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In It Makes for Painful Work, you spend a few days as a contract worker in a late-capitalist hellscape where you'll do fun things such as customer service, review AI training data, and vote for slogans made by terrible… The games below have the most in common with it — drama, visual novel, capitalism — ranked by how closely they match, favouring the ones you can play right here in your browser.
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The 10 closest to It Makes for Painful Work
- Plastic TapePlays on npckc.itch.io
Snapshots of a life through bandages. In common: drama, visual novel.
- Koshka's KofePlays on koshkas-kofe.itch.io
After inheriting her estranged father’s coffee shop following his death, Catarina Koshka returns to her hometown to try to find closure. In common: drama, visual novel.
- NovenaPlays on haraiva.itch.io
everyone knows the ocean listens to you and grants wishes. In common: drama, visual novel.
- Dead Wife Game
In common: drama, visual novel.
- SwampstarOffline
A one-act play in pixels that meditates on the broken swamplands of Louisiana's future. In common: drama, visual novel.
- Late Stage CapitalismPlays on phyrocast.itch.io
You're stuck at your home desk, clicking away at your keyboard. In common: capitalism, business, drama.
- Passage: A Job Interview Simulator!Plays on emcatgames.itch.io
An intense visual novel adventure based on real-life experiences! In common: capitalism, business, drama.
- You Can't Win This GamePlays on yomissmar.itch.io
An experimental narrative tale that talks about how capitalism has corrupted dreams, using them as fuel to maintain the lie of effort culture. In common: capitalism, drama, game jam.
- You need to Buy a Phone ChargerPlays on zorkie.itch.io
You need to buy a phone charger is a game about a struggling artist trying to buy a phone cable in a late-capitalist, enshittified-to-the-max, internet… In common: capitalism, drama, visual novel.
- TuristifyerPlays on arieuger.itch.io
A game about the current housing crisis in Spain. In common: capitalism, business, drama.
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Every game like It Makes for Painful Work
PlayablePlastic Tape
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PlayableKoshka's Kofe
Drama · 2020
PlayableNovena
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Dead Wife Game
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Swampstar
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Short · 2024
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BetaUltracapitalism
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