- #1 Complex Loop
97% matchVery Positive93% of 68 reviews2023
Dev: あみそ組
Windows
Complex Loop is a sci-fi themed visual novel. This is a story of time loops between past and future. Within a time limit of 20 minutes, your mission is to save a mysterious girl died from an explosion accident one year ago. Solve puzzles and reveal the truth behind the tragedy. An adventure awaits!
Why similar: Time Travel 21.5% ★, Comic Book 14.7%, Steampunk 12.3% ★, Interactive Fiction 12.2%, Visual Novel 10.3%
- #2 INFINITY DEADLINE
96% matchVery Positive95% of 59 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: JRPG 19.3%, Interactive Fiction 18.4%, Comic Book 13.1%, Visual Novel 11.7%, 2D Platformer 10.1%
- #3 Twilight Town: A Cyberpunk Day In Life
96% matchVery Positive86% of 166 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: Visual Novel 29%, Cyberpunk 27.8%, Futuristic 15.4%, Anime 9.5%, Casual 9.3%
- #4 VA-11 Hall-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action
95% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 38,192 reviews2016
Dev: Sukeban GamesPub: Ysbryd Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 31.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%
VA-11 HALL-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action is a booze em' up about waifus, technology, and post-dystopia life.
Why similar: Visual Novel 32.9%, Cyberpunk 29.4%, Anime 17.6%, Casual 8.4%, 2D 7%
- #5 Nobody Nowhere
94% matchVery Positive94% of 187 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: JRPG 21.1%, Interactive Fiction 17.3%, Text-Based 13%, Visual Novel 13%, Anime 11.3%
- #6 Cyber City 2157: The Visual Novel
94% 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: Visual Novel 40.5%, Cyberpunk 28.9%, Casual 15.5%, 2D 9.3%, Story Rich 4%
- #7 NeuroNet: Mendax Proxy
93% 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: Interactive Fiction 19.7%, Text-Based 18.9%, Visual Novel 17.7%, Futuristic 15.5%, Cyberpunk 13.7%
- #8 Aether & Iron
91% matchVery Positive84% of 436 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: Alternate History 42.4%, Visual Novel 30.1%, RPG 21.8%, Story Rich 5%, Singleplayer 0.6%
- #9 DIVINATION
92% matchVery Positive90% of 204 reviews2019
Dev: Mojiken
Windows · Mac
"What if you're born into this world without your permission?" DIVINATION is a very short visual novel where you act as a fortune teller in a futuristic world. Talk and listen to people's stories, then foresee their future using the runes they had drawn.
Why similar: Text-Based 31%, Visual Novel 27.1%, Cyberpunk 22.2%, Anime 11.5%, 2D 4.7%
- #10 No More Future
91% matchVery Positive99% of 127 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%, Comic Book 24.4%, Visual Novel 24.4%, Futuristic 12.8%, Cyberpunk 8.2%
- #11 Neoproxima
90% matchVery Positive97% of 70 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: Alternate History 42.8%, Text-Based 21.5%, RPG 16.3%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Story Rich 5.2%
- #12 D1AL-ogue
86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 3,423 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 30.9%, Visual Novel 28.4%, Anime 15.8%, Casual 9.5%, 2D 7%
- #13 The Red Strings Club
88% matchVery Positive94% of 13,919 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 60%, Visual Novel 23.2%, Story Rich 9.3%, 2D 5.7%, Indie 1%
- #14 Citizen Sleeper
87% matchVery Positive93% of 10,020 reviews2022
Dev: Jump Over The AgePub: Fellow Traveller
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 7.4 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: Interactive Fiction 23.5%, Text-Based 21.1%, Cyberpunk 14.8%, Futuristic 14.3%, Artificial Intelligence 11.7%
- #15 Your Future Self
89% 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 29.8%, Interactive Fiction 25.4%, Casual 18.3%, Visual Novel 16.4%, 2D 5.2%
- #16 2064: Read Only Memories
89% 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: Interactive Fiction 25.6%, Comic Book 21.4%, Visual Novel 18.3%, Cyberpunk 15.7%, Futuristic 11.8%
- #17 MECHANICA: A Ballad of the Rabbit and Mercury
86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 893 reviews2021
Dev: Loser/sPub: OTAKU Plan
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 83%
5029 AD, "Guillotine", the Japanese territory on Mercury, a city full of neon signs and drunks. You will explore the beautiful cyberpunk-style 2D world, play music to the residents of Mercury to gather intelligence, and finally achieve the goal of saving the world.
