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Games like Alter Ego

1986

You create a character and guide them through seven life phases, from infancy to old age. Every choice on the situation cards shapes personality, health and what comes next, and a bad decision can end the life early.

  • Choices with consequences

The closest matches for Alter Ego are Façade, Reigns and This Grand Life. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Alter Ego special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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Façade

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2005PC

  • Choices with consequences
  • Accessible and relaxed
  • Linear, curated structure

An experimental interactive drama where you visit a quarreling married couple and type free-form text to talk with them. AI-driven characters react in real time, so each conversation unfolds differently and can save or wreck their marriage.

Reigns

Linear, curated structure

As a monarch you swipe left or right to accept or reject advisors' requests while balancing the church, people, army and treasury. Every death leads to a new ruler, wrapped in dark humor and surprising twists.

This Grand Life

Realistic visuals

In This Grand Life you build a character and guide their finances and goals through a life that can unfold very differently depending on the starting conditions. From inherited wealth to a criminal record, you feel how strongly the past shapes what comes next.

No Time to Live

Easy to pick up

You follow an office clerk who wants to escape his dull daily routine and write a book. Whether he finds the time for his dream is up to the choices you make.

Emily is Away <3

Easy to pick up

A nostalgic chat-window story in the style of old instant messengers: you talk with Emily across several school years, and your replies shape how your relationship turns out. Short, intimate and emotional.

Emily Is Away Too

Easy to pick up

A nostalgic early-2000s instant messenger simulator where you chat with Emily and Evelyn through your senior year. Your replies shape friendships, romances and a bittersweet ending.

Emily is Away

Easy to pick up

A nostalgic interactive story told entirely through an early-2000s instant messenger, where your chat replies over several years shape a bittersweet relationship with Emily.

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