- #1 Cheap Golf
97% matchVery Positive84% of 212 reviews2018
Dev: PixeljamPub: Akupara Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 86%
DRAG, BOOP, AND PRAY. Play your way through a psychedelic, retro mini golf labyrinth built by an intrusive AI named Susan. Master glitchy physics, dodge bizarre ball-killers, and tackle over 140 mind-bending levels in this ultra-minimalist, surrealist arcade sports puzzler.
Why similar: Mini Golf 57.5% ★, Surreal 12%, Retro 11.3%, Story Rich 7%, Puzzle 5.8%
- #2 Minds Beneath Us
95% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 6,307 reviews2024
Dev: BearBoneStudio
Windows
Median: 11.1 hrsMean: 12.8 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: Dystopian 19.9%, Cyberpunk 19.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.2%, Psychological 10.9%, Visual Novel 10.4%
- #3 Golf Club Nostalgia
96% matchVery Positive81% of 1,606 reviews2021
Dev: Demagog StudioPub: Untold Tales
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 50%
Human life is wiped out. Earth is now a golf course for the ultra-rich. In this dystopian sports puzzler, play through destroyed brutalist monuments, crumbling shopping malls, and abandoned museums as you piece together the full story of how humanity fell.
Why similar: Dystopian 42.1%, Sci-fi 17.1%, Story Rich 14.4%, Puzzle 11.2%, Atmospheric 8%
- #4 Vertiginous Golf
96% matchMixed57% of 1,110 reviews2015
Dev: Kinelco & Lone Elk CreativePub: Fellow Traveller
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 18 minMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 24%
Vertiginous Golf is a dystopian steam punk mini golf adventure game set in the skies above an alternate world where life on the ground is enveloped in permanent smog, constant darkness and never-ending rain.
Why similar: Mini Golf 68.5% ★, Dystopian 25.5%, Atmospheric 3.1%, Singleplayer 1.7%, Indie 1.2%
- #5 4D Golf
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 800 reviews2024
Dev: CodeParade
Windows · Mac · Linux
Explore higher dimensions... with golf! Conquer mind-bending challenges, design your own 4D courses, and unlock new worlds and accessories as you golf your way through the 4th dimension and beyond!
Why similar: Mini Golf 72.4% ★, Surreal 11.4%, Puzzle 8.1%, Psychological 5.1%, Indie 2.1%
- #6 Wonderputt Forever
93% matchVery Positive85% of 139 reviews2022
Dev: Damp GnatPub: Rogue Games, Inc.
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 39%
Explore ever-evolving levels with three different gameplay modes in Wonderputt Forever, an adventurous mini-golf game.
Why similar: Mini Golf 76.9% ★, Isometric 15.3%, Puzzle 5.4%, Indie 1.7%, Singleplayer 0.7%
- #7 Decade
91% matchVery Positive96% of 133 reviews2025
Dev: Last Piscean
Windows
Control history in Decade - a groundbreaking indie adventure. Explore an alternate past. Discover how its ideas develop, distort, and disappear. Seed new movements, destroy others. Subvert the rise and fall of empires, art, ideologies, and individuals in this experimental narrative game.
Why similar: Narrative 24.6% ★, Sci-fi 12.7%, Interactive Fiction 11.6%, Investigation 10%, Dystopian 9.6%
- #8 Your Future Self
92% matchVery Positive81% of 97 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: Dystopian 21.5%, Interactive Fiction 17.5%, Sci-fi 11.5%, Visual Novel 11%, Retro 9.9%
- #9 The Endless Empty
91% matchVery Positive97% of 318 reviews2018
Dev: Erik Sheader-Smith
Windows
A surreal post-life adventure
Why similar: Surreal 27.1%, LGBTQ+ 26.6%, Story Rich 13.6%, Adventure 9.7%, Puzzle 8.9%
- #10 State of Mind
90% matchMostly Positive78% of 2,296 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 27.2%, Dystopian 21.1%, Sci-fi 18.6%, Story Rich 11.3%, Interactive Fiction 7.4%
- #11 Miniatures
89% matchVery Positive95% of 370 reviews2024
Dev: Other Tales Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
A collection of surreal tales, each connected to a stored-away object from childhood. Pick one to follow the moon, feed a hungry lizard or build a peculiar cabinet.
