- #1 Citizen Sleeper
97% 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: Dice 19.8% ★, Narrative 11.4% ★, Cyberpunk 8%, Dystopian 7%, Tabletop 6.9%
Why You'll Like It: As the direct predecessor, it shares the exact dice-driven mechanics, cyberpunk atmosphere, and heartfelt narrative style of the sequel.
- #2 Gamedec - Definitive Edition
96% matchMostly Positive80% of 1,735 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: Cyberpunk 31.9%, Text-Based 17%, Multiple Endings 12.3%, Story Rich 10.8%, RPG 10.2%
Why You'll Like It: A choice-heavy, cyberpunk investigation RPG that focuses on narrative consequences rather than combat.
- #3 Disco Elysium - The Final Cut
96% matchVery Positive93% of 130,397 reviews2019
Dev: ZA/UM
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.4 hrsMean: 22.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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: Story Rich 28.8%, RPG 28.7%, Point & Click 17.8%, Atmospheric 10.6%, Exploration 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: This is the gold standard for dice-based narrative RPGs, offering unparalleled depth in character development and choice-driven storytelling.
- #4 I Was a Teenage Exocolonist
95% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 4,802 reviews2022
Dev: Northway GamesPub: Finji
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 15.8 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Spend your teenage years on an alien planet in this narrative RPG with card-based battles. Explore, grow up, and fall in love. The choices you make and skills you master over ten years will determine the course of your life and the survival of your colony.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.5%, Futuristic 18.3%, Sci-fi 15.5%, Multiple Endings 15.1%, Story Rich 11.7%
Why You'll Like It: Combines life-sim elements with a branching narrative and deck-building mechanics that feel similar to the dice-based progression of the seed game.
- #5 The Pale Beyond
94% matchVery Positive89% of 2,234 reviews2023
Dev: Saltstone StudiosPub: Fellow Traveller
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 13.0 hrs≥1hr: 63%
You didn’t ask to lead this expedition, but here you are. Stuck in the ice, Captain missing, miles from civilisation. Someone has to take charge. Manage your meagre resources, balance safety and morale, make the hard calls, and head in the only direction you can - through The Pale Beyond.
Why similar: Narrative 45.1% ★, Interactive Fiction 14.1%, Hand-drawn 13.1%, Story Rich 11.3%, Exploration 6.4%
Why You'll Like It: It mirrors the high-stakes crew management and resource survival mechanics found in the Starward Belt.
- #6 Colony Ship: A Post-Earth Role Playing Game
94% matchVery Positive88% of 4,190 reviews2023
Dev: Iron Tower Studio
Windows
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 22.1 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Colony Ship is a turn-based, party-based role-playing game set aboard a generation ship launched to Proxima Centauri. The game features a detailed skill-based character system, multiple ways to handle quests, choices & consequences, and branching dialogue trees.
Why similar: Cyberpunk 23.5%, Dystopian 17.2%, Dialogue Heavy 15.8%, Space 9.6%, Multiple Endings 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a gritty, tactical, and choice-heavy sci-fi experience that emphasizes the harsh realities of life in space.
- #7 Minds Beneath Us
93% 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%, Dystopian 23.4%, Multiple Endings 10.1%, Sci-fi 9%, Story Rich 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: A cinematic, choice-heavy cyberpunk narrative that explores the relationship between humans and technology.
- #8 Neo Cab
92% 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 20.5%, Cyberpunk 16.9%, Narrative 16.1% ★, Interactive Fiction 10.3%, Multiple Endings 6.9%
Why You'll Like It: A cyberpunk narrative game that focuses on human connection and survival in a world dominated by automation.
- #9 NORCO
91% 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: Dystopian 46.9%, Point & Click 21.5%, Story Rich 16.5%, Atmospheric 10.9%, Adventure 4.3%
Why You'll Like It: A masterclass in atmospheric, narrative-driven sci-fi that captures the same melancholic, dystopian tone.
- #10 Silicon Dreams | cyberpunk interrogation
91% 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: Cyberpunk 22.4%, Dialogue Heavy 15.7%, Dystopian 15.5%, Multiple Endings 9.5%, Futuristic 9%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the interrogation and dialogue-heavy aspects of cyberpunk, mirroring the narrative depth of the seed game.
- #11 Roadwarden
90% matchVery Positive94% of 5,150 reviews2022
Dev: Moral Anxiety StudioPub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Roadwarden is an illustrated text-based RPG that uses isometric pixel art and combines mechanics borrowed from RPGs, Visual Novels, adventure games and interactive fiction.
