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Games like Japanese Salaryman

If Japanese Salaryman is your kind of game, the closest matches are Would you sell your soul, Interrogation: You will be deceived and We. The Revolution — picked from the ranked list below. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.

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About Japanese Salaryman: Fight to escape debt in a world of corporate intrigue where reputation and information are your currency. Sell sensitive information & navigate office politics in this Office-noir RPG set in 1990s Japan.

2026StrategyIndieAdventureSimulationRPGWindows · macOSby Antikat, cNel
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Steam players who put hours into Japanese Salaryman also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.

  1. Would you sell your soul

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Japanese Salaryman fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Japanese Salaryman.

    Choose Your Story: Choices & Decisions game, Mystery visual novel adventure game

    2024IndieAdventureSimulation8.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Interrogation: You will be deceived

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Japanese Salaryman fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Japanese Salaryman.

    As a detective tasked with bringing down a dangerous terrorist group, you fight on two fronts: interrogating suspects & managing your team and its reputation. With time running out, how far will you go to stop these criminals? Manipulation, threats or even torture? Does the end justify the means?

    2019StrategyIndieAdventure12.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. We. The Revolution

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Japanese Salaryman fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Japanese Salaryman.

    As a judge of the Revolutionary Tribunal, preside over complicated cases of ordinary citizens, dangerous criminals, and enemies of the revolution in revolutionary Paris. Make judgments, plot political intrigue, and try to not lose your own head!

    2019Strategy19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Antioch: Scarlet Bay

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Japanese Salaryman fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Japanese Salaryman.

    Antioch: Scarlet Bay is an online cooperative narrative adventure. Play as two detectives working together to solve a murder in the shadowy city of Antioch. Wander in a city filled with characters with their own agendas and attitudes, all your decisions change the story and lead to multi endings.

    2022IndieAdventureCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Lacuna – A Sci-Fi Noir Adventure

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Japanese Salaryman fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Japanese Salaryman.

    A murder. A hack. A bombing. All it takes to plunge the solar system into war – unless you do something about it. Help CDI agent Neil Conrad make a string of increasingly difficult decisions in this modern dialog-driven adventure set in a gorgeous 2D sci-fi noir universe.

    2021IndieAdventure15.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Loretta

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Japanese Salaryman fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Japanese Salaryman.

    Loretta is a psychological thriller that makes the player an accessory to the heroine’s crimes, leading her through a self-crafted nightmare. Loretta’s story revolves around a woman handling betrayal, her husband’s infidelity, and reclaiming her agency during the socially tumultuous 1940s.

    2023IndieAdventureCasual14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Lightracer: For Judge

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Japanese Salaryman fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Japanese Salaryman.

    In a dystopian future, as The Judge with immense power, you journey through space to find hope in a divided society. This sci-fi adventure explores hope amidst adversity.

    2025StrategyIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. For the People

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Japanese Salaryman fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Japanese Salaryman.

    For the People is a mix of a political management sim and a visual novel, putting players in the shoes of an idealistic young state official tasked with shaping the future of a communist factory town. Will the party provide for the people, or are the people just cogs in its machine?..

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation16.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. missed messages.

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Japanese Salaryman.

    ‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.

    2019IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. A Date with Death

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Japanese Salaryman.

    Fight against & romance the one hunting for your soul in A Date with Death, a romance chat simulator where you date(?) the Grim Reaper himself. Create your own character, decorate your apartment, and chat away with the charming yet dangerous Grim Reaper through text and video calls.

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Grimm's Hollow

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Japanese Salaryman.

    A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.

    2019IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. UNBEATABLE [white label]

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Japanese Salaryman.

    A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.

    2021ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Magic Archery

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Japanese Salaryman.

    Train a commoner to become the greatest archer in this short incremental game! Increase your stats, gather wealth from quests, buy upgrades, and infuse your arrows with magic.

    2024IndieSimulationRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Eternal Senia

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with Japanese Salaryman.

    Thoughts and expectations ARPG

    2015ActionIndieRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Paper Lily - Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Japanese Salaryman.

    Paper Lily is an RPG horror game in which you can solve puzzles in different ways. Explore a hidden world, meet strange characters, and guide Lacie as she attempts to find answers about her unusual condition.

    2024IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Z.A.T.O. // I Love the World and Everything In It

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Japanese Salaryman.

    USSR, 1986. A girl goes missing in the closed city of Vorkuta-5, yet not a soul seems to be concerned. Uncover the mystery behind her disappearance and transmit your signal to the universe.

    2025IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Japanese Salaryman

What games are most similar to Japanese Salaryman?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Japanese Salaryman are Would you sell your soul, Interrogation: You will be deceived, We. The Revolution.
Who developed Japanese Salaryman?
Japanese Salaryman was developed by Antikat, cNel and published by Antikat.

imho.run ranks Steam game alternatives using a mix of collaborative filtering (ALS / iALS / EASE / LightGCN), content scoring over genres, categories, Steam tags, developers, and publishers, plus AI-extracted vibes mined from review text. The page above is generated in seed mode anchored on Japanese Salaryman.

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