SIMULACRA 2 similar games & best alternatives

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SIMULACRA 2

Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS • 2020

Should you play it?

A dead influencer. An obsessed detective. Three suspects. Piece the truth together by going through the victim’s phone messages, videos, and social media in the follow up to the critically acclaimed SIMULACRA.

What works

  • Immersive and engaging story
  • Multiple endings and replayability
  • Unique phone interface gameplay
  • Well-developed characters and atmosphere
  • Good value for price

Things to keep in mind

  • Acting can be cringy or awkward
  • Some tedious or repetitive content
  • Limited skip options for cutscenes
  • Characters often unlikable
  • Some technical issues and bugs reported

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • SIMULACRA

  • Cyber Manhunt 2: New World - The Hacking Simulator

  • 子归 - Blossom

  • Tech Support: Error Unknown

  • Misty Judgment

  • Anonymous Hacker Simulator

More intimate

Games that feels like SIMULACRA 2 but with more focus on close relationships

  • Don't FOOL ME, Beauties!

  • Killer Chat! - Original Edition

  • Game of Fate: Chasing Through Time

  • KOEWOTAYORINI / 声之寄托

  • Hymer 2000

  • Song of Farca

Less survival-focused

Games that feels like SIMULACRA 2 but with less survival pressure

  • The Roottrees are Dead

  • Pricolage -IDOLIZED-

  • CaseCracker2

  • Confidential Killings - A Detective Game

  • 前程似锦 Excellent Expectations

  • Demons' Timeline

More violent

Games that feels like SIMULACRA 2 but with more combat and destruction

  • Heaven Does Not Respond

  • Cyber Manhunt

  • Knock Harder

  • Knock Harder: Useless

  • Do Not Feed the Monkeys

  • Last Report

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SIMULACRA 2: 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 Continuation, Exploration. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Violence.

Last update: 21/08/2026