- #1 Subsurface Circular
97% 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: Noir 15.5%, Text-Based 11.4%, Philosophical 11.3%, Conversation 10.6%, Cyberpunk 9.7%
- #2 The Red Strings Club
96% matchVery Positive94% of 13,842 reviews2018
Dev: DeconstructeamPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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 39.3%, Choices Matter 12%, Philosophical 10.4%, Point & Click 9.4%, Story Rich 9.3%
- #3 No More Future
96% matchVery Positive99% of 122 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 18.4%, Visual Novel 16.6%, Conspiracy 15.6% ★, Philosophical 13.8%, Cyberpunk 12.5%
- #4 The Dearest Person
95% matchVery Positive95% of 624 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 10%
- #5 BatteryNote
94% matchVery Positive100% of 186 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: Philosophical 21%, Conversation 20.2%, Robots 13.2%, Visual Novel 11.3%, Multiple Endings 8.1%
- #6 Silicon Dreams | cyberpunk interrogation
94% matchVery Positive94% of 253 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 18.3%, Experimental 17.9% ★, Conversation 13.9%, Dystopian 10.8%, Choices Matter 8.9%
- #7 Locke(d)
93% matchVery Positive93% of 1,097 reviews2023
Dev: KigyoDev
Windows · Mac · Linux
An algorithm decided to show you this. What now?
Why similar: Philosophical 26.9%, Experimental 20.2% ★, Conversation 15.7%, Visual Novel 12%, Point & Click 10.9%
- #8 2064: Read Only Memories
92% 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: Noir 22.1%, Cyberpunk 19.4%, Conversation 12.1%, Visual Novel 10%, Point & Click 9.9%
- #9 Neo Cab
91% matchMostly Positive80% of 2,781 reviews2019
Dev: Chance AgencyPub: Fellow Traveller
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 7.4 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: Noir 21.9%, Cyberpunk 19.1%, Conversation 13.1%, Visual Novel 10.5%, Point & Click 9.9%
- #10 Minds Beneath Us
89% 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: Philosophical 19.2%, Cyberpunk 18.9%, Dystopian 15.1%, Visual Novel 10%, Point & Click 8.8%
- #11 Read Only Memories: NEURODIVER
91% 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: Noir 21.5%, Cyberpunk 19.1%, Conversation 11.5%, Visual Novel 9.9%, Point & Click 9.7%
- #12 Cartomante – Fortune Teller
90% matchVery Positive92% of 135 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 21.1%, Visual Novel 18.7%, Point & Click 15.4%, Multiple Endings 14.3%, Conversation 13.9%
- #13 malViolence - Definitive Edition
89% matchVery Positive93% of 137 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 24.6%, Dystopian 20.7%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Choices Matter 8.9%, Multiple Endings 8.3%
- #14 VIRTUAL GIRL @ WORLD’S END
86% matchVery Positive95% of 85 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 25%, Dystopian 19.2%, Visual Novel 16.4%, Conversation 13.3%, Text-Based 13.1%
- #15 Twilight Town: A Cyberpunk Day In Life
88% matchVery Positive86% of 164 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 19.8%, Story Rich 8.8%, Anime 4.4%
- #16 D1AL-ogue
84% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 2,282 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 27.9%, Dystopian 19.3%, Conversation 14.9%, Visual Novel 10.6%, Multiple Endings 9.1%
- #17 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 23.6%, Conversation 20.6%, Text-Based 16.1%, Visual Novel 13.6%, Choices Matter 9.8%
- #18 Au Revoir
85% 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: Noir 28.2%, Cyberpunk 23.2%, Point & Click 14.4%, Text-Based 14.1%, Sci-fi 7.2%
- #19 Robot Daycare
86% matchVery Positive87% of 151 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 15.5%, Visual Novel 14.5%, Mystery 8.3%, Choices Matter 7.6%
- #20 Coffee Talk
84% matchVery Positive95% of 12,156 reviews2020
Dev: Toge Productions
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 10.3 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: Conversation 20.2%, Experimental 19.9% ★, Philosophical 19.2%, Visual Novel 14%, Choices Matter 8.2%
- #21 Imitosis
82% matchVery Positive98% of 204 reviews2024
Dev: One Over Games
Windows
A free 5-minute visual novel. A security concern demands your attention.
