Games like Not a Dream Job
If Not a Dream Job is your kind of game, the closest matches are Blêktre 2081, If You Build It, Everyone Dies! and Metaneurosis — 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.
Get personalized picks →About Not a Dream Job: Have you ever found yourself in a situation where you have no other choice and have to act according to circumstances, trying to survive? When your words and actions literally depend on your life? This game is about that. Read below for more information about the game.
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Blêktre 2081
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Top pick for Not a Dream Job fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Not a Dream Job.
Blêktre 2081 is a dystopian adventure set in a turbo-capitalist city where players mess with the economy, the rules, and each other.
If You Build It, Everyone Dies!
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Second-strongest match for Not a Dream Job fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Not a Dream Job.
Play as the "Techno King" of a thriving Silicon Valley startup in this active incremental game. Fulfill contracts, harvest data, fabricate supply chains, manufacture consent, bio-integrate with humans, and transcend space and time itself in a dark satire of the retro-futuristic Brave New World.
Metaneurosis
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Not a Dream Job fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Not a Dream Job.
What defines a person's worth? A surreal, turn-based RPG, where tactics meet absurdity. Customize your character, battle strange enemies, and navigate worlds where dark humor masks something deeper.
Bug Bounty Hunter --Idle
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Ranked #4 for Not a Dream Job fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Not a Dream Job.
An idle hacking sim where you scan for real vulnerabilities, automate your tools, and manage CPU, RAM, and heat before your machine crashes. Climb bounty programs, deploy to the cloud, and build a satirical hacking career from your terminal.
Tube2K
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Ranked #5 for Not a Dream Job fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Not a Dream Job.
It's 2005 and you are about to build the video sharing platform that will change the world. Will you bring about the Golden Age of humanity or bring it to its knees?
Pay Off The Mortgage
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Ranked #6 for Not a Dream Job fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Not a Dream Job.
Pay Off The Mortgage is a cozy clicker where every dollar matters. Work, get promoted, survive the bank’s endless taunts and hunger for your money, and chase the impossible dream of owning your home. But whatever happens… Please take care of Greg, he keeps the house warm.
Tramp: Become President
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Ranked #7 for Not a Dream Job fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Not a Dream Job.
This is your cyber begging companion: collect, craft, and trade hundreds of items, recruit a cast of eccentric NPCs, explore the sewers, build your business empire, dodge taxes, and buy votes on the black market. One day, you'll be shouting from the back of your own presidential campaign truck.
Not a Trolley Problem!
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Ranked #8 for Not a Dream Job fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Not a Dream Job.
Pull the lever to start the trolley. Keep pulling to go faster. Throw people onto the rails to earn coins. Spend coins to expand your upgrade tree. Face absurd trolley dilemmas in this absurd-comedy incremental game.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Not a Dream Job at current Steam store prices.
QUICKERFLAK
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Priced ~51% under Not a Dream Job on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Not a Dream Job.
QUICKERFLAK is an experimental fast-paced time-attack top-down combat retro-hardcore minigame, that can be finished in a minute.
Save Jesus
WHY THIS
Priced ~51% under Not a Dream Job on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Not a Dream Job.
Someone is trying to murder Jesus. Disguised as Caesar with the Roman Empire by his side, an evil impostor from the future has set hundreds of deadly traps. Redirect the traps, kill the Romans and protect Jesus!
Gachi Heroes
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Priced ~51% under Not a Dream Job on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Not a Dream Job.
Gachi Heroes is a game about the dark fantasies. That's amazing an endlass journey in which you will know yourself with your favorite gachimuchi characters. How deep would you go?
Trip to Vinelands
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Priced ~51% under Not a Dream Job on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Not a Dream Job.
Trip to Vinelands is an arcade retro hardcore maze wanderer minigame.
Shotgun Legend
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Priced ~51% under Not a Dream Job on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with Not a Dream Job.
Eugene must battle aliens and the undead in search of a truck rim, as it seems to be his ticket home.
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Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.
Ultimate Custom Night
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Not a Dream Job.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Not a Dream Job.
Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?
ENA: Dream BBQ
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Not a Dream Job.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Not a Dream Job.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Sheepy: A Short Adventure
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Not a Dream Job.
A Short Handcrafted Pixel Art Platformer that follows Sheepy, an abandoned plushy brought to life. Sheepy: A Short Adventure is the first short game from MrSuicideSheep.
missed messages.
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Not a Dream Job.
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
NGU IDLE
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Not a Dream Job.
NGU Idle is a Free To Play Idle game that's full of weird humor, tons of upgrades and hundreds of hours of content! Try out NGU Idle today and experience the joy of Numbers Going Up!
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Frequently asked about Not a Dream Job
- How much does Not a Dream Job cost?
- Not a Dream Job is listed on Steam at 0.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Not a Dream Job?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Not a Dream Job are Blêktre 2081, If You Build It, Everyone Dies!, Metaneurosis.
- Who developed Not a Dream Job?
- Not a Dream Job was developed by Eternity Games Studio and published by TARS.
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