Why similar: Text-Based 36.6%, Interactive Fiction 18.7%, RPG 17.3%, Story Rich 9.1%, Multiple Endings 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: A text-based RPG that emphasizes exploration, survival, and managing your limited resources in a hostile environment.
- #12 Sunless Skies: Sovereign Edition
89% matchVery Positive84% of 3,471 reviews2019
Dev: Failbetter Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 17.5 hrs≥1hr: 66%
SAIL THE STARS. BETRAY YOUR QUEEN. MURDER A SUN. Sunless Skies is a Gothic Horror roleplay game with a focus on exploration and exquisite storytelling.
Why similar: Space 21%, RPG 20.8%, Story Rich 20.7%, Exploration 17.1%, Atmospheric 11%
Why You'll Like It: Features deep exploration and resource management within a unique, atmospheric sci-fi setting.
- #13 Lacuna – A Sci-Fi Noir Adventure
89% 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: Cyberpunk 20.6%, Text-Based 14.6%, Dialogue Heavy 14.4%, Interactive Fiction 13.4%, Futuristic 10.4%
Why You'll Like It: A detective-focused sci-fi game where your choices carry significant weight and impact the narrative outcome.
- #14 VA-11 Hall-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action
88% 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 37.3%, Dystopian 28.4%, Point & Click 10.8%, Story Rich 10.7%, Sci-fi 10.3%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the slice-of-life aspect of cyberpunk, where the narrative is driven by the human stories of the people you meet.
- #15 Read Only Memories: NEURODIVER
87% 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 19.6%, Cyberpunk 17.7%, Narrative 15.7% ★, Interactive Fiction 10.6%, Multiple Endings 6.9%
Why You'll Like It: Continues the cyberpunk narrative tradition with a focus on memory-diving and character-driven investigation.
- #16 The Cosmic Wheel Sisterhood
86% matchVery Positive93% of 6,312 reviews2023
Dev: DeconstructeamPub: Devolver Digital
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Immerse yourself in an enchanting narrative experience as Fortuna, a fortune-teller Witch condemned to exile on her asteroid home. Craft your own Tarot deck, regain your freedom, and shape the fate of the cosmic Witch society.
Why similar: Narrative 38.2% ★, Interactive Fiction 37%, Story Rich 15.1%, Adventure 5%, Indie 3.1%
Why You'll Like It: A narrative-focused game with unique mechanics and deep, branching choices that impact the world around you.
- #17 2064: Read Only Memories
86% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,676 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: Dialogue Heavy 23.3%, Cyberpunk 20.6%, Interactive Fiction 12.5%, Multiple Endings 8.2%, Futuristic 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: A cyberpunk visual novel that explores themes of identity and technology through deep dialogue and branching paths.
- #18 Let Bions Be Bygones
85% 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: Cyberpunk 25.7%, Interactive Fiction 16.6%, Dystopian 16.1%, Point & Click 11%, Multiple Endings 10.4%
Why You'll Like It: A cyberpunk detective RPG that prioritizes narrative and world-building over traditional combat.
- #19 Beyond a Steel Sky
84% 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 27.9%, Dystopian 22.8%, Point & Click 12.5%, Sci-fi 11.6%, Futuristic 10.8%
Why You'll Like It: A classic cyberpunk adventure that excels in world-building and narrative-driven puzzle solving.
- #20 Gemini Rue
84% 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: Cyberpunk 32%, Point & Click 19.9%, Dystopian 16.4%, Sci-fi 15.3%, Story Rich 6.3%
Why You'll Like It: A noir-inspired cyberpunk adventure with a strong focus on narrative and character-driven storytelling.
- #21 NeuroNet: Mendax Proxy
83% 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: Cyberpunk 21.6%, Dialogue Heavy 18%, Text-Based 14.1%, Futuristic 12.8%, Interactive Fiction 11.5%
Why You'll Like It: A dialogue-heavy management game that places you in a position of power within a dystopian city.
- #22 cyberpunkdreams
82% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,328 reviews2021
Dev: Late Night Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 163.7 hrs≥1hr: 66%
2090s America, torn apart by war and corporate greed. A lone traveller stands outside the gates of Cincinnati, greatest of the border cities. How far will you go to make it to the top? How far will you go to fulfil your mission?
