- #1 Kill The Clock
97% matchVery Positive92% of 73 reviews2025
Dev: Happy Slugs
Windows
Kill the Clock is a narrative time-loop mystery adventure where you relive the same week to solve a murder that keeps changing. Customize your character, roll dice to influence story outcomes, and uncover the truth—before time resets again.
Why similar: Time Travel 26.6% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.2%, Thriller 12.1%, Visual Novel 11.7%, Interactive Fiction 10.8%
- #2 Elysium
96% matchVery Positive90% of 77 reviews2025
Dev: YvelRevo
Windows
In this cyberpunk-themed linear visual novel, you take on the role of Jill the bartender during a 14-day time loop. While crafting drinks for customers is part of your job, the true challenge lies in unraveling the dark secrets hidden beneath this neon-lit world.
Why similar: Time Travel 21.4% ★, Comic Book 14.7%, Interactive Fiction 12.3%, Steampunk 12.2% ★, Visual Novel 10.4%
- #3 Game of Fate: Chasing Through Time
96% matchVery Positive88% of 1,092 reviews2024
Dev: KARMAGAME HK LIMITEDPub: EpicDream Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 8.1 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Immerse yourself in the first-person perspective, cross time and space, solve bizarre cases, save innocent victims, and catch a mysterious killer! You will solve murders, uphold justice, and also gain love. Are you ready? Play the "Game of Fate" that crosses time and space, life and death!
Why similar: Cinematic 34.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 26.9%, Interactive Fiction 21.7%, RPG 6.7%, Simulation 6%
- #4 The Chrono Jotter
95% matchVery Positive94% of 2,205 reviews2021
Dev: Orca LayoutPub: 2P Games
Windows
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Rewind time to save your girlfriend in a twisted high school death game. A gripping yuri visual novel: Investigate brutal murders, unravel psychological horrors, and fight for a forbidden love that defies death itself.
Why similar: Thriller 26.9%, Visual Novel 24.2%, Interactive Fiction 22.3%, Anime 12.7%, Exploration 7.1%
- #5 Rail of Möbius
94% matchVery Positive95% of 485 reviews2021
Dev: PHOSEPO
Windows
It is an adventure game with multiple endings. An original script written by a well-known light novelist with a total of 400,000 words. With reasoning, suspense, love, and science fiction elements, it allows players to embark on a highly immersive journey of salvation on the submarine train.
Why similar: Time Travel 60.2% ★, Visual Novel 20.5%, Anime 14.2%, Adventure 5.1%
- #6 Future Proof
94% matchVery Positive88% of 74 reviews2018
Dev: Silhouette Valley Games
Windows
Quirky, top-down puzzle adventure game. You’re trapped in a 12-minute time loop. Try to save yourself and a small town from destruction from a meteorite. Solve intuitive puzzles, interact with the people of the town, and discover the secrets of the town. Discover the 15 different endings!
Why similar: Time Travel 62.1% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.4%, Adventure 7%, 2D 6.5%, RPG 6.4%
- #7 Neoproxima
93% matchVery Positive97% of 68 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: Point & Click 34.3%, Sci-fi 25%, Exploration 12.8%, Visual Novel 11.9%, RPG 9.3%
- #8 Shanghai Summer
92% matchVery Positive91% of 444 reviews2024
Dev: FUTU StudioPub: Astrolabe Games
Windows
Shanghai Summer is an adventure game set in the millennium. Our protagonist, Baichuan, goes through a series of "anomalies" over the length of twelve days. In his pursuit of the truth, he found that his hopes and regrets from the past finally seem to converge. Will he be able to "fix" it for good?
Why similar: Time Travel 42.4% ★, Visual Novel 16%, Interactive Fiction 14.8%, Anime 13.1%, RPG 5%
- #9 LOOPERS
91% matchVery Positive87% of 1,020 reviews2023
Dev: VisualArts/KeyPub: VisualArts
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 11.4 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Tyler is a high schooler on a mission. He's going to use every minute of summer vacation to go on as many GPS-assisted scavenger hunts as possible. After running into some old friends during one of these hunts, strange things start happening: The day resets and today plays out exactly like yesterday
Why similar: Visual Novel 30.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.4%, Anime 18.4%, Simulation 15.1%, Adventure 13.2%
- #10 TEST TEST TEST
90% matchVery Positive92% of 991 reviews2024
Dev: MojikenPub: Toge Productions
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 1.8 hrs≥1hr: 47%
Escape a time loop as an overworked office employee by solving cryptic puzzles with alternate reality game elements.
