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2024 PC 6.89 € 👍 85 % Very positive, 919 reviews on Steam

You play a judge in a corrupt, crisis-ridden island republic, issuing verdicts that balance justice, morality and outside pressure. The focus is on decisions and weighing cases rather than action.

What defines JudgeSim:

  • Choices with consequences
  • Dark, serious atmosphere
  • Strong, story-driven narrative

The closest matches for JudgeSim are Need to Know, Uncover the Smoking Gun and She Sees Red. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes JudgeSim special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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Need to Know

98 %

2018 PC 12.49 € 👍 66 % Mixed, 286 reviews on Steam

  • Choices with consequences
  • Strong, story-driven narrative
  • Dark, serious atmosphere

You play an analyst at an intelligence-style agency, surveilling citizens and deciding whether to serve the surveillance state, aid the resistance, or exploit the information for yourself. An indie game about privacy and moral choices.

Uncover the Smoking Gun

Linear, curated structure

As a veteran detective, you interrogate suspects through chat conversations and must use clever dialogue and gathered clues to expose the truth. A small indie investigation game blending puzzle solving with persuasion.

She Sees Red

Choices with consequences

An interactive live-action thriller where you play a detective hunting a killer after a nightclub massacre. Your decisions branch the plot and lead to multiple outcomes.

Orwell: Keeping an Eye on You

Choices with consequences

You work as an investigator for a government surveillance program, combing through chats, files and profiles of citizens and deciding which information to pass on. It makes the moral cost of mass surveillance tangible within a gripping thriller story.

Orwell: Ignorance is Strength

Choices with consequences

You work as an investigator in the Orwell surveillance program, combing through chats, files and profiles for clues, with the power to manipulate the information you find. A dark surveillance thriller where your decisions carry real moral weight.

The Isle Tide Hotel

Choices with consequences

A live-action FMV mystery where you play a father trying to rescue his daughter from an eccentric cult. Your decisions, clues and puzzles unlock hidden scenes and multiple endings.

Interrogation: You Will Be Deceived

Choices with consequences

As a police detective you question terror suspects in conversation puzzles while managing your team and its reputation. You choose whether to manipulate, threaten or torture, and live with the moral consequences.

Tails Noir Preludes

Choices with consequences

A narrative noir prequel to Tails Noir, told through interactive vignettes about four characters at formative life moments, where your choices shape who they become and how they affect others.

Replica

Choices with consequences

You dig through a suspected terrorist's smartphone, reading messages, photos and apps, and decide how to judge them. A short, dark thriller about surveillance, morality and manipulation.

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