Underplayed Gems

Human Simulator (2020)

Human Simulator cover
Developer
Lyre Lyre Studios
Platforms
Windows
Genres
Casual, Indie, Simulation
Rating
3.5 of 5, 40 player ratings
Typical playtime
about 2.3 hours
Where to get it
Steam
The 3D catalog: game boxes on wooden shelves, with the cat sitting at the counter next to its greeting.

The catalog in 3D

The same catalog has a room you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real games from it when you tell them what you feel like playing. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this game is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

You manually flail a character's limbs through awkward everyday tasks, creating a goofy, trial-and-error physics sandbox that feels both endearingly clumsy and unexpectedly tricky.

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What players say

Players describe it as a short, deliberately clumsy physics game similar to Octodad. The head and limb controls are hilariously frustrating, but completing tasks wins you over. There are only 3 or 4 levels, and some players find the mouse sensitivity too high and unadjustable.

Screenshots

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This page is from Underplayed Gems, a catalog of older and overlooked games. Not quite it? You can browse by platform and genre, or take this one into the 3D catalog and ask the Catbot for something closer.