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What Awaits, Aleksey?
Games like What Awaits, Aleksey?

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Games like What Awaits, Aleksey?

A challenging, short desk investigation game about piecing together a paper trail of coded messages and deciding what to do with the truth.

A Hand With Many Fingers
A short, non-linear CIA-archive investigation where you search classified documents to unravel a conspiracy; praised for its research feel but divisive for its abrupt ending.
2020-06-09
- First person

Thriller

Adventure

Indie

Historical

Mystery

Drama

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Over the Alps

A short, choices-driven spy thriller set in 1930s Switzerland, told through interactive postcards with strong writing and a suspenseful tone.

2020-03-31

Adventure
Indie
Role-playing (RPG)

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Thank You For Your Application

A compact, story-driven interview simulation about screening resumes and sending thank-you letters in a bleak corporate world, with engaging paperwork gameplay but a story that reviewers find lacking in humanity.

2026-06-19

Science fiction
Indie
Simulator
Role-playing (RPG)

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The Ratline

A 1971 single-player detective thriller about hunting Nazi fugitives, driven by evidence analysis and sharp deductions, with a compelling story and some tedious mechanics in about 8.5 hours.

2026-03-17

Adventure
Indie

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The Darkest Files

A somber historical detective adventure set in post-war Germany, where you gather evidence and interview witnesses to prosecute escaped Nazis in a roughly 9–11 hour narrative.

2025-03-25

First person
Puzzle
Adventure
Indie
Simulator
Text
Historical
Mystery
Drama

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Ostalgie: The Berlin Wall

A single-player political simulation in which players manage East German party leadership and diplomacy during the Cold War's end, with non-linear scenarios offering alternate history.

2018-03-25

Strategy
Indie
Simulator
Text
Historical

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Orwell: Keeping an Eye On You

A short dystopian surveillance thriller where you mine citizens' digital lives for evidence and your reporting determines who gets arrested.

2016-10-27

Science fiction
Thriller
Adventure
Indie
Simulator
Text
Mystery
Drama
Visual Novel

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Contraband Police

A single-player border-inspection sim set in a corrupt 1980s communist country, blending document forgery checks with car chases, sneaking missions, and checkpoint upgrades.

2023-03-08

Shooter
Action
First person
Adventure
Third person
Indie
Simulator
Stealth

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Interrogation: You will be deceived

A single-player political thriller about a detective using interrogation and moral compromise to stop terrorists, with engaging writing but slow pace and a short ~3-hour campaign.

2019-12-05

First person
Puzzle
Thriller
Adventure
Strategy
Tactical
Indie
Simulator
Text
Role-playing (RPG)
Mystery
Point-and-click
Drama

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Orwell: Ignorance is Strength

A roughly four-hour dystopian surveillance thriller focused on hacking, investigations, and morally weighty choices.

2018-02-22

Puzzle
Thriller
Adventure
Indie
Simulator
Text
Mystery
Point-and-click
Visual Novel

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DEAD LETTER DEPT.

A short (~3–4 hour) atmospheric horror game about transcribing lost mail, where typing busywork gives way to creeping oddities and a Silent Hill–inspired mystery.

2025-01-30

First person
Horror
Indie
Simulator
Text

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The Operator

A ~4-hour detective sim set in a simulated OS, with FMV storytelling and an intriguing conspiracy that's hampered by linear choices and a rushed ending.

2024-07-22

First person
Puzzle
Thriller
Adventure
Indie
Simulator
Text
Mystery
Point-and-click