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2018PC74 % positive12.49 €

You play an analyst at an intelligence-style agency, surveilling citizens and deciding whether to serve the surveillance state, aid the resistance, or exploit the information for yourself. An indie game about privacy and moral choices.

  • Choices with consequences
  • Strong, story-driven narrative
  • Dark, serious atmosphere
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Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Need to Know special. The reasons are listed right on each game.

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Orwell: Keeping an Eye on You

95 %Match

2016PEGI 12PC, Nintendo Switch, Steam Deck playable90 % positive9.99 €

Brings what grabs you about Need to Know: choices with consequences, a strong story and a dark atmosphere.

You work as an investigator for a government surveillance program, combing through chats, files and profiles of citizens and deciding which information to pass on. It makes the moral cost of mass surveillance tangible within a gripping thriller story.

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Orwell: Ignorance is Strength

Dark, serious atmosphere

You work as an investigator in the Orwell surveillance program, combing through chats, files and profiles for clues, with the power to manipulate the information you find. A dark surveillance thriller where your decisions carry real moral weight.

JudgeSim

Dark, serious atmosphere

You play a judge in a corrupt, crisis-ridden island republic, issuing verdicts that balance justice, morality and outside pressure. The focus is on decisions and weighing cases rather than action.

Tender Loving Care

Accessible and relaxed

A 1998 live-action interactive movie in which a psychiatrist narrates a suspenseful tale and the game builds a psychological profile from your answers, subtly shaping how the story unfolds.

Cyber Manhunt

Realistic visuals

A story-driven puzzle game where you investigate through online traces, exploring cyberbullying, privacy breaches and big data. The focus is on research and social commentary rather than action.

The Gallery

Accessible and relaxed

An interactive thriller where an art curator is held hostage by a portraitist threatening to detonate a bomb. Two narrative strands, set in 1981 and 2021 with different protagonists, tell the story from two perspectives.

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