Games like Do Not Feed the Monkeys
If Do Not Feed the Monkeys is your kind of game, the closest matches are Beholder, Do Not Feed the Monkeys 2099 and Beholder 2 — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its choices impact the ending, dopamine explodes and memorizing information sequences. 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 →Do Not Feed the Monkeys is a surveillance puzzle game released in 2018 by Fictiorama Studios. Players monitor strangers through multiple CCTV feeds, gathering information and making decisions that affect branching narratives and multiple endings. The gameplay blends resource management, time management, and cage progression systems, with a challenging difficulty curve that rewards careful observation. Reviewers describe the experience as dark, funny, and tense, with players noting that memorizing information sequences and uncovering the game's strange narratives delivers a distinctive dopamine rush. The pixel art presentation and dark humor add atmosphere to the voyeuristic premise. It currently holds a 92% positive rating from over 2,200 Steam reviews, supports keyboard and mouse controls, and is playable on Steam Deck in short burst sessions.
About Do Not Feed the Monkeys: A digital voyeur simulator where you watch strangers through surveillance cameras. Invade their privacy and witness their most intimate moments, but don’t interact with the subjects – anything could happen if you dare feed the monkeys!
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Beholder
WHY THIS
Shares resource management and a dark mood with Do Not Feed the Monkeys.
Top pick for Do Not Feed the Monkeys fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Do Not Feed the Monkeys.
You’re a state-installed landlord in a totalitarian country. Place listening devices, steal and sneak into your tenants’ apartments. Use what you uncovered to report anyone capable of plotting against the state. You MUST! But WILL you?
Do Not Feed the Monkeys 2099
WHY THIS
Shares resource management with Do Not Feed the Monkeys.
Second-strongest match for Do Not Feed the Monkeys fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Do Not Feed the Monkeys.
Spy on strangers through security cameras, invade their privacy and discover their secrets in this digital voyeur simulator. Welcome to the future of The Primate Observation Club. Even in 2099 the rule about messing with your unlucky subjects still remains in this sequel: DO NOT feed the monkeys!
Beholder 2
WHY THIS
Shares time management and a tense mood with Do Not Feed the Monkeys.
Third-strongest match for Do Not Feed the Monkeys fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Do Not Feed the Monkeys.
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!
Corporate Entropy
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Do Not Feed the Monkeys fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Do Not Feed the Monkeys.
Climb the ladder while burning it down. In this satirical management sim, you work for a corporation rolling out ARIA — an AI that's replacing your coworkers. Balance your performance cover against quiet sabotage, organize your resistance, and survive 8 quarters with your soul mostly intact.
Mayor Quake
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Do Not Feed the Monkeys fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Do Not Feed the Monkeys.
You're the new mayor of a dystopian city on the brink of a devastating earthquake. Review building records, make urban transformation decisions, and maintain public support despite political pressure. Manage the economy and make critical choices. Can you prepare your city before disaster strikes?
Beholder 3
WHY THIS
Shares a dark mood with Do Not Feed the Monkeys.
Ranked #6 for Do Not Feed the Monkeys fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Do Not Feed the Monkeys.
When a high-ranking security officer saves you from prison, you end up a pawn in her schemes. Now you must eliminate anyone standing in the way of her secret plans and try to get your life back while working two jobs. No tenant, employee or superior is safe from your spying.
Not For Broadcast
WHY THIS
Shares a funny mood with Do Not Feed the Monkeys.
Ranked #7 for Do Not Feed the Monkeys fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Do Not Feed the Monkeys.
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?
Organs Please
WHY THIS
Shares resource management and a dark mood with Do Not Feed the Monkeys.
Ranked #8 for Do Not Feed the Monkeys fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Do Not Feed the Monkeys.
A dark and satirical management sim, where you take control of a recycling factory with a twist: it recycles humans. Your job is to decide who gets to escape our dying planet in a cozy spaceship and who sacrifices their blood, sweat and tears for humanity. Literally.
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Papers, Please
WHY THIS
Shares resource management and a tense mood with Do Not Feed the Monkeys.
Reviewers of Do Not Feed the Monkeys cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Do Not Feed the Monkeys.
Congratulations. The October labor lottery is complete. Your name was pulled. For immediate placement, report to the Ministry of Admission at Grestin Border Checkpoint. An apartment will be provided for you and your family in East Grestin. Expect a Class-8 dwelling.
Viscera Cleanup Detail
WHY THIS
Shares a dark mood with Do Not Feed the Monkeys.
Reviewers of Do Not Feed the Monkeys cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Simulation with Do Not Feed the Monkeys.
In Viscera Cleanup Detail, you step into the boots of a space-station janitor tasked with cleaning up after various horrific sci-fi horror events. Instead of machineguns and plasma-rifles, your tools are a mop and bucket. That hero left a mess, and it's up to you to deal with the aftermath.
The Final Station
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Do Not Feed the Monkeys cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Do Not Feed the Monkeys.
Travel by train through a dying world. Look after your passengers, keep your train operational, and make sure you can always reach the next station. Make your way through swarms of infected at each station. Explore mysterious and abandoned stations looking for supplies and survivors.
Papa's Pizzeria Deluxe
WHY THIS
Shares time management and a tense mood with Do Not Feed the Monkeys.
Reviewers of Do Not Feed the Monkeys cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with Do Not Feed the Monkeys.
Top, bake, and serve delicious pizzas in Papa's Pizzeria Deluxe! Craft pizzas for Papa Louie's loyal customers while earning tips, points, and Special Recipes. Unlock holiday ingredients for seasonal pies, and take a trip in the Food Truck to serve your own unique creations!
Song of Farca
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Do Not Feed the Monkeys cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Simulation with Do Not Feed the Monkeys.
