Games like Orwell: Ignorance is Strength
If Orwell: Ignorance is Strength is your kind of game, the closest matches are Orwell: Keeping an Eye On You, VSCS-II and Not For Broadcast — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its contemplative, stressful and tense. 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 →Orwell: Ignorance is Strength is a 2018 indie adventure and simulation game that blends a text‑search narrative with a political thriller about surveillance. Set in a dystopian secret‑government program, the player manages data‑chunk files, uses an influencer tool, crafts propaganda, filters search results, and faces time‑based stakes while making moral decisions. Players describe the experience as contemplative, stressful, tense and unsettling, while reviewers highlight how the late‑game influencer tool shapes public opinion, the moral ambiguity present in every uploaded fact, and how plausible propaganda feels eerily relevant. The game costs $2.99 USD, runs as a solo‑only title with a normal difficulty and a short, sit‑down session shape, and is rated playable on Steam Deck with a 76% positive reception from 1,068 Steam reviews.
About Orwell: Ignorance is Strength: Step into the shoes of a government official in a top-secret department of the Orwell surveillance program. Given the power to both uncover and fabricate "the truth", how far will you go in the service of your country? Season 2 of Orwell, the award-winning surveillance thriller.
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Orwell: Keeping an Eye On You
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Shares a tense mood with Orwell: Ignorance is Strength.
Top pick for Orwell: Ignorance is Strength fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Orwell: Ignorance is Strength.
Big Brother has arrived - and it’s you. Investigate the lives of citizens to find those responsible for a series of terror attacks. Information from the internet, personal communications and private files are all accessible to you. But, be warned, the information you supply will have consequences.
VSCS-II
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Shares a stressful mood with Orwell: Ignorance is Strength.
Second-strongest match for Orwell: Ignorance is Strength fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Orwell: Ignorance is Strength.
VSCS-II is a retro-styled narrative game about privacy and security. Using an upgraded '80s operating system, navigate an underground network to make connections, unearth conspiracies, and ultimately decide the fate of the dark web.
Not For Broadcast
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Third-strongest match for Orwell: Ignorance is Strength fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Orwell: Ignorance is Strength.
A new political Party has won a landslide in the General Election, and for some reason the editor at the news station you work at has done a runner. Now it’s up to you, the Janitor, to take over the editing booth in this tumultuous time - will you help the government, or stand in their way?
Ministry of Truth: 1964
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Ranked #4 for Orwell: Ignorance is Strength fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Orwell: Ignorance is Strength.
MINISTRY OF TRUTH: 1984 is a story-driven simulator in a totalitarian society. Become an official, manipulate facts, rewrite history, and provide the ‘truth’ to the public. Choose: obey or fight against the regime. Big Brother is watching you! This game is inspired by George Orwell’s classic novel.
Headliner: NoviNews
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Ranked #5 for Orwell: Ignorance is Strength fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Orwell: Ignorance is Strength.
Award-winning adventure where you control the news and its impact on society, your friends and career. Different choices lead to unique combinations of endings. Share your story with the community, and see what the players before you did.
Replica
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Ranked #6 for Orwell: Ignorance is Strength fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Orwell: Ignorance is Strength.
Replica is an interactive novel game played through a cellphone and social media. The insane experience of peeping into someone's private life through a cellphone will transform you into the state's greatest patriot.
Beholder 2
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Shares moral decision making and a tense mood with Orwell: Ignorance is Strength.
Ranked #7 for Orwell: Ignorance is Strength fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Orwell: Ignorance is Strength.
You are an intern at the central ministry of a totalitarian state with your whole career ahead of you. Work your way up the ladder by scheming against employees, spying on your boss, and completing paperwork. Or do you turn against the state and expose corruption. The choice is still yours to make!
Suzerain
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Shares a tense mood with Orwell: Ignorance is Strength.
Ranked #8 for Orwell: Ignorance is Strength fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Orwell: Ignorance is Strength.
Assume the role of President Anton Rayne and guide the nation of Sordland. Amidst brewing international conflicts, need for reform, deep-seated corruption, and economic recession, you must make the decisions in this political drama. How will you lead?
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Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Orwell: Ignorance is Strength at current Steam store prices.
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Priced ~67% under Orwell: Ignorance is Strength on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Orwell: Ignorance is Strength.
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Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
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Priced ~50% under Orwell: Ignorance is Strength on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Orwell: Ignorance is Strength.
A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.
Blood and Bacon
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Priced ~67% under Orwell: Ignorance is Strength on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Orwell: Ignorance is Strength.
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shapez
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Priced ~67% under Orwell: Ignorance is Strength on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Orwell: Ignorance is Strength.
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Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad
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Priced ~67% under Orwell: Ignorance is Strength on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Orwell: Ignorance is Strength.
"Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad?" is a fast paced shower-simulation where you shower with your 8-bit dad.It's good, clean fun!
Bit Blaster XL
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Priced ~67% under Orwell: Ignorance is Strength on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Orwell: Ignorance is Strength.
Bit Blaster XL is a fast-paced, retro arcade shoot 'em up (shmup) inspired by the classic quarter-munchers of the ‘80s. Easy to pick up, hard to put down, boost, dodge, shoot, and chase high scores in this addictive, old-school action game!
Dictators:No Peace Countryballs
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Priced ~67% under Orwell: Ignorance is Strength on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Orwell: Ignorance is Strength.
Dictators : No Peace Countryballs is a war simulation and dictator game. This is a fun,simple and some say a funny countryballs game. If you like simulation games, you will love playing Dictators : No Peace. Play as a dictator of your favourite country and colonize the world.
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Doki Doki Literature Club!
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Orwell: Ignorance is Strength.
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Life is Strange - Episode 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Orwell: Ignorance is Strength.
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ENA: Dream BBQ
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Orwell: Ignorance is Strength.
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The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
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Indigo Park: Chapter 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Orwell: Ignorance is Strength.
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Frequently asked about Orwell: Ignorance is Strength
- Does Orwell: Ignorance is Strength run on Steam Deck?
- Orwell: Ignorance is Strength is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
- How much does Orwell: Ignorance is Strength cost?
- Orwell: Ignorance is Strength is listed on Steam at 2.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Orwell: Ignorance is Strength?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Orwell: Ignorance is Strength are Orwell: Keeping an Eye On You, VSCS-II, Not For Broadcast.
- Who developed Orwell: Ignorance is Strength?
- Orwell: Ignorance is Strength was developed by Osmotic Studios and published by Daedalic Entertainment.
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