- #1 Read Only Memories: NEURODIVER
97% matchMostly Positive72% of 223 reviews2024
Dev: MidBoss, LLC.Pub: Chorus Worldwide Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Read Only Memories: NEURODIVER is a story-rich adventure and the sequel to 2064: Read Only Memories. Explore the rich world with an intuitive point-and-click interface as you take on the role of a young psychic agent tasked with tracking down a mysterious antagonist hiding in people's memories.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 25.5%, Noir 11.9%, Cyberpunk 10.5%, Interactive Fiction 6.7%, Comic Book 6.4%
Why You'll Like It: As the direct sequel to the seed game, it continues the narrative and character dynamics established in Neo-San Francisco.
- #2 Technobabylon
96% matchVery Positive94% of 1,635 reviews2015
Dev: Technocrat GamesPub: Wadjet Eye Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 92%
A cyberpunk adventure game from the studio that brought you Gemini Rue and Blackwell! The year is 2087. Genetic engineering is the norm, and an omnipresent AI powers the city. Take control of three citizens of this world as they struggle to understand a deadly conspiracy.
Why similar: Cyberpunk 40.2%, Point & Click 24%, Sci-fi 9.5%, Story Rich 6.2%, Pixel Graphics 5.8%
Why You'll Like It: This is a quintessential cyberpunk point-and-click adventure that mirrors the seed game's focus on AI ethics and societal conspiracy.
- #3 The Red Strings Club
96% matchVery Positive93% of 14,255 reviews2018
Dev: DeconstructeamPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
The Red Strings Club is a cyberpunk narrative experience about fate and happiness featuring the extensive use of pottery, bartending and impersonating people on the phone to take down a corporate conspiracy.
Why similar: Cyberpunk 35.3%, Choices Matter 11.1%, LGBTQ+ 9.8%, Story Rich 9.3%, Point & Click 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: It shares the seed game's deep commitment to dialogue-heavy narrative and the exploration of human-machine relationships in a cyberpunk setting.
- #4 Neo Cab
95% matchMostly Positive79% of 2,886 reviews2019
Dev: Chance AgencyPub: Fellow Traveller
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 66%
A visual novel about emotional survival in an automated world. Play as Lina, the last human cab driver. It’s your first night driving the lonely streets of Los Ojos, and your best friend has just disappeared. Stay on the road. Stay on the search. Stay human.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 26.8%, Noir 11.6%, Cyberpunk 10%, Interactive Fiction 6.6%, Comic Book 6.4%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses heavily on dialogue and emotional intelligence within a cyberpunk city, mirroring the interpersonal focus of the seed game.
- #5 VA-11 Hall-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 38,654 reviews2016
Dev: Sukeban GamesPub: Ysbryd Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 31.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
VA-11 HALL-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action is a booze em' up about waifus, technology, and post-dystopia life.
Why similar: Cyberpunk 28.7%, LGBTQ+ 14.1%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Point & Click 10.9%, Choices Matter 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: This game perfectly captures the atmospheric, character-focused side of the cyberpunk genre through its unique dialogue-driven bartending gameplay.
- #6 Citizen Sleeper
94% matchVery Positive92% of 10,481 reviews2022
Dev: Jump Over The AgePub: Fellow Traveller
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Roleplaying in the ruins of interplanetary capitalism. Live the life of an escaped worker, washed-up on a lawless station at the edge of an interstellar society. Inspired by the flexibility and freedom of TTRPGs, explore the station, choose your friends, escape your past and change your future.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 28.8%, Cyberpunk 18.1%, Interactive Fiction 11.2%, Point & Click 8.2%, Futuristic 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a deeply emotional and choice-driven narrative experience set in a gritty, futuristic environment that resonates with the seed game's themes.
- #7 NORCO
92% matchVery Positive92% of 3,226 reviews2022
Dev: Geography of RobotsPub: Raw Fury
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 65%
NORCO is a dialogue-focused point & click adventure that immerses the player in the sinking suburbs and industrial swamplands of an increasingly surreal and distorted South Louisiana.
