Games like HEADLINER
If HEADLINER is your kind of game, the closest matches are Headliner: NoviNews, Beholder 2 and Orwell: Keeping an Eye On You — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its explores medias moral weight, public opinion shifts dynamically and atmospheric. 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 HEADLINER: Short, thought-provoking adventure where you are a News Editor and decide what stories get published, set in a fictional city where most people are genetically modified. Multiple unique endings let you share your story and see what the Headliner before you did.
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Headliner: NoviNews
WHY THIS
Shares branching narrative and an atmospheric mood with HEADLINER.
Top pick for HEADLINER fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with HEADLINER.
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.
Beholder 2
WHY THIS
Shares moral decision making and an atmospheric mood with HEADLINER.
Second-strongest match for HEADLINER fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with HEADLINER.
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!
Orwell: Keeping an Eye On You
WHY THIS
Shares branching narrative and a contemplative mood with HEADLINER.
Third-strongest match for HEADLINER fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with HEADLINER.
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.
Not For Broadcast
WHY THIS
Shares branching narrative and an atmospheric mood with HEADLINER.
Ranked #4 for HEADLINER fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with HEADLINER.
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?
Mayor Quake
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for HEADLINER fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with HEADLINER.
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?
Norman's Great Illusion
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for HEADLINER fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with HEADLINER.
"Norman's Great Illusion" is a 2D pixel art visual novel in which you have to live a year as an engineer at the plant in the face of rising social tensions. Make difficult decisions, but keep in mind: you will have to pay for each choice
No Place for the Dissident
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for HEADLINER fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with HEADLINER.
In No Place for the Dissident you'll have to spread a new ideology to dominate the world. Whatever means are necessary. Adopt new politics from the ideology tree, manage each country, and compete with other players. Watch closely the consequences of your acts when the game is over.
Ministry of Truth: 1964
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for HEADLINER fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with HEADLINER.
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.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below HEADLINER at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under HEADLINER on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with HEADLINER.
Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?
The Test
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under HEADLINER on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with HEADLINER.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
WHY THIS
Priced ~70% under HEADLINER on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with HEADLINER.
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
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under HEADLINER on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with HEADLINER.
This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.
shapez
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under HEADLINER on Steam right now. Shares Indie with HEADLINER.
shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!
The Test: Hypothesis Rising
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under HEADLINER on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with HEADLINER.
The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?
The NOexistenceN of you AND me
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under HEADLINER on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with HEADLINER.
Use "game" as a medium to showcase the world of "you/girl". Explore the truth of "you/girl/world" through the form of a "visual novel".
Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under HEADLINER on Steam right now. Shares Indie with HEADLINER.
"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!
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 HEADLINER.
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. Shares Adventure with HEADLINER.
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 HEADLINER.
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 with HEADLINER.
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 and Adventure with HEADLINER.
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 with HEADLINER.
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 and Adventure with HEADLINER.
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 Unbound Creations
Other recommendable Steam games by Unbound Creations, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Headliner: NoviNews
WHY THIS
Shares branching narrative and an atmospheric mood with HEADLINER.
Another title from Unbound Creations, the studio behind HEADLINER. Shares Indie and Adventure with HEADLINER.
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.
Rain on Your Parade
WHY THIS
Another title from Unbound Creations, the studio behind HEADLINER. Shares Indie and Adventure with HEADLINER.
Travel the world as a cute cardboard cloud and ruin everybody's day! Unlock new methods of mischief in over 50 levels, each with unique setting and objectives. This is an adorable schadenfreude simulator!
Just Crow Things
WHY THIS
Another title from Unbound Creations, the studio behind HEADLINER. Shares Indie and Adventure with HEADLINER.
You're a little crow trying to prove herself to the world. Make new animal friends, poop on unsuspecting hoomans, and steal all the shiny trinkets! Each level is a little sandbox full of fun items to discover and puzzles to solve, while leaving a bit of chaos behind. Why? Just caws!
Postmortem: One Must Die (Extended Cut)
WHY THIS
Another title from Unbound Creations, the studio behind HEADLINER. Shares Indie and Adventure with HEADLINER.
Narrative-adventure playing an Agent of Death who must take ONE life that could change the fate of a conflict-torn Nation
Karaski: What Goes Up...
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with HEADLINER.
Another title from Unbound Creations, the studio behind HEADLINER. Shares Indie and Adventure with HEADLINER.
An immersive sim-lite in a fictional historical setting. You are on the world's first airship about to crash down and have to find the culprit. Sneak around, break into cabins, interrogate passengers, find evidence - but be careful not to incriminate yourself!
FULFILLMENT
WHY THIS
Another title from Unbound Creations, the studio behind HEADLINER. Shares Indie and Adventure with HEADLINER.
Exciting Adventure About the Joys of Working at an Amazin' Fulfillment Center! Short, social commentary game that is 100% free, no micro-transactions.
Leaf Blower Man: This Game Blows!
WHY THIS
Another title from Unbound Creations, the studio behind HEADLINER. Shares Indie and Adventure with HEADLINER.
Blow leaves at 6am on a Sunday and earn points by annoying all the neighbors. But beware - unexpected challenges await on your journey to rid the world of leaves!
Cleaning Up!
WHY THIS
Another title from Unbound Creations, the studio behind HEADLINER. Shares Indie and Adventure with HEADLINER.
Turn huge messes into sparkling spaces! Feel the satisfaction of restoring them to order with your super-powered cleaning tools. This is a short and simple game about the joy of tidying up!
Frequently asked about HEADLINER
- Does HEADLINER work on Steam Deck?
- HEADLINER is currently rated Unsupported on Steam Deck. It may not launch or may have significant issues that block normal play.
- How much does HEADLINER cost?
- HEADLINER is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to HEADLINER?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside HEADLINER are Headliner: NoviNews, Beholder 2, Orwell: Keeping an Eye On You.
- Who developed HEADLINER?
- HEADLINER was developed by Unbound Creations.
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