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Tech Support: Error Unknown

2019

Should you play it?

Things are not what they seem at your new tech support specialist job. While resolving customer issues, you soon find yourself in the middle of a conspiracy. Will you side with your employer, join a rogue hacktivist group bent on destroying them, assist the police or stand alone?

What works

  • Realistic and immersive tech support simulation
  • Engaging branching story with multiple endings
  • Challenging multitasking gameplay
  • Good value especially on sale
  • Relatable for players with tech support experience

Things to keep in mind

  • Repetitive customer interactions
  • Some bugs and inconsistent feedback
  • Short overall game length
  • Limited dialogue depth and customization
  • Occasional unclear instructions and ui issues

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • SIMULACRA 2

  • HackHub: Free Trial

  • Orwell: Keeping an Eye On You

  • Cyber Manhunt 2: New World - The Hacking Simulator

  • Anonymous Hacker Simulator

  • Hacknet

More fantastical

Games that feels like Tech Support: Error Unknown but with more imaginative fiction

  • Magic Research 2

  • Puzzle Quest: Immortal Edition

  • Unexplored 2: The Wayfarer's Legacy

  • SIMULACRA: Pipe Dreams

  • Dungeon Inn

  • Terraformental

Less story-driven

Games that feels like Tech Support: Error Unknown but with less narrative immersion

  • Revolution Idle

  • Idle Research

  • LuckLand

  • Tube Tycoon

  • Dice & Fold

  • Slice & Dice

More violent

Games that feels like Tech Support: Error Unknown but with more combat and destruction

  • Reality Break

  • Crush the Industry

  • Erannorth Chronicles

  • Approaching Infinity

  • Incremental Epic Hero 2

  • Cyber Manhunt

More expressive

Games that feels like Tech Support: Error Unknown but with more self-expression and customization

  • cyberpunkdreams

  • Galaxy Pass Station

  • Final Profit: A Shop RPG

  • Orb of Creation

  • Cursed Words: The Word Game That Isn't

  • Thrive

Less survival-focused

Games that feels like Tech Support: Error Unknown but with less survival pressure

  • CaseCracker

  • CaseCracker2

  • 前程似锦 Excellent Expectations

  • CaseCracker3

  • Anonymous Hacker Simulator: Prologue

  • PLATiNA :: LAB

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Tech Support: Error Unknown: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Violence, Fantasy, Thrill, Story. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Story, Survival. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Expression.

Last update: 21/08/2026