72%Strong matchBuddy Simulator 1984
94%4k94% positive reviews, Very Positive across 4k reviews·Psychological Horror · Horror
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You just did DMT at a campfire in the woods. Now you have to convince your best friend -- a skeptical, monitor-headed guy named Bingus -- that reality is a simulation. He doesn't believe you. The AI powering him doesn't want to. Pick apart the world's seams until one of you breaks.
Simulation Simulator
SteamSimulation Simulator is a freeform conversation game where you debate the nature of reality with your AI-powered best friend around a campfire in the woods.
You just took DMT for the first time. An entity spoke to you during the trip -- it said your life is a simulation. Now you're back, sitting across the fire from Bingus, your sober, skeptical best friend. It's up to you where to take it next.
Talk freely. There are no dialogue trees. EVERY CONVERSATION IS UNIQUE. Type whatever you want. Bingus responds dynamically using a local AI model that runs entirely on your machine -- no internet connection or cloud API required.
Find the cracks. The world is full of anomalies hiding in plain sight: names that sound madeup, a factory job nobody can describe, a fire that loops perfectly, stars that look painted on, a radio that only plays one band. Notice them. Point them out. Watch Bingus try to explain them away.
Push toward an ending. Your conversation has real stakes. Build trust or destroy it. Apply pressure or be gentle. Depending on how you play, Bingus might accept the truth, shut you out, confess something he shouldn't know, reach for the pipe, or tell you something he's kept hidden for years.
Five endings. One secret. Complete all five endings to unlock a hidden mode where Bingus remembers everything -- every past conversation, every shutdown, every confession -- and has questions of his own.
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