Why similar: Noir 40.9%, Point & Click 21.4%, Story Rich 11.6%, Atmospheric 10.1%, Pixel Graphics 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: This title provides a similarly atmospheric, pixel-art-heavy narrative experience that blends mystery with profound social commentary.
- #8 Gemini Rue
93% matchVery Positive88% of 1,884 reviews2011
Dev: Joshua NuernbergerPub: Wadjet Eye Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Discover a world where life is cheap, identities are bought & sold, & a quest for redemption can change the fate of a whole galaxy.
Why similar: Noir 31.5%, Cyberpunk 24.1%, Point & Click 19.7%, Sci-fi 9.2%, Story Rich 4.5%
Why You'll Like It: A classic noir-inspired sci-fi point-and-click that shares the seed game's moody aesthetic and investigative gameplay.
- #9 Lacuna – A Sci-Fi Noir Adventure
91% matchVery Positive92% of 2,943 reviews2021
Dev: DigiTales InteractivePub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 76%
A murder. A hack. A bombing. All it takes to plunge the solar system into war – unless you do something about it. Help CDI agent Neil Conrad make a string of increasingly difficult decisions in this modern dialog-driven adventure set in a gorgeous 2D sci-fi noir universe.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 22%, Noir 18.6%, Cyberpunk 14.3%, Interactive Fiction 10.1%, Multiple Endings 7%
Why You'll Like It: This game excels at detective-style investigation and choice-based consequences within a compelling sci-fi noir setting.
- #10 Whispers of a Machine
91% matchVery Positive93% of 2,011 reviews2019
Dev: Clifftop GamesPub: Raw Fury
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Whispers of a Machine is a Sci-Fi Nordic Noir that tells the story of Vera, a cybernetically augmented detective in a post-AI world, who investigates a string of murders and unravels a dark conflict over forbidden technology.
Why similar: Cyberpunk 21.7%, Noir 18.2%, Point & Click 17.3%, Sci-fi 9%, Choices Matter 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: It combines point-and-click mechanics with a detective narrative that explores the intersection of technology and human nature.
- #11 Subsurface Circular
90% matchVery Positive94% of 1,940 reviews2017
Dev: Bithell Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 70%
When the truth is buried, go underground. Step into this new take on text-based adventure from the award-winning team behind Thomas Was Alone and Volume. A short story that hands you the fate of the world above, as a detective looking for answers on the Subsurface Circular.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 26.2%, Noir 19%, Cyberpunk 11.7%, Visual Novel 10%, Choices Matter 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: A tight, dialogue-heavy experience that centers on investigating a mystery through conversation, much like the interactions with Turing.
- #12 Silicon Dreams | cyberpunk interrogation
89% matchVery Positive94% of 256 reviews2021
Dev: James PattonPub: Clockwork Bird
Windows · Mac · Linux
It’s 2065, and you are an interrogator-model android tasked with rooting out deviants among your own kind. You must probe for lies, monitor and exploit emotional spikes, earn the trust of your subjects, and make the final call: release, or destroy?
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 26.5%, Cyberpunk 17.1%, Choices Matter 8.5%, Multiple Endings 7.8%, Emotional 6.8%
Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on the interrogation and dialogue mechanics that are central to the investigative experience of the seed game.
- #13 Unavowed
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 2,607 reviews2018
Dev: Wadjet Eye Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 92%
A demon has possessed you and used your body to tear a swath of bloodshed through New York. You are now free, but life as you knew it is over. Your only path forward is joining the Unavowed - an ancient society dedicated to stopping evil. No matter what the cost.
Why similar: Point & Click 30.1%, Noir 13.6%, Story Rich 12.4%, Choices Matter 11.7%, Multiple Endings 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: While supernatural, its high-quality writing, choice-driven narrative, and point-and-click structure are perfect for fans of the seed game's pacing.
- #14 Coffee Talk
88% matchVery Positive95% of 12,534 reviews2020
Dev: Toge Productions
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 10.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Coffee Talk is a coffee brewing and heart-to-heart talking simulator about listening to fantasy-inspired modern peoples’ problems, and helping them by serving up a warm drink or two.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 44.1%, Interactive Fiction 9.1%, Visual Novel 8.7%, LGBTQ+ 8.5%, Emotional 5.8%
Why You'll Like It: It captures the relaxing, dialogue-heavy atmosphere of the seed game, focusing on listening to the stories of diverse characters.
