- #1 Subsurface Circular
97% matchVery Positive94% of 1,932 reviews2017
Dev: Bithell Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 3.2 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: Noir 15.4%, Philosophical 11.3%, Text-Based 11.2%, Dialogue Heavy 11.1%, Cyberpunk 9.6%
- #2 The Red Strings Club
96% 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 39%, Choices Matter 11.8%, Philosophical 10.6%, Point & Click 9.4%, Story Rich 9.2%
- #3 No More Future
96% matchVery Positive99% of 129 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 18.2%, Visual Novel 16.6%, Conspiracy 15.5% ★, Philosophical 13.8%, Cyberpunk 12.6%
- #4 The Dearest Person
95% matchVery Positive94% of 637 reviews2024
Dev: house.opposite
Windows · Mac · Linux
A visual novel about what it means to be human. A story about loneliness, self-identification, and the meaning of existence.
Why similar: Philosophical 19.8%, Transhumanism 18.9% ★, Noir 17.3%, Cyberpunk 10.3%, Text-Based 9.8%
- #5 BatteryNote
94% matchVery Positive99% of 220 reviews2025
Dev: 72studioPub: room6
Windows · Mac
BatteryNote is a multi-ending sci-fi adventure visual novel game. You can recharge three robots with limited lifespans, bringing them back to life. Interact with them through conversations or experiment by applying high voltage. How they spend their final moments is entirely up to you.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 21%, Philosophical 20.8%, Robots 13.4%, Visual Novel 11.3%, Multiple Endings 8%
- #6 Locke(d)
94% matchVery Positive93% of 1,103 reviews2023
Dev: KigyoDev
Windows · Mac · Linux
An algorithm decided to show you this. What now?
Why similar: Philosophical 26.6%, Experimental 20.4%, Dialogue Heavy 16.3%, Visual Novel 11.9%, Point & Click 10.8%
- #7 Silicon Dreams | cyberpunk interrogation
93% 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 18.2%, Experimental 18.1%, Dialogue Heavy 14.5%, Dystopian 10.7%, Choices Matter 8.7%
- #8 Neo Cab
92% matchMostly Positive79% of 2,838 reviews2019
Dev: Chance AgencyPub: Fellow Traveller
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 66%
A visual novel about emotional survival in an automated world. Play as Lina, the last human cab driver. It’s your first night driving the lonely streets of Los Ojos, and your best friend has just disappeared. Stay on the road. Stay on the search. Stay human.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 23.2%, Noir 19.3%, Cyberpunk 16.9%, Visual Novel 9.3%, Point & Click 8.8%
- #9 Minds Beneath Us
89% 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: Philosophical 19.2%, Cyberpunk 18.9%, Dystopian 15.1%, Visual Novel 10.1%, Point & Click 8.8%
- #10 Read Only Memories: NEURODIVER
91% 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: Dialogue Heavy 21.3%, Noir 19.2%, Cyberpunk 17%, Visual Novel 8.8%, Point & Click 8.6%
- #11 2064: Read Only Memories
91% 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: Dialogue Heavy 22%, Noir 19.6%, Cyberpunk 17.2%, Visual Novel 9%, Point & Click 8.8%
- #12 Twilight Town: A Cyberpunk Day In Life
90% matchVery Positive85% of 170 reviews2021
Dev: Sigyaad Team
Windows
Twilight Town: A Cyberpunk Day In Life is a chill, linear visual novel set in an ambient yet melancholic town in the distant future. Play as Ikuro and work with all kinds of shady figures to take care of your personal robot companion you're so hopelessly in love with.
Why similar: Cyberpunk 42.5%, Dystopian 22.4%, Visual Novel 19.9%, Story Rich 8.8%, Anime 4.4%
- #13 Coffee Talk
88% matchVery Positive95% of 12,424 reviews2020
Dev: Toge Productions
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Coffee Talk is a coffee brewing and heart-to-heart talking simulator about listening to fantasy-inspired modern peoples’ problems, and helping them by serving up a warm drink or two.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 30.5%, Experimental 17.5%, Philosophical 16.7%, Visual Novel 12.2%, Choices Matter 6.9%
- #14 D1AL-ogue
86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 4,018 reviews2026
Dev: CherryPickerPub: Jungle Game Lab
Windows
Become an android repair technician in a cyberpunk city where the sun never rises. Rotate the unique circular puzzle 'D1AL' and merge modules to fix their broken bodies and hearts. Your precise repair is the conversation starter. Turn the dial and listen to their stories.
