- #1 AI: The Somnium Files
97% matchVery Positive92% of 9,294 reviews2019
Dev: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 15.1 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 38.3%, Anime 29.9%, Detective 19.1%, Adventure 7.7%, Sci-fi 4.2%
- #2 Tokyo Dark
96% matchVery Positive84% of 1,343 reviews2017
Dev: CherrymochiPub: Square Enix
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Legend tells of a door deep below Tokyo's sewers. All who enter are lost forever. Detective Ito's partner is missing. Explore Tokyo & uncover the darkness that lays beneath the streets in this Point & Click - meets Visual Novel - narrative adventure that questions the very core of Ito's sanity.
Why similar: Visual Novel 33.8%, Anime 33.8%, Detective 18.6%, Adventure 7.2%, Psychological 5.9%
- #3 Zero Escape: The Nonary Games
96% matchVery Positive93% of 7,226 reviews2017
Dev: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 21.5 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Kidnapped and taken to an unfamiliar location, nine people find themselves forced to participate in a diabolical Nonary Game by an enigmatic mastermind called Zero. Why were they there? Why were they chosen to put their lives on the line? And more importantly, who can be trusted?
Why similar: Visual Novel 53.6%, Anime 25.8%, Adventure 7.5%, Detective 7.3%, Sci-fi 4.7%
- #4 Zero Escape: Zero Time Dilemma
95% matchVery Positive82% of 4,838 reviews2016
Dev: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 11.4 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Nine participants awaken, trapped in an underground facility. To escape, they must play a game with deadly consequences. Who will live, and who will die? The choice is yours. Let the Decision Game begin…
Why similar: Visual Novel 53.6%, Anime 28.4%, Adventure 10.5%, Sci-fi 6.2%, Singleplayer 1.3%
- #5 STEINS;GATE 0
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 8,213 reviews2018
Dev: MAGES. Inc.Pub: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 126.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%
If you can't save the one you love… How can you save humanity? Sequel to the visual novel cult classic. Experience an alternate worldline of STEINS;GATE.
Why similar: Visual Novel 47.9%, Anime 32.9%, Adventure 6.8%, Sci-fi 6.5%, Psychological 5.1%
- #6 AI: THE SOMNIUM FILES - nirvanA Initiative
94% matchVery Positive86% of 3,714 reviews2022
Dev: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 16.0 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Special Agents Mizuki and Ryuki, along with their AI partners Aiba and Tama, are tasked to solve the bizarre Half Body serial killings in this sequel to the critically acclaimed AI: THE SOMNIUM FILES.
Why similar: Visual Novel 34.9%, Anime 29.7%, Detective 18.6%, Adventure 9.9%, Sci-fi 7%
- #7 CHAOS;CHILD
93% matchVery Positive93% of 3,973 reviews2019
Dev: MAGES. Inc.Pub: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 81.1 hrs≥1hr: 82%
From the creators of the critically acclaimed STEINS;GATE comes a sensational new visual novel: CHAOS;CHILD. Set in Shibuya in 2015, a group of high school students who survived an earthquake six years ago find themselves at the center of a new series of bizarre murders in the city.
Why similar: Visual Novel 49.2%, Anime 28.8%, Psychological 10.1%, Adventure 6.9%, Sci-fi 4.4%
- #8 Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc
92% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 37,546 reviews2016
Dev: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.0 hrsMean: 22.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Investigate murders, search for clues and talk to your classmates to prepare for trial. There, you'll engage in deadly wordplay, going back and forth with suspects. Dissect their statements and fire their words back at them to expose their lies! There's only one way to survive—pull the trigger.
Why similar: Visual Novel 38.6%, Anime 34.7%, Detective 21.1%, Adventure 4.4%, Singleplayer 1.2%
- #9 Synergia
91% matchVery Positive87% of 807 reviews2020
Dev: Radi ArtPub: Top Hat Studios, Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Synergia is a yuri thriller visual novel that takes place in a cyberpunk future, wrapped up in a beautifully unique, vibrant neon aesthetic. At the end of the world, sometimes love is the ultimate crime.
