- #1 Citizen Sleeper
97% 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: Dialogue Heavy 25.6%, Cyberpunk 15%, Narrative 14.9% ★, Interactive Fiction 9.3%, Point & Click 6.8%
Why You'll Like It: It perfectly captures the struggle of maintaining humanity and survival within a dehumanizing, corporate-dominated cyberpunk future.
- #2 Night Call
96% matchMostly Positive75% of 747 reviews2019
Dev: Monkey MoonPub: Raw Fury
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 58%
Friend. Confidant. Therapist. Voyeur. As a cab driver working the Paris night shift, you are many things to different people. Your gift is getting people to talk; and in order to catch the serial killer who left you for dead, that’s exactly what you’ll need to do.
Why similar: Noir 54.6%, Visual Novel 20.6%, Story Rich 12.5%, Choices Matter 6.4%, Atmospheric 4.4%
Why You'll Like It: Like Neo Cab, this game centers on the unique perspective of a night-shift driver engaging in intimate, noir-infused conversations with passengers.
- #3 2064: Read Only Memories
96% 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: Dialogue Heavy 26.8%, Noir 11.6%, Cyberpunk 10%, Interactive Fiction 6.6%, Comic Book 6.4%
Why You'll Like It: A quintessential cyberpunk visual novel that shares the same investigative, dialogue-focused DNA as Neo Cab.
- #4 Cloudpunk
95% matchVery Positive87% of 15,433 reviews2020
Dev: ION LANDS
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 10.3 hrs≥1hr: 69%
A neon-noir story in a rain-drenched cyberpunk metropolis. It’s your first night on the job working for the Cloudpunk delivery service. Two rules: Don’t miss a delivery and don’t ask what’s in the package.
Why similar: Cyberpunk 46.3%, Futuristic 15.6%, Sci-fi 12.4%, Atmospheric 9.4%, Story Rich 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a similar experience of navigating a sprawling, rain-slicked cyberpunk city from the driver's seat of a futuristic vehicle.
- #5 Lacuna – A Sci-Fi Noir Adventure
94% matchVery Positive92% of 2,943 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: Dialogue Heavy 24.2%, Noir 19.1%, Cyberpunk 14.7%, Interactive Fiction 10.4%, Multiple Endings 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: This title excels at blending noir aesthetics with sci-fi mystery and high-stakes decision-making.
- #6 VA-11 Hall-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 38,654 reviews2016
Dev: Sukeban GamesPub: Ysbryd Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 31.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
VA-11 HALL-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action is a booze em' up about waifus, technology, and post-dystopia life.
Why similar: Cyberpunk 35.9%, Visual Novel 18.2%, Point & Click 13.8%, Choices Matter 11.9%, Story Rich 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: This game mirrors the service-based narrative style of Neo Cab, focusing on listening to the lives of others in a gritty, atmospheric cyberpunk setting.
- #7 The Red Strings Club
93% 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 42.4%, Choices Matter 14.2%, Story Rich 11%, Point & Click 10%, Visual Novel 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: A narrative-driven cyberpunk game that emphasizes moral choices and the impact of conversation on the world around you.
- #8 Silicon Dreams | cyberpunk interrogation
92% 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: Dialogue Heavy 27.5%, Cyberpunk 16.6%, Choices Matter 8.8%, Multiple Endings 7.9%, Emotional 6.7%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses heavily on the dialogue-based investigation mechanics that make Neo Cab's interactions so tense and meaningful.
- #9 Disco Elysium - The Final Cut
91% matchVery Positive93% of 130,397 reviews2019
Dev: ZA/UM
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.4 hrsMean: 22.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Disco Elysium - The Final Cut is a groundbreaking role playing game. You’re a detective with a unique skill system at your disposal and a whole city to carve your path across. Interrogate unforgettable characters, crack murders or take bribes. Become a hero or an absolute disaster of a human being.
Why similar: Noir 26.8%, Choices Matter 21.3%, Story Rich 15.5%, Point & Click 13.9%, Visual Novel 11.1%
Why You'll Like It: It is the gold standard for dialogue-heavy, choice-driven narratives that explore the psychological state of the protagonist in a decaying world.
- #10 Coffee Talk
91% matchVery Positive95% of 12,534 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: Dialogue Heavy 51.2%, Visual Novel 10%, Interactive Fiction 9.9%, Emotional 6.4%, Multiple Endings 6.2%
Why You'll Like It: It captures the relaxing yet deeply personal atmosphere of listening to the stories of diverse characters in a futuristic setting.