Why similar: Cyberpunk 27.8%, Dystopian 18.9%, Dialogue Heavy 14.9%, Visual Novel 11.5%, Multiple Endings 8.6%
- #15 Cartomante – Fortune Teller
89% matchVery Positive92% of 138 reviews2020
Dev: Garoa Studios
Windows
A branching visual novel with multiple endings about fortune telling for eccentric clients with tarot cards.
Why similar: Text-Based 20.8%, Visual Novel 18.7%, Point & Click 15.4%, Dialogue Heavy 14.5%, Multiple Endings 14.2%
- #16 NeuroNet: Mendax Proxy
87% 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 23.4%, Dialogue Heavy 21.9%, Text-Based 15.7%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Choices Matter 9.5%
- #17 Robot Daycare
86% matchVery Positive87% of 156 reviews2021
Dev: KigyoDev
Windows · Mac · Linux
A visual novel about raising a cute robot child, which may or may not go horribly wrong. Your choices decide the outcome.
Why similar: Philosophical 31.9%, Robots 15.7%, Visual Novel 14.5%, Mystery 8.2%, Choices Matter 7.4%
- #18 Little Girl On Earth Asking Why She Asking Why
83% matchVery Positive94% of 456 reviews2026
Dev: senpiPub: GOGOGOBATO
Windows · Mac · Linux
"Life sometimes feels like it’s going in circles." Little Girl On Earth Asking Why She Asking Why is a short pixel art Visual Novel about a girl who tell herself this, forever. Maybe you can try to help her ?
Why similar: Philosophical 31.6%, Visual Novel 16.2%, Text-Based 14.2%, Point & Click 11.3%, Multiple Endings 10.3%
- #19 Au Revoir
84% matchVery Positive95% of 123 reviews2025
Dev: Invisible StudioPub: Nuntius Games
Windows
Play as Tristan and solve puzzles to recover human consciousnesses in the year 2071. Investigate environments, uncover secrets, and make choices that affect the ending. Explore a neon-noir world with a low poly aesthetic inspired by the 90s.
Why similar: Noir 28.1%, Cyberpunk 23.3%, Point & Click 14.5%, Text-Based 14%, Sci-fi 7.2%
- #20 malViolence - Definitive Edition
84% 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 24.7%, Dystopian 20.7%, Visual Novel 14%, Choices Matter 8.7%, Sci-fi 8.3%
- #21 VirtuaVerse
85% matchVery Positive82% of 1,107 reviews2020
Dev: Theta DivisionPub: Blood Music
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 62%
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 27.4%, Dystopian 20.2%, Transhumanism 19.2% ★, Point & Click 15%, Sci-fi 5.8%
- #22 RGB GlitchGazer
82% 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: Philosophical 27.5%, Visual Novel 19.8%, Mystery 10.6%, Sci-fi 9.8%, Anime 9.3%
- #23 Imitosis
81% matchVery Positive98% of 205 reviews2024
Dev: One Over Games
Windows
A free 5-minute visual novel. A security concern demands your attention.
Why similar: Experimental 45.5%, Visual Novel 19.3%, Choices Matter 13.1%, Robots 13%, Sci-fi 9.1%
- #24 Justice.exe
82% 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 23.6%, Dystopian 22.5%, Point & Click 15%, Choices Matter 11.1%, Multiple Endings 10%
- #25 VIRTUAL GIRL @ WORLD’S END
78% 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: Cyberpunk 28.9%, Dystopian 22.2%, Visual Novel 19%, Text-Based 14.9%, Story Rich 6.8%
- #26 Sentience: The Android's Tale
81% matchVery Positive83% of 387 reviews2017
Dev: Pilgrim AdventuresPub: GrabTheGames
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 7.3 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 20.7%, Robots 16.1%, Multiple Endings 12.4%, Philosophical 12.2%, Sci-fi 10.7%
- #27 机忆
80% matchMostly Positive73% of 84 reviews2020
Dev: futurelovegame
Windows
"Master, what's the difference between humans and robots you find?" I hope someday you will be knocked on the door by the lovely maid robot and give the answer to this question.
