Games Like Beneath a Steel Sky (1994)

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: Hacking 19.4% ★, Cyberpunk 17%, Dystopian 14.2%, Point & Click 11.9%, Post-apocalyptic 9%

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 23.1%, Post-apocalyptic 21.4%, Cyberpunk 12.8%, Sci-fi 11.5%, Dystopian 9%

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 37.6%, Point & Click 27%, Sci-fi 10.3%, Pixel Graphics 7.5%, Adventure 6.9%

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 22.8%, Dystopian 20.4%, Point & Click 14.2%, Futuristic 7.7%, Retro 6.7%

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: Cyberpunk 26.3%, Point & Click 25.6%, Dystopian 13.7%, Sci-fi 11.5%, Adventure 6.2%

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 21.3%, Point & Click 20.1%, Sci-fi 10.2%, Post-apocalyptic 8.1%, Adventure 6.9%

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: Point & Click 22.5%, Cyberpunk 20.5%, Puzzle 9.9%, Pixel Graphics 9.5%, Story Rich 8.5%

Neo Berlin 2062. Tina – a nine-year-old orphan – lives with SAM-53 – her big clumsy robot guardian –in a rooftop makeshift shelter in Neo-Berlin, a dark megalopolis controlled by corporations.

Why similar: Cyberpunk 29.5%, Point & Click 20.8%, Futuristic 10.5%, Post-apocalyptic 9.7%, Sci-fi 8.8%

He can't escape the memories that haunt him, and soon Setyo realizes he must return to Neo-Surabaya to save what's left of his family. Experience the upheaval of Setyo's mundane life in Bay City in this action-adventure prologue to Rendezvous.

Why similar: Hacking 26.7% ★, Cyberpunk 23.7%, Dystopian 14.6%, Puzzle 7.1%, Pixel Graphics 7%

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 23.5%, Dystopian 19.5%, Point & Click 14.9%, Sci-fi 7.2%, Story Rich 7.2%

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: Dystopian 27.7%, Point & Click 19.4%, Conspiracy 17.8% ★, Retro 9.4%, Story Rich 9.1%

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 26.6%, Dystopian 25.7%, Point & Click 14.1%, Sci-fi 8.8%, Story Rich 8.7%

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 27.5%, Dystopian 22%, Point & Click 15.9%, Retro 7.7%, Sci-fi 7.4%

In Deponia, the world has degenerated into a vast garbage dump, in which the crotchety Rufus ekes out his sorry existence.

Why similar: Point & Click 45.3%, Adventure 11.7%, Puzzle 11.7%, Funny 8.7%, Story Rich 7%

A former combat hacker, a corporate CEO and a malfunctioning android get possessed by mysterious, otherworldly entities and must band together to save themselves and uncover the entities' origins. Talk, puzzle and explore your way through this (often humorous) cyberpunk thriller.

Why similar: Cyberpunk 28.4%, Point & Click 18.2%, Futuristic 13.2%, Sci-fi 9.3%, Pixel Graphics 7.6%

BEAUTIFUL DESOLATION is an isometric, point & click adventure game set in a post-apocalyptic future. Explore an unscene landscape, solve puzzles, meet new friends and make powerful enemies, mediate conflicts and fight for your life as you unravel the secrets of the desolate world around you.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 24.8%, Point & Click 23.6%, Sci-fi 12.3%, Retro 11.5%, Story Rich 10.5%

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 41%, Point & Click 11.2%, Pixel Graphics 11%, Story Rich 11%, Dystopian 9.5%

"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 52.8%, Point & Click 28.7%, Adventure 13.2%, Indie 5.4%

A steampunk-ish detective adventure from the creator of A Golden Wake and Shardlight! Can you help private investigator Miles Fordham find justice for his clients and track down his partner's killer before his entire world comes apart?

