- #1 Hopepunk City
97% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: Date Ariane Games
Windows
The Revolution Came and Went, How do you Deal with the Aftermath? This life simulation / romance visual novel is set in a near futuristic city-state constantly threatened by invasion. Can you and your roommates carve a better future?
Why similar: Alternate History 16.5%, Cyberpunk 14.9%, Romance 11.2%, Visual Novel 10.4%, Dialogue Heavy 9.6%
- #2 Last Night Last Call
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Rogueside
Windows · Mac
Can you solve a murder with nothing but your wits, your cocktail shaker, and your silver tongue? In this bartending mystery game, your customers are the key. So long as the liquor flows, so does the conversation - but who has the answers you seek, and who has blood on their hands?
Why similar: Noir 16.6%, Alternate History 13.9%, Detective 13.5%, Dialogue Heavy 12.9%, Romance 11.4%
- #3 Shadow City Mysteries: Case Files - Rise of the Rat King
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Play On Words Studios
Windows
Shadow City Mysteries: Case Files – Rise of the Rat King is a narrative game set in Shadow City’s underbelly. Assume the role of the Rat King, an underworld mastermind fighting for absolute power. Shape your legend by forging alliances, crushing rivals, and leaving a trail of consequences.
Why similar: Noir 24.3%, Alternate History 16%, Cyberpunk 15.4%, Detective 11.3%, Dialogue Heavy 11.2%
- #4 Artificial Detective
95% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: VIVIX Inc.
Windows
Artificial Detective is an action-adventure where you step into the shoes of a robodetective in a dystopian city overrun by rogue robots. Lead your underdog team of a military robodog and a human girl as you fight, hack, and outsmart your enemies to uncover why humans are gone.
Why similar: Noir 21.4%, Alternate History 18.8%, Cyberpunk 17.7%, Detective 13.3%, Third Person 6.9%
- #5 Mask of the Rose
94% matchMostly Positive77% of 391 reviews2023
Dev: Failbetter Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A marvellous romance with a hint of murder, where every playthrough is different! Seek love, friendship, or more... intimate encounters. Help a murdered man find justice. And watch out for the bats.
Why similar: Detective 17.4%, Alternate History 17.2%, Romance 16.2%, LGBTQ+ 14.8%, Visual Novel 13.4%
- #6 2064: Read Only Memories
94% 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: Dialogue Heavy 25%, Noir 22.6%, Cyberpunk 19.8%, Visual Novel 10.1%, Choices Matter 8.7%
- #7 Pasajeros
93% matchPositive86% of 21 reviews2022
Dev: GameLoop
Windows
Pasajeros is developed through a collection of urban and surreal stories collected in a taxi in Bogotá . It’s a four-night adventure packed with micro-stories of vampires, mariachis, and thugs. In addition to the opportunity to find love or madness in the night magic of a city.
Why similar: Noir 31.6%, Dialogue Heavy 17.9%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Romance 11.2%, Choices Matter 10.4%
- #8 Silicon Dreams | cyberpunk interrogation
92% 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 21.2%, Dialogue Heavy 16.7%, Political 14.9% ★, Detective 11.9%, Choices Matter 11.9%
- #9 Crosstalk
91% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Illumina Studios LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
A cyberpunk narrative adventure about protecting someone who doesn't trust you, in a city that wants her dead. Build trust, navigate hazard zones, make hard choices, and discover how deep the conspiracy goes. Every ending costs something.
Why similar: Noir 28.9%, Cyberpunk 21.7%, Detective 18.6%, Dialogue Heavy 9.7%, Choices Matter 8.1%
- #10 One Night: Burlesque
91% matchPositive85% of 39 reviews2023
Dev: RedDeer.Games
Windows
Step into the smoky, seductive world of the Angels Den, a luxurious burlesque club. Get into the high heels of Holly, a talented dancer graced with a unique gift of telepathy. Help her on a desperate mission to save a friend from certain doom.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 27.6%, Noir 25.7%, Alternate History 15.1%, Detective 11.6%, Visual Novel 8.4%
- #11 The Grant Grover Anthology
90% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Bit Storm Games
Windows
In Neo Naarm in the 22nd century, augmentation technology has run amok. Combining deduction, visual novel and point and click gameplay, play as Grant Grover, private detective, one of the only remaining citizens without augmentations, as he solves crimes across the city.