Why similar: Time Travel 52.3% ★, Interactive Fiction 20.5%, Anime 18.1%, 2D 9.1%
- #11 Rue Valley
89% matchMixed65% of 1,543 reviews2025
Dev: Emotion Spark StudioPub: Owlcat Games
Windows
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Rue Valley is a narrative adventure about a man trapped in a time loop, surrounded by a colorful cast with complex emotional stories, each hiding unexpected secrets. Dealing with mental challenges, the main character must delve into the anomaly to uncover its enigmatic origins.
Why similar: Time Travel 33.8% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.7%, Point & Click 14.3%, Interactive Fiction 13.7%, Visual Novel 12.6%
- #12 Your Future Self
91% matchVery Positive81% of 95 reviews2019
Dev: Contortionist Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Your Future Self is a 1-2 hour long story-driven experimental text adventure with unique conversational mechanics, time loop based gameplay, and an emotionally gripping time travel mystery set against the backdrop of a darkly realistic vision of our world ravaged by climate change.
Why similar: Thriller 23.6%, Interactive Fiction 21.7%, Visual Novel 17.4%, Adventure 16.1%, Sci-fi 15.4%
- #13 Stellar Code
88% matchVery Positive97% of 461 reviews2025
Dev: Fragaria
Windows
Mysterious phenomena from space. A researcher's fatal accident. Cryptic codes engraved on an unknown material. Together with your brilliant sister-in-law, you must unravel a mystery that could determine the fate of Earth. A sci-fi mystery visual novel of discovery and suspense.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 25.7%, Visual Novel 19.9%, 2D Platformer 15.1%, Anime 13.3%, Sci-fi 13.2%
- #14 INFINITY DEADLINE
87% matchVery Positive96% of 55 reviews2026
Dev: YvelRevo
Windows
Play as 25yo writer Jian Xun in a 5-min deadline loop. Your script is alive! In this thriller puzzle, use "keyframe sorting" to piece stories. Fight AI, break the 4th wall & escape the nightmare!
Why similar: Comic Book 19.1%, Cyberpunk 19%, Interactive Fiction 17.3%, Visual Novel 13.7%, 2D Platformer 10.4%
- #15 Chronoquartz
86% matchVery Positive99% of 437 reviews2025
Dev: Infinite Stairs
Windows
In Chronoquartz, every move matters! You have 10 turns per loop: explore, solve puzzles, and use your past knowledge to progress. Strategy, critical thinking, and time management will be your allies in this unique temporal adventure. Will you succeed in saving time?
Why similar: Time Travel 57.9% ★, Sci-fi 15.3%, Exploration 13.1%, 2D 8.4%, Adventure 5.3%
- #16 DragonLoop
86% matchVery Positive92% of 525 reviews2025
Dev: 沙因
Windows
Dragon Loop is a metroidvania combining time travel and branching map design. Explore the large open world in a five day loop, opening up new worldlines. Explore a 2D, hand-drawn world, engage in fast-paced battles, and retrieve memories to shape the future.
Why similar: Time Travel 76.4% ★, RPG 8.3%, 2D 5.7%, Adventure 5.3%, Anime 4.3%
- #17 Date Warp
89% matchVery Positive89% of 178 reviews2014
Dev: Hanako Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Five days ago, Janet left her dorm to go on a date - and never came back. Was she kidnapped? Murdered? The truth may be even stranger. Solve puzzles to connect together pieces of the story in a science-fiction adventure with eleven possible endings!
Why similar: Time Travel 49.7% ★, Visual Novel 19.5%, Sci-fi 13.6%, Anime 11.7%, 2D 3%
- #18 Time Space Rebuild
85% matchMostly Positive82% of 435 reviews2025
Dev: INNOVATION DREAM
Windows · Mac
In "Time Rebuild", human civilization stands on the brink of destruction. You will become a time-traveling hero, embarking on a journey to save the world while encountering and bonding with women of vastly different appearances and personalities.