- #11 Subsurface Circular
90% 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: Dialogue Heavy 27.3%, Noir 18.4%, Cyberpunk 11.3%, Visual Novel 10.2%, Choices Matter 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: A concise, dialogue-heavy experience that explores the relationship between humans and robots in a confined, atmospheric setting.
- #12 NORCO
89% matchVery Positive92% of 3,226 reviews2022
Dev: Geography of RobotsPub: Raw Fury
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 65%
NORCO is a dialogue-focused point & click adventure that immerses the player in the sinking suburbs and industrial swamplands of an increasingly surreal and distorted South Louisiana.
Why similar: Noir 45.9%, Point & Click 24.3%, Story Rich 12.9%, Atmospheric 11.3%, Adventure 3.7%
Why You'll Like It: This point-and-click adventure features a deeply atmospheric, surreal, and story-rich world that rewards careful observation.
- #13 Tails Noir
89% matchMixed67% of 3,467 reviews2021
Dev: EggnutPub: Raw Fury
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Tails Noir is a post-noir narrative adventure. Become raccoon private eye Howard Lotor and explore dystopian Vancouver inhabited by animals as you uncover a deeply personal story of change and transformation.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 24.8%, Noir 17%, Narrative 13.5% ★, Interactive Fiction 9.7%, Visual Novel 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: A beautifully atmospheric noir detective game that relies on dialogue and investigation to drive its story forward.
- #14 Minds Beneath Us
86% 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: Cyberpunk 22.2%, 2.5D 12.5%, Visual Novel 11.9%, Choices Matter 10.5%, Multiple Endings 10%
Why You'll Like It: A cinematic, choice-heavy cyberpunk game that focuses on the complex social dynamics of a futuristic, automated society.
- #15 Road 96 🛣️
87% matchVery Positive92% of 26,081 reviews2021
Dev: DigixartPub: THQ Nordic
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Hitchhike your way to freedom in this crazy procedurally generated road trip. No one's road is the same!
Why similar: Soundtrack 19.4% ★, Choices Matter 16.1%, Interactive Fiction 14.5%, Multiple Endings 14%, Emotional 12.6%
Why You'll Like It: This narrative-driven journey emphasizes how small choices and chance encounters shape the protagonist's path through a turbulent society.
- #16 Eliza
88% matchVery Positive91% of 1,755 reviews2019
Dev: Zachtronics
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Eliza is a visual novel about an AI counseling program, the people who develop it, and the people who use it. Follow Evelyn Ishino-Aubrey as she reconnects with people from her past, gets to know the people of Seattle who use Eliza for counseling, and decides the course of her future.
Why similar: Visual Novel 33.4%, Emotional 30.8%, Atmospheric 11.3%, Story Rich 10.3%, Choices Matter 10.1%
Why You'll Like It: A visual novel that explores the intersection of technology and human emotion, mirroring the thematic core of Neo Cab.
- #17 Read Only Memories: NEURODIVER
86% matchMostly Positive72% of 223 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 25.2%, Noir 11%, Cyberpunk 9.6%, Interactive Fiction 6.2%, Comic Book 6.2%
Why You'll Like It: A direct follow-up to the 2064 title that continues the series' tradition of deep, dialogue-focused cyberpunk storytelling.
- #18 Nobody Wants to Die
84% matchVery Positive83% of 7,373 reviews2024
Dev: Critical Hit GamesPub: PLAION
Windows
Median: 5.1 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: Dialogue Heavy 25.7%, Noir 21.7%, Cyberpunk 16.9%, Interactive Fiction 11.2%, Multiple Endings 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: A noir-inspired detective game that uses advanced technology to explore themes of mortality and corruption in a futuristic city.
- #19 Gamedec - Definitive Edition
85% matchMostly Positive80% of 1,735 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 24.9%, Cyberpunk 24.4%, Visual Novel 11.2%, Choices Matter 10.9%, Multiple Endings 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: An isometric RPG that prioritizes investigation and dialogue choices over combat, set within a multi-layered cyberpunk reality.
- #20 Tales of the Neon Sea
84% matchVery Positive85% of 5,073 reviews2019
Dev: YiTi GamesPub: Thermite Games
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Welcome to a world of intrigue and suspicion. Where humans and robots contend with escalating tensions and mutual distrust. And where gangster felines scheme their way to the top of the food chain. Welcome to the Tales of the Neon Sea!
