- #1 The Red Strings Club
97% matchVery Positive94% of 13,919 reviews2018
Dev: DeconstructeamPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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 35.7%, Choices Matter 11.3%, Story Rich 9.3%, LGBTQ+ 9.2%, Point & Click 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: This game mirrors the moral complexity and cyberpunk aesthetic of the seed game while focusing on narrative-driven choices.
- #2 Technobabylon
96% matchVery Positive94% of 1,618 reviews2015
Dev: Technocrat GamesPub: Wadjet Eye Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.4 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 40.1%, Point & Click 24.1%, Sci-fi 9.5%, Story Rich 6.2%, Pixel Graphics 5.8%
Why You'll Like It: A quintessential cyberpunk point-and-click adventure that features a rich, multi-perspective story set in a high-tech dystopia.
- #3 VA-11 Hall-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 38,192 reviews2016
Dev: Sukeban GamesPub: Ysbryd Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 31.1 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 28.8%, LGBTQ+ 13.8%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Point & Click 10.9%, Choices Matter 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: It perfectly captures the intimate, dialogue-heavy atmosphere of a cyberpunk world through the eyes of a service worker.
- #4 Read Only Memories: NEURODIVER
95% matchMostly Positive72% of 217 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 25.7%, Noir 11.9%, Cyberpunk 10.4%, Interactive Fiction 6.7%, Comic Book 6.3%
Why You'll Like It: As the direct sequel, it continues the narrative and character arcs established in the original game with refined visual novel mechanics.
- #5 Gemini Rue
94% matchVery Positive88% of 1,875 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 24.2%, Point & Click 19.7%, Sci-fi 9.2%, Story Rich 4.4%
Why You'll Like It: A classic noir-inspired point-and-click adventure that shares the gritty, rain-slicked aesthetic and mystery-solving focus of the seed game.
- #6 Neo Cab
94% matchMostly Positive79% of 2,815 reviews2019
Dev: Chance AgencyPub: Fellow Traveller
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.8 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 27.1%, Noir 11.6%, Cyberpunk 10%, Interactive Fiction 6.6%, Comic Book 6.3%
Why You'll Like It: This game mirrors the dialogue-heavy, character-focused nature of the seed game by exploring human connection in a tech-dominated world.
- #7 Lacuna – A Sci-Fi Noir Adventure
93% matchVery Positive92% of 2,845 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 22.2%, Noir 18.6%, Cyberpunk 14.3%, Interactive Fiction 10.1%, Multiple Endings 7%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses heavily on detective work and branching dialogue choices within a compelling, atmospheric sci-fi setting.
- #8 Whispers of a Machine
92% matchVery Positive93% of 1,977 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 17.2%, Sci-fi 9%, Choices Matter 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: A point-and-click detective story that features a strong female lead and a focus on investigative dialogue in a futuristic setting.
- #9 Citizen Sleeper
91% matchVery Positive93% of 10,020 reviews2022
Dev: Jump Over The AgePub: Fellow Traveller
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 7.4 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 31.8%, Cyberpunk 19.5%, Interactive Fiction 12.4%, Futuristic 8.3%, Multiple Endings 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: It captures the feeling of being an outsider in a cyberpunk society, relying on narrative choices and character relationships to drive the story.
- #10 Disco Elysium - The Final Cut
91% matchVery Positive93% of 126,799 reviews2019
Dev: ZA/UM
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 22.5 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Disco Elysium - The Final Cut is a groundbreaking role playing game. You’re a detective with a unique skill system at your disposal and a whole city to carve your path across. Interrogate unforgettable characters, crack murders or take bribes. Become a hero or an absolute disaster of a human being.
Why similar: Noir 27.3%, Choices Matter 20.8%, Story Rich 15.8%, Point & Click 13.9%, Visual Novel 10.6%
Why You'll Like It: While more surreal, it offers the pinnacle of dialogue-heavy, choice-driven investigation within a deeply atmospheric urban setting.
- #11 Silicon Dreams | cyberpunk interrogation
90% matchVery Positive94% of 255 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 26.8%, Cyberpunk 17%, Choices Matter 8.6%, Multiple Endings 7.8%, Emotional 6.8%
Why You'll Like It: It centers on the core mechanic of interrogating characters to uncover truths, mirroring the investigative dialogue of the seed game.
- #12 Subsurface Circular
89% matchVery Positive94% of 1,931 reviews2017
Dev: Bithell Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 69%
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 26.5%, Noir 18.9%, Cyberpunk 11.7%, Visual Novel 9.9%, Choices Matter 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: A concise, text-based adventure that relies entirely on dialogue and logical deduction to solve a mystery involving sapient machines.