Why similar: Experimental 45% ★, Visual Novel 19.5%, Choices Matter 13.5%, Robots 13%, Sci-fi 9.1%
- #22 RGB GlitchGazer
81% 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: Philosophical 28.2%, Visual Novel 20.3%, Mystery 11%, Sci-fi 10.1%, Multiple Endings 9.7%
- #23 VirtuaVerse
83% matchVery Positive83% of 1,098 reviews2020
Dev: Theta DivisionPub: Blood Music
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 63%
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%
- #24 机忆
82% 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 16.8%, Visual Novel 16%, Robots 10.3%, Multiple Endings 9.6%
- #25 Gemini Rue
81% matchVery Positive88% of 1,873 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 10.5%, Sci-fi 8.6%
- #26 Dull Grey
80% matchVery Positive86% of 80 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 24%, Dystopian 17.8%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Text-Based 13%, Conversation 10.9%
- #27 Little Girl On Earth Asking Why She Asking Why
75% matchVery Positive97% of 235 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 33.9%, Visual Novel 17.3%, Text-Based 15.3%, Point & Click 12.4%, Multiple Endings 11.2%
- #28 VA-11 Hall-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action
77% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 37,969 reviews2016
Dev: Sukeban GamesPub: Ysbryd Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 31.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
VA-11 HALL-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action is a booze em' up about waifus, technology, and post-dystopia life.
Why similar: Cyberpunk 22.4%, Transhumanism 20.5% ★, Dystopian 14.5%, Visual Novel 11.2%, Point & Click 8.9%
- #29 Justice.exe
79% 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 23.5%, Dystopian 22.5%, Point & Click 14.9%, Choices Matter 11.3%, Multiple Endings 10%
- #30 Elysium
76% 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: Text-Based 31.2%, Visual Novel 27%, Cyberpunk 22.1%, Anime 11.4%, 2D 4.8%
- #31 Your Future Self
79% 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: Text-Based 29.9%, Dystopian 22.6%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Sci-fi 10.4%, Mystery 10%
- #32 Gamedec - Definitive Edition
77% matchVery Positive80% of 1,687 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: Noir 22%, Cyberpunk 20.2%, Text-Based 11.6%, Visual Novel 9.7%, Point & Click 8.4%
- #33 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: Visual Novel 27.8%, Choices Matter 17.2%, Multiple Endings 17.1%, Sci-fi 15%, Anime 11.7%
- #34 Andromeda Six
74% matchVery Positive97% of 63 reviews2025
Dev: Wanderlust Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Andromeda Six is a sci-fi inspired visual novel, with romance elements and an immersive, choice based story. Take on the role of a lost Traveler and uncover the truth of your past. Fight for a future for both yourself, and those you grow close to throughout your journey.
Why similar: Cyberpunk 28.4%, Visual Novel 19.8%, Text-Based 16.9%, Choices Matter 11.8%, Multiple Endings 10.5%
- #35 Vespa's Test
75% 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 32.8%, Multiple Endings 26.4%, Visual Novel 22.1%, Mystery 8.4%, Story Rich 5.4%
- #36 The Maker's Eden
78% 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%
- #37 of the Devil
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 2,193 reviews2025
Dev: nth Circle Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 14.1 hrs≥1hr: 81%
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 19.9% ★, Noir 19.5%, Cyberpunk 15.8%, Conversation 10%, Dystopian 9.5%
- #38 云端之约
73% matchVery Positive93% of 528 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 13.6%, Multiple Endings 12.6%, Story Rich 9.7%
- #39 NetDive
71% matchVery Positive95% of 83 reviews2025
Dev: DK Liao
Windows · Mac
NetDive is a short, experimental incremental game about an AI learning what makes a human human.
Why similar: Experimental 72.8% ★, Sci-fi 19.8%, 2D 4.9%, Story Rich 2.5%
- #40 Ego's Spark
72% matchVery Positive94% of 67 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 26.6% ★, Cyberpunk 18%, Robots 14.3%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Sci-fi 9%
- #41 protoViolence - Definitive Edition
72% 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 25.9%, Dystopian 18.1%, Transhumanism 15.5% ★, Visual Novel 15.4%, Sci-fi 8.6%
- #42 Humanity Must Perish
74% matchVery Positive82% of 266 reviews2017
Dev: Zetsubou
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 24 minMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 30%
Humanity Must Perish is a short, comedic visual novel in which the fate of humanity is placed in the hands of a witty, pessimistic android.