Why similar: Time Travel 40.1% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.6%, Interactive Fiction 16.6%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Simulation 5.8%
- #19 KAMITSUBAKI CITY REGENERATE
84% matchVery Positive94% of 509 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 41.1%, Visual Novel 29.9%, Anime 12.2%, Adventure 10.1%, 2D 6.6%
- #20 52Hertz
84% matchVery Positive88% of 102 reviews2026
Dev: Moonlit Apple
Windows
An eternally snowbound town. An inescapable time loop. A group of travelers trapped between memory and truth…You will embody Mo Shi, the amnesiac protagonist, stepping into this enigmatic town known as the "Singularity" , partner with the protagonist to solve murder cases and expose the killer.
Why similar: Comic Book 35.5%, Interactive Fiction 21.3%, Visual Novel 19.3%, Exploration 9.7%, RPG 8.8%
- #21 Dragon Maiden: Blossoms of the Past
83% matchVery Positive81% of 63 reviews2025
Dev: 不兼容性工作室Pub: 2P Games
Windows
Dragon Maiden is a 2D pixel-art mystery adventure. As Wang Xie, you’re trapped in a time loop on the day of the Mountain God Ceremony. Relive the 22 hours before midnight, uncover the truth behind the village’s destruction, and break free from the cycle.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 57.6%, Adventure 29.2%, 2D 13.2%
- #22 The Shell Part I: Inferno
82% matchVery Positive91% of 1,325 reviews2023
Dev: Innocent GreyPub: Shiravune
Windows
Median: 10.7 hrsMean: 110.2 hrs≥1hr: 70%
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 28.9%, Cinematic 19.3%, Dark 18.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.6%, Anime 10.5%
- #23 Night Loops
82% matchVery Positive89% of 157 reviews2023
Dev: JiaquariumPub: indie.io
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Journey through the psyche… Welcome to the Seaside Hotel, where the final hour of your night shift awaits. Tend to guests, explore their dreams, and lose your sense of Self – time and again. In this dark, labyrinthine adventure, unravel the path to the truth below.
Why similar: Visual Novel 24.3%, Dark 23.8%, Anime 20.4%, RPG 9.8%, Exploration 8.7%
- #24 Once Again
81% matchVery Positive91% of 1,001 reviews2022
Dev: RB Wolf DesignPub: RB Wolf Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 61.8 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Make up for lost time with Once Again, If you could travel through time, who’s the first person you’d meet? An interactive story about a boy who spends his summers wandering between past and present... After meeting her, summer will never be the same again...Who is she, and what journey awaits you?
Why similar: Time Travel 47.6% ★, Visual Novel 24.8%, Interactive Fiction 10.4%, Adventure 8.5%, 2D Platformer 6.2%
- #25 Deluge: Threnody of Crashing Waves
81% matchVery Positive85% of 252 reviews2022
Dev: leavesPub: socah
Windows · Mac · Linux
In the not so distant past, the Isle of Abbot underwent a mysterious evacuation event. Delve into the secrets of this unsettling place and elicit the girls' tragic fate. An interactive visual novel with psychological and lovecraftian undertones.
Why similar: Visual Novel 30.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 29.2%, Anime 25.1%, Simulation 9.2%, 2D 6%
- #26 STEINS;GATE 0
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 7,939 reviews2018
Dev: MAGES. Inc.Pub: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 124.0 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: Time Travel 47.7% ★, Visual Novel 22.9%, Anime 14.7%, Sci-fi 11.3%, Adventure 3.3%
- #27 Read Only Memories: NEURODIVER
80% matchMostly Positive72% of 215 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: Comic Book 19.6%, Cyberpunk 18.5%, Interactive Fiction 14.7%, Point & Click 13.2%, Visual Novel 13.2%
- #28 Raging Loop
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 9,674 reviews2017
Dev: KEMCO
Windows
Median: 23.9 hrsMean: 58.6 hrs≥1hr: 84%
The feast has begun, can you escape the village alive?
