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Games About Work That Understand Why Work Is Complicated

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Games Where Bureaucracy Becomes a Brilliant Mechanic
Games Where Bureaucracy Becomes a Brilliant Mechanic
by game_tinkerer  • 
5 in common: Death and Taxes, Not Tonight and 3 more
For players who find rules most interesting when they meet actual people. These games turn checking, sorting, recording and approving into the way you make decisions, rather than leaving the...
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Simulation Games That Turn an Ordinary Job Into a Great Evening
Simulation Games That Turn an Ordinary Job Into a Great Evening
by game_tinkerer  • 
5 in common: Sticky Business, Hardspace: Shipbreaker and 3 more
A clear brief, a useful tool and something visibly better at the end can make a surprisingly good evening. These work simulations and job-centred puzzles turn cleaning, repairing, delivering...
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Games About Ordinary Lives That Become Extraordinary
Games About Ordinary Lives That Become Extraordinary
by game_tinkerer  • 
5 in common: Neo Cab, VA-11 Hall-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action and 3 more
A meal, a delivery route or an afternoon with a neighbour can become the heart of a remarkable story. These games keep daily life central: the work continues to matter when family history, social...
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Games With Great Stories and Forgiving Controls
Games With Great Stories and Forgiving Controls
by game_tinkerer  • 
4 in common: Eliza, Neo Cab and 2 more
Strong stories can ask a great deal of your judgement without asking for perfect jumps or constant camera control. These recommendations refer to the PC versions and favour conversation...
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Story Games for People Who Love a Good Novel
Story Games for People Who Love a Good Novel
by game_tinkerer  • 
3 in common: Eliza, VA-11 Hall-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action and 1 more
If you love a novel for its voice, its people and the work it leaves to your imagination, games have several ways to meet you. These choices use conversation, observation, decisions and sometimes...
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Games Where the Journey Matters More Than the Ending
Games Where the Journey Matters More Than the Ending
by game_tinkerer  • 
2 in common: Cloudpunk and Lake
Some games are at their best while you are still on the way: finding a route over a hill, stopping to hear somebody's story or returning to a place that has become familiar. These picks favour...
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Games With Interfaces That Are Part of the World
Games With Interfaces That Are Part of the World
by game_tinkerer  • 
2 in common: Not for Broadcast and Papers, Please
I enjoy an instrument that feels as though my character could actually use it. These games make documents, tools, terminals or control stations part of how you understand and act on the world. I...
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Games Where Tidying Up Is Strangely Satisfying
Games Where Tidying Up Is Strangely Satisfying
by game_tinkerer  • 
In common: Wilmot's Warehouse
A cleared floor, an unpacked box or the last object fitting neatly into place can be a surprisingly good reason to play. These games turn disorder into something you can put right with your hands...
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Detective Games That Let You Do the Detecting
Detective Games That Let You Do the Detecting
by game_tinkerer  • 
In common: The Operator
These mysteries leave an important part of the reasoning to you: connecting testimony, identifying people, reconstructing a sequence or deciding what the evidence can support. Some check a written...
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Games for People Who Think They Do Not Like Games
Games for People Who Think They Do Not Like Games
by game_tinkerer  • 
In common: Sticky Business
You do not need to learn a controller before finding something worth playing. These are starting points for people drawn to stories, music, making things or laughing with friends, with the opening...
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Space Games That Capture the Loneliness Between Stars
Space Games That Capture the Loneliness Between Stars
by game_tinkerer  • 
In common: Hardspace: Shipbreaker
Space feels lonely when a signal is distant, a hull is fragile or an ordinary task must be managed without anyone nearby. These games find that atmosphere through long journeys, empty stations...
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Games Where Food Brings People Together
Games Where Food Brings People Together
by game_tinkerer  • 
In common: Good Pizza, Great Pizza
A meal can carry a family memory, give a stranger a reason to sit down or turn a group of friends into a kitchen team. These games make preparing, serving or sharing part of a relationship. Most...
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Games With a Gentle Pace and a Proper Ending
Games With a Gentle Pace and a Proper Ending
by game_tinkerer  • 
In common: Lake
A quiet game can still give you the satisfaction of reaching the end. These journeys have a defined conclusion without asking you to maintain an endless farm, return on real-world dates or clear...
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RPGs Where Failure Makes the Story More Interesting
RPGs Where Failure Makes the Story More Interesting
by game_tinkerer  • 
In common: Citizen Sleeper
A character who never misreads a room or loses a contest can miss some very good scenes. These RPGs give you reasons to let an imperfect result become part of the story: revealing dialogue, a...
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Gentle Games for an Exhausting Evening
Gentle Games for an Exhausting Evening
by game_tinkerer  • 
In common: Lake
Some evenings need a small, agreeable thing to do. Build a wall, find a cat, put a book on a shelf or follow a path simply because it looks inviting. These games give you something to attend to...
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Games for People Who Struggle With First-Person Motion
Games for People Who Struggle With First-Person Motion
by game_tinkerer  • 
In common: Papers, Please
I favour games that let me study a stable scene, choose when it changes and spend less time turning a camera. This selection offers alternatives to first-person movement, from fixed puzzle rooms...
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Mobile Games With a Complete Experience Worth Paying For
Mobile Games With a Complete Experience Worth Paying For
by game_tinkerer  • 
In common: Papers, Please
A phone game can offer a whole campaign, a carefully made puzzle collection or a deep replayable system without asking you to buy another handful of energy. These choices earn their place through...
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Solo-Developed Games With a Distinctive Point of View
Solo-Developed Games With a Distinctive Point of View
by game_tinkerer  • 
In common: Papers, Please
Games whose original core development was led primarily by one person, chosen for a recognisable creative idea rather than the romance of working alone. Music, art, writing, voices, business...
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Video Games Everyone Should Play at Least Once
Video Games Everyone Should Play at Least Once
by game_tinkerer  • 
2 in common: Papers, Please and Citizen Sleeper
A starting shelf for discovering what games can do: let you solve a problem your own way, inhabit an unfamiliar life, build something personal or share a ridiculous evening. These choices cross...
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Games That Made Me Fall in Love With Gaming Again
Games That Made Me Fall in Love With Gaming Again
by game_tinkerer  • 
In common: Citizen Sleeper
Coming back to games after a break can begin with a small pleasure: a satisfying glide, a mischievous idea or a mystery you genuinely work out yourself. These picks are for someone tired of...
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