- #15 Primordia
87% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 3,432 reviews2012
Dev: Wormwood StudiosPub: Wadjet Eye Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Life has ceased. Man is but a myth. And now, even the machines have begun to fail. Lead Horatio Nullbuilt and his sarcastic sidekick Crispin on a journey through the crumbling world of Primordia, facing malfunctioning robots, ancient secrets, and an implacable, power-hungry foe.
Why similar: Point & Click 24.1%, Noir 16.2%, Cyberpunk 15.7%, Sci-fi 12.4%, Multiple Endings 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: A post-apocalyptic point-and-click adventure that explores the lives of robots, echoing the seed game's focus on sapient machines.
- #16 Beneath a Steel Sky (1994)
86% matchVery Positive89% of 587 reviews2020
Dev: Revolution Software Ltd
Windows · Linux
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 12.7 hrs≥1hr: 57%
After being abducted by brutal soldiers and his kinfolk butchered, Robert Foster finds himself in Union City - a vast metropolis under the tyranny of a fascist AI. Alone, save for the circuit board of his best friend, Foster must discover the sinister truth - and why they specifically came for him.
Why similar: Cyberpunk 32.5%, Point & Click 19%, Futuristic 12.9%, Sci-fi 10.7%, Story Rich 10%
Why You'll Like It: A foundational cyberpunk point-and-click adventure that features a witty robotic companion and a sprawling dystopian conspiracy.
- #17 Let Bions Be Bygones
86% matchMixed70% of 133 reviews2024
Dev: Bohemian PulpPub: MicroProse Software
Windows
Having lost everything, a retired, hardboiled detective, John Cooper, must take his last case to find a missing upper-class girl among the lowest parts of the dystopian city-planet Terrahive. Choose your unique path in this atmospheric narrative future-noir thriller.
Why similar: Noir 23.8%, Cyberpunk 19%, Interactive Fiction 13.3%, Point & Click 10.7%, Multiple Endings 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: A detective-focused cyberpunk adventure that emphasizes player choice and branching narrative paths.
- #18 Tails Noir Preludes
84% matchVery Positive91% of 309 reviews2023
Dev: EggnutPub: Raw Fury
Windows
Tails Noir Preludes is a post-noir narrative adventure with branching choices. It is an intertwined series of vignettes about change, circumstance, and consequence. Guide four characters through formative moments in their lives in a dystopian Vancouver inhabited by anthropomorphic animals.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 43.5%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Interactive Fiction 12.7%, Emotional 9.5%, Story Rich 5.7%
Why You'll Like It: This noir-inspired visual novel features a distinct pixel art style and a focus on dialogue-heavy investigation.
- #19 Dreamfall Chapters
85% matchVery Positive82% of 4,524 reviews2017
Dev: Red Thread Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 11.9 hrs≥1hr: 91%
The Final Cut is the ultimate collector's edition of Dreamfall Chapters, a story-driven 3D adventure about choice and consequence, set in parallel worlds: a cyberpunk vision of the future and a magical fantasy realm.
Why similar: Cyberpunk 26.5%, Choices Matter 12.2%, Story Rich 11.5%, Point & Click 11%, Futuristic 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: This game is a masterclass in choice-driven narrative adventure, focusing on character development and world-building.
- #20 Cloudpunk
83% matchVery Positive87% of 15,433 reviews2020
Dev: ION LANDS
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 10.3 hrs≥1hr: 69%
A neon-noir story in a rain-drenched cyberpunk metropolis. It’s your first night on the job working for the Cloudpunk delivery service. Two rules: Don’t miss a delivery and don’t ask what’s in the package.
Why similar: Cyberpunk 46.5%, Futuristic 15.6%, Sci-fi 12.2%, Story Rich 9.5%, Atmospheric 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a rich, atmospheric exploration of a cyberpunk city that captures the same visual and narrative tone as the seed game.