Why similar: Cyberpunk 26.8%, Noir 24.8%, Point & Click 14.5%, Emotional 10.9%, Story Rich 8%
Why You'll Like It: A pixel-art cyberpunk adventure that emphasizes investigation and world-building through point-and-click mechanics.
- #21 Beacon Pines
82% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 4,465 reviews2022
Dev: Hiding SpotPub: Fellow Traveller
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Beacon Pines is a cute and creepy adventure set within a mysterious book. Sneak out late, make new friends, uncover hidden truths, and collect words that will change the course of fate!
Why similar: Visual Novel 23.6%, Interactive Fiction 22.6%, Emotional 19.1%, Point & Click 12.4%, Story Rich 11.4%
Why You'll Like It: A unique narrative adventure where changing key words in your storybook alters the outcome of events, emphasizing the weight of your choices.
- #22 Tails Noir Preludes
83% matchVery Positive91% of 309 reviews2023
Dev: EggnutPub: Raw Fury
Windows
Tails Noir Preludes is a post-noir narrative adventure with branching choices. It is an intertwined series of vignettes about change, circumstance, and consequence. Guide four characters through formative moments in their lives in a dystopian Vancouver inhabited by anthropomorphic animals.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 42.9%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Interactive Fiction 11.7%, Narrative 10.2% ★, Emotional 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: A prequel that further explores the atmospheric, noir-inspired world and character-driven narrative of the original game.
- #23 Paradise Killer
82% matchVery Positive93% of 4,509 reviews2020
Dev: Kaizen Game WorksPub: Fellow Traveller
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Paradise Island, a world outside reality. There’s been a murder that only "investigation freak" Lady Love Dies can solve. Gather evidence and interrogate suspects in this open world adventure. You can accuse anyone, but you’ll have to prove your case in trial. It’s up to you to decide who’s guilty.
Why similar: Point & Click 22.7%, Multiple Endings 19.8%, Choices Matter 18.7%, Stylized 14%, Story Rich 13.1%
Why You'll Like It: While more open-ended, it shares the atmospheric, investigative, and character-driven nature of Neo Cab's world.
- #24 Techno Banter
80% matchVery Positive92% of 131 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: Dialogue Heavy 46.3%, Cyberpunk 10.1%, Interactive Fiction 7.6%, 2.5D 7.6%, Multiple Endings 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: A dialogue-heavy game that uses a unique 'insult-based' conversation system to navigate a vibrant, retro-futuristic world.
- #25 The Pale Beyond
79% matchVery Positive89% of 2,234 reviews2023
Dev: Saltstone StudiosPub: Fellow Traveller
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 13.0 hrs≥1hr: 63%
You didn’t ask to lead this expedition, but here you are. Stuck in the ice, Captain missing, miles from civilisation. Someone has to take charge. Manage your meagre resources, balance safety and morale, make the hard calls, and head in the only direction you can - through The Pale Beyond.
Why similar: Narrative 31.9% ★, Choices Matter 16.8%, Interactive Fiction 15.5%, Emotional 11.6%, Story Rich 10.6%
Why You'll Like It: A high-stakes management and dialogue game where your leadership decisions directly impact the survival and morale of your crew.
- #26 No Longer Home
81% 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: Dialogue Heavy 25.6%, Interactive Fiction 16.7%, Point & Click 12.8%, Emotional 11.5%, Visual Novel 10.4%
Why You'll Like It: A semi-autobiographical, dialogue-heavy game that focuses on the emotional transition of leaving a home and a life behind.
- #27 Hitchhiker - A Mystery Game
81% 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: Dialogue Heavy 47.8%, Interactive Fiction 11.5%, Story Rich 10%, Emotional 9.6%, Atmospheric 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: It captures the essence of a mysterious road trip where dialogue and memory are the primary tools for uncovering the truth.
- #28 Synergia
79% matchVery Positive87% of 819 reviews2020
Dev: Radi ArtPub: Top Hat Studios, Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.8 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: Cyberpunk 34.7%, Visual Novel 20.3%, Sci-fi 11%, Choices Matter 9.7%, Multiple Endings 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: A yuri-themed cyberpunk visual novel that focuses on the emotional bond between characters in a cold, technological world.
