SIMULACRA similar games & best alternatives

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SIMULACRA

PlayStation 4, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch • 2017

Should you play it?

An interactive horror experience of exploring a missing woman’s phone.

What works

  • Immersive and unique phone interface
  • Engaging mystery story with multiple endings
  • Well-designed puzzles
  • Effective audio and atmosphere
  • Good replayability

Things to keep in mind

  • Poor voice acting
  • Some jump scares considered cheap
  • Limited customization and expression
  • Lack of save points/checkpoints
  • Some narrative and puzzle pacing issues

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • SIMULACRA 2

  • The Coma 2: Vicious Sisters

  • SIMULACRA: Pipe Dreams

  • Replica

  • Orwell: Ignorance is Strength

  • Cyber Manhunt 2: New World - The Hacking Simulator

Less survival-focused

Games that feels like SIMULACRA but with less survival pressure

  • Pricolage -IDOLIZED-

  • 前程似锦 Excellent Expectations

  • TELEFORUM

  • No Case Should Remain Unsolved

  • CaseCracker2

  • √Letter - Root Letter -

More violent

Games that feels like SIMULACRA but with more combat and destruction

  • Ukraine War Stories

  • Corpse Party (2021)

  • CASE: Animatronics

  • The Monstrous Horror Show

  • Heaven Does Not Respond

  • Cellveillance

More intimate

Games that feels like SIMULACRA but with more focus on close relationships

  • Don't FOOL ME, Beauties!

  • A Normal Lost Phone

  • KOEWOTAYORINI / 声之寄托

  • Song of Farca

  • Cyber Crush 2069

  • Dry Drowning

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SIMULACRA: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Expression, Fellowship, Cooperation, Competition. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Exploration, Story. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Violence.

Last update: 21/08/2026