Hack into crime scenes, look for evidence, analyze data, interrogate criminals, track suspects and deal with the consequences of your decisions. This is a dark and brutal detective story with a Black Mirror-esque atmosphere of digital dominance and the narrative structure of a US crime procedural.
Strange Horticulture
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Do Not Feed the Monkeys cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Simulation with Do Not Feed the Monkeys.
Strange Horticulture is an occult puzzle game in which you play as the proprietor of a local plant store. Find and identify new plants, pet your cat, speak to a coven, or join a cult. Use your collection of powerful plants to influence the story and unravel Undermere’s dark mysteries.
Melatonin
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Do Not Feed the Monkeys cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Do Not Feed the Monkeys.
Melatonin is a rhythm game about dreams and reality merging together. It uses animations and sound cues to keep you on beat without any intimidating overlays or interfaces. Harmonize through a variety of dreamy levels containing surprising challenges, hand-drawn art, and vibrant music.
A Little to the Left
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Do Not Feed the Monkeys cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Do Not Feed the Monkeys.
A Little to the Left is a cozy puzzle game that has you sort, stack, and organize household items into pleasing arrangements while you keep an eye out for a mischievous cat with an inclination for chaos. Check out this playful and intuitive puzzler with 100+ satisfying messes to tidy.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Do Not Feed the Monkeys at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~69% under Do Not Feed the Monkeys on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Do Not Feed the Monkeys.
Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~69% under Do Not Feed the Monkeys on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Do Not Feed the Monkeys.
Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!
PEAK
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Do Not Feed the Monkeys on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Do Not Feed the Monkeys.
PEAK is a co-op climbing game where the slightest mistake can spell your doom. Either solo or as a group of lost nature scouts, your only hope of rescue from a mysterious island is to scale the mountain at its center. Do you have what it takes to reach the PEAK?
Sid Meier's Civilization® V
WHY THIS
Priced ~53% under Do Not Feed the Monkeys on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Do Not Feed the Monkeys.
Create, discover, and download new player-created maps, scenarios, interfaces, and more!
Slay the Spire
WHY THIS
Priced ~61% under Do Not Feed the Monkeys on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Do Not Feed the Monkeys.
We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!
Inscryption
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Do Not Feed the Monkeys on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Do Not Feed the Monkeys.
Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~69% under Do Not Feed the Monkeys on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Do Not Feed the Monkeys.
An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.
WEBFISHING
WHY THIS
Priced ~69% under Do Not Feed the Monkeys on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Do Not Feed the Monkeys.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Do Not Feed the Monkeys.
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.
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.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Do Not Feed the Monkeys.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Do Not Feed the Monkeys.
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
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Do Not Feed the Monkeys.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
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 Do Not Feed the Monkeys.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Do Not Feed the Monkeys.
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.
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More from Fictiorama Studios
Other recommendable Steam games by Fictiorama Studios, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Dead Synchronicity: Tomorrow Comes Today
WHY THIS
Shares a dark mood with Do Not Feed the Monkeys.
Another title from Fictiorama Studios, the studio behind Do Not Feed the Monkeys. Shares Indie with Do Not Feed the Monkeys.
A dying reality, a universe that’s fading away. A merciless world thatgets sick and vanishes. No past, no present, no future; only the impending moment of “dead synchronicity” ahead. Will you be able to stop it?Because, otherwise... what will you do when Time dissolves itself?
Do Not Feed the Monkeys 2099
WHY THIS
Shares resource management with Do Not Feed the Monkeys.
Another title from Fictiorama Studios, the studio behind Do Not Feed the Monkeys. Shares Strategy and Indie with Do Not Feed the Monkeys.
Spy on strangers through security cameras, invade their privacy and discover their secrets in this digital voyeur simulator. Welcome to the future of The Primate Observation Club. Even in 2099 the rule about messing with your unlucky subjects still remains in this sequel: DO NOT feed the monkeys!
The Fabulous Fear Machine
WHY THIS
Shares resource management and a dark mood with Do Not Feed the Monkeys.
Another title from Fictiorama Studios, the studio behind Do Not Feed the Monkeys. Shares Strategy and Indie with Do Not Feed the Monkeys.
The Fabulous Fear Machine is a narrative-driven strategy game with a pulp horror style. As the Machine's new Master, you must sow fear and expand your influence by creating Legends, harvesting resources, manipulating events, and spying on your enemies.
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Beholder
WHY THIS
Shares resource management and a dark mood with Do Not Feed the Monkeys.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Do Not Feed the Monkeys.
You’re a state-installed landlord in a totalitarian country. Place listening devices, steal and sneak into your tenants’ apartments. Use what you uncovered to report anyone capable of plotting against the state. You MUST! But WILL you?
Beholder 2
WHY THIS
Shares time management and a tense mood with Do Not Feed the Monkeys.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Do Not Feed the Monkeys.
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!
Beholder 3
WHY THIS
Shares a dark mood with Do Not Feed the Monkeys.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Do Not Feed the Monkeys.
When a high-ranking security officer saves you from prison, you end up a pawn in her schemes. Now you must eliminate anyone standing in the way of her secret plans and try to get your life back while working two jobs. No tenant, employee or superior is safe from your spying.
Frequently asked about Do Not Feed the Monkeys
- Does Do Not Feed the Monkeys run on Steam Deck?
- Do Not Feed the Monkeys 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 Do Not Feed the Monkeys cost?
- Do Not Feed the Monkeys is listed on Steam at 15.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Do Not Feed the Monkeys?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Do Not Feed the Monkeys are Beholder, Do Not Feed the Monkeys 2099, Beholder 2.
- Who developed Do Not Feed the Monkeys?
- Do Not Feed the Monkeys was developed by Fictiorama Studios and published by Alawar.
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