Why similar: Time Travel 27.5% ★, JRPG 22.7%, Visual Novel 15.5%, Cyberpunk 13%, Anime 9.8%
- #18 Au Revoir
85% matchVery Positive95% of 118 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: Interactive Fiction 29.4%, Text-Based 29.1%, Cyberpunk 23.5%, Futuristic 13%, Story Rich 4.5%
- #19 Retropolis 2: Never Say Goodbye
84% matchVery Positive94% of 52 reviews2024
Dev: Peanut Button
Windows
Immerse yourself in the shadows, where danger lurks and every step leads you further to the edge of madness. Navigate the neon-lit streets as robo-detective Philip Log and search for Jenny Montage, the automated femme fatale, in this gritty post-apocalyptic saga.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 86.6%, Story Rich 12.4%, Singleplayer 1%
- #20 TEST TEST TEST
83% matchVery Positive92% of 999 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 40.6% ★, Interactive Fiction 28.4%, Anime 17.8%, 2D 9.4%, Story Rich 3.8%
- #21 Silicon Dreams | cyberpunk interrogation
84% 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 35.9%, Visual Novel 27.8%, Futuristic 27.7%, Story Rich 7.1%, Singleplayer 0.7%
- #22 Shanghai Summer
81% matchVery Positive90% of 450 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 26.1% ★, Interactive Fiction 16.3%, Visual Novel 14.1%, Text-Based 13.5%, Anime 10.3%
- #23 Synergia
82% matchVery Positive87% of 805 reviews2020
Dev: Radi ArtPub: Top Hat Studios, Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Synergia is a yuri thriller visual novel that takes place in a cyberpunk future, wrapped up in a beautifully unique, vibrant neon aesthetic. At the end of the world, sometimes love is the ultimate crime.
Why similar: Visual Novel 34.4%, Cyberpunk 26.6%, Anime 19.6%, RPG 11.2%, Casual 3.9%
- #24 To the Edge of the Sky
82% matchMixed60% of 73 reviews2020
Dev: Ajané J.K. CélestinPub: Aeon Dream Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
This stunning post-cyberpunk indie visual novel is waiting for you to dive in. Explore the secrets of Olympia, the most technologically advanced country on Earth, as one of its top secret operatives. Can you complete your mission without regrets?