Why similar: Visual Novel 72.3%, Anime 27.7%
- #43 The Night Fisherman
73% 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 24.6%, Conversation 14%, Text-Based 13.5%, Visual Novel 11.6%, Point & Click 10.9%
- #44 Whispers of a Machine
71% matchVery Positive93% of 1,957 reviews2019
Dev: Clifftop GamesPub: Raw Fury
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 93%
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%, Sci-fi 9.9%, Choices Matter 8.7%
- #45 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 32.5%, Story Rich 10.9%, 2D 4.7%
- #46 Neofeud
73% matchVery Positive85% of 276 reviews2017
Dev: Silver Spook Games
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 80%
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 34.1%, Dystopian 22.6%, Point & Click 17.3%, Robots 10.1%, Sci-fi 7.4%
- #47 Tron: Identity
70% matchMostly Positive79% of 290 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 28.4%, Visual Novel 19.2%, Choices Matter 14.4%, Multiple Endings 10.5%, Mystery 10.5%
- #48 Dry Drowning
71% matchVery Positive81% of 507 reviews2019
Dev: Studio VPub: Leonardo Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 9.0 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 14.7%, Sci-fi 9.2%, Mystery 9.1%
- #49 You know my name?
69% matchMostly Positive71% of 213 reviews2024
Dev: Mystael studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
A short visual novel about finding your name and a girl in the fog.
Why similar: Experimental 47.5% ★, Text-Based 23.2%, Visual Novel 19.2%, Story Rich 7.9%, 2D 2.3%
- #50 VOCÊ É UM DEFUNTO MECÂNICO
68% matchVery Positive97% of 407 reviews2022
Dev: Virgula LealPub: Jogo Joia
Windows · Mac · Linux
Baleado até a morte, você é um defunto mecânico se lembrando de como morreu, e das vidas torturadas que agora ficam para trás. Uma aventura em prosa para 20 minutos de pavor existencial no presente pós-singularidade.
Why similar: Cyberpunk 23.7%, Philosophical 16.4%, Text-Based 16.1%, Robots 14.9%, Transhumanism 12.8% ★
- #51 Experimentation
70% matchMostly Positive72% of 96 reviews2023
Dev: Faithy Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A linear visual novel about five short stories, unrelated at first glance. Be prepared for mysticism, gloomy atmosphere and light psychological horror. Not recommended to play if you are experiencing depression or severe psychological state.
Why similar: Visual Novel 43.2%, Story Rich 19.5%, Mystery 16.3%, Anime 14.7%, 2D 6.4%
- #52 Doki Doki AI Interrogation
67% matchVery Positive82% of 502 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: Conversation 38.4%, Sci-fi 29%, Mystery 19.8%, Story Rich 12.8%
- #53 Duskpunk
65% matchVery Positive92% of 147 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: Text-Based 24.8%, Conversation 20.5%, Dystopian 17.7%, Choices Matter 12.2%, Multiple Endings 11.1%
- #54 PROTOTYPE原型
68% matchVery Positive84% of 159 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 10.6% ★
- #55 MINDHACK
66% matchVery Positive93% of 676 reviews2023
Dev: VODKAdemo?
Windows · Mac
Change the minds of evildoers…for good! MINDHACK is a text adventure game where you meet unique evildoers, hack their minds, and rewrite them into happy people!
Why similar: Dystopian 26.9%, Visual Novel 18.9%, Text-Based 13.5%, Philosophical 12.4%, Story Rich 9.3%
- #56 Quarantine Circular
69% matchVery Positive88% of 437 reviews2018
Dev: Bithell Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 87%
In the middle of a world-ending pandemic, a group of scientists discover the galaxy has been watching. From the award-winning team behind Thomas Was Alone and Subsurface Circular, Quarantine Circular is the next mutation in text-based adventure.
Why similar: Text-Based 19.2%, Noir 18.4%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Point & Click 11.9%, Choices Matter 9.7%
- #57 52 / 0 = ∞
65% matchVery Positive89% of 431 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 37.2%, Text-Based 18.4%, Robots 15.6%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Story Rich 8.6%
- #58 Deluge: Threnody of Crashing Waves
68% 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: Philosophical 34%, Visual Novel 16.9%, Conspiracy 16.7% ★, Mystery 8.5%, Anime 8.3%
- #59 Will Die Alone
69% matchMostly Positive76% of 67 reviews2022
Dev: Arianna Ravioli
Windows · Mac
Some memories aren't meant to stay. We are our memories and our experiences. What happens if you delete some of them? If you change your past and, thus, your future?
Why similar: Text-Based 23.4%, Dystopian 16.9%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Point & Click 14.2%, Multiple Endings 11.4%
- #60 un/FRAGMENT.
67% matchPositive88% of 50 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 50.1%, Text-Based 12.8%, Choices Matter 11.3%, Mystery 10.3%, Multiple Endings 9.8%