Why similar: Cyberpunk 29%, Visual Novel 27.8%, Anime 19.3%, Dystopian 18.3%, Sci-fi 4.9%
- #10 The Red Strings Club
91% matchVery Positive93% of 14,085 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 60.5%, Visual Novel 17.6%, Dystopian 9.9%, Adventure 7%, Sci-fi 3.9%
- #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: Cyberpunk 35%, Visual Novel 20.1%, Dystopian 17.1%, Detective 13.9%, Adventure 7.8%
- #12 ANONYMOUS;CODE
89% matchMostly Positive79% of 538 reviews2023
Dev: MAGES. Inc.Pub: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 12.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Hack Into God
Why similar: Visual Novel 45.1%, Anime 34.3%, Adventure 19.5%, Singleplayer 1.1%
- #13 DRAMAtical Murder
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 4,797 reviews2021
Dev: Nitro+CHiRALPub: JAST
Windows
Median: 6.7 hrsMean: 12.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Aoba's vibrant cyberpunk world is one of contrasts: high-tech virtual reality battles versus street gang turf wars, ultra-exclusive luxury resorts and tiny junk shops. The choices you make will shape the path of Aoba's journey into the dark secrets lurking beneath the glossy sheen of the city.
Why similar: Visual Novel 41.4%, Anime 28.8%, Cyberpunk 24.9%, Adventure 4.2%, Singleplayer 0.8%
- #14 Master Detective Archives: RAIN CODE Plus
88% matchVery Positive81% of 2,158 reviews2024
Dev: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 11.9 hrsMean: 22.4 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Yuma, an amnesiac detective-in-training, and Shinigami, the spirit haunting him, tackle unsolved mysteries.
Why similar: Anime 35.3%, Detective 23.2%, Visual Novel 21.1%, Adventure 19.1%, Singleplayer 1.3%
- #15 Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony
87% matchVery Positive83% of 22,748 reviews2017
Dev: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 9.0 hrsMean: 30.5 hrs≥1hr: 92%
A new cast of 16 characters find themselves kidnapped and imprisoned in a school. Inside, some will kill, some will die, and some will be punished. Reimagine what you thought high-stakes, fast-paced investigation was as you investigate twisted murder cases and condemn your new friends to death.
Why similar: Visual Novel 40.1%, Anime 31.9%, Detective 23%, Adventure 3.8%, Singleplayer 1.2%
- #16 The Occult Detective
86% matchMostly Positive70% of 330 reviews2025
Dev: Battlecry Studio
Windows
A narrative detective game blended with supernatural elements. Play as a rookie investigator, discover vital clues in every case, dive into unscripted interrogations and uncover truths that break minds. But with each revelation, the world feels... less human.
Why similar: Visual Novel 38.3%, Anime 31.8%, Detective 19.7%, Adventure 8.7%, Singleplayer 1.5%
- #17 Kara no Shojo
86% matchVery Positive92% of 450 reviews2018
Dev: Innocent GreyPub: MangaGamer
Windows
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 158.4 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Play as a detective tasked with catching a serial killer in this visual novel set in post-war Japan. Investigate key locations, question many complex characters, piece together clues, and try to stop the culprit before they end yet another young girl's smile.
Why similar: Visual Novel 38.2%, Anime 33.1%, Detective 22%, Adventure 6.8%
- #18 Minds Beneath Us
84% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 5,908 reviews2024
Dev: BearBoneStudio
Windows
Median: 10.9 hrsMean: 12.7 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 28.6%, Visual Novel 25.1%, Dystopian 18.9%, Psychological 15.1%, Adventure 6.7%
- #19 Master Magistrate
84% matchVery Positive91% of 212 reviews2020
Dev: IRODORIPub: Shiravune
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 93%
The samurai detective visual novel! Solve crimes and pass judgment on vigilantes, officials, inventors, and brigands to protect a city of eternal cherry blossoms.
Why similar: Visual Novel 39.1%, Anime 25%, Detective 23.9%, Adventure 10.9%, Singleplayer 1.1%
- #20 Cyber City 2157: The Visual Novel
85% 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: Visual Novel 37%, Cyberpunk 35.6%, Adventure 26.1%, Singleplayer 1.3%
- #21 VIRTUAL GIRL @ WORLD’S END
81% matchVery Positive95% of 87 reviews2025
Dev: 株式会社ヘッドロックPub: Bushiroad Inc.
Windows
The story is set in future Tokyo, where human’s endless desires have consumed finite resources. In this world that is gradually approaching its end, the streamer girls continue to sing, while embracing dreams and despair in their hearts...