Why similar: Point & Click 33.9%, Retro 18%, Story Rich 12.1%, Pixel Graphics 10.2%, Adventure 8.5%

Tails Noir: Prologue is the first act of 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: Adventure 18.1%, Dystopian 17.5%, Point & Click 17.4%, Pixel Graphics 15%, Story Rich 11.8%

STASIS The isometric, point-and-click, sci-fi horror adventure game! In the distant future aboard a seemingly abandoned spacecraft, John Maracheck awakes from stasis. He must push himself to new physical and emotional limits and unravel the mysteries around him.

Why similar: Point & Click 35.9%, Sci-fi 21.4%, Retro 9.6%, Story Rich 9.3%, Adventure 7.8%

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 32.6%, Point & Click 19%, Futuristic 12.8%, Sci-fi 10.7%, Story Rich 10%

Alternativa is a story that will take you to a world much different to what you'd expect in 2045. To a world destroyed by war and revolutions, a world led by an oppressive and cruel dictatorship. Classic point&click adventure game based on the original sci-fi/cyber-punk script which is composed of a number of shorter stories that...

Why similar: Point & Click 30.5%, Cyberpunk 28.6%, Dystopian 14.3%, Adventure 13.9%, Sci-fi 12.7%

The adventure plunges you into the tortured and hidden past of five humans. Delve into their darkest fears. Outwit the Master Computer AM in a game of psychological warfare. Disturbing, compelling. An adventure you won't easily forget !!

Why similar: Point & Click 38.2%, Retro 12.2%, Post-apocalyptic 11.5%, Cyberpunk 8.8%, Adventure 7.5%

A Post-Dystopian Cyberpunk Adventure set in a future governed by the technocratic monolith known as Eukratycs, Beneath Steel Clouds explores what happens when human ambition meets systemic control.

Why similar: Adventure 100%

1936: Soldiers of the Third Reich roam the world seeking occult weapons for their insane plans of conquest. When Fenton Paddock, a former British soldier and hapless smuggler, is asked to look for his friend Richard, who went missing in Tibet, he has no idea that this search will lead him across three continents to a secret that could...

Why similar: Point & Click 58.5%, Adventure 18.7%, Retro 9.9%, Story Rich 9.8%, 2D 3.2%

You are Anna Isobe, a cyborg cop abandoned by progress and thrust into the midst of a global conspiracy. Experience classic point and click gameplay as you travel across the dark future, and make choices that will seal the fate of the world.

Why similar: Dystopian 18.7%, Cyberpunk 16.2%, Point & Click 15.1%, Retro 9.7%, Sci-fi 9.1%

Submachine is a hand-drawn puzzle adventure game. You find yourself in a vast network of desolate locations containing puzzles, secrets, notes and items to collect to help you along the way. Follow the story of a banished lighthouse keeper to discover his descent into ruins.

Why similar: Point & Click 24.4%, Dystopian 24.2%, Futuristic 13.2%, Puzzle 11.4%, Adventure 6.1%

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 27.4%, Dystopian 19.8%, Futuristic 16.8%, Sci-fi 15.3%, Story Rich 9.8%

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: Cyberpunk 26.8%, Point & Click 19%, Sci-fi 10.2%, Retro 9.9%, Story Rich 8.8%

Lost, alone and separated from family, a stray cat must untangle an ancient mystery to escape a long-forgotten cybercity and find their way home.

Why similar: Cyberpunk 39.1%, Dystopian 21.8%, Sci-fi 10.2%, Puzzle 9.3%, Adventure 7.9%

The year is 2033. Your name is Tex Murphy, Private Investigator in San Francisco. You've been hired by the beautiful daughter of a university professor to uncover the facts about his death. As you begin your investigation you uncover the deaths of several prominent members of the scientific community.

Why similar: Cyberpunk 34.5%, Dystopian 21.1%, Post-apocalyptic 17.2%, Adventure 14.3%, Story Rich 6.8%

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: Cyberpunk 48.2%, Futuristic 14.9%, Pixel Graphics 11.9%, Adventure 10%, Sci-fi 9.6%

Help a woman named Hope escape in a thrilling and topical stealth-action game that explores the perils of government surveillance in the Internet Age.