- #21 Love Shore
84% matchMixed70% of 76 reviews2023
Dev: Perfect Garbage
Windows · Mac · Linux
Play as Sam or Farah as they attempt to navigate the neon thrills of their cyberpunk city Love Shore, solve murders, fight gods and maybe fall in love.
Why similar: Noir 30.4%, Cyberpunk 26.3%, Interactive Fiction 16.2%, Choices Matter 11.3%, Stylized 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: A cyberpunk RPG that leans into choice-based storytelling and character-driven drama in a futuristic setting.
- #22 Observer: System Redux
82% matchVery Positive85% of 2,998 reviews2020
Dev: Bloober TeamPub: Bloober Team SA
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 69%
A first‑person cyberpunk horror detective story set in a decaying, neon‑scarred future. As an Observer who invades minds to hunt for clues, you will sift through corrupted memories to track down a mysterious killer and confront your own dark past.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 31.6%, Cyberpunk 29.7%, Choices Matter 9.3%, Multiple Endings 9.1%, Story Rich 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: This game dives deep into the cyberpunk noir aesthetic with a heavy emphasis on investigation and psychological exploration.
- #23 Resonance
82% matchVery Positive89% of 578 reviews2012
Dev: XII GamesPub: Wadjet Eye Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 91%
When a brilliant particle physicist dies unexpectedly, the race is on to secure his terrible new technology before it falls into the wrong hands. The lives of four playable characters become entangled as they fight against the clock to find the dead scientist’s secret vault.
Why similar: Point & Click 59.6%, Sci-fi 20.6%, Adventure 12.4%, Pixel Graphics 5.9%, Singleplayer 1.5%
Why You'll Like It: This sci-fi point-and-click adventure features a unique multi-character narrative and investigative mechanics that feel very familiar.
- #24 Kathy Rain
81% matchVery Positive92% of 4,001 reviews2016
Dev: Clifftop GamesPub: Raw Fury
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Set in the '90s, Kathy Rain tells the story of a strong-willed journalism major who has to come to terms with her troubled past as she investigates the mysterious death of her recently deceased grandfather.
Why similar: Point & Click 97.7%, Noir 0.9%, Pixel Graphics 0.4%, Adventure 0.3%, Story Rich 0.3%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a grounded, detective-focused point-and-click experience with a strong narrative core and atmospheric pixel art.
- #25 No Longer Home
81% matchMixed63% of 444 reviews2021
Dev: Humble GrovePub: Fellow Traveller
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 54%
No Longer Home is a game about letting go of the life you've built due to circumstances beyond your control. Immerse yourself in the lives of Bo and Ao and learn about their dreams, frustrations and fears. Welcome the magic of the everyday and somewhat extraordinary.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 21.1%, Interactive Fiction 14.7%, LGBTQ+ 14%, Point & Click 11.2%, Emotional 10.1%
Why You'll Like It: This interactive fiction title captures the intimate, character-focused storytelling style found in the seed game.
- #26 NeuroNet: Mendax Proxy
80% matchVery Positive81% of 67 reviews2023
Dev: Dream Harvest
Windows
You are Arc, a city management AI. Designed to manage a city-wide AR metaverse known as the NeuroNet. Meet its many users, build relationships and help or hinder their lives while trying to balance the wider needs of the city. Find your humanity in a world losing theirs to technology.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 29.3%, Cyberpunk 16%, Interactive Fiction 9.2%, Visual Novel 8.8%, Futuristic 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on dialogue and narrative management, placing the player in a position of influence within a futuristic society.
- #27 BatteryNote
77% matchVery Positive99% of 223 reviews2025
Dev: 72studioPub: room6
Windows · Mac
BatteryNote is a multi-ending sci-fi adventure visual novel game. You can recharge three robots with limited lifespans, bringing them back to life. Interact with them through conversations or experiment by applying high voltage. How they spend their final moments is entirely up to you.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 38.3%, Emotional 12.5%, Visual Novel 10.1%, Multiple Endings 8.4%, Sci-fi 7.1%
- #28 DIVINATION
79% matchVery Positive89% of 206 reviews2019
Dev: Mojiken
Windows · Mac
"What if you're born into this world without your permission?" DIVINATION is a very short visual novel where you act as a fortune teller in a futuristic world. Talk and listen to people's stories, then foresee their future using the runes they had drawn.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 21.8%, Noir 19.6%, Cyberpunk 17.2%, Visual Novel 9%, Point & Click 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: A short, philosophical cyberpunk visual novel that encourages players to think about the impact of their choices.
