that sit in your library unopened are wrapped and lit. Public profiles only. No account needed, and no library is saved.
Games like another game
How this list is made
A game is here when it shares the strongest of Orwell: Ignorance is Strength's Steam community tags, Steam genres and IGDB themes, each shared tag counting for more the fewer games carry it: two metroidvanias are alike, two action games barely. Games of Orwell: Ignorance is Strength's own series that play like it stand apart, above the list, and take no place on it. A similar typical length breaks near-ties, and a game sold twice is shown once. A game Steam marks adult-only is listed only for a game that is one too. Games that share the same kinds with Orwell: Ignorance is Strength stand together, under those kinds. Up to 30 games are shown, and the list stops where they grow much less alike. Where to start: the closest; the best loved of the closest fifteen with 10,000 reviews or more; the shortest of the ones 80% or more recommend; and a hidden gem, 90% or more but under 10,000 reviews.
Under each name, how it differs from Orwell: Ignorance is Strength: a kind of game it is that Orwell: Ignorance is Strength is not, a feature its strongest Steam tags carry that Orwell: Ignorance is Strength's barely do, how many hours people play it beside Orwell: Ignorance is Strength, and how its reviewers feel beside Orwell: Ignorance is Strength's.
The sticker on a case is the hours its own page leads with: half of the game's Steam reviewers had played that long or less when they gave their verdict. It is not a time to beat. Under a name, the share of its Steam reviewers who recommend it: loved at 90% or more, liked at 80%, mixed at 65%.