Why similar: Noir 27.4%, Cyberpunk 23.5%, Detective 16%, Dialogue Heavy 8.8%, Visual Novel 8.6%
- #12 Undercover Love - Where Shadows Meet
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: MIKATRON-GAMES
Windows
A dark noir visual novel following Alex, a former police officer drawn into the mafia’s world. In a world where trust can get you killed and everyone has something to hide, two women with buried secrets are pulled into a story of revenge, power, and slow-burn romance shaped by your choices.
Why similar: Noir 24.4%, LGBTQ+ 17%, Visual Novel 16.6%, Romance 15.9%, Choices Matter 13.7%
- #13 Nobody Wants to Die
89% matchVery Positive84% of 6,806 reviews2024
Dev: Critical Hit GamesPub: PLAION
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Lose yourself in the dystopian world of New York, 2329; immortality comes at a price that someone has to pay. In this interactive noir story, lead the investigation using advanced technology, as Detective James Karra who risks it all in pursuit of a serial killer targeting the city’s elite.
Why similar: Noir 21.7%, Cyberpunk 17%, Detective 13.5%, Dialogue Heavy 12.3%, Choices Matter 8.2%
- #14 Vivere Memento
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Neo Vulgate Cycle
Windows · Mac · Linux
A city forgotten by everyone, two women trying to unravel its secrets, and a dismal silence of war. Is it possible to create without the hope of being heard? Is it possible to mourn for someone obliterated in memories? And what horrors are hidden in the shadows of forgotten town?
Why similar: Noir 27.8%, Detective 16.5%, Alternate History 15.3%, LGBTQ+ 14.7%, Visual Novel 12.4%
- #15 The Shadow Over Cyberspace
87% matchVery Positive90% of 114 reviews2025
Dev: Fiction Factory Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Dread whispers echo across the Information Superhighway. Y2K is coming, heralding the rise of the Old Ones. With your meatspace mind unraveling, time is running out -- barter with gods, embrace the deathless aeons, or go offline permanently in this modempunk horror story.
Why similar: Alternate History 19.6%, Cyberpunk 18.4%, Noir 13.1%, Visual Novel 12.5%, LGBTQ+ 11.6%
- #16 Quality Dreams, Reasonably Priced
86% matchPositive100% of 33 reviews2025
Dev: zorkie studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Work as a body modification consultant in a dystopian future. Talk to clients, make recommendations, and decide how much to upsell them. Balance helping others with earning enough to save your sick rabbit. Make decisions and change lives.
Why similar: Cyberpunk 26.8%, Dialogue Heavy 19.1%, LGBTQ+ 16.6%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Choices Matter 11.1%
- #17 Angel's Awakening
86% matchMostly Positive76% of 167 reviews2022
Dev: HFTGames
Windows
Angel's Awakening is an Interactive Erotic Story about the amazing SEXUAL AWAKENING of a shy, reserved young librarian in the 1940s. In classic NOIR style, follow Angel's journey as she transforms from a repressed young woman into an uninhibited, lustful goddess with an insatiable appetite for SEX.
Why similar: Noir 25.5%, Detective 14.5%, Romance 13.1%, LGBTQ+ 12.8%, Visual Novel 11.1%
- #18 Octopus Goulash
85% matchMostly Positive75% of 11 reviews2026
Dev: Alessio Serenellini
Windows
Octopus Goulash is not a videogame. It is a living organism. Enter an urban simulation set in a synthetic and decaying world where reality is slowly slipping into vast datacenters. Explore the last city on Earth, live all possible lives, and find your path toward the Question.
Why similar: Cyberpunk 21.1%, Noir 20.1%, Alternate History 15.4%, Dialogue Heavy 13.6%, Choices Matter 8.4%
- #19 Nexus PI
84% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: Lion Sized Studios
Windows
In a reality stuck in a technologically unadvanced society stricken with the negative impacts of a worldwide climate disaster, you are a uniquely powered private investigator tasked with uncovering advanced technology from another reality with the potential to save your whole world.