Why similar: RPG 43.3%, Casual 24.6%, Visual Novel 20.2%, Cyberpunk 9.8%, Indie 2%
- #25 Andromeda Six
78% matchVery Positive97% of 74 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: Visual Novel 32.6%, Text-Based 24.9%, Cyberpunk 20.8%, 2D 8.5%, Casual 6.7%
- #26 Euphoria: Supreme Mechanics
81% matchMostly Positive77% of 238 reviews2020
Dev: Whale Rock Games
Windows
The ability to discern hidden connections is both a gift and a curse. The covert mechanisms of reality do not reveal themselves to any and all, and there is a price to pay for this knowledge…
Why similar: Cyberpunk 48.6%, Casual 35.6%, Story Rich 9%, Indie 5.1%, Singleplayer 1.7%
- #27 Bartender Hustle
80% matchVery Positive84% of 232 reviews2022
Dev: Departure Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Mix amazing cocktails while you climb the ranks as a bartender and unlock diverse bartending venues in this narrative-driven bartender simulator.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 32.9%, RPG 26%, Visual Novel 20.9%, Casual 15.3%, Story Rich 3%
- #28 Rue Valley
78% matchMixed65% of 1,624 reviews2025
Dev: Emotion Spark StudioPub: Owlcat Games
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 7.5 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 37.7% ★, Interactive Fiction 27%, Visual Novel 20%, Casual 6.3%, 2D 5.3%
- #29 Neo Cab
79% matchMostly Positive79% of 2,815 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: Interactive Fiction 26.2%, Comic Book 23.1%, Visual Novel 19.6%, Cyberpunk 16%, Futuristic 12.1%
- #30 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: Interactive Fiction 52.4%, Cyberpunk 28.8%, 2D 10.4%, Story Rich 6.2%, Indie 1.2%
- #31 Subsurface Circular
77% matchVery Positive94% of 1,931 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: Text-Based 33.1%, Visual Novel 27.6%, Futuristic 15.1%, Cyberpunk 13.9%, Casual 6.4%
- #32 Neon Hearts City
76% matchVery Positive85% of 53 reviews2025
Dev: Cosmic VoidPub: Dionous Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A private investigator, tracking a missing person, uncovers a conspiracy between humans and androids and a secret that could change everything. Neon Hearts City is a retro point-and-click adventure that thrusts you into a grungy cyberpunk city of the future.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 61.1%, Cyberpunk 21.6%, 2D 11.2%, Story Rich 5.2%, Singleplayer 0.9%
- #33 Best Served Cold
75% matchVery Positive88% of 640 reviews2025
Dev: Rogueside
Windows · Mac
Can you mix a cocktail while eye-to-eye with a criminal? Find out in Best Served Cold, a murder mystery set in a bustling speakeasy where you serve customers, make friends and enemies, and solve crimes. At the Nightcap bar, prohibition is a killer… and so are some of your customers!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 40.2%, Visual Novel 38.9%, RPG 14.9%, Story Rich 5.4%, Indie 0.6%
- #34 Read Only Memories: NEURODIVER
77% matchMostly Positive72% of 217 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: Interactive Fiction 23.6%, Comic Book 20.2%, Visual Novel 17%, Cyberpunk 14.7%, Futuristic 10.3%
- #35 Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector
73% matchVery Positive92% of 2,273 reviews2025
Dev: Jump Over The AgePub: Fellow Traveller
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 79%
A dice-driven RPG, in a human and heartfelt sci-fi world. You are an escaped android, with a malfunctioning body, a price on your head and no memory of your past. Get a ship, find a crew, and take on contracts while you navigate across the Starward Belt.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.8%, Text-Based 20%, Cyberpunk 16.4%, RPG 12.8%, Futuristic 12.8%
- #36 Techno Banter
74% matchVery Positive92% of 124 reviews2025
Dev: Dexai ArtsPub: Crunching Koalas
Windows
You're the bouncer of the Green Door club, where every decision matters. Reject the unworthy of partying with clever retorts, explore a neon-lit city, and immerse yourself in the Berlin-like city's underground techno scene. The beat is pumping—are you in?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 43.4%, Futuristic 28.4%, Cyberpunk 23.2%, Story Rich 5%
- #37 Welcome to Planet E1d0r4d0!
73% matchMostly Positive76% of 178 reviews2025
Dev: LuluGamesPub: 2P Games
Windows
Welcome to Planet E1d0r4d0 is a narrative-driven management sim and side-scrolling hunting adventure about a young girl searching for the meaning of existence at the edge of the cosmos. In this chaotic, lawless universe, even immortality feels devastatingly fragile.