Why similar: Cyberpunk 21.2%, Text-Based 16.6%, Visual Novel 16.1%, Robots 10.4%, Multiple Endings 9.5%
- #28 Elysium
77% matchVery Positive90% of 78 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: Text-Based 30.9%, Visual Novel 27.2%, Cyberpunk 22.2%, Anime 11.5%, 2D 4.7%
- #29 OMNIMUS
79% matchVery Positive87% of 55 reviews2019
Dev: Angry gamesPub: Total
Windows · Mac · Linux
Omnimus. Welcome to the future! A visual novel about a daring experiment.
Why similar: Visual Novel 27.9%, Multiple Endings 17%, Choices Matter 16.9%, Sci-fi 15.1%, Anime 11.8%
- #30 Dry Drowning
79% 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: Noir 32.9%, Cyberpunk 23.6%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Sci-fi 9.3%, Mystery 9.1%
- #31 Entropic Float: This World Will Decay And Disappear
77% matchPositive92% of 50 reviews2022
Dev: Nico HPub: Starfield Gaming
Windows · Mac
A free drama-mystery visual novel with a modern fantasy setting. Reach out to the fourteen people trapped inside to find the truth through eighteen endings, influenced by but not exclusively bound to your own system time.
Why similar: Visual Novel 34.1%, Multiple Endings 17.2%, Mystery 16.4%, Story Rich 12.6%, Text-Based 9.5%
- #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: Transhumanism 19.7% ★, Noir 19.4%, Cyberpunk 15.8%, Dialogue Heavy 10.5%, Dystopian 9.5%
- #33 Your Future Self
78% matchVery Positive81% of 96 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: Text-Based 29.6%, Dystopian 22.7%, Visual Novel 14.9%, Sci-fi 10.5%, Mystery 10%
- #34 Schrödinger's Call
71% matchVery Positive94% of 1,003 reviews2026
Dev: Acrobatic ChirimenjakoPub: SHUEISHA GAMES
Windows
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 75%
When the world is coming to an end, who would you want to speak to one last time? Schrödinger’s Call is a visual novel that lets you experience the pain and salvation of human connection, as if you were turning the pages of a picture book.
Why similar: Philosophical 29.2%, Text-Based 21.9%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Choices Matter 10.8%, Mystery 7.8%
- #35 Gemini Rue
76% matchVery Positive88% of 1,879 reviews2011
Dev: Joshua NuernbergerPub: Wadjet Eye Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Discover a world where life is cheap, identities are bought & sold, & a quest for redemption can change the fate of a whole galaxy.
Why similar: Noir 31.2%, Cyberpunk 24.2%, Point & Click 20.7%, Dystopian 10.4%, Sci-fi 8.7%
- #36 Whispers of a Machine
74% matchVery Positive93% of 1,993 reviews2019
Dev: Clifftop GamesPub: Raw Fury
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Whispers of a Machine is a Sci-Fi Nordic Noir that tells the story of Vera, a cybernetically augmented detective in a post-AI world, who investigates a string of murders and unravels a dark conflict over forbidden technology.
Why similar: Cyberpunk 25.5%, Point & Click 21.2%, Noir 21.1%, Sci-fi 10%, Choices Matter 8.6%
- #37 State of Mind
75% 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 27.9%, Transhumanism 22.8% ★, Dystopian 16.7%, Sci-fi 12.8%, Story Rich 8.8%
- #38 Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 33,869 reviews2020
Dev: Nikita KryukovPub: Nikita Igorevich Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 24 minMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 11%
A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.
Why similar: Experimental 35.6%, Visual Novel 22%, Philosophical 17.2%, Text-Based 16.8%, Anime 5.2%
- #39 Ego's Spark
73% matchVery Positive94% of 71 reviews2024
Dev: SatsukiPub: Shiravune
Windows
Is this a nascent ego—or just a nasty bug? Crash headfirst into cuddles, comfort, and maybe even love in this short visual novel about robots and the human heart.
