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Labor Power (2024)Released Apr 27, 2024Pull coworkers away from their screens and bring them together across the offices of Grindstone, Inc. This short browser puzzle takes its cue from Pikmin. You start out alone, and the people you persuade to come with you are what make the next room manageable.0 - 2
Union DriveA young supermarket worker wants to strengthen the union they already have. In this visual novel, conversations with coworkers let you hear why people who share a workplace might feel differently about speaking up. The browser version is designed for a phone screen.0 - 3
Lunch BreakGetting a word in before the boss reaches you is the whole game in this Sega Genesis homebrew. You spend the lunch break crossing the screen to approach coworkers and win them over. Good Praxis released it as a Genesis ROM, so you’ll need a compatible emulator to play the download.0 - 4
Picket Line (2023)Released Sep 5, 2023Stand striking workers next to each other and they become stronger. In this tower-defense game, a window lights up when someone gets inside and resumes work. Those bright windows show how close the line is to breaking. Quarc Games based the setting on a 1928 biscuit factory strike in Zagreb.0 - 5
Unionize!In this browser card game, workers’ morale and support for the union are separate numbers. A card might help one without doing much for the other. Across three rounds, you have to keep people engaged today and build enough support to carry the run.0 - 6
StachkaWalk through a workplace in a fictional country that has just gone through privatization. The small Bitsy game changes its ending depending on whether you keep working or join your coworkers’ strike. It gives a few rooms and conversations enough weight to make turning up for your usual shift feel…0 - 7
A Bewitching Revolution (2019)Released Apr 9, 2019Play a witch who uses tarot readings, potions, and spells to help people in a cyberpunk city organize. Establishing unions is among the things your neighbors can do alongside building community gardens. It’s a first-person adventure about making enough room for people to act together.0 - 8
Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus (1998)★ 8.4/10 on IGDBReleased Nov 1, 1998Abe learns that the Magog Cartel is exploiting Mudokons to make SoulStorm Brew. The 1998 adventure makes helping other Mudokons a recurring part of play. With GameSpeak, you can address a group at once, and Abe gains a way to help friends affected by the brew.0 - 9
Tacoma (2017)★ 7.1/10 on IGDBReleased Aug 2, 2017The people who run an orbital station leave behind recordings you can pause and rewind. Follow one coworker’s conversation, then go back and see what the others were doing at the same time. Piecing those accounts together lets you see what the crew owes one another and what its employer expects in…0 - 10
Disco Elysium: The Final Cut (2021)★ 9.4/10 on IGDBReleased Mar 30, 2021During a dockworkers’ strike, you can talk to union leader Evrart Claire and company representative Joyce Messier as part of your investigation. They have reasons to tell different stories about the same neighborhood. The fully voiced edition makes it particularly easy to hear when each is playing…0