Why similar: Cyberpunk 41.4%, Dystopian 20.4%, Point & Click 16.3%, Adventure 7.8%, Sci-fi 4.2%

After decades of toil, an old machinist plots his escape from Communism, through manipulation and scheming. Along the road, he befriends the most unlikely creature, an abandoned robot. Could they solve the puzzles and flee this bleak world together?

Why similar: Dystopian 41.9%, Sci-fi 14.4%, Puzzle 13.3%, Story Rich 12.1%, Adventure 9.8%

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 29.4%, Dystopian 20.9%, Futuristic 11.9%, Point & Click 11.3%, Story Rich 10.1%

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: Hacking 23% ★, Dystopian 20.9%, Cyberpunk 18.6%, Point & Click 13.3%, Futuristic 8.4%

Nikopol is a first-person dystopian point-and-click sci-fi adventure game. In 2023 France is ruled by an iron-fist religious dictatorship. A mysterious pyramid ship suddenly appears above Paris. Begin to unravel a conspiracy involving the government, your missing father, and Egyptian Gods.

Why similar: Dystopian 25.9%, Cyberpunk 20.8%, Point & Click 17.9%, Post-apocalyptic 14%, Puzzle 7.7%

A classical science fiction point and click adventure which takes you into a deep story and murky atmosphere, while solving logical puzzles. Accompany Tessa Carter and her talking robot as she finds out about herself and searches for a way to survive.

Why similar: Point & Click 39.1%, Sci-fi 20.3%, Story Rich 14.8%, Futuristic 13.7%, Adventure 6.4%

In the world of excessive biotechnologies, an epidemic is ravaging the human race, infecting people's neuronet implants and enslaving them to the mysterious Worm. Who are you: a fighter of the infection, or a hunter of new prey?

Why similar: Cyberpunk 25.5%, Point & Click 19.9%, Sci-fi 9.7%, Puzzle 9.4%, Story Rich 8.6%

Enter the virtual world of Under A Killing Moon, where it is December 2042, and you, as Tex Murphy, must stop the forces of evil before they destroy mankind and rob you of your next unemployment check. This thrilling and hilarious adventure is unlike anything you've seen before.

Why similar: Point & Click 28.9%, Cyberpunk 18.9%, Dystopian 14.9%, Adventure 11.2%, Post-apocalyptic 10.1%

A Pulp Adventure Thriller - A murdered drifter awakens. Alive again, seconds before his death. Hunted and haunted, help him untangle a mad web of conspiracy in this fast-paced point 'n click thrill-ride.

Why similar: Point & Click 28.1%, Conspiracy 18.5% ★, Sci-fi 15.7%, Story Rich 13.3%, Pixel Graphics 12.2%

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: Cyberpunk 51.2%, Dystopian 23.9%, Adventure 11.7%, Point & Click 6.3%, Sci-fi 3.8%

Follow R.E.A.C.H., an AI trapped in a human body, on a cinematic adventure through an alternate 1980s America. Explore an atmospheric cyberpunk world full of high-stakes action wrapped in a unique 2.5D pixel art style.

Why similar: Cyberpunk 33.3%, Dystopian 29.5%, Pixel Graphics 10.1%, Sci-fi 9.3%, Story Rich 9.2%

Take on the role of Agent Amy Tanner and solve a case in a cyberpunk future, where technology and religion have become one - A classic pixel art point&click adventure.

Why similar: Cyberpunk 24.8%, Point & Click 17.3%, Dystopian 15.7%, Retro 8.6%, Futuristic 7.9%

The Uncertain is an story-driven adventure game set in a post-apocalyptic world. Experience the mysterious vibe of each of carefully explored locations, solve diverse puzzles, make fateful decisions and discuss intriguing matters to find out the whole truth being kept from you.