Why similar: Noir 29.8%, Cyberpunk 24.2%, Detective 18.6%, Alternate History 14.2%, First-Person 4.8%
- #20 Night Cascades
84% matchVery Positive94% of 191 reviews2022
Dev: Hanako Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 92%
The city is on fire, and the Devil is to blame - or is it? Two women must solve an occult-themed mystery set in an alternate 1980s while unraveling the secrets of their past. Hunt for clues and interrogate suspects in this interactive yuri visual novel.
Why similar: Noir 24.5%, Detective 16%, Romance 15.9%, LGBTQ+ 15%, Visual Novel 12.3%
- #21 Floppy/Write
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: DaivieyPub: Boukie Games
Windows
Overthrow a corporate oligarch and uplift your neighbors through the information you observe and learn.
Why similar: Political 22.5% ★, Alternate History 17.9%, Cyberpunk 17.3%, Dialogue Heavy 12.3%, LGBTQ+ 12%
- #22 Lewd Mod: Noir
82% matchPositive100% of 21 reviews2025
Dev: HH Richards
Windows
This is a game where you work as a spy, looking through sexy surveillance photos to identify Red Hat agents. Get close to your boss, get her to send you lewd selfies, & uncover a sexy spy mystery.
Why similar: Noir 33.9%, Romance 16.6%, Cyberpunk 14.6%, Choices Matter 10.4%, Visual Novel 9.6%
- #23 Project: Z3R0 Chapter 1&2
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Kitticat Games Ltd
Windows
The "Chip" was humanity’s evolution; Now, it’s a silent weapon. Navigate a web of conspiracy in Vesper City as Detective Richard Apocryphal, alongside your Android partner E.M.R.S, as your investigation outcomes ripple through a fractured society. Can you solve the case before it’s too late?
Why similar: Cyberpunk 33.6%, Detective 21.6%, Visual Novel 16.1%, Choices Matter 12.6%, Multiple Endings 5.8%
- #24 Read Only Memories: NEURODIVER
81% 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: Dialogue Heavy 27.2%, Noir 24.9%, Cyberpunk 22%, Visual Novel 11.2%, Choices Matter 9.1%
- #25 a permanent echo
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Three More Years
Windows · Mac
Uncover Sabotage, Conspiracy and Counter-Revolution in this cyberpunk detective mystery. Using a mind-probing interface, you explore and act within memories, collect facts, meet agents of change and enormous corporations. Build your case against a person torn between idealism and turmoil.
Why similar: Cyberpunk 23.3%, Noir 19.3%, Political 16.7% ★, Detective 13.3%, Choices Matter 10.9%
- #26 PSYCORP
80% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: GliK Games
Windows
Three siblings are given AI-Powered cybernetics by their dying CEO father to permanently bring out the worst in them. How much of your mind are you willing to lose to control your family's company, and the future of surveillance in America in this narrative driven AI corporate dystopia?
Why similar: Cyberpunk 24.3%, Dialogue Heavy 18.2%, Political 17.9% ★, Choices Matter 11.7%, First-Person 7.7%
- #27 Veils of the Past
79% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: TangoScarMike Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A psychological mystery where every clue reshapes reality. Unravel the link between a vanished woman and your missing sister, only to discover four entirely different truths, each revealing a new world, a new enemy, and the price of remembering.
Why similar: Noir 25.7%, Dialogue Heavy 15.1%, Detective 14.8%, Visual Novel 11.7%, Choices Matter 9.4%
- #28 of the Devil
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 2,338 reviews2025
Dev: nth Circle Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 13.6 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: Noir 25.2%, Cyberpunk 20.4%, Detective 14.9%, Dialogue Heavy 13.4%, Visual Novel 11.5%
- #29 Death & Faeology
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Mushroomallow
Windows
In a world where the fae-touched fall prey to a sinister killer, only a Faeologist can uncover the truth. A dark academia murder mystery visual novel with supernatural cases, interactive investigation, romanceable characters, and multiple endings, set in the roaring 1920s New York.
Why similar: Noir 24.8%, Detective 18%, Romance 16.1%, Visual Novel 13.8%, LGBTQ+ 11.3%
- #30 Andromeda Six
77% 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: Cyberpunk 24.7%, Romance 20.5%, Visual Novel 17%, Incremental 15.1%, Choices Matter 11.8%
- #31 Synther
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: NeofuturismPub: No Gravity Games
Windows
Synther is an FPP simulation game with adventure-like, detective elements set in a futuristic, open world. The game is innovative and reminiscent of early 3D games and DOS applications.
