India, May 16 -- When players tell Priya Goswami they find her game exhausting, "it makes me oddly happy," she says. "That's exactly what I'm aiming for."

Super Asha, about a day in the life of an Indian health worker, seems like a game of choice at first. It soon becomes clear the choices are often just dilemmas, and they come in an endless stream.

Players start by making their way through what is a typical morning for the fictitious health worker named Asha. She wakes at 5 am and rushes through chores and chaotic traffic to make it in time for her first house visit.

Such workers typically manage 700 to 1,000 households each, so there is plenty to do on an average day. As government intermediaries, they must track vaccination schedule...