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Games like The Yield

If The Yield is your kind of game, the closest matches are Teller's Duty, TOMORROW'S DAY and Don't Forget the Phone — 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 The Yield: A minimalistic dystopian inspector simulator. Inspect packages, verify data, and log violations on your work sheet. Every mistake or delay brings you closer to a shift failure. Don't let the timer catch you off guard.

IndieSimulationWindowsby Slugabeds
The Yield — Steam game cover

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Steam players who put hours into The Yield 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. Teller's Duty

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for The Yield fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Yield.

    In 1980, you land a teller job at Kertasia Bank thanks to your distant uncle. But the bank follows bizarre rules set by a foolish government. Face strict policies, tough customers, and moral choices while saving for your mom’s medical bills. Your fate is in your hands.

    2026IndieAdventureSimulation9.59 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. TOMORROW'S DAY

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for The Yield fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Yield.

    Dallas, Texas, 1999. Congratulations, James Steel, you are now an agent of Dallas' Internal Security. The security of the United States is at risk; communism is spreading through our streets and threatening our institutions. You must stop it.

    IndieAdventureSimulationFreeSteam ↗
  3. Don't Forget the Phone

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for The Yield fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with The Yield.

    Experience a point & click time management game that puts your multi-tasking to the test. Complete all of your tasks before sunrise, but watch out for anything that may have escaped the lab below.

    2026ActionIndieSteam ↗
  4. Under Review

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for The Yield fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Yield.

    Welcome to the heart of a 1980s bureaucracy. Review applicant files, cross-check records, and make heavy moral decisions. Amidst strange rumors of an unidentified illness, will you uncover the dark truth or become an accomplice to the system?

    2026IndieAdventureSimulationSteam ↗
  5. The Employment Collection

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for The Yield fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Yield.

    A collection of short corpocore games. Organize exploding boxes for heartless megacorps, survive intense job interviews in other dimensions, ship game carts while dodging the publisher police, literally K.O. your co-workers, and more!

    2022ActionIndieAdventure4.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. SysAdmin Odyssey - Back to the office

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for The Yield fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with The Yield.

    The SysAdmin simulator is a sandbox in which you can try on the role of a system administrator. Every new game day you will face different tasks and problems in the office where you work.

    2026SimulationEarly Access8.30 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Dystopicon

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for The Yield fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Yield.

    An uncomfortable dystopian time-management game where your job is watching TV to earn money and buy services to survive after robots replace humans at work. Choose to be a good citizen or a rebel. But beware! Curiosity has a price in this dystopian life simulator.

    2026IndieSimulation7.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Happy's Humble Burger Farm

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for The Yield fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Yield.

    Congrats, you're hired! Serve customers and maintain the Happy's Humble Burger Farm restaurant alone on the overnight. But be careful; things fall apart if you mess up! After work, head home and keep your eyes open for a way to escape the Barnyard Buds and their fast food fever-dream.

    2021ActionIndieAdventure3.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Doki Doki Literature Club!

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Yield.

    The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.

    2017IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

    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.

    2015ActionAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Yield.

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  4. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

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

    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?

    2025IndieSimulationMassively MultiplayerFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Yield.

    Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog

    WHY THIS

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

    Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Yield.

    Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.

    2024ActionFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about The Yield

What games are most similar to The Yield?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Yield are Teller's Duty, TOMORROW'S DAY, Don't Forget the Phone.
Who developed The Yield?
The Yield was developed by Slugabeds.

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 The Yield.

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