Why similar: Cyberpunk 23.2%, Text-Based 15.8%, Dystopian 15%, Interactive Fiction 13.5%, Hand-drawn 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: A text-based RPG that captures the gritty, survivalist nature of living in a dystopian cyberpunk city.
- #23 Vessels
82% matchVery Positive95% of 125 reviews2020
Dev: Local Space Survey CorpsPub: Local Space Survey Corps, LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Quarantined inside an airlock. No memories. No way out. The remaining crew thinks there’s something wrong with you, but the Voice says it’ll help you escape. Navigate volatile conversations & unravel mysteries in this narrative adventure about trust, self-destruction, & shifting identities.
Why similar: Narrative 38% ★, Dialogue Heavy 16.9%, Space 9.6%, Sci-fi 8.2%, Multiple Endings 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric narrative exploration game that captures the isolation of space travel.
- #24 SIGNALIS
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 34,140 reviews2022
Dev: rose-enginePub: Balor Games
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 80%
A classic survival horror experience set in a dystopian future where humanity has uncovered a dark secret. Unravel a cosmic mystery, escape terrifying creatures, and scavenge an off-world government facility as Elster, a technician Replika searching for her lost dreams.
Why similar: Dystopian 33.7%, Cyberpunk 31.8%, Sci-fi 21.6%, Atmospheric 10%, Adventure 2.9%
Why You'll Like It: While more survival-horror, it shares the haunting android-centric themes and dystopian sci-fi aesthetic.
- #25 Life of a Space Force Captain
81% matchVery Positive86% of 63 reviews2022
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Live a full life in the future as a human, an alien, or even a robot as you rise through the ranks to become captain of your very own starship.
Why similar: Text-Based 26.4%, Space 21.9%, Interactive Fiction 18.5%, Sci-fi 14.1%, RPG 13.6%
Why You'll Like It: A text-based sci-fi adventure that offers a variety of choices and RPG elements in a space-faring setting.
- #26 Cloudpunk
79% 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 39.9%, Futuristic 15.6%, Sci-fi 13.1%, Story Rich 8.7%, Atmospheric 6.6%
Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric delivery game that allows you to explore a sprawling cyberpunk city and engage with its inhabitants.
- #27 Hardspace: Shipbreaker
78% matchVery Positive89% of 22,322 reviews2022
Dev: Blackbird Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 24.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Equipped with cutting-edge salvaging tech, carve & slice spaceships to recover valuable materials. Upgrade your gear to take on more lucrative contracts and pay your billion credits debt to LYNX Corp!
Why similar: Space 34.2%, Dystopian 25.4%, Sci-fi 24.8%, Futuristic 15.6%
Why You'll Like It: Captures the blue-collar, survivalist sci-fi theme of working for a corporation in a dangerous space environment.
- #28 Celestial Return
77% matchVery Positive88% of 159 reviews2026
Dev: Metaphor GamesPub: Shoreline Games
Windows
Loot, bribe, gamble, survive. The dice will be your savior or your downfall in this story-driven RPG. Every roll matters when trying to uncover cosmic horrors and outwit megacorps. Pray your next roll won’t be your last.
Why similar: Dice 28.3% ★, Narrative 16.3% ★, Cyberpunk 11.2%, Tabletop 7.8%, Dialogue Heavy 7.6%
- #29 Pentiment
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 9,748 reviews2022
Dev: Obsidian EntertainmentPub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 10.5 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Step into a living illustrated world in a time when Europe is at a crossroads of great religious and political change. Walk in the footsteps of Andreas Maler, a master artist who finds himself in the middle of murders, scandals, and intrigue in the Bavarian Alps.
Why similar: Narrative 24.8% ★, Interactive Fiction 17.9%, Hand-drawn 16.2%, Multiple Endings 11.6%, Story Rich 11%
Why You'll Like It: A narrative-driven RPG that excels in choice and consequence, proving that deep storytelling can thrive without traditional combat.
- #30 Esoteric Ebb
76% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 9,245 reviews2026
Dev: Christoffer BodegårdPub: Raw Fury
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 10.9 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Esoteric Ebb is a single-player CRPG inspired by the freedom of tabletop adventures. Unravel a political conspiracy with your goblin sidekick. Roll dice in tense encounters. Become a cleric of legends or completely ruin the campaign.