Why similar: Narrative 26.2% ★, Interactive Fiction 17%, Surreal 15.1%, Psychological 13.4%, Story Rich 10%
- #12 The Red Strings Club
88% matchVery Positive93% of 14,255 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 37.4%, LGBTQ+ 16.3%, Story Rich 11.6%, Dystopian 9.7%, Visual Novel 6.6%
- #13 Gone Golfing
89% matchMostly Positive74% of 135 reviews2020
Dev: IcehelmPub: Icehelm
Windows
Gone Golfing is a first person golfing survival horror. Try to finish the course with as few strokes as possible while surviving the horrors lurking at the cozy cove mini golf resort.
Why similar: Story Rich 34.7%, Psychological 32.8%, Atmospheric 27.6%, Retro 2.9%, Singleplayer 1%
- #14 Psychroma
87% matchVery Positive89% of 210 reviews2024
Dev: Rocket AdriftPub: Gamma Space Collaborative Studio
Windows · Linux
Psychroma is a psychological horror side-scroller set in a haunted cyberpunk house. Collect cards and explore the memories stored on them to piece together your past. But the deeper you go, the more you expose yourself to the brightest heat, the warmest color...
Why similar: Cyberpunk 23.8%, LGBTQ+ 18.9%, Dystopian 17.5%, Interactive Fiction 11.5%, Surreal 8.4%
- #15 RGB GlitchGazer
86% 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: Visual Novel 25.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 23.2%, Surreal 22.1%, Sci-fi 19%, Adventure 6.8%
- #16 VIDEOVERSE
85% matchVery Positive95% of 249 reviews2023
Dev: Kinmoku
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Relive the days of the early internet and dive into this fictional video game era, where the 'Kinmoku Shark’ gaming system and its online social network 'Videoverse' were still popular…
Why similar: Narrative 30.3% ★, Interactive Fiction 15.4%, Visual Novel 11%, LGBTQ+ 10.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.1%
- #17 Will Die Alone
86% 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: Dystopian 19.9%, LGBTQ+ 16.6%, Interactive Fiction 15.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.5%, Visual Novel 13.5%
- #18 A Little Golf Journey
84% matchVery Positive84% of 155 reviews2021
Dev: OkidokicoPub: Playtonic Friends
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 47%
A Little Golf Journey is a relaxing adventure golf experience played on beautiful diorama courses across a variety of destinations. Unlock secrets, discover treasure and take on challenges. Your journey awaits.
Why similar: Puzzle 45%, Atmospheric 26.7%, Adventure 19.2%, Singleplayer 9%
- #19 Three Minutes To Eight
83% matchMostly Positive73% of 200 reviews2023
Dev: Chaosmonger StudioPub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Three Minutes To Eight is a mind bending pixel art adventure. A gaming experience threading the edge of consciousness, where everything is possible and yet remains elusive. Players will find themselves in ███ ██ █ ▓ ▒ ░ ¿⊕ξד¶¶¶ Error 0x80070570.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25%, Psychological 20.1%, Sci-fi 15.9%, Story Rich 14.5%, Puzzle 10.4%
- #20 Backspace Backspace Backspace
81% matchVery Positive97% of 61 reviews2024
Dev: Blue Tango Street
Windows · Mac
In an AI-powered age where original authors have become largely redundant, play as a dejected writer on the brink of losing their creative drive forever.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.3%, Psychological 21.3%, Visual Novel 20.3%, Narrative 16.6% ★, Story Rich 10.4%
- #21 Au Revoir
81% matchVery Positive95% of 125 reviews2025
Dev: Invisible StudioPub: Nuntius Games
Windows
Play as Tristan and solve puzzles to recover human consciousnesses in the year 2071. Investigate environments, uncover secrets, and make choices that affect the ending. Explore a neon-noir world with a low poly aesthetic inspired by the 90s.
Why similar: Cyberpunk 25.5%, Interactive Fiction 14.6%, Sci-fi 11.8%, Investigation 10.9%, Retro 10.6%
- #22 I doesn't exist - a modern text adventure
82% matchMixed68% of 79 reviews2023
Dev: LUAL Games KIGPub: DreadXP
Windows · Mac · Linux
Classic Zork meets Existential Crisis. A modern text adventure that explores themes of control, isolation and mental health while levelling up the genre with beautiful pixel art.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 30.5%, Psychological 24%, Story Rich 15.6%, Puzzle 10.2%, Atmospheric 8%
- #23 Ballistic Mini Golf
84% matchMixed51% of 88 reviews2017
Dev: Microlith Games
Windows
Ballistic Mini Golf is a futuristic mini golf game set in a Sci-fi universe with hundreds of challenging holes, advanced ball customization and single-player / multi-player game modes for up to 4 players.