- #29 Au Revoir
77% matchVery Positive95% of 125 reviews2025
Dev: Invisible StudioPub: Nuntius Games
Windows
Play as Tristan and solve puzzles to recover human consciousnesses in the year 2071. Investigate environments, uncover secrets, and make choices that affect the ending. Explore a neon-noir world with a low poly aesthetic inspired by the 90s.
Why similar: Noir 24.9%, Cyberpunk 20.3%, Point & Click 12.1%, Interactive Fiction 10.1%, Sci-fi 6.7%
- #30 Chinatown Detective Agency
79% matchMostly Positive72% of 159 reviews2022
Dev: General Interactive Co.Pub: Balor Games
Windows · Mac
Chinatown Detective Agency is a cybernoir point and click adventure blending stunning retro design with innovative mechanics. Play as Amira Darma, an ex-cop who has just opened her own detective agency. Choose your clients, travel around the world and solve dangerous cases using real world research.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 26.6%, Noir 21.5%, Cyberpunk 16.2%, Point & Click 10.2%, Multiple Endings 7%
Why You'll Like It: It emphasizes the investigative and detective aspects of the point-and-click genre within a modern, story-rich framework.
- #31 Dex
78% matchVery Positive87% of 3,544 reviews2015
Dev: Dreadlocks Ltd.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Dex is a 2D, side-scrolling, open-world cyberpunk RPG with a focus on exploration and non-linear gameplay.
Why similar: Cyberpunk 62.5%, Sci-fi 9.8%, Story Rich 7.3%, Atmospheric 6.4%, 2D 4.9%
Why You'll Like It: A 2D cyberpunk RPG that offers a narrative-driven experience with exploration and dialogue elements.
- #32 Shardlight
78% matchVery Positive90% of 806 reviews2016
Dev: Wadjet Eye Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
A post-apocalyptic adventure game from the publisher that brought you Primordia, Gemini Rue and Technobabylon! A young woman stricken with a deadly plague searches for a cure in a hostile world.
Why similar: Point & Click 43.7%, Atmospheric 11.1%, Pixel Graphics 10.9%, Story Rich 10.2%, Adventure 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: A dystopian point-and-click adventure that features a strong narrative and the classic puzzle-solving mechanics of the genre.
- #33 Neon Hearts City
75% matchVery Positive84% of 56 reviews2025
Dev: Cosmic VoidPub: Dionous Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A private investigator, tracking a missing person, uncovers a conspiracy between humans and androids and a secret that could change everything. Neon Hearts City is a retro point-and-click adventure that thrusts you into a grungy cyberpunk city of the future.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.6%, Cyberpunk 21.8%, Point & Click 20%, Story Rich 8.8%, Pixel Graphics 7.4%
- #34 Save My Scrap
74% matchVery Positive100% of 56 reviews2026
Dev: Unio AnouPub: AMATA Games
Windows
"They mean everything to me. Please, make them whole again." An interactive visual novel puzzle game. By fixing the broken android, you may uncover the truth about your client's past.