Why similar: Noir 37.8%, Cyberpunk 35.8%, Detective 23.6%, Action 2.9%
- #32 Subsurface Circular
78% 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: Noir 23.9%, Detective 17.5%, Dialogue Heavy 16.9%, Cyberpunk 14.9%, Visual Novel 12.9%
- #33 Shore of Jord
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: TE NET
Windows · Mac · Linux
Shore of Jord is a story-driven cRPG set in an alternate world of Europa, where you take on the role of a retired military officer trying to resolve mysterious events from your past and survive the longest winter in history: strengthen or break friendships, find your love, and discover who you are.
Why similar: Noir 25.7%, Alternate History 18.6%, Cyberpunk 17.8%, Detective 16.3%, Choices Matter 10.9%
- #34 Yoko Redux: Dreams of a Blue Planet
76% matchPositive89% of 19 reviews2022
Dev: Missing Sentinel SoftwarePub: RedTigerPro
Windows · Mac · Linux
"Who is Yoko?" Unlock the mystery as you control Locke, Jeanne and Primus to discover the secrets of their existence in this point and click, cyberpunk noir adventure.
Why similar: Noir 28%, Cyberpunk 24%, Dialogue Heavy 16.3%, Detective 16.1%, Visual Novel 10.6%
- #35 Synthetic Lover
75% matchVery Positive86% of 106 reviews2022
Dev: HeartCoreDev
Windows
In the future a biot working as a companion and without free will, encounters a device that makes him feel human. Self-discovery, hardships, and romance may follow. A BL/Yaoi visual novel.
Why similar: Cyberpunk 23.2%, LGBTQ+ 17.3%, Romance 16.2%, Dialogue Heavy 14.8%, Visual Novel 12.7%
- #36 Three Days to Chicago
74% matchPositive100% of 32 reviews2023
Dev: Chris SchroyerPub: Austin Ivansmith Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
One of them is visiting a friend in Chicago. The other wants to shake things up in New York City. It starts in San Francisco, but where this relationship goes is all up to you.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 26.1%, Romance 24.7%, Dialogue Heavy 21.6%, Visual Novel 17.5%, Choices Matter 10%
- #37 TRACHI - AUTONOMY
75% matchMostly Positive74% of 19 reviews2021
Dev: nory
Windows
A story about espionage, politics and war. Three secret agents meet a city that defies them.
Why similar: Noir 22.3%, Alternate History 18.4%, Political 18.2% ★, Romance 13.3%, Detective 13.2%
- #38 Arima Lodge
73% matchVery Positive89% of 116 reviews2024
Dev: Praenaris
Windows · Linux
One of Arima Lodge's bellhops rides the elevator for his usual shift, but, after a man rushes into the elevator and compels him to get to the rooftop instead, he starts to realize something very serious is amiss.
Why similar: Noir 26%, Alternate History 19%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Incremental 13.7%, Third Person 7%
- #39 Neo Cab
74% 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: Dialogue Heavy 28.4%, Noir 24%, Cyberpunk 20.9%, Visual Novel 11.2%, Choices Matter 9.7%
- #40 Alison Fall of the Apple
73% matchMixed68% of 24 reviews2024
Dev: OneManVNPub: OMVN Publishing
Windows · Linux
In Alison Fall of the Apple, you play a highly trained military veteran Michael (default name) who has been working as a cop in NYC.
Why similar: Romance 21.6%, Visual Novel 21.1%, Detective 21.1%, LGBTQ+ 15.3%, Choices Matter 10.3%
- #41 Allelon
71% match5 user reviews60% of 5 reviews2026
Dev: Driftwood Studios
Windows
Play as Ollie and Spade, a rebel and detective, on both sides of a high-profile murder case, in a dual-character investigative-stealth experience. Discover the secrets plaguing the citizens of Andropolis.
Why similar: Noir 22.3%, Political 16.9% ★, Detective 15.4%, Realistic 8.9%, Choices Matter 8.1%
- #42 The Wickie : Journey of a Lighthouse Keeper
72% match5 user reviews60% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: Crispian RobsonPub: Cheese Tax Productions
Windows
The Wickie is a first-person thriller set in the 1930s Outer Hebrides. Explore handcrafted islands, uncover cosmic horrors, and survive deadly dangers. With no weapons or maps, rely on wit and courage to solve mysteries. Rich in story,art, and Lovecraftian dread, Will you uncover the truth?