Why similar: Mini Golf 76.6% ★, Sci-fi 10.7%, Puzzle 6.7%, Indie 4.7%, Singleplayer 1.4%
- #24 non-binary
80% matchVery Positive94% of 301 reviews2022
Dev: owof games
Windows · Mac · Linux
"non-binary" is a video game that mixes text choices and bullet hell to tell the story of two non-binary people's journey of self-discovery. Make your choices. Dodge words. Go through things that hurt without breaking down. If you can.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 39%, Interactive Fiction 26.4%, Visual Novel 19.2%, Story Rich 9.1%, Atmospheric 5.5%
- #25 No Longer Home
82% matchMixed63% of 444 reviews2021
Dev: Humble GrovePub: Fellow Traveller
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 54%
No Longer Home is a game about letting go of the life you've built due to circumstances beyond your control. Immerse yourself in the lives of Bo and Ao and learn about their dreams, frustrations and fears. Welcome the magic of the everyday and somewhat extraordinary.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 29.8%, Interactive Fiction 23%, Surreal 12.9%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Story Rich 10.4%
- #26 Neon Hearts City
79% matchVery Positive84% of 56 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 24.7%, Investigation 19.3%, Cyberpunk 19.1%, Puzzle 9.6%, Story Rich 9.1%
- #27 MINE MEMORY
79% matchVery Positive95% of 61 reviews2024
Dev: VAINSANE
Windows · Mac · Linux
Uncover the skeletons in Hana's closet in "MINE MEMORY," a gripping psychological visual novel. Dive into Hana's memories, shape her destiny, and confront haunting choices with deep consequences.
Why similar: Psychological 29.7%, Interactive Fiction 19.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.2%, Surreal 12.7%, Story Rich 9.1%
- #28 No More Future
78% matchVery Positive99% of 132 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: Visual Novel 25.4%, Cyberpunk 19.1%, Dystopian 18%, Story Rich 14.6%, Sci-fi 13.4%
- #29 Until Then
75% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 18,965 reviews2024
Dev: Polychroma GamesPub: Maximum Entertainment
Windows · Linux
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 76%
A fateful meeting sets off a chain reaction, upending Mark's life. People disappear and memories prove unreliable. Uncover a hidden truth with Mark and his friends in this narrative adventure and race to unravel the mystery before it's too late.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.9%, Visual Novel 23.1%, Psychological 17.7%, LGBTQ+ 17.3%, Story Rich 13.6%
- #30 Citizen Sleeper
76% matchVery Positive92% of 10,481 reviews2022
Dev: Jump Over The AgePub: Fellow Traveller
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 7.3 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: Narrative 28.8% ★, Cyberpunk 18.2%, Dystopian 17.3%, Interactive Fiction 12.9%, Sci-fi 9.2%
- #31 An Other Golf Game
77% matchVery Positive89% of 54 reviews2024
Dev: waxycaps
Windows
An odd, openish-world life sim where you must learn how to make money just so you can afford to learn how to play golf. A truly unique golf experience with permadeath.
Why similar: Singleplayer 100%
- #32 ESC
77% matchVery Positive99% of 107 reviews2020
Dev: Lena RainePub: Radical Dreamland
Windows
An interactive novel about identity, roleplay, and dreams.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 22.6%, Interactive Fiction 17.1%, Cyberpunk 15.5%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Retro 10.1%
- #33 Mars Vice
74% matchVery Positive97% of 76 reviews2025
Dev: Rho Labyrinths GmbH
Windows
Mars Vice is a narrative adventure game set on a distant and futuristic Mars. Follow two civil investigators, Dax and Anaya, as they root out deep-seated corruption in the Martian city of Pavonis in this biopunk-infused story.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 25.7%, Interactive Fiction 18.3%, Investigation 15.2%, Cyberpunk 14.1%, Sci-fi 8.9%
- #34 Sayonara Golden Days
75% matchVery Positive97% of 102 reviews2021
Dev: NotDeadLuna Studio
Windows · Mac
Discover the reason why a college gaming club broke apart in this unfinished game made by its club members, and relive the golden days that vaguely exist in our memories.