Why similar: Cyberpunk 20.9%, Visual Novel 17.1%, Point & Click 16.8%, Emotional 8.2%, Sci-fi 8%
- #35 Friendsim 2
76% matchVery Positive89% of 106 reviews2022
Dev: Studio June
Windows · Mac
In this episodic visual novel, follow the adventures of MSPA Reader as they return to Alternia once more to save their friends... and realize that nothing is as it seems.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 23.4%, LGBTQ+ 11.2%, Visual Novel 11%, Cyberpunk 10.2%, Multiple Endings 9.7%
- #36 Blake: The Visual Novel
76% matchVery Positive90% of 63 reviews2021
Dev: Ori MeesPub: LegendOri Productions
Windows · Mac
Graphic Novel meets Visual Novel in this story-rich, choice-driven thriller. Experience Blake’s journey as he encounters a clandestine nemesis, sparking a series of events that force him to choose between losing his sanity or rising to the challenge. Make the right decisions and save New Stone.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 22%, Noir 19.7%, Comic Book 13%, Interactive Fiction 11.4%, Visual Novel 8.6%
- #37 Techno Banter
73% matchVery Positive92% of 131 reviews2025
Dev: Dexai ArtsPub: Crunching Koalas
Windows
You're the bouncer of the Green Door club, where every decision matters. Reject the unworthy of partying with clever retorts, explore a neon-lit city, and immerse yourself in the Berlin-like city's underground techno scene. The beat is pumping—are you in?
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 47.5%, Cyberpunk 11.1%, Interactive Fiction 8.3%, Multiple Endings 8%, Choices Matter 7.6%
- #38 Robot Hospice
71% matchVery Positive100% of 95 reviews2026
Dev: dokogames
Windows · Mac
"Robot Hospice" is a 2D pixel art adventure game where beloved robots spend their final days in a hospice. As a new staff member, you will gently yet painfully bid farewell to these cherished machines that once lived alongside humans.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.3%, Emotional 14.4%, Futuristic 10.1%, Visual Novel 9.1%, Story Rich 8.2%
- #39 FORECLOSED
75% matchMixed69% of 138 reviews2021
Dev: Antab StudioPub: Silver Lining Interactive
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 63%
FORECLOSED is a narrative-driven action-adventure set in a Cyberpunk world filled with action, suspense, and experimental augmentations. Follow the story of Evan Kapnos in this sleek comic book styled game as he unravels the conspiracy behind his identity foreclosure. Who is responsible and why?
Why similar: Noir 23.2%, Comic Book 17%, Interactive Fiction 13.1%, Futuristic 12.4%, Sci-fi 8.8%
- #40 AI: The Somnium Files
72% matchVery Positive92% of 9,378 reviews2019
Dev: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 15.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Play as detective Kaname Date on the case of an elusive serial killer in this thrilling, sci-fi murder mystery.
Why similar: Visual Novel 31%, Story Rich 15.9%, Multiple Endings 13.1%, Choices Matter 11.1%, Sci-fi 10.9%
- #41 Murder by Numbers
73% matchVery Positive84% of 1,683 reviews2020
Dev: MediatonicPub: The Irregular Corporation
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 12.6 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Solve Pixel Puzzles to find clues. Use those clues to interrogate witnesses. Work your way to the truth... ...and uncover the mystery of Murder by Numbers!
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 29.8%, Comic Book 16.7%, Interactive Fiction 15.2%, LGBTQ+ 14.7%, Visual Novel 12.5%
- #42 Mothmen 1966
72% matchVery Positive91% of 323 reviews2022
Dev: LCB Game StudioPub: Chorus Worldwide Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 2.1 hrs≥1hr: 61%
Mothmen 1966 is a 'Pixel Pulp' - a visual novel fusing exceptional writing and stunning illustration, inspired by mid-20th century pulp fiction and 80s home computer graphics - set amongst the strange occurrences of the Leonid meteor shower of 1966.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 26%, Noir 20.4%, Interactive Fiction 12.7%, Visual Novel 9.4%, Choices Matter 7.5%
- #43 Tesla Effect: A Tex Murphy Adventure
73% matchVery Positive87% of 1,323 reviews2014
Dev: Big Finish Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Tex Murphy is the last of the hard-boiled gumshoe detectives living in dystopian post-World War III San Francisco in the 2050s. Tex is an honest and good-natured private investigator with a penchant for bourbon, cigarettes and getting himself into trouble.