Why similar: JRPG 36%, Visual Novel 21.6%, Cyberpunk 19.4%, RPG 12.8%, 2D 6.2%
- #38 Mars Underground
76% matchVery Positive96% of 53 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 68.5%, 2D 19.5%, Story Rich 8.1%, Indie 3.9%
- #39 VIRTUAL GIRL @ WORLD’S END
71% matchVery Positive95% of 86 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: Visual Novel 24.4%, Text-Based 17.6%, Cyberpunk 16.6%, Futuristic 15.9%, Anime 11.8%
- #40 Gilded Shadows
73% matchVery Positive95% of 192 reviews2022
Dev: Steamberry Studio
Windows
A GxB visual novel that explores a whimsical, yet dangerous world which blends the solarpunk and cyberpunk aesthetics into a unique adventure. As you follow the MC on her journey, pursue various love interests in a stand-alone story unique to that route.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27.9%, Visual Novel 22.6%, Futuristic 18.6%, Cyberpunk 14.3%, Casual 7.9%
- #41 Aliya: Timelink
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 8,995 reviews2024
Dev: TDGame StudioPub: Anotherindie
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 24.0 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 34.5%, Visual Novel 23%, Text-Based 21.1%, RPG 15.5%, 2D 4.2%
- #42 Neon Blood
72% matchMostly Positive72% of 125 reviews2024
Dev: ChaoticBrain StudiosPub: Meridiem Games
Windows
Viridis, year 2053. Growing inequality drives Bright City and Blind City further and further apart until idealistic detective Axel McCoin starts a revolution to change the world in this fast-paced cyberpunk adventure.
Why similar: JRPG 41.4%, Cyberpunk 26.5%, RPG 17.3%, 2D 8.4%, Story Rich 4.7%
- #43 Dynopunk: Welcome to Synth-City
71% matchVery Positive97% of 296 reviews2023
Dev: Tomato Fantasy GamesPub: 101XP
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 10.0 hrs≥1hr: 67%
An ironic adventure with cyberpunk aesthetics set in a world where humans have been replaced by dinosaurs. Become a top-notch repair shop mechanic: fix gadgets, have heart-to-heart talks, and offer drinks to your customers — everything to fulfill your ultimate dream.
Why similar: Visual Novel 40.6%, Cyberpunk 32.3%, Casual 13.5%, 2D 11.3%, Singleplayer 1.1%
- #44 Dynopunk
70% matchVery Positive93% of 525 reviews2023
Dev: Tomato Fantasy GamesPub: 101XP
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 93%
An ironic adventure with cyberpunk aesthetics set in a world where humans have been replaced by dinosaurs. Become a top-notch repair shop mechanic: fix gadgets, have heart-to-heart talks, and offer drinks to your customers — everything to fulfill your ultimate dream.
Why similar: Visual Novel 39.1%, Cyberpunk 31.2%, Casual 12.3%, 2D 11.9%, Story Rich 5.5%
- #45 Orion: A Sci-Fi Visual Novel
75% matchMixed54% of 82 reviews2015
Dev: Cylight Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
A science-fiction visual novel centered on the implications of time travel, artificial intelligence, and humanity's ascent to the stars.
Why similar: Visual Novel 56.1%, Futuristic 28.6%, Casual 15.3%
- #46 Duskpunk
68% matchVery Positive91% of 167 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: Steampunk 35.2% ★, Text-Based 25.7%, Interactive Fiction 15.8%, RPG 13.6%, 2D 6.3%
- #47 The Maker's Eden
74% 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 56.1%, Casual 43.9%
- #48 Pixel Cafe
68% matchVery Positive92% of 836 reviews2023
Dev: Baltoro Games
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Step into Pixel's shoes in this one-of-a-kind journey that bridges time, memories, and the aroma of fresh coffee. Dive deep into a city balancing its past and future. Engage in intense arcade challenges, immerse yourself in heartfelt stories, and navigate a world crafted in pixel art.