Why similar: Puzzle 42.9%, Surreal 20.3%, Atmospheric 9.6%, Story Rich 9.5%, Adventure 8.8%
- #35 Rue Valley
72% matchMostly Positive71% of 2,147 reviews2025
Dev: Emotion Spark StudioPub: Owlcat Games
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 83%
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: Narrative 24.8% ★, Isometric 12.6%, Interactive Fiction 12.1%, Psychological 11.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.7%
- #36 Cyber City 2157: The Visual Novel
78% 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 38.4%, Visual Novel 24.2%, Adventure 14.8%, Story Rich 10.6%, Atmospheric 5.6%
- #37 FORECLOSED
76% matchMixed69% of 138 reviews2021
Dev: Antab StudioPub: Silver Lining Interactive
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 63%
FORECLOSED is a narrative-driven action-adventure set in a Cyberpunk world filled with action, suspense, and experimental augmentations. Follow the story of Evan Kapnos in this sleek comic book styled game as he unravels the conspiracy behind his identity foreclosure. Who is responsible and why?
Why similar: Dystopian 23.8%, Interactive Fiction 22.3%, Sci-fi 18.2%, Story Rich 12.8%, Visual Novel 8.2%
- #38 Friendsim 2
73% matchVery Positive89% of 106 reviews2022
Dev: Studio June
Windows · Mac
In this episodic visual novel, follow the adventures of MSPA Reader as they return to Alternia once more to save their friends... and realize that nothing is as it seems.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 20.6%, Dystopian 16.2%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.3%, Cyberpunk 12%
- #39 RECORD_DrowsyVortex
71% matchVery Positive100% of 61 reviews2024
Dev: LunarHillz
Windows
RECORD_DrowsyVortex is a post-apocalyptic exploration-focused RPG set in the future era of Space Immigration. It is one piece of recorded data transmitted from Planet Drowsy Vortex centuries later, offering an immersive experience of a local post-disaster survivor's weird and memorable story.
Why similar: Sci-fi 36.6%, Visual Novel 34%, Story Rich 20.2%, Adventure 9.2%
- #40 Harold Halibut
70% matchVery Positive82% of 1,299 reviews2024
Dev: Slow Bros.
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Harold Halibut is a handmade narrative game about friendship and life on a city-sized spaceship submerged in an alien ocean. Join Harold as he explores a vibrant retro-future world in his quest to find the true meaning of ‘home’.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 31.4%, Visual Novel 18.1%, Story Rich 17.9%, Sci-fi 13.9%, Atmospheric 8.3%
- #41 Solstice
74% matchMostly Positive76% of 191 reviews2016
Dev: MoaCube
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Solstice is a dystopian mystery visual novel about small personal disasters that turn into great catastrophes.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 24%, Dystopian 20.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.2%, Visual Novel 14.9%, Interactive Fiction 10.2%
- #42 Transcender
73% matchVery Positive85% of 87 reviews2020
Dev: Aldo Jeffrey
Windows
Transcender is a brief interactive experience that takes place in a surreal sci-fi setting. Figuring out how to play and what to do is the main attraction of the experience. It will hopefully leave you thinking "Hmm, that was interesting"
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 49.5%, Surreal 22.8%, Sci-fi 20.7%, Indie 4.9%, Singleplayer 2.1%
- #43 VirtuaVerse
72% matchVery Positive82% of 1,115 reviews2020
Dev: Theta DivisionPub: Blood Music
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 6.7 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 29.7%, Dystopian 28.3%, Retro 9.8%, Sci-fi 9.5%, Story Rich 7.7%
- #44 Hitchhiker - A Mystery Game
73% matchMostly Positive71% of 230 reviews2021
Dev: Mad About PandasPub: Versus Evil
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Hitchhiker is a mystery game set along lost highways, where your goal is to solve the puzzle of your own backstory.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18%, Story Rich 16.4%, Psychological 16.4%, Surreal 13.9%, Visual Novel 10.4%
- #45 Cursed to Golf
71% matchMostly Positive72% of 802 reviews2022
Dev: Chuhai LabsPub: Thunderful Publishing
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Cursed to Golf is a challenging golf-like adventure where every shot counts. Players are tasked with making it out of Golf Purgatory to become a Golfing Legend. With insane hazards, otherworldly power-ups and tons of replayability, will you make it back alive or will you forever be… Cursed to Golf!?
Why similar: Retro 59.8%, Adventure 40.2%
- #46 Silicon Dreams | cyberpunk interrogation
70% matchVery Positive94% of 256 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 25.2%, Dystopian 19%, Investigation 18.5%, Story Rich 10.1%, Sci-fi 9.4%
- #47 Sinless + OST
71% matchMostly Positive78% of 375 reviews2015
Dev: MGP StudiosPub: Forever Entertainment S. A.