Why similar: Narrative 26.3% ★, Tabletop 14%, Interactive Fiction 13.6%, Hand-drawn 11.1%, Story Rich 9.6%
- #31 Justice.exe
80% matchMixed69% of 103 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: Dystopian 24.8%, Cyberpunk 21.9%, Interactive Fiction 14.9%, Point & Click 10.1%, Multiple Endings 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: A dystopian simulation game with a strong narrative focus on morality and choice.
- #32 The Away Team: Lost Exodus
81% matchMostly Positive73% of 100 reviews2016
Dev: Underflow Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 93%
In this interactive sci-fi adventure novel, you are the AI pilot of Earth's last interstellar ship, tasked with finding a home for your crew—the last remnants of humanity. Your choices will determine their fate, and your own.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 19.3%, Interactive Fiction 15.6%, Text-Based 14.4%, Space 10.2%, Sci-fi 10.1%
Why You'll Like It: A choose-your-own-adventure style game that focuses on the management and survival of a space crew.
- #33 Duskpunk
76% matchVery Positive92% of 182 reviews2025
Dev: Clockwork Bird
Windows · Mac · Linux
A gritty dice-driven RPG, in a steampunk city. You escaped the War, but how to survive? Explore the city. Build up your skills. Decide who to trust. Choose carefully: you might just spark a revolution!
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 20.5%, Tabletop 18%, Text-Based 12.8%, Dystopian 11.4%, Hand-drawn 7.6%
- #34 Au Revoir
75% 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: Cyberpunk 23%, Text-Based 13.5%, Interactive Fiction 10.7%, Point & Click 10.5%, Sci-fi 9.5%
- #35 Aether & Iron
73% matchVery Positive85% of 558 reviews2026
Dev: Seismic Squirrel
Windows · Mac
Immerse yourself in this Decopunk Narrative RPG set in an alternate 1930s where anti-gravitational technology has taken cars, roads, and even New York City into the sky. Muster a crew, master tactical turn-based combat, and unravel the dark secrets lurking beneath the floating metropolis.
Why similar: Dice 40.6% ★, Dialogue Heavy 11.7%, Hand-drawn 11.1%, Point & Click 9.2%, RPG 9.1%
- #36 Lightracer: For Judge
74% matchVery Positive93% of 499 reviews2025
Dev: Smartmelon Games
Windows
In a dystopian future, as The Judge with immense power, you journey through space to find hope in a divided society. This sci-fi adventure explores hope amidst adversity.
Why similar: Dystopian 19.8%, Cyberpunk 17.4%, Space 13.4%, Sci-fi 9.6%, Multiple Endings 9.5%
- #37 Joy Malignant
73% matchVery Positive100% of 69 reviews2026
Dev: Petros Anastasiadis
Windows
A surreal dice-based RPG in a cursed city of gut-wrenching suffering. Here, your choices shape your skills and your appearance. Survive the city's hellish trials, meet tortured characters, and develop your own unique identity. Every choice matters as your actions will literally shape you.
Why similar: Dice 31.7% ★, Tabletop 18.4%, RPG 9.9%, Interactive Fiction 9.1%, Multiple Endings 8.3%
- #38 Neoproxima
74% matchVery Positive97% of 73 reviews2024
Dev: Lonestone Studio
Windows
Investigating a time-loop during the Cold War, light years away from Earth. Neoproxima is a text-based adventure game that combines exploration and simple RPG and survival mechanics. Plan your next loop carefully, and go as far as possible before time catches up with you.
Why similar: Narrative 30.5% ★, Dystopian 15.8%, Sci-fi 9.3%, Point & Click 8.6%, Space 7.5%
- #39 Sentience: The Android's Tale
77% matchVery Positive81% of 403 reviews2017
Dev: Pilgrim AdventuresPub: GrabTheGames
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%
You can remember nothing before this moment. Your existence begins with a keystroke followed by the flick of a switch. Electrical power streams into your neural network, and you are alive.
Why similar: Cyberpunk 17.9%, Futuristic 14.5%, Sci-fi 12.4%, Space 11.6%, Multiple Endings 11.2%
- #40 Friendsim 2
75% 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: Dystopian 16.9%, Dialogue Heavy 14.1%, Hand-drawn 13.7%, Cyberpunk 13.6%, Multiple Endings 11.9%
- #41 Beholder: Conductor
70% matchVery Positive91% of 5,237 reviews2025
Dev: Alawar
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 86%
A Beholder series spin-off. Become a conductor of the Determination Bringer train: monitor passengers, report incidents, and carry out important Ministry assignments — whose level of secrecy depends only on your loyalty. And remember: mission success is very important to you!
