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2016PC75 % positive

As editor of a newspaper under an authoritarian regime, you decide each week which stories run, balancing government pressure, readers and your conscience. A short, oppressive censorship management game with multiple endings.

  • Choices with consequences
  • Dark, serious atmosphere
  • Strong, story-driven narrative
  • Distinctive, stylised art style

The closest matches for The Westport Independent are This Is the Police, Yes, Your Grace and Papers, Please. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes The Westport Independent special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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This Is the Police

94 %Match

2016PCPlayStationXboxNintendo SwitchSteam Deck playable82 % positive14.99 €

Brings what grabs you about The Westport Independent: choices with consequences, a dark atmosphere and a strong story.

As aging police chief Jack Boyd, you dispatch officers, manage staff, and make morally murky choices while scraping together retirement money over 180 days. A grim noir tale of corruption and guilt told in a stylish silhouette art style.

Papers, Please

Choices with consequences

As a border inspector in the fictional Eastern Bloc state of Arstotzka, you scrutinize paperwork under time pressure while balancing duty, your family's survival, and the fates of desperate travelers. A bleak, morally gripping game with many endings.

Suzerain

Choices with consequences

A text-heavy political simulation in which you lead the fictional nation of Sordland as president through crises, corruption and conflict. Your decisions reshape relationships, policy and the ending.

Do Not Feed the Monkeys

Choices with consequences

You join a secret club that spies on strangers through surveillance cameras and decide whether and how to interfere in their lives. You also have to pay rent and buy food, which makes every moral choice harder.

Beholder

Choices with consequences

As a state-appointed apartment manager in a totalitarian regime, you spy on tenants and make morally heavy decisions. Time, money and conscience are all scarce, and your choices lead to many different endings.

Beholder: Conductor

Choices with consequences

As a train conductor in a totalitarian state, you watch passengers, report offenses and carry out sensitive Ministry tasks. Moral dilemmas and surveillance drive this spin-off of the Beholder series.

Yes, Your Grace: Snowfall

Choices with consequences

As a king you manage scarce resources, hear petitioners and make tough calls to carry your realm and family through a brutal winter. Every choice carries consequences, and scarcity and looming threats keep the pressure on.

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