- #13 Shadowrun: Dragonfall - Director's Cut
89% matchVery Positive89% of 6,518 reviews2014
Dev: Harebrained SchemesPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 10.5 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Harebrained Schemes' biggest Shadowrun game to date, and the definitive Shadowrun RPG experience available on PC. Now a standalone title with tons of new content & improvements!
Why similar: Cyberpunk 68.6%, Sci-fi 11.7%, Story Rich 11.1%, Atmospheric 4.6%, Adventure 2.3%
Why You'll Like It: This title provides a deep, tactical, and narrative-rich cyberpunk experience that emphasizes team dynamics and moral dilemmas.
- #14 Coffee Talk
87% matchVery Positive95% of 12,298 reviews2020
Dev: Toge Productions
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 10.2 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 44.4%, Interactive Fiction 9.1%, Visual Novel 8.6%, LGBTQ+ 8.2%, Emotional 5.8%
Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on the relaxing, dialogue-heavy side of narrative adventures, allowing you to influence the lives of diverse cyberpunk citizens.
- #15 Primordia
88% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 3,401 reviews2012
Dev: Wormwood StudiosPub: Wadjet Eye Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.8 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%, Noir 16.3%, Cyberpunk 15.8%, Sci-fi 12.4%, Multiple Endings 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: It features a world populated by robots and explores themes of identity and history through a classic point-and-click lens.
- #16 NORCO
86% matchVery Positive93% of 3,080 reviews2022
Dev: Geography of RobotsPub: Raw Fury
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.2 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 21.3%, Story Rich 11.5%, Atmospheric 10.1%, Pixel Graphics 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: This point-and-click adventure offers a uniquely atmospheric and surreal narrative that rewards players for exploring its dense, story-rich world.
- #17 Murder by Numbers
86% matchVery Positive84% of 1,662 reviews2020
Dev: MediatonicPub: The Irregular Corporation
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 12.7 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 45.8%, Comic Book 12.9%, Interactive Fiction 11.8%, LGBTQ+ 11.2%, Visual Novel 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: It combines investigative dialogue with puzzle-solving, capturing the detective-mystery vibe of the seed game.
- #18 Chinatown Detective Agency
85% matchMostly Positive72% of 156 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 26.9%, Noir 21.4%, Cyberpunk 16.2%, Point & Click 10.1%, Multiple Endings 7%
Why You'll Like It: A modern point-and-click detective game that requires real-world research and logical deduction to progress through its narrative.
- #19 Dreamfall Chapters
84% matchVery Positive82% of 4,513 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 28.4%, Choices Matter 13.2%, Story Rich 12.3%, Point & Click 10.4%, Futuristic 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: A story-rich adventure that excels at world-building and character development within a multi-layered sci-fi universe.
- #20 Let Bions Be Bygones
84% matchMostly Positive73% of 122 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 23.7%, Cyberpunk 18.9%, Interactive Fiction 13.3%, Point & Click 10.7%, Multiple Endings 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: A gritty, choice-heavy detective game set in a cyberpunk city that emphasizes player agency in a branching story.
- #21 Kathy Rain
83% matchVery Positive92% of 3,954 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: A strong narrative-driven mystery that utilizes classic point-and-click mechanics to uncover dark secrets in a compelling setting.
- #22 Love Shore
82% 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 11.4%, Stylized 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: A cyberpunk visual novel that focuses on choices and character relationships, mirroring the interactive fiction style of the seed game.
- #23 Beneath a Steel Sky (1994)
82% matchVery Positive89% of 569 reviews2020
Dev: Revolution Software Ltd
Windows · Linux
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 12.9 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 32.6%, Point & Click 19%, Futuristic 12.8%, Sci-fi 10.7%, Story Rich 10%
Why You'll Like It: A foundational cyberpunk point-and-click game that features a witty robot companion and a conspiracy-laden plot.
- #24 NeuroNet: Mendax Proxy
81% matchVery Positive82% of 66 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 29.6%, Cyberpunk 16%, Interactive Fiction 9.2%, Visual Novel 8.7%, Futuristic 8%
Why You'll Like It: It places you in the role of an AI managing a city, focusing on dialogue and choices that impact the lives of citizens.
- #25 Tails Noir
80% matchMixed67% of 3,409 reviews2021
Dev: EggnutPub: Raw Fury
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 62%
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 29.5%, Noir 21.3%, Interactive Fiction 12.2%, Point & Click 9.9%, Visual Novel 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: A post-noir narrative adventure that uses pixel art and dialogue-heavy gameplay to explore a dystopian city.