Why similar: Visual Novel 25.6%, Cyberpunk 23.5%, Anime 15%, Dystopian 15%, Psychological 11.3%
- #22 >observer_
82% matchMostly Positive78% of 5,913 reviews2017
Dev: Bloober Team SAPub: Bloober Team
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 84%
The original first‑person cyberpunk horror detective tale 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: Cyberpunk 59.4%, Dystopian 15.1%, Detective 12.3%, Adventure 6.2%, Sci-fi 6.1%
- #23 √Letter - Root Letter -
83% matchMostly Positive79% of 578 reviews2017
Dev: DRAGAMI GAMES, LTD.
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 11.6 hrs≥1hr: 91%
When a letter is delivered 15 years late - you discover an old pen-friend was involved in a murder, before she disappeared. Travelling to her hometown, you must investigate the murder, using her past letters as clues to uncover the disturbing truth.
Why similar: Visual Novel 33.9%, Anime 30%, Detective 19.4%, Adventure 10.5%, Sci-fi 4.6%
- #24 RGB GlitchGazer
79% matchVery Positive97% of 97 reviews2026
Dev: 群星闪耀时Pub: 群星闪耀时
Windows
A mad and romantic ADV. Unravel a strange world of science and philosophy with a mecha girl, zombie girl, or beastfolk. Some paths may disturb you... or thrill you.
Why similar: Visual Novel 43%, Anime 36.5%, Adventure 13.1%, Sci-fi 7.4%
- #25 Yurukill: The Calumniation Games
81% matchVery Positive82% of 73 reviews2022
Dev: IzanagiGames
Windows
Pardon or kill. Let the madness begin! Take on the nefarious attractions of Yurukill Land for a chance to prove your innocence!
Why similar: Visual Novel 36.3%, Anime 30.4%, Detective 18.3%, Adventure 13.7%, Singleplayer 1.3%
- #26 protoViolence - Definitive Edition
79% matchVery Positive96% of 77 reviews2024
Dev: Mado
Windows · Mac · Linux
Can you save a test subject from your life’s work? A cinematic sci-fi visual novel about cybernetic research and its sickening consequences. A prequel to malViolence.
Why similar: Cyberpunk 24.3%, Visual Novel 24%, Anime 20.9%, Dystopian 14.1%, Psychological 12.1%
- #27 Sinless + OST
82% matchMostly Positive78% of 375 reviews2015
Dev: MGP StudiosPub: Forever Entertainment S. A.
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 96%
"Before we knew it, what we once knew as 'freedom' became nothing more but a faint and distant memory." Venture forth and discover the truth behind the seemingly perfect OmniCare society in Sinless: a unique point and click and visual novel hybrid, set in an original cyberpunk reality.
Why similar: Cyberpunk 46.3%, Visual Novel 35.4%, Adventure 18.3%
- #28 Baldr Sky
78% matchVery Positive94% of 1,589 reviews2019
Dev: Sekai Project
Windows
Median: 11.3 hrsMean: 70.2 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Kou Kadokura, a cyber officer, seeks to uncover the truth behind the tragedy that ended his once peaceful life. A war looms, and the answers he’s looking for are locked away in him... So why can't he remember anything? Unravel the mysteries hidden in his lost memories through this fast-paced mech action game!
Why similar: Cyberpunk 29.6%, Visual Novel 28.8%, Anime 17.4%, Dystopian 11.5%, Adventure 6.1%
- #29 TOKYO PSYCHODEMIC
80% matchMostly Negative31% of 106 reviews2024
Dev: GRAVITY GAME ARISEPub: GRAVITY
Windows
5% of murder cases remain unsolved... it's time to open up these cases and confront the supernatural with forensic science! Solve cases by analyzing evidence and consulting with specialists. Enter a world that artfully blends 2D illustration and real-life visuals!
Why similar: Visual Novel 34.6%, Anime 30.2%, Detective 21.1%, Adventure 12.4%, Singleplayer 1.8%
- #30 Observer: System Redux
77% matchVery Positive85% of 2,957 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: Cyberpunk 50.4%, Detective 23%, Dystopian 21.2%, Sci-fi 5.3%
- #31 The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles
76% matchVery Positive94% of 9,307 reviews2021
Dev: CAPCOM Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 11.4 hrsMean: 34.9 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Immerse yourself in a dramatic yet charming and witty world of evidence-gathering, deduction and courtroom battles with this double-pack of the adventures of rookie lawyer Ryunosuke.
Why similar: Visual Novel 39.2%, Anime 29.2%, Detective 19.7%, Adventure 11.2%, Singleplayer 0.7%
- #32 of the Devil
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 2,442 reviews2025
Dev: nth Circle Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 13.3 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Immerse yourself in neon, smoke, and high-stakes legal gambles as a Defense Attorney with uniquely Killer insights in this episodic, diabolically stylish visual novel adventure game.