Why similar: Transhumanism 25.8% ★, Cyberpunk 17.6%, Robots 14.1%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Sci-fi 8.8%
- #40 Vespa's Test
73% matchVery Positive94% of 51 reviews2022
Dev: Lepisoft
Windows
Vespa's Test is a short, relaxing personality test based on real psychological research. Answer a multitude of thought-provoking questions, and receive a vision tailored to your answers; what, in life, is holding you back?
Why similar: Choices Matter 32.5%, Multiple Endings 26.4%, Visual Novel 22.3%, Mystery 8.4%, Story Rich 5.4%
- #41 Dull Grey
74% matchVery Positive85% of 82 reviews2021
Dev: Provodnik Games
Windows · Linux
Dull Grey is an award-winning visual novel about growing up. Experience an emotional story of a mother and son in a dystopian world, make simple but meaningful choices and discover multiple endings. Will you see your story unfold in full colour?
Why similar: Philosophical 27%, Dystopian 19.9%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Text-Based 14.5%, Multiple Endings 11%
- #42 52 / 0 = ∞
70% matchVery Positive88% of 526 reviews2025
Dev: HeFake
Windows · Mac · Linux
This is a story with illustrations. You have to choose your destiny. You are obsessed with the idea of creating an ideal society. One day you come up with a genius idea, and you create a society that could live forever, BUT HOW IS THIS POSSIBLE!!?
Why similar: Philosophical 31.4%, Transhumanism 15.6% ★, Text-Based 15.3%, Robots 13.3%, Visual Novel 12.6%
- #43 PROTOTYPE原型
72% matchVery Positive83% of 162 reviews2023
Dev: Veronika OrfeevaPub: Nikita Kryukov
Windows
A cinematic techno-thriller about the fate of the intermediate links of progress.
Why similar: Cyberpunk 32%, Dystopian 20.6%, Visual Novel 15.8%, Sci-fi 10.7%, Transhumanism 10.5% ★
- #44 Cyber City 2157: The Visual Novel
76% 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 51.9%, Visual Novel 32.6%, Story Rich 10.9%, 2D 4.6%
- #45 The Maker's Eden
75% matchMixed69% of 119 reviews2014
Dev: Screwy Lightbulb
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 61%
The Maker's Eden is a first-person hypertext adventure game presented in the style of a motion comic. You play a character trying to discover what their predefined purpose is, in a science fiction/noir inspired world filled with androids, flying cars and an early 20th century vibe.
Why similar: Cyberpunk 100%
- #46 The Night Fisherman
72% matchVery Positive82% of 771 reviews2020
Dev: de FaultPub: Far Few Giants
Windows · Mac
A short, twisted tale about a smuggler and a late night encounter in the English Channel. Control the camera and make tough choices, will you escape with your life?
Why similar: Philosophical 24.8%, Text-Based 15.8%, Dialogue Heavy 12.7%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Point & Click 10.5%
- #47 un/FRAGMENT.
70% matchVery Positive88% of 51 reviews2024
Dev: izakiko paradox
Windows · Mac · Linux
A short 10 minute visual novel about being a fragment in the universe and trying to find a way out of the ****.
Why similar: Philosophical 50.4%, Text-Based 12.7%, Choices Matter 11.2%, Mystery 10.3%, Multiple Endings 9.8%
- #48 Guilt Free
71% matchVery Positive85% of 295 reviews2020
Dev: Lateral Games
Windows · Mac
Guilt Free is a visual novel crossed with a point and click made to offer perspective on mental health and eating disorders. Navigate a couple's rocky relationship and encounter "flaws" or "quirks" that may actually be symptomatic behaviors.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 22.8%, Experimental 17.2%, Text-Based 15.2%, Visual Novel 12%, Choices Matter 9.6%
- #49 Countdown
69% matchVery Positive83% of 63 reviews2024
Dev: duskstudio
Windows
Countdown is a short visual novel that tells the story of an ordinary individual's journey through their thoughts and emotions as their life approaches its end. The plot includes critiques and discussions of social issues such as life, family, the workplace, and the healthcare system.