Why similar: Visual Novel 57.6%, Time Travel 15.7% ★, Anime 13.6%, Adventure 13%
- #29 The Sekimeiya: Spun Glass
79% matchVery Positive86% of 279 reviews2021
Dev: Trinitite Team
Windows · Mac · Linux
An intricate mystery visual novel. Search text, piece together clues, and jump around the story to unravel the tangled events within the sealed tower.
Why similar: Visual Novel 31.2%, Anime 22.3%, Sci-fi 22.2%, Dark 12.4%, Adventure 6.7%
- #30 Ever 17 - The Out of Infinity
77% matchVery Positive84% of 187 reviews2025
Dev: MAGES. Inc.Pub: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows
To the promise we once made and the place we must return
Why similar: Visual Novel 35.2%, Anime 22.9%, Sci-fi 17.3%, Adventure 14.8%, 2D 9.9%
- #31 Au Revoir
76% matchVery Positive96% of 106 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 22.3%, Cinematic 20.8%, Point & Click 19.6%, Interactive Fiction 13.7%, Sci-fi 12%
- #32 Break the Loop
77% matchVery Positive85% of 86 reviews2024
Dev: Mastodonte
Windows
Break the Loop is a turn-based Rogue-like RPG. Compose your team and create a timeline by selecting the events you'll go through. Each decision will bring you one step closer to the ultimate threat, but will you have accumulated enough power to stop the apocalypse?
Why similar: Time Travel 62.6% ★, RPG 18.9%, 2D 14.2%, Adventure 4.3%
- #33 Trials of Innocence
75% matchVery Positive92% of 1,556 reviews2025
Dev: 猫龙游戏
Windows
Median: 19.1 hrsMean: 22.2 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Trials of Innocence is an indie courtroom detective game. Step into the shoes of the main character, rookie lawyer Luna Ray, and navigate her journey through the legal world. Unravel a shocking conspiracy that changes the fate of many, including herself, and confront her inner choices.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.4%, Visual Novel 23.1%, Point & Click 18.6%, Anime 16.5%, Adventure 5.7%
- #34 RGB GlitchGazer
74% matchVery Positive99% of 93 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 24.8%, Visual Novel 24.7%, Anime 19.5%, Sci-fi 15.4%, 2D 8%
- #35 Orten Was The Case
75% matchVery Positive96% of 147 reviews2023
Dev: Woodhill Interactive
Windows · Mac
Orten Was The Case - A free movement puzzle/adventure game where you play as a youngster stuck in a time loop with the simple task of saving the world from literal destruction.
Why similar: Exploration 58.4%, Adventure 41.6%
- #36 OMNIMUS
78% matchVery Positive87% of 54 reviews2019
Dev: Angry gamesPub: Total
Windows · Mac · Linux
Omnimus. Welcome to the future! A visual novel about a daring experiment.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.7%, Visual Novel 23.6%, Adventure 19%, Anime 16.7%, Sci-fi 16%
- #37 Type-NOISE: Shonen Shojo
73% matchVery Positive80% of 133 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 20%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.2%, Anime 15.7%, Point & Click 15.1%, Sci-fi 14.9%
- #38 ANONYMOUS;CODE
74% matchMostly Positive80% of 513 reviews2023
Dev: MAGES. Inc.Pub: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 12.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Hack Into God
Why similar: Visual Novel 46.7%, Anime 32.9%, Adventure 20.4%
- #39 DragonLoop: Prologue
73% matchVery Positive92% of 78 reviews2025
Dev: 沙因小分队
Windows
The heroine who lost her memory was trapped in a five-day loop. Connect with your partners to travel through a world with strange time changes, continue to become stronger, retrieve memories, and understand the truth. The game is a time loop Metroidvania.