Why similar: Cyberpunk 27%, Visual Novel 25.7%, Anime 16.4%, Detective 14%, Dystopian 13.5%
- #33 Guilty Parade
76% matchVery Positive92% of 292 reviews2021
Dev: Nozori Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.5 hrsMean: 10.8 hrs≥1hr: 93%
One war. Two sides of a military conflict. Which side will you choose if you take a look at the world from both sides of the conflict? Whom will you support and whom will you destroy if some are fighting for an uncertain future, while others are for a peaceful present?
Why similar: Visual Novel 43.1%, Anime 27.1%, Detective 21.8%, Adventure 6.7%, Singleplayer 1.3%
- #34 MINDHACK
74% matchVery Positive93% of 729 reviews2023
Dev: VODKAdemo?
Windows · Mac
Change the minds of evildoers…for good! MINDHACK is a text adventure game where you meet unique evildoers, hack their minds, and rewrite them into happy people!
Why similar: Visual Novel 32%, Dystopian 22.8%, Psychological 16.3%, Anime 14.8%, Adventure 7.9%
- #35 Gamedec - Definitive Edition
75% matchMostly Positive80% of 1,711 reviews2021
Dev: Anshar StudiosPub: Anshar Publishing
Windows
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 6.8 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: Cyberpunk 39.1%, Visual Novel 29.6%, Detective 19.3%, Adventure 10.1%, Singleplayer 1.9%
- #36 The Orchard of Stray Sheep
78% matchMixed70% of 53 reviews2016
Dev: NamaagePub: Sekai Project
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Happiness is an obligation. But then, what gives one the right to be happy? A small, garden-like Academy stands alone on a secluded island. Ichirou Yamada has been transferred there to work as a teacher. He is put in charge of Casserole, a beautiful, young girl who entered the school at the same time.
Why similar: Visual Novel 50%, Dystopian 24.1%, Anime 13.1%, Adventure 9.2%, Sci-fi 3.5%
- #37 An Octave Higher
77% matchVery Positive82% of 298 reviews2015
Dev: KidalangPub: PLAYISM
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Fall into the magically complicated world of Overture as the three main characters embark on an adventure that will shake their lives and the world around them. Will they fan the flames of the growing revolution, or will they be the key to extinguishing it?
Why similar: Visual Novel 54%, Anime 31.4%, Adventure 13.2%, Singleplayer 1.4%
- #38 The 25th Ward: The Silver Case
75% matchVery Positive92% of 518 reviews2018
Dev: GRASSHOPPER MANUFACTURE INC.Pub: NIS America, Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 84%
In the bayside area of Kanto, a murder with unknown motivations sets off a series of seemingly random events bringing together peculiar individuals, one of whom is detective Tokio Morishima. When their ambitions begin to collide, a truly shocking pattern emerges…
Why similar: Visual Novel 59.4%, Adventure 23%, Detective 17.6%
- #39 Song of Farca
74% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,642 reviews2021
Dev: Wooden MonkeysPub: Alawar
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Hack into crime scenes, look for evidence, analyze data, interrogate criminals, track suspects and deal with the consequences of your decisions. This is a dark and brutal detective story with a Black Mirror-esque atmosphere of digital dominance and the narrative structure of a US crime procedural.
Why similar: Cyberpunk 27.9%, Visual Novel 25.9%, Dystopian 21.6%, Detective 16.8%, Adventure 6.5%
- #40 The Shell Part I: Inferno
72% matchVery Positive91% of 1,407 reviews2023
Dev: Innocent GreyPub: Shiravune
Windows
Median: 11.4 hrsMean: 115.0 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Unravel a string of gruesome murders terrorizing Tokyo in this mystery-thriller visual novel. The secrets of a case from six years prior may just be the key to the current unending cycle of tragedy—and the thing that cracks this woeful world’s shell may be one girl’s smile.
Why similar: Visual Novel 46.6%, Detective 24.6%, Anime 20%, Adventure 7.9%, Singleplayer 0.9%
- #41 Justice.exe
73% matchMostly Positive71% of 102 reviews2022
Dev: Late Game ClutchPub: Gameclaw Studio
Windows · Mac
Justice.exe is a dialogue-heavy dystopian legal drama in which you defend sentient AI in court. Discover key story elements in dialogue, build your case by studying arguments, and engage the opposing counsel in wits, charisma and skullduggery. Small choices might alter the fate of your clients.