- #29 BatteryNote
76% matchVery Positive99% of 223 reviews2025
Dev: 72studioPub: room6
Windows · Mac
BatteryNote is a multi-ending sci-fi adventure visual novel game. You can recharge three robots with limited lifespans, bringing them back to life. Interact with them through conversations or experiment by applying high voltage. How they spend their final moments is entirely up to you.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 41.8%, Emotional 12.9%, Visual Novel 10.8%, Multiple Endings 8.9%, Sci-fi 7.4%
- #30 Au Revoir
76% 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: Noir 24.8%, Cyberpunk 20.1%, Point & Click 12.2%, Interactive Fiction 10.1%, Sci-fi 6.8%
- #31 Road 96: Mile 0
77% matchMixed68% of 2,128 reviews2023
Dev: Digixart
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 68%
The prequel to Road 96. Play Zoe and Kaito where it all started. Change their destinies!
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 28.3%, Interactive Fiction 13.5%, Narrative 11.7% ★, Visual Novel 10.5%, Choices Matter 8.3%
- #32 DIVINATION
78% matchVery Positive89% of 206 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: Dialogue Heavy 23.1%, Noir 19.3%, Cyberpunk 16.9%, Visual Novel 9.4%, Point & Click 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: A short, philosophical visual novel that uses a fortune-telling mechanic to explore the lives of people in a cyberpunk city.
- #33 FORECLOSED
78% 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: Noir 22.8%, Comic Book 17.7%, Interactive Fiction 12.9%, Futuristic 12.2%, Sci-fi 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: A comic-book-styled sci-fi game that focuses on narrative pacing and atmospheric exploration in a dystopian future.
- #34 Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector
74% matchVery Positive91% of 2,629 reviews2025
Dev: Jump Over The AgePub: Fellow Traveller
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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: Dialogue Heavy 20.5%, Cyberpunk 16.9%, Narrative 16.1% ★, Interactive Fiction 10.3%, Multiple Endings 6.9%
- #35 NeuroNet: Mendax Proxy
77% matchVery Positive81% of 67 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: Dialogue Heavy 31.1%, Cyberpunk 15.8%, Visual Novel 9.2%, Interactive Fiction 9.1%, Futuristic 8.1%
- #36 Song of Farca
75% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,676 reviews2021
Dev: Wooden MonkeysPub: Alawar
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 6.6 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 21.3%, Point & Click 13%, Choices Matter 12.4%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Multiple Endings 9.6%
- #37 The Dearest Person
73% matchVery Positive94% of 637 reviews2024
Dev: house.opposite
Windows · Mac · Linux
A visual novel about what it means to be human. A story about loneliness, self-identification, and the meaning of existence.
Why similar: Noir 22.8%, Dialogue Heavy 20.7%, Cyberpunk 13.3%, Visual Novel 11%, Interactive Fiction 10.9%
- #38 Headliner: NoviNews
75% matchVery Positive89% of 817 reviews2018
Dev: Unbound Creations
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Award-winning adventure where you control the news and its impact on society, your friends and career. Different choices lead to unique combinations of endings. Share your story with the community, and see what the players before you did.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 30.3%, Interactive Fiction 16.4%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Point & Click 11.3%, Choices Matter 9.6%
- #39 Blake: The Visual Novel
74% matchVery Positive90% of 63 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: Dialogue Heavy 22.8%, Noir 19.1%, Comic Book 13.3%, Interactive Fiction 11%, Visual Novel 8.8%
- #40 Man I Just Wanna Go Home
71% matchVery Positive95% of 765 reviews2024
Dev: JZPS Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 48 minMean: 1.2 hrs≥1hr: 39%
Man I Just Wanna Go Home is an "MSPaint-noir" visual novel with 13 endings, a unique visual style and a killer 80s inspired soundtrack. The story revolves around a delivery person stranded in an unfamiliar part of the city under the devastating rain. All he wants is to get home. Help him!
Why similar: Noir 24.7%, Comic Book 17.7%, Interactive Fiction 15.7%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Multiple Endings 8.8%
- #41 Let Bions Be Bygones
73% matchMixed70% of 133 reviews2024
Dev: Bohemian PulpPub: MicroProse Software
Windows
Having lost everything, a retired, hardboiled detective, John Cooper, must take his last case to find a missing upper-class girl among the lowest parts of the dystopian city-planet Terrahive. Choose your unique path in this atmospheric narrative future-noir thriller.
Why similar: Noir 24.3%, Cyberpunk 19.3%, Interactive Fiction 13.6%, Point & Click 11.1%, Multiple Endings 8.7%
- #42 Necrobarista
73% matchVery Positive82% of 1,474 reviews2020
Dev: Route 59
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 53%
In a back-alley cafe, the dead are granted one last night to mingle with the living. Necrobarista follows a dynamic and diverse cast of characters as they navigate Melbourne's hipstery coffee culture, the questionable ethics of necromancy, and the process of letting go.