Why similar: Dystopian 40.5%, Point & Click 16.4%, Multiple Endings 15.6%, Story Rich 13.2%, Atmospheric 7.6%
- #42 Cyber Manhunt 2: New World - The Hacking Simulator
70% matchVery Positive93% of 5,660 reviews2025
Dev: Aluba Van+Pub: Spiral Up Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 10.1 hrsMean: 21.8 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Discover a digital realm shrouded in mystery. Sequel to an award-winning narrative driven hacking simulator puzzle game. Play as an AI assistant in a major corporation. Deploy intricate social engineering tactics and expose hidden truths in a world of ambition and high-tech deception.
Why similar: Dystopian 41%, Point & Click 21.5%, Story Rich 16.2%, Atmospheric 10.7%, RPG 10.6%
- #43 Saturn
71% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,226 reviews2024
Dev: Ninsar Games
Windows
Saturn is a tactical RPG set on the moons of Saturn and on Earth. The protagonist controls robots on the moons of Saturn and explores an underground city where one can find keys to the secrets of deep space.
Why similar: Cyberpunk 17.2%, Dialogue Heavy 14.5%, Futuristic 13.2%, RPG 10.2%, Story Rich 9.3%
- #44 A Long Journey to an Uncertain End
72% matchMostly Positive75% of 57 reviews2023
Dev: Crispy Creative
Windows
Explore the known and unknown galaxy with a ragtag crew of eclectic new friends in this narrative management space opera. You are a sentient spaceship, an outlawed commodity, and there's an entire galaxy between you and freedom…not to mention your abusive ex on your tail.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.2%, Space 18.5%, Sci-fi 15.3%, Multiple Endings 15%, RPG 12.1%
- #45 HIVESWAP: ACT 2
71% matchVery Positive87% of 1,197 reviews2020
Dev: What Pumpkin Games, Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 10.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Continue Joey and Xefros’s adventure through the dark and dangerous planet Alternia. Meet dozens of unique and memorable characters, some more helpful than others, as you navigate this volatile alien culture. Hurry up! There’s a train to catch.
Why similar: Narrative 32.4% ★, Hand-drawn 14.4%, Point & Click 13%, Story Rich 9.5%, RPG 9.2%
- #46 Sky Caravan
71% matchVery Positive98% of 56 reviews2022
Dev: Studio Bravarda
Windows
Welcome to the Skyways, caravaneer. Complete missions, manage your ship’s resources and make tough decisions to keep your crew alive and happy. Or not. Choices have lasting consequences in this Text-Based RPG. You are the captain - and the clouds are waiting!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.7%, Text-Based 20.4%, RPG 14%, Point & Click 9.7%, Sci-fi 9.3%
- #47 Starstruck Vagabond
69% matchVery Positive86% of 571 reviews2024
Dev: Ben 'Yahtzee' Croshaw
Windows
A space captain accidentally freezes themselves for two thousand years, finding themselves in an unfamiliar galaxy. Fortunately, there's always someone who needs cargo delivered.
Why similar: Sci-fi 31.4%, Story Rich 26.2%, Adventure 13.8%, Exploration 13%, Multiple Endings 11.9%
- #48 Stellar Tactics
67% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,731 reviews2026
Dev: Don WilkinsPub: Maverick Games
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 14.7 hrs≥1hr: 68%
A Sci-Fi role-playing game featuring turn-based ground combat, space exploration, deep character customization and a massive living universe with thousands of star systems. Equip your ships with the best equipment you can find, gather a powerful crew of mercenaries and set out into the void!
Why similar: Space 26.8%, Sci-fi 20.8%, RPG 20.5%, Exploration 18.5%, Atmospheric 9%
- #49 Space Pilgrim Episode II: Epsilon Indi
72% matchVery Positive82% of 987 reviews2016
Dev: Pilgrim AdventuresPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 86%
One year after the events of Episode I, Captain Pilgrim is once again carrying a shipload of passengers between star systems. This time her guests include a mysterious priestess, a wayward youth and a robotics genius.
Why similar: Adventure 42.6%, Space 22.8%, Sci-fi 16.3%, Story Rich 9.4%, Indie 3.4%
- #50 Griftlands
69% matchVery Positive94% of 14,455 reviews2021
Dev: Klei Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 14.4 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Griftlands is a deck-building roguelite where you negotiate, fight, steal or otherwise persuade others to get your way. Every decision is important, be it the jobs you take, the friends you make, or the cards you collect.