Why similar: Cyberpunk 36.9%, Dystopian 29.2%, Detective 21.1%, Adventure 10.9%, Singleplayer 2%
- #42 Transient: Extended Edition
73% matchMostly Positive70% of 341 reviews2020
Dev: Stormling StudiosPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 87%
H.P. Lovecraft meets Cyberpunk. Delve deep into a dystopian world and investigate what is happening to you and your friends in a domed city. Solve puzzles, hack systems and plug in to explore other dimensions. Discover a truth that might tear apart your sanity and question your very existence.
Why similar: Cyberpunk 42.1%, Dystopian 25.2%, Detective 14.3%, Adventure 11.4%, Sci-fi 7.1%
- #43 malViolence - Definitive Edition
71% matchVery Positive94% of 154 reviews2023
Dev: Mado
Windows · Mac · Linux
CAUTION: Escape from this supervillain at your own risk...A short sci-fi visual novel packed with brain-teasing puzzles, gruesome deaths and heartbreaking secrets.
Why similar: Cyberpunk 27%, Visual Novel 25.3%, Anime 22.6%, Dystopian 18.7%, Sci-fi 5.2%
- #44 State of Mind
72% matchMostly Positive78% of 2,288 reviews2018
Dev: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 91%
State of Mind is a futuristic thriller game delving into transhumanism. The game explores themes of separation, disjuncture and reunification, in a world that is torn between a dystopian material reality and a utopian virtual future.
Why similar: Cyberpunk 42.1%, Dystopian 20.9%, Adventure 12.5%, Visual Novel 11.4%, Sci-fi 11.1%
- #45 Type-NOISE: Shonen Shojo
70% matchMostly Positive80% of 138 reviews2025
Dev: DankHeartsPub: WhisperGames
Windows
Type-NOISE: Shonen Shojo is a multi-ending mystery adventure game. A group of boys and girls who have lost their memories gather in a “Tokyo” that is both familiar and unfamiliar. They must trace their lost memories to escape the bizarre labyrinths. Are they prepared to confront their “true selves”?
Why similar: Visual Novel 33.7%, Anime 28.6%, Detective 17%, Adventure 11.9%, Sci-fi 6.9%
- #46 TOBOR
70% matchVery Positive94% of 88 reviews2023
Dev: Cogoo
Windows · Mac
A psychological surveillance adventure. Observe 16 real-time CCTV feeds as TOBOR, a spy unit uncovering secrets in a dystopian bunker. Monitor suspects, collect evidence, and choose who survives. Multiple endings.
Why similar: Visual Novel 30.4%, Dystopian 23.1%, Psychological 20.7%, Detective 17.7%, Adventure 8.1%
- #47 Nobody Wants to Die
68% matchVery Positive83% of 7,027 reviews2024
Dev: Critical Hit GamesPub: PLAION
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Lose yourself in the dystopian world of New York, 2329; immortality comes at a price that someone has to pay. In this interactive noir story, lead the investigation using advanced technology, as Detective James Karra who risks it all in pursuit of a serial killer targeting the city’s elite.
Why similar: Cyberpunk 34.8%, Dystopian 24.3%, Psychological 21.4%, Detective 19.5%
- #48 2064: Read Only Memories
71% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,673 reviews2015
Dev: MidBoss, LLC.Pub: Chorus Worldwide Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%
2064: Read Only Memories is a cyberpunk point-and-click adventure set in Neo-San Francisco. Team up with Turing, the world's first sapient machine, to unravel a conspiracy that threatens to shake an entire society
Why similar: Cyberpunk 44.8%, Visual Novel 38.6%, Adventure 8.4%, Sci-fi 6.9%, Singleplayer 1.3%
- #49 GNOSIA
67% matchVery Positive94% of 4,951 reviews2022
Dev: Petit DepottoPub: PLAYISM
Windows
Median: 7.6 hrsMean: 15.4 hrs≥1hr: 91%
The Gnosia lie. Pretending to be human, they’ll get in close, trick and deceive, and then eliminate one victim at a time...
Why similar: Visual Novel 31%, Anime 25.3%, Psychological 16.5%, Detective 12.2%, Adventure 7.5%
- #50 Mato Anomalies
70% matchMostly Positive70% of 199 reviews2023
Dev: ArrowizPub: Prime Matter
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 10.8 hrs≥1hr: 50%
Mato Anomalies takes players on a journey through a neo-futuristic version of a bygone oriental city. Investigate strange happenings across the city and uncover secrets behind the walls. Join a cast of enigmatic unlikely heroes in this anime-inspired RPG experience.
