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7 Games like TIS-100 on Mobile that you should try

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We filtered the 26 games similar to TIS-100 down to the 7 that fit the “Mobile” category. Human Resource Machine, Papers, Please and Papers, Please - The Short Film top the list, ranked by affinity and similarity score to TIS-100.

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GenreSimulationSubgenreJob Sim
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HardcoreSolo
Year 2015Dev Zachtronics

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Within the “Mobile” category, the closest game to TIS-100 is Human Resource Machine — scoring 68/100 on our similarity scale. Papers, Please and Papers, Please - The Short Film follow close behind.

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The best games like TIS-100 on Mobile

7 similar games foundUpdated May 2026

Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to TIS-100. Each one has been evaluated across 4 real attributes — from combat style and progression mechanics to world structure and visual perspective — so every recommendation is based on how the game actually plays, not just its genre label.

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Human Resource Machine

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Human Resource Machine
Closest overall match
SimulationJob Sim
SoloHardcoreCasualIsometric
Year 2015Dev Tomorrow CorporationOn Linux · Android · PC

Held in common with TIS-100: deep simulation, punishing difficulty and single-player focus. They part company on tone: this one brings a casual, approachable feel.

Genre100Game mode100Tone40
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Papers, Please

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Papers, Please
SimulationJob Sim
SoloHardcoreNarrativeDarkCasual
Year 2013Dev Lucas Pope · 3909Playtime ~4hOn PC · PS · iOS

With TIS-100 it shares deep simulation, punishing difficulty and single-player focus. They part company on tone: this one brings strong narrative focus.

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Papers, Please - The Short Film

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Papers, Please - The Short Film
SimulationJob Sim
SoloHardcoreNarrativeDarkCasual
Year 2013Dev Lucas Pope · 3909Playtime ~4hOn PC · PS · iOS

It meets TIS-100 on deep simulation, punishing difficulty and single-player focus. Where the two diverge is tone: strong narrative focus.

Genre100Game mode100Tone36
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There Is No Game: Wrong Dimension

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There Is No Game: Wrong Dimension
SimulationJob Sim
SoloMeleeCasualNarrativePixel Art
Year 2020Dev Draw Me A PixelPlaytime ~5hOn PC · iOS · Android

What carries over from TIS-100 is deep simulation and single-player focus. The distance is in tone — its own ground is a casual, approachable feel.

Released 5 years after TIS-100.

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Moonlighter

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Moonlighter
SimulationJob Sim
SoloMeleeProceduralFantasyExploration
Year 2018Dev Digital Sun Games · NetflixOn PS4 · Linux · Android

Held in common with TIS-100: deep simulation and single-player focus. What it adds of its own: action RPG combat and procedural generation.

Released 3 years after TIS-100.

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Pokémon Quest

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Pokémon Quest
SimulationJob Sim
SoloSkill TreeIsometric
Year 2018Dev Game Freak · NintendoOn Android · iOS · Switch

Held in common with TIS-100: deep simulation and single-player focus. Its own ground is deep RPG systems and skill tree progression.

Released 3 years after TIS-100.

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Cultist Simulator

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Cultist Simulator
SimulationJob Sim
SoloNarrativeDarkProceduralFantasy
Year 2018Dev Weather FactoryOn Linux · Android · PC

Its point of contact with TIS-100 is deep simulation and single-player focus. They part company on tone: this one brings strong narrative focus.

Released 3 years after TIS-100.

Genre100Game mode100Tone0

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