Why similar: Noir 24%, Alternate History 21.7%, Detective 16.5%, Visual Novel 10.5%, Choices Matter 8.6%
- #43 Jester / King
73% matchVery Positive94% of 90 reviews2021
Dev: Rolling Crown
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 94%
You wake up as a jester next to the king's lifeless body. You are trapped in a cursed kingdom with three love interests. Will you seek the truth, help the others, or try to escape?
Why similar: Detective 15.3%, Dialogue Heavy 15.3%, Romance 15%, LGBTQ+ 13.9%, Visual Novel 11.5%
- #44 Mandated Fate
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Thibaut BillerotPub: Tetrarchy Studios
Windows
A dystopian future-noir social thriller. As an Imperial Inspector, navigate a towering technocratic empire where loyalty is survival. Investigate secrets, manipulate factions, and make brutal moral choices. In this alternate history, will you uphold the regime or subvert the truth?
Why similar: Noir 24.5%, Cyberpunk 16.1%, Detective 14.5%, Dialogue Heavy 14.2%, Choices Matter 9.3%
- #45 The Beautiful Island
71% matchMostly Positive73% of 39 reviews2025
Dev: TBF
Windows · Mac · Linux
A short visual novel about war, peace and hope. Explore a city after a devastating war. Talk to people, try to understand, try to help. The heroes of war are dead, but you can be a hero of peace!
Why similar: Alternate History 30.2%, Political 28.5% ★, Visual Novel 15.3%, Choices Matter 11.7%, First-Person 7.7%
- #46 Lacuna – A Sci-Fi Noir Adventure
70% matchVery Positive92% of 2,845 reviews2021
Dev: DigiTales InteractivePub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 76%
A murder. A hack. A bombing. All it takes to plunge the solar system into war – unless you do something about it. Help CDI agent Neil Conrad make a string of increasingly difficult decisions in this modern dialog-driven adventure set in a gorgeous 2D sci-fi noir universe.
Why similar: Noir 27.7%, Cyberpunk 21.5%, Detective 17%, Dialogue Heavy 16.8%, Choices Matter 10.5%
- #47 Womb of Worms
69% matchPositive100% of 12 reviews2026
Dev: Isopodomancer
Windows
A short horror game where a terrifying ancient god manifests itself through worms, maggots, etc, looking to be reborn through someone's body. You will have to find that someone, speaking to the locals, investigating, uncovering truths and decide who to kill before the world is taken over.
Why similar: Detective 32.7%, Noir 21.4%, Choices Matter 17.6%, Visual Novel 12%, Multiple Endings 9.7%
- #48 Neon Noir
71% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2023
Dev: Borzon Studios
Windows
Neon Noir is a cyberpunk visual novel with interactive mechanics. It is set in the megalopolis of New Devon in the year 2169, where large private corporations have more power than the government. The player follows the crimes investigated by Colden, a Snatcher.
Why similar: Noir 33.2%, Cyberpunk 27.3%, Detective 17.6%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Dystopian 7.1%
- #49 DRAMAtical Murder
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 4,676 reviews2021
Dev: Nitro+CHiRALPub: JAST
Windows
Median: 6.7 hrsMean: 12.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Aoba's vibrant cyberpunk world is one of contrasts: high-tech virtual reality battles versus street gang turf wars, ultra-exclusive luxury resorts and tiny junk shops. The choices you make will shape the path of Aoba's journey into the dark secrets lurking beneath the glossy sheen of the city.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 30.7%, Romance 18.5%, Cyberpunk 17.8%, Visual Novel 17.5%, Choices Matter 10.3%
- #50 The Midnight Crimes
69% matchMixed66% of 29 reviews2024
Dev: DeadlyCrow Games
Windows
Point-&-Click Adventure with Deck-builder Cards Combat, Play as a retired detective investigating a missing child case while facing your past demons. Explore Midnight Cove, Victorian city with semi-open world mechanics and characters relationships. The story is episode-based, chapter by chapter.