Why similar: Visual Novel 56.8%, Text-Based 16.3%, Dialogue Heavy 15.2%, Anime 8.3%, 2D 3.4%
- #50 protoViolence - Definitive Edition
68% 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 25.9%, Dystopian 18%, Transhumanism 15.4% ★, Visual Novel 15.4%, Sci-fi 8.6%
- #51 Trust No One
70% matchMixed59% of 59 reviews2024
Dev: Triomatica Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
You'll need to think outside more than just the box. In "Trust No One,” a point-and-click detective adventure, you play as a journalist who tries to unravel a web of secrets about a mysterious AI-company. Explore the nooks and alleyways of Kyiv to discover the identity of your informant.
Why similar: Conspiracy 23.5% ★, Philosophical 20.4%, Dialogue Heavy 14.7%, Point & Click 14.4%, Dystopian 12.6%
- #52 Depanneur Nocturne
69% matchVery Positive96% of 258 reviews2020
Dev: KO_OP
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 71%
A short exploration game about poking around a convenience store and finding a gift with the help of its owner. But sometimes the perfect gift finds you.
Why similar: Noir 45.4%, Dialogue Heavy 26%, Choices Matter 14.5%, Multiple Endings 14.2%
- #53 Doki Doki AI Interrogation
67% matchVery Positive82% of 509 reviews2024
Dev: YAMADA
Windows · Mac
A short interrogation game taking full advantage of ChatGPT! You are tasked with interrogating the suspect [AI] of a murder case as an [excellent police officer]. How you choose to interrogate the suspect is up to you. How the AI reacts is rendered in real-time through ChatGPT.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 38.9%, Sci-fi 28.2%, Mystery 19.1%, Story Rich 12.4%, 2D 1.5%
- #54 云端之约
68% matchVery Positive93% of 529 reviews2021
Dev: White Star Studio
Windows
假如人工智能拥有了自我意识,你会怎样看待它们?或者说,他们。在信息技术高度发达的时代里,当人与人之间的交流只剩下屏幕的文字时,你的每一次选择,将带你揭开这个世界不一样的真相。科技与神话交织碰撞,邀你共赴一场云端之约。
Why similar: Cyberpunk 35.5%, Visual Novel 16.7%, Choices Matter 13.4%, Multiple Endings 12.5%, Story Rich 9.7%
- #55 Everything Will Be Fine!
65% matchVery Positive85% of 129 reviews2026
Dev: nanohanaPub: room6
Windows
A dark conversation with a girl during a nightly car trip. A short multi-ending novel game where you try to understand this girl and her pain.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 27.7%, Visual Novel 21.8%, Text-Based 20.4%, Multiple Endings 16.4%, Choices Matter 5.9%
- #56 Tron: Identity
68% matchMostly Positive79% of 292 reviews2023
Dev: Bithell Games
Windows · Mac
Something has been taken. Enter a new Grid and forge alliances via visual novel gameplay, uncovering truths through Identity Disc puzzles. Make critical decisions and plot your own course in a world without a creator.
Why similar: Noir 28.5%, Visual Novel 19.4%, Choices Matter 14.2%, Mystery 10.4%, Multiple Endings 10.4%
- #57 Duskpunk
64% matchVery Positive91% of 174 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 35.2%, Text-Based 20.2%, Dystopian 14.6%, Choices Matter 9.9%, Multiple Endings 9.1%
- #58 outside the door
64% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 667 reviews2024
Dev: basandaika games
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Outside the door is a mystic visual novel set within one office. You are about to figure out the stories of a few visitors without having a single memory of yourself.
Why similar: Visual Novel 26%, Dialogue Heavy 16.3%, Text-Based 14.4%, Anime 13.3%, Multiple Endings 11.4%
- #59 MetaWare High School (Demo)
66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 693 reviews2020
Dev: Not Fun Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
How do you see the world when nothing is real? An experimental metafictional visual novel.
Why similar: Experimental 34.2%, Philosophical 31.9%, Visual Novel 14.3%, Multiple Endings 8.3%, Anime 6.7%
- #60 Deluge: Threnody of Crashing Waves
67% matchVery Positive86% of 259 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: Philosophical 33.9%, Visual Novel 17%, Conspiracy 16.5% ★, Mystery 8.5%, Anime 8.3%