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Mission: It's Complicated (2020)

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Mission: It's Complicated
Game
Released
Superhero team chemistry. Pair two heroes for nighttime missions or daytime dates. Their bond determines which conversations and outcomes you see, and the bond can be platonic or romantic. Start here if you liked learning how the people on your Dispatch roster get along when they’re sent out together.
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Sovereign Tower (2026)

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Sovereign Tower
Game
Released
Assign the right knight. Match Knights of the Round Table to a quest by traits such as wit, strength, or magic, then deal with the result. The chance to rewind time changes how you weigh a gamble. Start here if you miss reading a job description and arguing with yourself over who should take it.
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This Is the Police

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This Is the Police
Game
Dispatch and live with the fallout. As chief Jack Boyd, you assign officers to incidents around Freeburg while his own story plays out. That puts decisions about who is available on the same screen as competing demands from the people who have power over him. Expect a much grimmer workplace than Dispatch.
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Marvel's Midnight Suns (2022)

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Marvel's Midnight Suns
Game
7.5/10on IGDB
Released
Superhero team chemistry. Spend your downtime at the Abbey building friendships, then choose heroes and their cards for turn-based battles. Pick this if you liked seeing how an awkward team meeting pays off in the field. You’ll play the missions yourself, and they ask more of you than a quick dispatch shift.
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This Is the Police 2

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This Is the Police 2
Game
Assign officers and oversee the mission. The Sharpwood department has its own mix of personalities, and some cases turn into turn-based tactics. Try it if you wanted Dispatch to follow your team after the map assignment, and you’re in the mood for harsher consequences.
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911 Operator (2017)

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911 Operator
Game
7.0/10on IGDB
Released
Triage under pressure. Listen to calls, decide what needs an immediate response, and send police, firefighters, or medical teams. Pick this for a busier version of the dispatch desk when you’d rather see if you can clear a backlog than spend the shift getting to know the crew.
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112 Operator (2020)

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112 Operator
Game
7.2/10on IGDB
Released
Triage over a bigger map. Assign emergency units while weather or a large incident creates more work elsewhere. Try the follow-up to 911 Operator when you want the calls to overlap and a decision about where to send your last available unit to affect a wider area.
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Chroma Squad (2015)

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Chroma Squad
Game
8.3/10on IGDB
Released
Run a superhero show. Hire actors, build out the studio, and combine their abilities in staged tactical battles. This is a strong pick when you want the jokes and production headaches of working with a costumed team, and have time to play the fights yourself.
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Not for Broadcast (2022)

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Not for Broadcast
Game
8.0/10on IGDB
Released
Work the control board. Pick the live camera feed, bleep language, and juggle what just happened against what viewers will see. The job is running a TV broadcast, but the appeal is close to a Dispatch shift when several things go wrong and the people talking just keep talking.
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Black Closet (2015)

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Black Closet
Game
8.0/10on IGDB
Released
Assign the investigation. As student council president, send people to look for clues or follow a suspect when a case lands on your desk. Your choices can protect the school or turn opinion against you. Try it for a small roster, personal loyalties, and trouble that starts with someone reporting a minor crisis.
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This Is the President (2021)

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This Is the President
Game
Released
Match the specialist to the crisis. Send lawyers, lobbyists, or less respectable members of your staff on jobs while managing daily crises and your approval rating. Choose this if you liked the dark comedy and the feeling that everyone on the roster has their own idea of what counts as a reasonable assignment.
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Batman: The Enemy Within (2017)

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Batman: The Enemy Within
Game
7.8/10on IGDB
Released
Superhero choices. Bruce Wayne tries to work out how far he can trust John Doe while the Bureau puts pressure on him. Try this if your favorite Dispatch scenes were the conversations where choosing how to treat someone mattered more than picking a skill to use.
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The Alters (2025)

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The Alters
Game
8.0/10on IGDB
Released
Keep an unconventional crew working. Jan Dolski needs alternate versions of himself to run a mobile base, and each brings both a specialty and a different set of regrets. Try it for the connection between staffing decisions and personal conflict, with survival and base management taking up more of your time.
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Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy (2021)

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Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy
Game
8.1/10on IGDB
Released
Lead a team that talks back. Star-Lord can call on each Guardian’s special abilities in combat and choose what to say when the team disagrees. Pick it for the jokes and bruised egos of working with a roster of misfits. The action and exploration take up much more of the game than team assignment.
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The Wolf Among Us (2013)

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The Wolf Among Us
Game
8.3/10on IGDB
Released
Branching conversations. As Bigby Wolf, investigate a murder in a community of fairy-tale characters and decide how to treat people who already have an opinion of you. This is the next stop when you want a Telltale story with tense conversations and a supernatural workplace that everyone has to live in.
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The Walking Dead (2012)

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The Walking Dead
Game
8.6/10on IGDB
Released
Branching team loyalties. Lee’s decisions about how to respond to the people around him shape the story he and Clementine share. Choose the first Telltale season if what stuck with you in Dispatch was having to answer for a choice again, long after the moment you made it.
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Freedom Force (2002)

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Freedom Force
Game
7.4/10on IGDB
Released
Build a superhero roster. Put together a comic-book squad, choosing from existing heroes or creating one of your own, and take it into tactical encounters. Pick this if you like combining different powers and want to see how the squad actually works together on the street.
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Jagged Alliance 3 (2023)

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Jagged Alliance 3
Game
8.0/10on IGDB
Released
Build a roster and take it into the field. Choose mercenaries with different specialties and personalities, then use them in turn-based engagements. Pick this for a longer game where decisions about who to hire have consequences you’ll have to deal with on the map yourself.
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