Why similar: Cyberpunk 19.3%, Point & Click 16.1%, Post-apocalyptic 13.9%, Sci-fi 12.6%, Futuristic 9.4%

It’s the first game of Through Abandoned series, classical point and click game. You try to find your twin-brother who disappeared in a huge and mysterious place called Abandoned.

Why similar: Point & Click 33.2%, Puzzle 14.9%, Sci-fi 13.9%, Story Rich 9.5%, Adventure 9.3%

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: Cyberpunk 35.6%, Futuristic 17.9%, Sci-fi 14.8%, Pixel Graphics 10.9%, Story Rich 9.5%

Embark on a journey through a vast post-apocalyptic environment, full of interesting characters and engaging puzzle games in this sci-fi point-and-click adventure game.

Why similar: Cyberpunk 27.8%, Point & Click 20.8%, Sci-fi 12.2%, Puzzle 9.4%, Dystopian 8.7%

Cat's Request is a fantastic detective story about an extraterrestrial cat named Ash and his virtual assistant, living in a metropolis governed by artificial intelligence.

Why similar: Cyberpunk 33.1%, Point & Click 21.4%, Puzzle 9.7%, Sci-fi 9.4%, Cartoony 7.5%

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 29.7%, Dystopian 25.9%, Futuristic 11.3%, Sci-fi 10.6%, Story Rich 9%

MUTROPOLIS is a lovely sci-fi adventure set on the abandoned Planet Earth. Play as Henry Dijon (hero, nerd, detective) in search of a legendary lost city. Uncover weird ancient artifacts. And PLEASE don’t get obliterated by an ageless evil. You’ve been warned.

Why similar: Point & Click 34.9%, Puzzle 13.2%, Funny 11.5%, Cartoony 10%, Adventure 9.1%

Mechanic 8230: Episode 1 is an adventure game in the point-and-click genre. Help the mechanic find his robot friend RO-2 and together unveil the secrets of the world destroyed by the Cataclysm.

Why similar: Cyberpunk 27.1%, Post-apocalyptic 18.7%, Point & Click 18.6%, Sci-fi 11.4%, Retro 9.9%

Dystopia is a cyberpunk game with tense combat situations in a high-tech world spanned by computer networks. Playing as either Punk mercenaries, or Corporate security forces, the player will fight through the physical world to gain access, via jack-in terminals, to cyberspace.

Why similar: Hacking 31.7% ★, Cyberpunk 30.3%, Dystopian 20.2%, Sci-fi 8.3%, Futuristic 6%

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 34%, Post-apocalyptic 26.8%, Pixel Graphics 9.8%, Adventure 9.3%, Story Rich 6.9%

The year is 2033. Your name is Tex Murphy, Private Investigator in San Francisco.

Why similar: Point & Click 23.8%, Cyberpunk 22.1%, Dystopian 20.4%, Post-apocalyptic 14%, Adventure 12.4%

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 46.7%, Story Rich 16.4%, Adventure 12.8%, Pixel Graphics 11.7%, Indie 5.4%

A pixel-art sci-fi adventure set in the midst of a rebellion against a totalitarian regime, LUNARK is a modern take on the 2D cinematic platformer genre of the '90s. Run, jump, hang, climb, roll, and shoot your way through gorgeous and mysterious locations!

Why similar: Cyberpunk 28.7%, Dystopian 16.8%, Retro 12.6%, Sci-fi 11.8%, Pixel Graphics 10.2%

A gripping, retro-inspired 2D cinematic puzzle-platformer set in a dystopian future where AI has taken over humanity. A short game in handcrafted pixel art, to experience in a film-like journey. Play as a young teenager, alone in a run-down world, relying only on your hacking skills to survive.

Why similar: Dystopian 41.4%, Pixel Graphics 14.4%, Post-apocalyptic 11%, Puzzle 7.7%, Adventure 7.5%

A little robot becomes a pilgrim and crosses a wild post-apocalyptic world to find the meaning of life.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 29.3%, Point & Click 27.7%, Puzzle 13.9%, Retro 12.9%, 2D 6.1%