Why similar: Noir 46%, Cyberpunk 31.9%, Multiple Endings 7.4%, Adventure 4.9%, Atmospheric 4.4%
- #44 Until Then
68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 18,965 reviews2024
Dev: Polychroma GamesPub: Maximum Entertainment
Windows · Linux
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 76%
A fateful meeting sets off a chain reaction, upending Mark's life. People disappear and memories prove unreliable. Uncover a hidden truth with Mark and his friends in this narrative adventure and race to unravel the mystery before it's too late.
Why similar: Visual Novel 18.1%, Interactive Fiction 17%, Emotional 17%, Dialogue Heavy 13%, Story Rich 9.4%
- #45 Times and Galaxy
70% matchVery Positive88% of 75 reviews2024
Dev: Copychaser GamesPub: Fellow Traveller
Windows
Embark on an interplanetary adventure as the first robo reporter for the Times & Galaxy, the solar system’s most trusted holopaper. You’re just an intern, but if you can get the scoop, write great stories, and impress your colleagues, maybe you'll get to keep your job!
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 27.3%, Visual Novel 14.1%, Comic Book 13.9%, LGBTQ+ 11.5%, Point & Click 10.3%
- #46 Synthetic Lover
71% matchVery Positive86% of 106 reviews2022
Dev: HeartCoreDev
Windows
In the future a biot working as a companion and without free will, encounters a device that makes him feel human. Self-discovery, hardships, and romance may follow. A BL/Yaoi visual novel.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 20.4%, Cyberpunk 16.2%, LGBTQ+ 12.5%, Interactive Fiction 9.1%, Visual Novel 8.7%
- #47 Cyber City 2157: The Visual Novel
74% matchMixed53% of 222 reviews2016
Dev: HarotobiraPub: Sometimes You
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 98%
Feel the mysterious world of Molds and the City where the sun never sets. Look for clues, make decisions and follow your own path in the Cyber City 2157.
Why similar: Cyberpunk 34.1%, Visual Novel 20.6%, Adventure 10.5%, Stylized 8.6%, Story Rich 7.9%
- #48 Tails Noir
71% matchMixed67% of 3,467 reviews2021
Dev: EggnutPub: Raw Fury
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Tails Noir is a post-noir narrative adventure. Become raccoon private eye Howard Lotor and explore dystopian Vancouver inhabited by animals as you uncover a deeply personal story of change and transformation.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 29.2%, Noir 21.4%, Interactive Fiction 12.2%, Point & Click 10%, Visual Novel 9.8%
- #49 Minds Beneath Us
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 6,307 reviews2024
Dev: BearBoneStudio
Windows
Median: 11.1 hrsMean: 12.8 hrs≥1hr: 83%
MINDS BENEATH US is an emotional sci-fi narrative game. Through the eyes of a humble individual, experience a mad world where humans are exploited as computing devices for AI. Listen to the concerns of those you meet and offer guidance. Together, face challenges and confront an uncertain destiny.
Why similar: Cyberpunk 25.2%, Visual Novel 12.8%, Choices Matter 11.2%, Point & Click 11%, Multiple Endings 10.9%
- #50 Don't Let Me Fade
68% matchVery Positive99% of 137 reviews2025
Dev: AinkOink
Windows
Don't Let Me Fade is an interactive adventure about memory, identity, and loss. Piece together fragments of a life - even if a simple teddy bear is the last symbol of connection to oneself in a world without time.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.8%, Point & Click 18.4%, Visual Novel 15.7%, Emotional 10.5%, Adventure 6.5%
- #51 Tales of the Neon Sea
70% matchVery Positive85% of 5,073 reviews2019
Dev: YiTi GamesPub: Thermite Games
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Welcome to a world of intrigue and suspicion. Where humans and robots contend with escalating tensions and mutual distrust. And where gangster felines scheme their way to the top of the food chain. Welcome to the Tales of the Neon Sea!
Why similar: Cyberpunk 25%, Noir 23.1%, Point & Click 13.3%, Emotional 9.9%, Story Rich 7.5%
- #52 Beyond a Steel Sky
70% matchVery Positive88% of 1,649 reviews2020
Dev: Revolution Software Ltd
Windows · Linux
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 90%
From multi-award winning Revolution comes ‘Beyond a Steel Sky’, a groundbreaking 3D adventure thriller, set in an AI-driven future. Subvert the world, hack the systems and solve dark conspiracies to uncover the devastating truth.