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 96%
"Before we knew it, what we once knew as 'freedom' became nothing more but a faint and distant memory." Venture forth and discover the truth behind the seemingly perfect OmniCare society in Sinless: a unique point and click and visual novel hybrid, set in an original cyberpunk reality.
Why similar: Cyberpunk 56.6%, Visual Novel 26.2%, Adventure 11.7%, Indie 5.4%
- #48 Virtual Virtual Reality
69% matchVery Positive92% of 664 reviews2018
Dev: Tender Claws
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 1.8 hrs≥1hr: 56%
A game about VR, AI, and our collective sci-fi fever dreams. In a future where AI has transformed society, can humans still find purpose? Find out with Activitude, a service that lets humans aid AI clients in increasingly curious ways.
Why similar: Sci-fi 26%, Story Rich 21.4%, Psychological 18.5%, Surreal 13.1%, Adventure 11.6%
- #49 Dry Drowning
70% matchVery Positive81% of 517 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: Cyberpunk 17.4%, Investigation 13.7%, Interactive Fiction 13.3%, Psychological 13%, Visual Novel 10.9%
- #50 2064: Read Only Memories
69% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,676 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: Cyberpunk 24.7%, Interactive Fiction 18.5%, LGBTQ+ 17.3%, Visual Novel 12.9%, Sci-fi 9.8%
- #51 Snowfall's Mystery
66% matchVery Positive86% of 123 reviews2025
Dev: Sempiternal Rain
Windows
A psychological interactive novel about a floppy disk with a mysterious program. Help Elliot cope with his mental issues and uncover the secret of the floppy disk.
Why similar: Psychological 28.8%, Interactive Fiction 28.1%, Visual Novel 20.2%, Story Rich 11.9%, Atmospheric 6.9%
- #52 Subsurface Circular
67% matchVery Positive94% of 1,940 reviews2017
Dev: Bithell Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 70%
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: Investigation 25.3%, Cyberpunk 22.6%, Visual Novel 20.1%, Sci-fi 15.8%, Story Rich 10.9%
- #53 Neve
64% matchVery Positive99% of 72 reviews2026
Dev: Michelle SantosPub: Ritus Studio
Windows
Neve is a non-linear interactive fiction in which your decisions can completely change the course of story. Manage your team, race against time and unravel the mysteries surrounding your ship's crash in this suffocating retrofuturistic thriller that will have you hooked from the first second.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 20.5%, Interactive Fiction 17%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.9%, Psychological 13.2%, Visual Novel 10.9%
- #54 Grotto
67% matchVery Positive90% of 352 reviews2021
Dev: Brainwash GangPub: Digerati
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 53%
Grotto is a mystical, narrative-focused experience. You are the Soothsayer. The one capable of talking with the stars and unveiling their messages. In a time of turmoil, the tribe of the valley turn to your powers of divination and come to you for guidance.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 28.7%, Psychological 22.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.2%, Story Rich 9.6%, Atmospheric 5.8%
- #55 Manifold Garden
65% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 8,512 reviews2020
Dev: William Chyr Studio
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Rediscover gravity and explore an Escher-esque world of impossible architecture. Witness infinity in first-person and master its rules to solve physics-defying puzzles. Cultivate a garden to open new paths forward, where an eternal expanse awaits.
Why similar: Surreal 44.4%, Puzzle 28.3%, Atmospheric 12.2%, Adventure 7.1%, Indie 4.6%
- #56 Island Off Outer Darkness
65% matchPositive100% of 52 reviews2025
Dev: Zugerujk
Windows
A narrative delivery simulator following the Postman, a Postal Worker new to a small fishing village off the coast of a volcano. They begin to experience space-warping aberrations as the village withers.
Why similar: Narrative 49% ★, Interactive Fiction 16.3%, Story Rich 10.1%, Surreal 9.5%, Visual Novel 7.2%
- #57 OMNIMUS
68% 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: Interactive Fiction 27.4%, Visual Novel 20.5%, Sci-fi 16.5%, Adventure 14.1%, Story Rich 10.8%
- #58 UNMEMORY
67% matchVery Positive84% of 101 reviews2020
Dev: PATRONES & ESCONDITES
Windows · Mac · Linux
Unravel a mystery: A game you can read, a book you can play.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 23.1%, Interactive Fiction 19.1%, Investigation 18.7%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Story Rich 9.6%