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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 hellscape. The games below have the most in common with it — visual novel, drama, short — 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 You need to Buy a Phone Charger
- It Makes for Painful WorkPlays on zorkie.itch.io
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… In common: capitalism, drama, visual novel.
- Passage: A Job Interview Simulator!Plays on emcatgames.itch.io
An intense visual novel adventure based on real-life experiences! In common: capitalism, drama, visual novel.
- 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, visual novel.
- Universal PaperclipsPlays here
Universal Paperclips is a browser game were the player takes on the role of an AI tasked with creating paperclips. In common: capitalism, text based.
- StaticPlays on minichimera.itch.io
A Micro Horror Story In common: text based, short, visual novel.
- Long Time No SeePlays here
A short, cozy, narrative-driven Halloween game about three friends reuniting to spend a stormy Halloween night together in a haunted house. In common: drama, short, visual novel.
- I'd rather be fishingPlays on razorfinger.itch.io
A Short sorta visual novel like game about what we do with our free time Made in 72 hours for Mini Jam 106. In common: drama, short, visual novel.
- Man's Last FriendsPlays on wublingk.itch.io
Emilio is a dachshund on his way to his very first day at doggy daycare! In common: drama, short, visual novel.
- Peony's EternityPlays on pissed-studios.itch.io
A flower swept from its field loses its petals as its life hangs on a thread. In common: drama, short, visual novel.
- Shoot Yourself With a RiflePlays on wriks.itch.io
Shoot yourself with a rifle. In common: drama, short, visual novel.
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Demo · 2020
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PlayableStatic
Interactive Fiction · 2018
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Interactive Fiction · 2023
PlayableI'd rather be fishing
Fishing · 2022
PlayableMan's Last Friends
Short · 2026
PlayablePeony's Eternity
Dark Fantasy · 2023
PlayableShoot Yourself With a Rifle
Short · 2024
PlayableSlime
2D · 2026
PlayableSorry About The Mess
Multiple Endings · 2026
PlayableStep by Little Step
Greek Mythology · 2024
PlayableThis is a Black Parallelepipedon in a Yellow Field
Maze · 2022
PlayableYour Call
2D · 2023