Why similar: Time Travel 75.3% ★, 2D Platformer 13%, RPG 4.8%, Adventure 3.7%, 2D 3.1%
- #40 Minds Beneath Us
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 5,416 reviews2024
Dev: BearBoneStudio
Windows
Median: 11.0 hrsMean: 12.9 hrs≥1hr: 81%
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: Cinematic 19.5%, Cyberpunk 17.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.2%, Visual Novel 13%, Point & Click 11.7%
- #41 Loop8: Summer of Gods
76% matchMixed48% of 124 reviews2023
Dev: Marvelous Inc.Pub: XSEED Games
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Your choices shape the world in this coming-of-age RPG. As a new arrival in a 1980s rural Japanese town with a mysterious ability to loop time, your every decision and relationship will affect the outcome of battles against the invading Kegai.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 29.7%, Visual Novel 24.6%, Anime 23.1%, RPG 11.5%, Dark 11.1%
- #42 Old Skies
69% matchVery Positive94% of 960 reviews2025
Dev: Wadjet Eye Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A time travel adventure spanning two hundred years! Dive into the past with time agent Fia Quinn as she embarks on seven trips through time. History is up for grabs, from the speakeasies of Prohibition to the vicious gangs of the Gilded Age to the World Trade Center on September 10, 2001.
Why similar: Time Travel 26.1% ★, Cinematic 18%, Point & Click 16.6%, Interactive Fiction 16%, Sci-fi 7.2%
- #43 Timeloop: Sink Again Beach
71% matchVery Positive91% of 357 reviews2022
Dev: Fang's Lab
Windows
A non-linear first-person action adventure in a pirate setting. A single player time travel simulation game. Unusual gaming experience.Moving in space and time, the player must understand what is happening on the island and how the main character can move away from there.
Why similar: Cinematic 35.5%, Sci-fi 22.7%, Visual Novel 20.1%, Exploration 12.5%, Adventure 9.2%
- #44 2064: Read Only Memories
73% matchMostly Positive80% of 1,665 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: Comic Book 20.6%, Cyberpunk 19.7%, Interactive Fiction 15.8%, Point & Click 14.3%, Visual Novel 14%
- #45 Eternal Threads
71% matchVery Positive86% of 817 reviews2022
Dev: Cosmonaut StudiosPub: Secret Mode
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 58%
Eternal Threads is a single-player, first-person story-driven puzzle game of time manipulation, choice and consequence.
Why similar: Time Travel 40.9% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.3%, Interactive Fiction 15.9%, Thriller 15.1%, Exploration 5.1%
- #46 Sentimental Death Loop
72% matchMixed65% of 182 reviews2023
Dev: qureate
Windows
Just as you begin to settle in for a fun day at your best friend's house, something changes in her and she kills you. And not just once—she ends your life time and time and time again.Your goal is to escape from this endless loop of despair.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 24.8%, Visual Novel 21.3%, 2D Platformer 15.9%, Anime 13.6%, Dark 10.6%
- #47 Never 7 - The End of Infinity
70% matchVery Positive81% of 91 reviews2025
Dev: MAGES. Inc.Pub: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows
Save me from this cage of infinity
Why similar: Visual Novel 33.9%, Anime 23.3%, Sci-fi 16.9%, Adventure 15.7%, 2D 10.1%
- #48 Mars Underground
72% matchVery Positive96% of 52 reviews2019
Dev: Matt Sanderson
Windows · Linux
Mars Underground is an apocalyptic adventure where you relive the same day over and over. With each cycle new items can be picked up and topics unlocked. Explore the possibilities of this timeloop and uncover multiple endings.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 45.6%, Adventure 37.1%, 2D 17.3%
- #49 protoViolence - Definitive Edition
69% matchVery Positive95% of 66 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 18.5%, Interactive Fiction 16.2%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Cinematic 12.5%, Anime 12.2%
- #50 Hexed Time
67% matchVery Positive98% of 101 reviews2025
Dev: Petra Emmer
Windows
Play as a witch living in secret among villagers in this hand-drawn narrative puzzle adventure. An attempt to change fate traps her in a time loop. Help the witch and her cat escape without getting caught by the inquisition. Your choices shape the outcome.
Why similar: Time Travel 34.9% ★, Interactive Fiction 24.3%, Point & Click 23.5%, Exploration 6.5%, Adventure 5.7%
- #51 Between Horizons – A Sci-Fi Detective Adventure
67% matchVery Positive88% of 490 reviews2024
Dev: DigiTales InteractivePub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Between Horizons is a narrative 2.5D sci-fi detective adventure. 33 years into the Zephyr's journey, its mission is suddenly jeopardized. Can you find the culprit before it's too late? Experience an enthralling story set in a semi-open world that branches and ends based on your choices.
