"Unemployment Simulator 2018": A heart-wrenching survival game

2025-08-15 23:29:58|Myriagame |source：minecraft skins

Unemployment Simulator 2018 has been officially announced, and its free Steam trial version (not to mention the name with 2018, this is actually an upcoming game) is not in a mysterious island, but in a small apartment.You don’t have to pick up stones, you have to pick up empty beer cans; you don’t have to make an axe, you have to “create” cover letters.

But don't worry: players may still die miserably.

In "Unemployment Simulator 2018", if you only sit at your desk and typing your cover letter all day, it won't last long.You have to manage your anxiety value, and this value will explode at any time: the refrigerator is almost empty, the bills are piled up, and mental health is on the verge of collapse.Your daily to-do list may seem inconvenient—wash a few dishes, submit a resume, brush your teeth and take a bath—but anyone who has experienced depression knows that completing these basic self-care can be a difficult task alone.

You have to have some fun.Playing the guitar for a while can relieve it, but it will get tired of it soon, so you have to try something else: playing computer games, watching movies, filling a few bottles of beer may be useful? Or just sit on the bed, holding your hair in your hands for a while.

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No job, no money, no partner, no future, not only is it stressful, but it is also very boring - and in this simulator, if you are too bored, you will fall to the ground and die.(I didn't say it was realistic, I said it was honest.)

Even sleeping cannot make people feel relieved.Dreams in the game may be horrible, such as teeth falling one after another; or they may be embarrassing, such as dreaming that you are naked and being thrown away while hiding.(Why does our brain hate itself so much? It is also trapped in the body! Don’t we both feel comfortable having a good dream?)

You have to take risks when watching your phone in the game.Maybe you will get interesting cat emoticons or dopamine soaring when pairing with dating software successfully, but more often it is unwanted news, such as text messages from your mother.(To be honest, even if you love your mom, she will bring pressure. "Mom, I haven't found a job yet." "Mom, I've been looking for it.")

"Unemployment Simulator 2018" is really frustrating.But it is also quite interesting: the mini game is designed very well, the animation is excellent, and it is full of black humor (the computer game you can play is called "Kill if you don't want to kill if you don't want to" and it can really be "Kill if you don't want to").There is even a bit of suspense: a lucid dream and a mysterious letter made me encounter some bizarre things, which may be just an hallucination of a tired brain, or it may be an encounter with a high IQ creature.It’s hard to say: I’ve been staying in the apartment with cover letters and empty beer cans for too long, and I can’t tell what’s true.

Unemployment Simulator 2018 is the work of developer Samuel Lechkonen, who called the game "based on real events" on the Steam page.I believe it.This simulator is weird, funny and a bit fantastic, but it obviously hides real trauma.Very recommended to try the free trial version.Many survival games are nervous and scary, but few are so honest.

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