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- $2.99 (Price checked Oct 20)
- Deck Playable
- 2018
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- Released: 2016
- Developer: Double Zero One Zero
- Price: Free to play
- 76% of 275 reviews
- Genres: Indie, Simulation
- Metacritic 63
- Platforms: Windows, macOS, Linux
Players highlight
- District specific public opinion shifts
- Employee loyalty and suspicion systems
- Moral dilemmas in media manipulation
- Atmospheric
- Contemplative
- Dark
About The Westport Independent
The closest matches to The Westport Independent: Orwell: Ignorance is Strength, HEADLINER, Papers, Please, Beholder 2, and Not For Broadcast. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
If The Westport Independent is your kind of game, the closest matches are Orwell: Ignorance is Strength, HEADLINER and Papers, Please — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers describe it as atmospheric, contemplative and dark, and single out its article selection and district opinion tracking. 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.
About The Westport Independent: The Westport Independent is a censorship simulator taking place in a post-war country, governed by the recently elected Loyalist Party. As the editor of one of the last independent newspapers in the country, your job is to remove and edit the content of your paper, affecting the people’s opinion of both the rebels and the Loyalist...
Is The Westport Independent worth buying?
Mostly recommended
A summary of what players say, not a promise you'll like it. Every signal is listed below.
- 76% of 275 Steam reviews are positive.
- We don't track this game's daily reviews yet, so this is the all-time picture.
- Free to play.
- People who recommend it had played a median of 2 h when they wrote their review.
- Critics usually quit early: a median of 1.1 h played before their negative review.
What fans praise · Themes mined from positive reviews
- District specific public opinion shifts
- Employee loyalty and suspicion systems
- Moral dilemmas in media manipulation
- Short but replayable 12 week structure
Top critical reviews
The most up-voted negative English reviews in our sample, quoted as written.
“Look at the time i spent playing this game. Yup, that is a single playthrough. 12 turns, that is all. Replay value seems minor as there are hard repurcussions for extremes, so there is no Papers Please-esque payoff to certain actions. That…”
“Sadly I cannot recommend. The demo had 7 weeks, and this only has 5 more. I thought this game was going to be significatly longer, and may have some business management to it. Sadly that it not so. This somehow felt like it was just about…”
People who play it also play: Orwell: Ignorance is Strength, HEADLINER, Papers, Please
Frequently asked about The Westport Independent
Can I run it?
Is The Westport Independent free to play?
Yes — The Westport Independent is a free-to-play title on Steam. You can install and play it without buying anything, though some games include optional in-app purchases.
What games are most similar to The Westport Independent?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Westport Independent are Orwell: Ignorance is Strength, HEADLINER, Papers, Please.
Who developed The Westport Independent?
The Westport Independent was developed by Double Zero One Zero.