Why similar: Point & Click 29.7%, Interactive Fiction 28.7%, Sci-fi 21.3%, Exploration 12.3%, Adventure 8%
- #52 You Can Save Everyone
68% matchVery Positive86% of 57 reviews2024
Dev: Caleb Draper
Windows
You Can Save Everyone is a heartfelt horror meta-puzzle game. Trapped deep within a facility with only a console to communicate with the others inside, decipher the proper methods to control the console, and - just maybe - save everyone. But be careful. The locks aren't just there for you.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.9%, Point & Click 20.6%, Visual Novel 19.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17%, Exploration 9.5%
- #53 Aliya: Timelink
63% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 8,841 reviews2024
Dev: TDGame StudioPub: Anotherindie
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 23.9 hrs≥1hr: 73%
The player connects to a girl in distress in space thousands of years later? How will they resolve the crisis and discover the truth? Through the mechanism of real-time synchronization, the game breaks through the dimensional wall and creates an immersive dialogue across time and space.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 34.6%, Visual Novel 28.8%, Sci-fi 18.2%, RPG 12.7%, 2D 5.6%
- #54 Nobody Nowhere
65% matchVery Positive93% of 184 reviews2025
Dev: 深渊标记 Tag:hadal
Windows
a side-scrolling, story-driven text adventure game in pixel art. The story is set in 2079, when a Replicant awakens in a lab facility amidst a life-or-death situation. The replicant aid agency tries to rescue him but fails. In the process they stumble on the real secret of the Replicant project...
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20%, Visual Novel 18.7%, Anime 18.3%, Sci-fi 16.4%, Exploration 8.9%
- #55 MAELSTROM LEGACY: The Tesla Mystery
65% matchVery Positive82% of 61 reviews2025
Dev: Wistfulware
Windows · Mac
The Tesla Mystery is a puzzle-driven adventure game. Join the journey of investigation in a Paris infused with steampunk and Art Nouveau styles. Nikola Tesla, mastermind behind the Science Conference, has vanished under mysterious circumstances. Now, and uncover the truth hidden in the city...
Why similar: Steampunk 28.5% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.5%, Point & Click 13.4%, Visual Novel 12.9%, Interactive Fiction 12.7%
- #56 Cyber City 2157: The Visual Novel
71% 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 31.3%, Visual Novel 27%, Adventure 19.2%, Dark 15.8%, 2D 6.6%
- #57 Subsurface Circular
67% matchVery Positive94% of 1,925 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: Visual Novel 23.2%, Cinematic 20.3%, Cyberpunk 19%, Point & Click 17%, Sci-fi 15.4%
- #58 Dullpain
66% matchVery Positive85% of 92 reviews2023
Dev: 埋月山枯Pub: East2West Games
Windows
Dullpain is a side-scrolling, interaction, and storytelling game. Playing as Jingwen, a young boss of a long-established repair shop, you need to repair not only everyday items, also memories. You can enjoy dull-pain and breathtaking stories in different time and space and redefine the end of story.
Why similar: Time Travel 36.9% ★, Interactive Fiction 18.2%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Anime 11.4%, RPG 5.7%
- #59 A Perfect Day
66% matchVery Positive85% of 1,802 reviews2022
Dev: Perfect Day Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Revisit and repeat the final moments of China's turn of the century in this narrative puzzle adventure. Play a 6th-grade student and greet classmates, explore secrets, play mini-4WD, or just wander around town. Make your choices to create a perfect day for everyone!
Why similar: Time Travel 60.1% ★, Interactive Fiction 23%, Exploration 9.6%, Adventure 7.3%
- #60 Family Mysteries 2: Echoes of Tomorrow
68% matchMostly Positive73% of 197 reviews2020
Dev: Brave Giant LTDPub: Artifex Mundi
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Framed scientist travels through time to save his beloved wife and reveal kidnapper's identity. Find hidden objects in the post-apocalyptic world, solve cyberpunk puzzles and embrace the future full of adventures!
Why similar: Time Travel 39.2% ★, Cyberpunk 20.9%, Point & Click 19.3%, Sci-fi 11.4%, 2D 5.6%