- #26 BatteryNote
77% matchVery Positive100% of 203 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 38.7%, Emotional 12.4%, Visual Novel 10%, Multiple Endings 8.4%, Sci-fi 7%
- #27 DIVINATION
79% matchVery Positive90% of 204 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 22.1%, Noir 19.6%, Cyberpunk 17.2%, Visual Novel 8.9%, Point & Click 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: A short, experimental visual novel that uses dialogue and philosophical choices to explore a dark, futuristic setting.
- #28 Au Revoir
77% matchVery Positive95% of 118 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 10.2%, Sci-fi 6.7%
- #29 Tesla Effect: A Tex Murphy Adventure
79% matchVery Positive87% of 1,313 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 32%, Multiple Endings 7.4%, Adventure 4.8%, Atmospheric 4.5%
Why You'll Like It: A classic noir detective game that uses FMV and point-and-click mechanics to tell a gritty, atmospheric story.
- #30 Cyber City 2157: The Visual Novel
81% 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 34.2%, Visual Novel 20.4%, Adventure 10.3%, Stylized 8.8%, Story Rich 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: A straightforward visual novel that leans into the classic tropes and aesthetic of the cyberpunk genre.
- #31 Dex
78% matchVery Positive87% of 3,503 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 62.6%, Sci-fi 9.7%, Story Rich 7.3%, Atmospheric 6.5%, 2D 5%
Why You'll Like It: An open-world side-scrolling RPG that captures the neon-drenched aesthetic and conspiracy-heavy themes of the cyberpunk genre.
- #32 FORECLOSED
78% matchMixed69% of 137 reviews2021
Dev: Antab StudioPub: Silver Lining Interactive
Windows
Median: 2.2 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 13.2%, Futuristic 12.3%, Sci-fi 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: This game offers a highly stylized, atmospheric sci-fi experience that focuses on narrative progression and futuristic themes.
- #33 Friendsim 2
76% matchVery Positive88% of 103 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 23.7%, Visual Novel 11%, LGBTQ+ 11%, Cyberpunk 10.3%, Multiple Endings 9.7%
- #34 Tails Noir Preludes
75% matchVery Positive92% of 300 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 43.9%, Visual Novel 14.1%, Interactive Fiction 12.7%, Emotional 9.4%, Story Rich 5.6%
- #35 Neon Hearts City
75% matchVery Positive85% of 53 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 24.7%, Cyberpunk 21.7%, Point & Click 20%, Story Rich 8.7%, Pixel Graphics 7.4%
- #36 Blake: The Visual Novel
76% matchVery Positive90% of 62 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 22.3%, Noir 19.6%, Comic Book 12.8%, Interactive Fiction 11.4%, Visual Novel 8.5%
- #37 Techno Banter
73% matchVery Positive92% of 124 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 47.8%, Cyberpunk 11.1%, Interactive Fiction 8.3%, Multiple Endings 8%, Choices Matter 7.6%
- #38 AI: The Somnium Files
74% matchVery Positive92% of 9,207 reviews2019
Dev: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 15.0 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 31.5%, Story Rich 16.3%, Multiple Endings 12.9%, Choices Matter 11.4%, Sci-fi 11.2%
- #39 Mothmen 1966
73% matchVery Positive91% of 320 reviews2022
Dev: LCB Game StudioPub: Chorus Worldwide Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 2.1 hrs≥1hr: 63%
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 26.3%, Noir 20.3%, Interactive Fiction 12.7%, Visual Novel 9.3%, Choices Matter 7.5%
- #40 Times and Galaxy
73% matchVery Positive91% of 68 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 31.7%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Comic Book 13.1%, LGBTQ+ 10.6%, Point & Click 9.7%
- #41 No Longer Home
74% matchMixed63% of 432 reviews2021
Dev: Humble GrovePub: Fellow Traveller
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 51%
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 33.2%, Interactive Fiction 12.5%, LGBTQ+ 11.5%, Point & Click 9.5%, Emotional 8.6%
- #42 Until Then
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 16,524 reviews2024
Dev: Polychroma GamesPub: Maximum Entertainment
Windows · Linux
Median: 7.5 hrsMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 78%
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%, Interactive Fiction 17.7%, Emotional 16.8%, Dialogue Heavy 12.9%, Story Rich 9.3%
- #43 Minds Beneath Us
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 5,730 reviews2024
Dev: BearBoneStudio
Windows
Median: 10.9 hrsMean: 12.8 hrs≥1hr: 82%
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%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Choices Matter 11.3%, Point & Click 11.1%, Multiple Endings 11%
- #44 VirtuaVerse
72% matchVery Positive83% of 1,107 reviews2020
Dev: Theta DivisionPub: Blood Music
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 63%
VirtuaVerse is a challenging old school cyberpunk point & click adventure set in a future not so far away narrating tales of technomancers, AVR graffiti writers, hacker groups, tribes of cryptoshamans, digital archeology, epic cyberwars and virtual reality debauchery.