Why similar: Cyberpunk 30.5%, Point & Click 18%, Choices Matter 11.4%, Futuristic 10.2%, Sci-fi 10.2%
- #53 Wax Heads
65% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 565 reviews2026
Dev: Patattie GamesPub: Curve Games
Windows · Linux
Wax Heads is a cozy-punk narrative sim about working in a struggling record store. Chat to quirky customers with unique tastes, explore a handcrafted record collection, fall in love with bands (and their drama!), or just slack off with your colleagues - whatever gets everyone’s groove back!
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 41.4%, Comic Book 11.2%, Interactive Fiction 10.4%, Point & Click 9.8%, Stylized 8.8%
- #54 Lacuna: Prologue
68% matchVery Positive91% of 172 reviews2021
Dev: DigiTales InteractivePub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 17.5 hrs≥1hr: 48%
Lacuna: Prologue tasks you – CDI agent Neil Conrad – with investigating the murder of a high-profile victim whose death could plunge the solar system into war. Solve the first in a series of cases that lead you ever deeper into the conspiracy at the core of this captivating 2D sci-fi noir adventure.
Why similar: Noir 27.1%, Cyberpunk 18.4%, Interactive Fiction 14.5%, Multiple Endings 9.9%, Choices Matter 7.1%
- #55 Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector
65% matchVery Positive91% of 2,629 reviews2025
Dev: Jump Over The AgePub: Fellow Traveller
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 86%
A dice-driven RPG, in a human and heartfelt sci-fi world. You are an escaped android, with a malfunctioning body, a price on your head and no memory of your past. Get a ship, find a crew, and take on contracts while you navigate across the Starward Belt.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 23.3%, Cyberpunk 20.6%, Interactive Fiction 12.5%, Multiple Endings 8.2%, Futuristic 8.1%
- #56 Neofeud
69% matchVery Positive85% of 289 reviews2017
Dev: Silver Spook Games
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Neofeud is a Dystopic Cyberpunk adventure game in the vein of Blade Runner, but with an overlay of Game of Thrones-like political intrigue, and 1366x768, hand-painted, stylized visuals.
Why similar: Cyberpunk 45.5%, Point & Click 22.2%, Sci-fi 10.7%, Story Rich 9.6%, Adventure 7.1%
- #57 UNMEMORY
69% matchVery Positive84% of 101 reviews2020
Dev: PATRONES & ESCONDITES
Windows · Mac · Linux
Unravel a mystery: A game you can read, a book you can play.
Why similar: Noir 31.4%, Interactive Fiction 16.5%, LGBTQ+ 14.5%, Point & Click 12.8%, Visual Novel 11.7%
- #58 Blade Runner: Enhanced Edition
67% matchMostly Positive74% of 648 reviews2022
Dev: Nightdive Studios
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 46%
Armed with your investigative skills and the tools of the Blade Runner trade, you'll be immersed in a world that lives and breathes around you with breakthrough lighting and visual effects. Your ability to survive will be put to the test in the richest game environment ever created.
Why similar: Cyberpunk 26.6%, Noir 20.6%, Point & Click 15.7%, Dialogue Heavy 13.4%, Futuristic 9.5%
- #59 Solstice
69% matchMostly Positive76% of 191 reviews2016
Dev: MoaCube
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Solstice is a dystopian mystery visual novel about small personal disasters that turn into great catastrophes.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 19.9%, Visual Novel 18.6%, Multiple Endings 15.4%, Choices Matter 15%, Interactive Fiction 11.5%
- #60 No More Future
65% matchVery Positive99% of 132 reviews2022
Dev: Sedge
Windows
In the last days of their life, a dying person takes one final gamble... No More Future is a linear Sci-Fi Visual Novel, where you explore a futuristic world as an android trying to rebuild their old life. In this strange journey, they'll question the very foundations of their life and their world.
Why similar: Comic Book 22.4%, Visual Novel 21.7%, Cyberpunk 17.1%, Futuristic 12%, Story Rich 11%