Why similar: Visual Novel 28.1%, Anime 27.1%, Psychological 19.1%, Detective 17%, Adventure 7.3%
- #51 Tokyo Necro
69% matchVery Positive87% of 233 reviews2023
Dev: Nitro OriginPub: JAST
Windows
Median: 10.7 hrsMean: 28.1 hrs≥1hr: 90%
The Earth has plunged into an ice age, and the cities that survive have a new threat – Necromancers; those who reanimate corpses using inexplicable biotech. Now So'un and Ethica, two badass Living Dead Stalkers, must save Tokyo in this thrilling sci-fi visual novel!
Why similar: Visual Novel 32.4%, Cyberpunk 28%, Anime 25.7%, Adventure 12.9%, Singleplayer 0.9%
- #52 Tokyo Babel
71% matchVery Positive91% of 93 reviews2016
Dev: propellerPub: MangaGamer
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 83%
And so begins a grand epic of intertwining destinies; a tale of God, of angels, demons and humans living amongst the walls of the floating purgatory, Tokyo Babel -- a soaring bastion erected in the image of Tokyo, one of the largest cities of a world succumbed to the apocalypse.
Why similar: Visual Novel 45.3%, Anime 39.3%, Adventure 13.8%, Singleplayer 1.5%
- #53 NeuroNet: Mendax Proxy
69% 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: Cyberpunk 41%, Visual Novel 39.1%, Adventure 12.1%, Sci-fi 6.6%, Singleplayer 1.2%
- #54 STEINS;GATE: Linear Bounded Phenogram
68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,291 reviews2019
Dev: MAGES. Inc.Pub: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 129.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%
A story for every lab member. Discover a new side of each STEINS;GATE character and get a glimpse of their inner thoughts through 10 new stories.
Why similar: Visual Novel 43.7%, Anime 28%, Adventure 20.6%, Sci-fi 6.6%, Singleplayer 1%
- #55 Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 31,926 reviews2016
Dev: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 10.4 hrsMean: 32.5 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Jabberwock Island—You and your classmates were ready for fun in the sun until Monokuma returned to restart his murderous game! Trapped in a kill-or-be-killed situation, your only hope rests in solving the island’s mysteries.
Why similar: Visual Novel 35.8%, Anime 35.5%, Detective 23%, Adventure 4.4%, Singleplayer 1.2%
- #56 KAMITSUBAKI CITY REGENERATE
65% matchVery Positive95% of 521 reviews2025
Dev: KAMITSUBAKI STUDIO
Windows
Answer the summons to the parallel world of "Kamitsubaki City" and meet a cast of colorful characters as you set out on a quest to save this city from the brink of destruction in this dark-fantasy sci-fi visual novel!
Why similar: Visual Novel 55.1%, Anime 24.1%, Adventure 18.3%, Singleplayer 2.5%
- #57 Neon Hearts City
66% matchVery Positive85% of 54 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: Cyberpunk 40.9%, Detective 31.9%, Adventure 20.3%, Sci-fi 4.5%, Singleplayer 2.4%
- #58 妄想破绽 Broken Delusion
69% matchMixed60% of 4,043 reviews2019
Pub: bilibili
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 32.5 hrs≥1hr: 70%
《妄想破绽》是一款文字冒险(AVG)游戏,数十万字精彩原创剧情,将带给大家一段近未来架空科技都市的幻想冒险体验。游戏中,玩家将扮演普通高中生与顶级黑客的双重身份。有一天“我”抱着玩笑心理在网络上虚构了一个不存在的假人,不料却因此带来了惊天巨变……
Why similar: Visual Novel 43.9%, Anime 29.3%, Adventure 26.8%
- #59 Dry Drowning
68% matchVery Positive81% of 512 reviews2019
Dev: Studio VPub: Leonardo Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Dry Drowning is a psychological investigative visual novel set in a futuristic dystopian city. Follow the story of Mordred Foley, unscrupulous private detective haunted by his dark past, and look into a series of macabre serial killings inspired by Greek mythology.
Why similar: Visual Novel 27%, Cyberpunk 26%, Psychological 18.2%, Detective 13.3%, Adventure 8.3%
- #60 Read Only Memories: NEURODIVER
66% matchMostly Positive72% of 218 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: Cyberpunk 37.4%, Visual Novel 32%, Anime 17.3%, Adventure 6.7%, Sci-fi 5.6%