Why similar: Cyberpunk 35.5%, Point & Click 18.6%, Futuristic 10.2%, Sci-fi 8%, Story Rich 7.7%
- #45 Don't Let Me Fade
69% matchVery Positive99% of 131 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 24.6%, Point & Click 18.6%, Visual Novel 15.9%, Emotional 10.3%, Adventure 6.5%
- #46 Tales of the Neon Sea
71% matchVery Positive86% of 4,916 reviews2019
Dev: YiTi GamesPub: Thermite Games
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 8.7 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%, Point & Click 13.3%, Emotional 10%, Story Rich 7.4%
- #47 Lacuna: Prologue
71% matchVery Positive91% of 170 reviews2021
Dev: DigiTales InteractivePub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 17.4 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 14.6%, Multiple Endings 10%, Choices Matter 7.1%
- #48 Beyond a Steel Sky
70% matchVery Positive88% of 1,612 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 30.6%, Point & Click 18%, Choices Matter 11.6%, Sci-fi 10.1%, Futuristic 10.1%
- #49 Wax Heads
67% matchVery Positive97% of 342 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 41.7%, Comic Book 11.2%, Interactive Fiction 10.4%, Point & Click 9.7%, Stylized 8.9%
- #50 Solstice
72% 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+ 19.5%, Visual Novel 18.5%, Multiple Endings 15.5%, Choices Matter 15.3%, Interactive Fiction 11.6%
- #51 Neofeud
71% matchVery Positive85% of 278 reviews2017
Dev: Silver Spook Games
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 80%
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 45.7%, Point & Click 22.2%, Sci-fi 10.6%, Story Rich 9.5%, Adventure 7%
- #52 UNMEMORY
70% matchVery Positive84% of 99 reviews2020
Dev: PATRONES & ESCONDITES
Windows · Mac · Linux
Unravel a mystery: A game you can read, a book you can play.
Why similar: Noir 31.5%, Interactive Fiction 16.6%, LGBTQ+ 14.3%, Point & Click 12.9%, Visual Novel 11.7%
- #53 Cloudpunk
68% matchVery Positive88% of 15,203 reviews2020
Dev: ION LANDS
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 8.2 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 46.6%, Futuristic 15.6%, Sci-fi 12.2%, Story Rich 9.5%, Atmospheric 9.5%
- #54 Coffee Talk Tokyo
65% matchVery Positive93% of 150 reviews2026
Dev: Chorus Worldwide Games
Windows · Mac
Coffee Talk Tokyo is the newest entry in the beloved series, set in a late-night café in Tokyo. Brew drinks, meet humans and yōkai, and experience heartfelt stories in a cozy, story-rich world.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 28.1%, Interactive Fiction 13.1%, Visual Novel 10.2%, Choices Matter 8.4%, Multiple Endings 8.4%
- #55 Blade Runner: Enhanced Edition
68% matchMostly Positive74% of 618 reviews2022
Dev: Nightdive Studios
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 8.4 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 23.6%, Dialogue Heavy 23.4%, Noir 18.3%, Point & Click 13.9%, Futuristic 8.4%
- #56 No More Future
66% matchVery Positive99% of 127 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 17.3%, Futuristic 11.9%, Story Rich 11%
- #57 Gamedec - Definitive Edition
67% matchVery Positive80% of 1,700 reviews2021
Dev: Anshar StudiosPub: Anshar Publishing
Windows
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Gamedec is a single-player cyberpunk isometric RPG. You are a game detective, who solves crimes inside virtual worlds. Use your wits to gather info from your witnesses and suspects, getting to the bottom of deceptive schemes. The game continually adapts to your decisions and never judges.
Why similar: Noir 25%, Cyberpunk 24.9%, Visual Novel 10.8%, Choices Matter 10.6%, Multiple Endings 10.4%
- #58 Synthetic Lover
67% 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 20.7%, Cyberpunk 16.3%, LGBTQ+ 12%, Interactive Fiction 9.2%, Visual Novel 8.6%
- #59 D1AL-ogue
62% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 3,423 reviews2026
Dev: CherryPickerPub: Jungle Game Lab
Windows
Become an android repair technician in a cyberpunk city where the sun never rises. Rotate the unique circular puzzle 'D1AL' and merge modules to fix their broken bodies and hearts. Your precise repair is the conversation starter. Turn the dial and listen to their stories.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 30%, Cyberpunk 28.3%, Visual Novel 11.1%, Multiple Endings 9.9%, Story Rich 7%