Why similar: Noir 29.7%, Alternate History 22.2%, Detective 20.5%, Incremental 9%, Multiple Endings 6.8%
- #51 Daring Academy
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Thediamondcrystal
Windows · Mac · Linux
You move to a new futuristic college in Olis with your childhood best friend, Amelia Sweet, escaping your old life. Will you take the romantic leap with Amelia or remain best friends? Welcome to your new chapter in Daring Academy!
Why similar: Romance 27.7%, Visual Novel 22.6%, Choices Matter 18.4%, Dialogue Heavy 16.3%, LGBTQ+ 9.3%
- #52 Dates & Wires: Augmented Edition
67% matchPositive100% of 39 reviews2024
Dev: Cryo & Io BlackPub: Team Cryo
Windows · Mac · Linux
The year is 1995, and you're newly single and ready to mingle in Stradania, the dysfunctional micronation whose chief exports are pig iron, human misery, and radioactive souvenir mugs. Sample the nightlife, try a VR trip or two, and maybe even find love - just try not to get your organs stolen.
Why similar: Cyberpunk 23.8%, Alternate History 19.6%, Romance 15.7%, Dialogue Heavy 13.8%, Visual Novel 13.1%
- #53 My Dorm - Season 1
66% matchVery Positive83% of 140 reviews2025
Dev: Tropecita Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
My Dorm is an erotic Visual Novel where choices matter. Discover how to build a different kind of family of choice while enjoying emotional and wholesome situations, and sexy animated adult scenes. Your choices will shape your trip. There's no incest in the game.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 23.2%, Romance 22%, Visual Novel 16.5%, Choices Matter 14.8%, Realistic 6.8%
- #54 Black Closet
70% matchVery Positive92% of 272 reviews2015
Dev: Hanako Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Command your minions to solve mysteries and cover up scandals in a high-class boarding school, where the competition is cut-throat and image is everything. But be careful - one of your minions is a traitor.
Why similar: Noir 30%, Detective 21%, Romance 16.3%, LGBTQ+ 15.9%, Choices Matter 10.6%
- #55 Human or Not
68% matchPositive82% of 28 reviews2023
Dev: Haguy EisPub: Eis Interactive
Windows
Aliens are infiltrating Earth disguised as humans! It's your job to expose these imposters. Can you tell who is human and who is not? Choose your own path while you keep the Earth safe.
Why similar: Political 25.6% ★, Cyberpunk 19.5%, Detective 17.3%, Dialogue Heavy 13.4%, Choices Matter 10.6%
- #56 The Monster Inside
68% matchVery Positive88% of 2,079 reviews2017
Dev: Random Seed Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 12 minMean: 1.5 hrs≥1hr: 10%
A film noir style audio-visual novella. A mysterious woman... a string of murders... and a man with a hidden past.
Why similar: Noir 48.3%, Detective 30%, Visual Novel 21.7%
- #57 Crisis: The Third Way
64% matchVery Positive91% of 2,511 reviews2025
Dev: DUALITY
Windows
"Crisis: The Third Way" is a fantastic visual novel set in a world struggling to recover from a devastating financial crisis that led to World War III.
Why similar: Noir 27.8%, Alternate History 22.4%, Visual Novel 12.6%, Incremental 12.3%, Realistic 9%
- #58 Blake: The Visual Novel
67% matchVery Positive90% of 62 reviews2021
Dev: Ori MeesPub: LegendOri Productions
Windows · Mac
Graphic Novel meets Visual Novel in this story-rich, choice-driven thriller. Experience Blake’s journey as he encounters a clandestine nemesis, sparking a series of events that force him to choose between losing his sanity or rising to the challenge. Make the right decisions and save New Stone.
Why similar: Noir 30.3%, Detective 17.6%, Dialogue Heavy 17.4%, Visual Novel 13.7%, Choices Matter 11.4%
- #59 Song of Farca
67% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,607 reviews2021
Dev: Wooden MonkeysPub: Alawar
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Hack into crime scenes, look for evidence, analyze data, interrogate criminals, track suspects and deal with the consequences of your decisions. This is a dark and brutal detective story with a Black Mirror-esque atmosphere of digital dominance and the narrative structure of a US crime procedural.
Why similar: Cyberpunk 22.6%, Detective 19.2%, Political 15.5% ★, Choices Matter 13.9%, Visual Novel 12.4%