Why similar: Visual Novel 57.8%, 2D 15%, Casual 12.1%, Story Rich 9.3%, Linear 5.8%
- #49 PROTOTYPE原型
70% 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: Interactive Fiction 24.4%, Visual Novel 18.8%, Cyberpunk 17%, Futuristic 14.5%, Anime 12.7%
- #50 Love Shore
71% matchMixed70% of 76 reviews2023
Dev: Perfect Garbage
Windows · Mac · Linux
Play as Sam or Farah as they attempt to navigate the neon thrills of their cyberpunk city Love Shore, solve murders, fight gods and maybe fall in love.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 34%, Cyberpunk 22.2%, Text-Based 22.1%, RPG 16.1%, Visual Novel 3.7%
- #51 Minds Beneath Us
66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 5,730 reviews2024
Dev: BearBoneStudio
Windows
Median: 10.9 hrsMean: 12.8 hrs≥1hr: 82%
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: Visual Novel 34.3%, Cyberpunk 28.8%, RPG 20.3%, 2D 10.4%, Story Rich 5.4%
- #52 Dullpain
70% 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 29.2% ★, Interactive Fiction 25.6%, Visual Novel 16.6%, Anime 11.4%, RPG 9.8%
- #53 52Hertz
67% matchVery Positive88% of 110 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 24.5%, Interactive Fiction 22.9%, Visual Novel 16.6%, Futuristic 16.1%, RPG 11.5%
- #54 ALTDEUS: Beyond Chronos
69% matchVery Positive95% of 408 reviews2021
Dev: MyDearest Inc.
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 36.1 hrs≥1hr: 75%
A sci-fi adventure full of robot battles, pop music, and emotion. Featuring one of the largest branching storylines ever in a VR game with 15-20 hours of gameplay, Altdeus will place you in the shoes of Chloe, a pilot in humanity's forces fighting massive hostile organisms known as the Meteora.
Why similar: Time Travel 21.1% ★, Interactive Fiction 17.5%, JRPG 16.3%, Visual Novel 14%, Futuristic 10.1%
- #55 In Stars And Time
65% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 8,335 reviews2023
Dev: insertdisc5Pub: Armor Games Studios
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Live with the ever-present burden of being trapped in a time loop only you can know about in this turn-based RPG. Create a better future for you and your friends. Find hope where there is none left. Pray to the stars and free yourself from time.
Why similar: Time Travel 54.2% ★, RPG 23.8%, 2D 8.6%, Story Rich 6.4%, Anime 5.9%
- #56 大科学家
66% matchVery Positive94% of 384 reviews2025
Dev: 箱社
Windows
Antoine is a tavern owner who privately conducts her own secret research. Due to an accident, a little girl enters her life and her once-quiet existence is forever changed. Antoine is forced to take risks involuntarily, and bit by bit the truth of the world is revealed to her again.
Why similar: JRPG 24.3%, Interactive Fiction 20.7%, Visual Novel 15.1%, 2D Platformer 12%, RPG 9.5%
- #57 Bionic Heart
72% matchMostly Positive73% of 132 reviews2014
Dev: Winter Wolves
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 66%
London, 2099. The earth isn't what it used to be anymore. Incredible climate changes have corrupted the weather, causing a permanent rain on most of the Earth's surface. You play the role of Luke Black, a 36-year-old bio-informatic engineer. He is one of the lead programmers at Nanotech, a big nanotechnology research company.
Why similar: Visual Novel 27.4%, Cyberpunk 21.6%, Anime 18.8%, Futuristic 16.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%
- #58 Loop8: Summer of Gods
69% matchMixed49% of 127 reviews2023
Dev: Marvelous Inc.Pub: XSEED Games
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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: JRPG 31.5%, Interactive Fiction 24.6%, Visual Novel 16.4%, Anime 13.6%, RPG 11.6%
- #59 Causal Loop
64% matchVery Positive93% of 59 reviews2026
Dev: Mirebound InteractivePub: Headup
Windows
Causal Loop is a narrative puzzler that blends mind-bending mechanics with a rich sci-fi story about time, consequence, and survival. Solve intricate puzzles by using the signature “echo” mechanic to record, replay, and interact with up to three versions of your past self. Can you break the loop?
Why similar: Futuristic 80.5%, Story Rich 17.2%, Singleplayer 2.3%
- #60 State of Mind
68% matchMostly Positive78% of 2,277 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: Futuristic 34.9%, Cyberpunk 29.6%, Interactive Fiction 17.1%, Visual Novel 10.6%, Story Rich 6.1%