#simslike

Guri 

Crawling around itchio to find some interesting furry stuff, stumbled onto this gem--it's a sims-like roguelike where you control a character's actions during their off time from work, filling their various needs and purchasing increasingly grody-seeming items to minimax your free time (example: one of the items is an empty bottle you can use to decrease both the bladder and tv meters at the same time). I think it did a good job capturing the feeling of not having energy for anything apart from work and getting ready for more work.

I think as a roguelike, it's a bit on the easy side--once I figured out all the basic mechanics, I beat the game without coming close to a loss. I would've liked it if there was some sort of financial goal you had to hit before the month is over, like rent money or utilities or something--as is, there's not ever a reason not to just buy every upgrade when it becomes available (if there's a good ending for getting a lot of money, I didn't see it). I think in-universe the character sets aside living expenses out of their paycheck, hence you only getting fifteen dollars when you're done with work each day.

The sims-like elements are easy to master, compared to the slot machine-like rng of something like balatro or nubby' number factory. Which could be a positive or negative in your mind, but I personally have had enough of video slots, so Terrible Jobs gets the prize from me in this regard.

I also would've liked it if the random events that add extra difficulty were a bit more frequent, I only encountered a couple in my time with the game. Maybe I'm demanding too much from a free browser game, though!

Its much less of a time sink than most roguelikes--i beat it in about half an hour including a couple beginner deaths--tho I kind of appreciate that? After playing so many roguelikes that demand way more of my time than I'm willing to give them, it's nice to play a game where you can have a full experience in less than an hour, and not be pressed to give more more more.