The author will lose their mind when they discover Papers Please.
They're both great indie games, with a great ambiance from the graphics and music, but otherwise I see them as fairly different in terms of gameplay.
I think it's addressing the fact both could be described as "boring" and "not fun" due to their somewhat dry UIs but also their subject matter ("hacking and networking" and "borders admission & stamping passports", respectively), but in practice they are both innovative and very engrossing games, rightly lauded as gems by gamers.