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2018PC66 % positive12.49 €

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.

  • Choices with consequences
  • Strong, story-driven narrative
  • Dark, serious atmosphere
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The closest matches for Need to Know are Orwell: Keeping an Eye on You, JudgeSim and Orwell: Ignorance is Strength. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Need to Know special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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Orwell: Keeping an Eye on You

96 %Match

2016PCNintendo SwitchSteam Deck playable90 % positive9.99 €

Brings what grabs you about Need to Know: choices with consequences, a strong story and a dark atmosphere.

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.

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JudgeSim

Dark, serious atmosphere

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.

Orwell: Ignorance is Strength

Dark, serious atmosphere

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.

Do Not Feed the Monkeys

Dark, serious atmosphere

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.

Façade

Accessible and relaxed

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.

Gaokao.Love.100Days

Accessible and relaxed

You have 100 days until the Gaokao, China's national college entrance exam, and must decide whether love still fits in. Balancing grades and romance with classmates shapes how your story unfolds.

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