The Best Manipulation Games

Update : Observe added at rank #1.
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Observe (2025)

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Collaborate with your past self to change the present and influence the future. Only your vision affects the world.


  • dynamic
  • programming
  • grand-strategy
  • historical
  • philosophical
  • manipulation
  • narration
  • simulation
  • time
  • political
  • politics
  • procedural
  • surreal
  • alternate
  • 2d

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THE BEST INVESTOR (2025)

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THE BEST INVESTOR is a strategic board game where you start with 5 million dollars, then face your opponents by making investments of all kinds in order to increase this financial wealth as much as possible in order to become the best investor of the game!

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  • gambling
  • simulation
  • capitalism
  • time-management
  • immersive
  • board-game
  • split-screen
  • logic
  • manipulation
  • tabletop
  • time
  • economy
  • turn-based
  • 4-player
  • colourful

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UKNON Jones & Guynelk 2 (2025)

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After Jones' friends are rescued, Jones discovers that his grandfather has mysteriously disappeared. He was looking for a mythical treasure called: "Crystal Cereal". Jones, Guynelk, Elsa LOVELUST and Princess Sapphire decide to search for the crystal cereals to find Jones' grandfather.

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  • cooperative
  • pvp
  • local
  • action-adventure
  • third-person
  • modern
  • open-world
  • nonlinear
  • manipulation
  • 3d
  • time
  • adventure
  • colourful
  • event
  • exploration

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Wild Script: Nature (2025)

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A unique adventure generator by a solo developer. Dive into the wilds of a mysterious world: tame creatures, forge alliances or make enemies, build your own settlement, or hunt for ancient artifacts... Your adventure begins now!

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  • perma-death
  • philosophical
  • manipulation
  • fiction
  • nature
  • humor
  • time
  • sandbox
  • rogue-like
  • interactive
  • procedural
  • strategy
  • dark
  • atmospheric
  • minimalist

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The Demons Told Me to Make This Game (2025)

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Welcome to Red Hives, a lovely Midwestern town infested with demons. You're a little spirit stuck in a time loop, your only way to interact with the world is by possessing people and whispering into their ears. Explore timelines, solve mysteries, and please, try to keep your hosts alive...

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  • lovecraftian
  • dark
  • demons
  • nonlinear
  • manipulation
  • lore
  • time
  • choices
  • humor
  • visual-novel
  • comedy
  • supernatural
  • multiple-endings
  • horror
  • hand-drawn

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Chronos Shift (2025)

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Chronos Shift is a puzzle-platformer as a young adventurer who stumbles into a time-twisting adventure. Solve puzzles, fight enemies, and navigate dangerous environments.Find your way home and escape a reality warping time paradox!

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  • time
  • steampunk
  • 3d
  • platform
  • pve
  • manipulation
  • linear
  • travel
  • stylized
  • magic
  • puzzle

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Mini-Map (2025)

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A simple simulation and relaxation game where you can completely conquer the map using resources on maps consisting of 8 different biomes. Although there are 8 biomes, you will have a different map each game since the maps are recreated each time.

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  • wargame
  • auto-battler
  • hand-drawn
  • nature
  • clicker
  • naval
  • manipulation
  • lore
  • mythology
  • time
  • resource-management
  • 2d
  • crafting
  • casual
  • war

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Kulebra and the Souls of Limbo (2025)

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Use your wits, kindness, and maybe a good whack to gather clues, items, and evidence that will help the residents of Limbo move on. Untangling an afterlife is no easy feat, especially when you don’t have feet!


  • 2.5d
  • detective
  • emotional
  • philosophical
  • manipulation
  • colourful
  • time
  • scroller
  • mystery
  • stylized
  • family-friendly
  • cute
  • linear
  • fiction
  • relaxing

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Clockwork Palace: Mysteries of the Mughal Mechanicum (2025)

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early access j PC Windows

Dive into a Mughal Steampunk world where math puzzles, steam-powered contraptions, and hidden stories await! Solve challenges inspired by Eastern and South Asian cultures, tinker with intricate machines, and explore a palace frozen in time. A fun adventure for families and puzzle lovers!

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  • education
  • manipulation
  • time
  • clicker
  • steampunk
  • family-friendly
  • point-and-click
  • hidden-object
  • linear
  • puzzle
  • exploration
  • 2d
  • stylized
  • colourful
  • cute

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Project: Ether (2025)

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Project: Ether is a magical sci-fi stealth game about trans witches fighting robots. Stop Time, Be a Witch, Save the World.

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  • lgbtq
  • manipulation
  • magic
  • stealth
  • time
  • tutorial
  • cyberpunk
  • sci-fi
  • cartoony
  • story
  • third-person
  • 3d

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