The State of Nowhere
Anomaly Works · 2026 · Simulation, Political, Multiple Endings, Dystopian , Singleplayer
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About The State of Nowhere
"The State of Nowhere" is a casual single-player simulation game set in a totalitarian state, where you take on the role of a state employee responsible for providing food to the citizens. It will be your responsibility to control and decide who will be able to receive their food.In this game, you will experience: 🧍 Human and moral decisions with real consequences
📆 Day-based progression, with income and family management at the end of each day
🔁 Extremely high replayability with 46 unique endings
♾️ Four distinct game modes, including an endless mode
🎭 A satirical dystopian world inspired by real-world societiesCongratulations!
You have secured a job at the food distribution center in the state of Nowhere! A country where the new authorities seek to subjugate the population under their control, heavily restricting access to food.
In your role as employee 100411, you will process customers' food purchases at your station. Controlling, through the mechanisms provided by the state, that the customer's documentation and the products they buy are valid.
But BEWARE! Forgers, alcoholics, robbers, thieves, wanted criminals, drug addicts, the poor – all of them will seek, by any means, to access the food. Your task will be to keep them at bay. ARREST civilians, become a subject to the regime, or REBEL... But ALL decisions have consequences.
Will you enforce the prohibitions while the poor starve? Or will you let them tug at your heartstrings and turn a blind eye?
And remember, under the new food reorganization program, you must strictly adhere to regulations, lest you suffer the consequences. The state of Nowhere does not tolerate sentimentality.
All those employees who serve the state exceptionally will be blessed by our honorable president, Maligno.
📆 Day-based progression, with income and family management at the end of each day
🔁 Extremely high replayability with 46 unique endings
♾️ Four distinct game modes, including an endless mode
🎭 A satirical dystopian world inspired by real-world societiesCongratulations!
You have secured a job at the food distribution center in the state of Nowhere! A country where the new authorities seek to subjugate the population under their control, heavily restricting access to food.
In your role as employee 100411, you will process customers' food purchases at your station. Controlling, through the mechanisms provided by the state, that the customer's documentation and the products they buy are valid.
But BEWARE! Forgers, alcoholics, robbers, thieves, wanted criminals, drug addicts, the poor – all of them will seek, by any means, to access the food. Your task will be to keep them at bay. ARREST civilians, become a subject to the regime, or REBEL... But ALL decisions have consequences.
Will you enforce the prohibitions while the poor starve? Or will you let them tug at your heartstrings and turn a blind eye?
And remember, under the new food reorganization program, you must strictly adhere to regulations, lest you suffer the consequences. The state of Nowhere does not tolerate sentimentality.
All those employees who serve the state exceptionally will be blessed by our honorable president, Maligno.
What Steam players say
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I have no doubts this game CAN be a very good game. However it is missing quite a few QoL features that make the game not that interesting, and in parts frustrating, in the current state. Some of my current issues: - There is no way to pin any of the articles in your manual (at least as far as I can see) so constantly getting Violations for an incorrect ID, despite not knowing what I should be looking for or what was incorrect. - The actual UI/Work Area is messy and not easy on the eye. There is so much space that is unused that is FULL of graphics. - The buttons/icons aren't self-descriptive so could do with tooltips. - You get thrown in at the deep end with very little hand-holding. Even for a seasoned Papers Please player, it is quite a learning curve to try and remember where everything is and what to do. - The UI for the manual is confusing and not user friendly, with tiny buttons to press rather than the titles too. Again, I think this can be a good game, but I can't recommend it in its current state.14 found this helpful
Scratches that Papers Please itch real nice and dev is super involved in resolving bugs. Had a great finale too where I forgot to pay for utilities, my family left but at least I got to drink myself to death with a pet by my side9 found this helpful
I dare say this is even better than the original Paper's Please, so many rules, so many endings and achievements and that amazing feeling of finishing a day with no mistakes despite all the things to make sure is absolutely correct. Of of if not the only cashier game to force you to calculate the change yourself (though you can upgrade it to calculate change for you). I've been playing on what I think is the normal difficulty level and you get about 3 minutes per person, there's endless mode too. Try out the demo, it's wonderful as well.1 found this helpful
Enjoyable like papers please. I'm shocked this game has so few reviews though.
If you like Papers Please, you'll like this
IS very good
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