Why similar: Hand-drawn 22.1%, RPG 21%, Story Rich 20%, Multiple Endings 18.6%, Sci-fi 18.2%
- #51 Star Nomad 2
73% matchMostly Positive72% of 158 reviews2015
Dev: Huy Phan
Windows · Mac
A space trader & combat sim meets squad-RPG, large scale conquest, choice driven gameplay with fluid & punchy tactical real-time combat set in a dynamic open-world sandbox.
Why similar: Space 30.4%, Cyberpunk 20.9%, RPG 19.9%, Sci-fi 15.3%, Futuristic 10.1%
- #52 Ostranauts
66% matchMostly Positive78% of 3,152 reviews2026
Dev: Blue Bottle GamesPub: Kitfox Games
Windows
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 32.0 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Navigate your scrappy ship through the boneyard in search of valuable parts in abandoned vessels. Use salvage to upgrade your ship, or sell it for cash to pay down your mounting debt, or restock fuel, air, or food. Fly and role-play aboard your dream spaceship in this hardcore noir space-sim.
Why similar: Space 31.8%, Cyberpunk 30.4%, Sci-fi 14%, Exploration 13.3%, RPG 10.4%
- #53 No More Future
68% 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: Text-Based 24.4%, Cyberpunk 17.3%, Dystopian 14.9%, Futuristic 14.1%, Story Rich 11.9%
- #54 Dead Reckoning: The Long Drift
66% matchVery Positive81% of 104 reviews2026
Dev: Garan LornPub: Selenodrome
Windows · Linux
A dream among the stars — or a nightmare. 1,000 colonists in the dark between stars. Every pragmatic decision rewrites who they are. Discover what your choices mean for humanity, for better or worse.
Why similar: Text-Based 19.2%, Space 18.1%, Interactive Fiction 17.6%, Multiple Endings 14.8%, Sci-fi 14.2%
- #55 VED
67% matchMostly Positive79% of 77 reviews2024
Dev: KaraclanPub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows
VED is a story-driven, hand-drawn RPG with a unique turn-based combat system and roguelite elements. Set in two different worlds, VED tells the story of Cyrus, a young hero who sets out on a quest to become a master of sword and magic, and save everything he knows from destruction.
Why similar: Dice 63.2% ★, Hand-drawn 15%, Story Rich 9%, RPG 8.9%, Adventure 2.2%
- #56 Stories from Sol: The Gun-Dog
65% matchVery Positive91% of 957 reviews2025
Dev: Space Colony StudiosPub: Astrolabe Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Survive the mystery that awaits the JFS Gun-Dog in deep space in this retro visual novel / graphic adventure.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.2%, Sci-fi 18.4%, Space 16.7%, Multiple Endings 15.3%, Story Rich 10.8%
- #57 Starcom: Nexus
68% matchVery Positive90% of 2,315 reviews2019
Dev: Wx3 Labs, LLC
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 13.5 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Suddenly thrown into an unknown galaxy, you must explore, fight or befriend aliens and transform your ship from a small survey vessel into a powerful battlecruiser to unravel the mystery of the forces that brought you here and find your way home.
Why similar: Space 39.7%, Sci-fi 21.3%, RPG 14.4%, Exploration 10.7%, Story Rich 6.2%
- #58 Sector Unknown
65% matchVery Positive80% of 376 reviews2026
Dev: Creative Storm Entertainment
Windows
Sector Unknown is a solo-developed, isometric sci-fi RPG set in a shadowy expanse of space. Begin on a desolate planet, establish a stronghold, explore space, ally with or dominate local factions, and combat a despotic organization set on ruthlessly exploiting the sector's resources and inhabitants.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 41.8%, RPG 17%, Multiple Endings 15.8%, Story Rich 13%, Exploration 7.5%
- #59 Starship Inspector
69% matchMixed61% of 51 reviews2021
Dev: Vedanta Team
Windows
Starship Inspector is a Space Roguelike in which every choice you make matters. Save a galaxy or rescue your crew member? Serve an evil empire or help an ancient tribe? You'll constantly have to make hard decisions and deal with consequences.
Why similar: Space 25.4%, Sci-fi 20.1%, RPG 19.6%, Adventure 10.2%, Story Rich 9.2%