Why similar: Visual Novel 40.8%, Story Rich 23.1%, Stylized 18.5%, Atmospheric 16.1%, Singleplayer 1.6%
- #43 Whispers of a Machine
72% matchVery Positive93% of 2,011 reviews2019
Dev: Clifftop GamesPub: Raw Fury
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Whispers of a Machine is a Sci-Fi Nordic Noir that tells the story of Vera, a cybernetically augmented detective in a post-AI world, who investigates a string of murders and unravels a dark conflict over forbidden technology.
Why similar: Cyberpunk 21.7%, Noir 18.3%, Point & Click 17.5%, Sci-fi 9.2%, Choices Matter 8%
- #44 of the Devil
68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 2,569 reviews2025
Dev: nth Circle Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 13.3 hrs≥1hr: 79%
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: Dialogue Heavy 22.8%, Noir 20.5%, Cyberpunk 16.4%, Comic Book 13.3%, Visual Novel 9.6%
- #45 Dustborn
71% matchMixed66% of 756 reviews2024
Dev: Red Thread GamesPub: Spotlight by Quantic Dream
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Ragtag crew? Check. Musical gear? Check. Tour bus and robot driver? Check. Stolen package? Check! Embark on a perilous road-trip across a Divided States of America. Use the power of words to shape relationships with your crew, get out of trouble and reach your final destination.
Why similar: Comic Book 24.3%, Cyberpunk 19.2%, Emotional 14.2%, Choices Matter 13.2%, Futuristic 9.9%
- #46 The Wreck
71% matchVery Positive88% of 283 reviews2023
Dev: The Pixel Hunt
Windows · Mac
In this 3D visual novel, follow failed screenwriter Junon as she attempts to make it through the most pivotal day in her life. Relive the past, alter the present, and embrace the future, or without your help, Junon’s story might end in a wreck.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 23.5%, Interactive Fiction 11.1%, Choices Matter 10.9%, Point & Click 9.6%, Visual Novel 9.4%
- #47 Cabernet
68% matchVery Positive95% of 2,300 reviews2025
Dev: Party for IntrovertsPub: Akupara Games
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Cabernet is a 2D narrative RPG set in a 19th century Eastern European inspired world, with a modern twist. Guide Liza, a young vampire in her new unlife among the unsuspecting townsfolk. Will you retain your humanity or descend further into the horror you have become?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.2%, Choices Matter 16.7%, Visual Novel 16%, Multiple Endings 14.6%, Point & Click 14.1%
- #48 Heading Out
70% matchMostly Positive76% of 703 reviews2024
Dev: Serious SimPub: Crunching Koalas
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Flee your fear and carve your story. Blaze a trail across mythic American highways, where choices twist your tale and danger’s always in the rearview mirror. With roguelike routes, limited resources, and breakneck chases, this isn’t just a drive—it’s your legend in the making.
Why similar: Noir 18.9%, Narrative 15.2% ★, Comic Book 12.8%, Interactive Fiction 10.4%, Multiple Endings 9.2%
- #49 Chinatown Detective Agency
72% matchMostly Positive72% of 159 reviews2022
Dev: General Interactive Co.Pub: Balor Games
Windows · Mac
Chinatown Detective Agency is a cybernoir point and click adventure blending stunning retro design with innovative mechanics. Play as Amira Darma, an ex-cop who has just opened her own detective agency. Choose your clients, travel around the world and solve dangerous cases using real world research.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 29.3%, Noir 22.1%, Cyberpunk 16.6%, Point & Click 10.6%, Multiple Endings 7.5%
- #50 Neon Hearts City
69% 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 27.6%, Cyberpunk 24.3%, Point & Click 22.7%, Story Rich 9.7%, Adventure 5.1%
- #51 Best Month Ever!
70% matchMostly Positive78% of 208 reviews2022
Dev: Warsaw Film School Video Game & Film Production StudioPub: Klabater
Windows
🚗 Take part in a roller coaster of emotions with Louise embarking on a road trip of a lifetime through the late 1960s USA, trying to show her son Mitch how to navigate the often cruel modern world. Your choices matter! ✅
Why similar: Emotional 14.9%, Narrative 14.5% ★, Soundtrack 13.6% ★, Point & Click 9.9%, 2.5D 9.7%
- #52 Schrödinger's Call
65% matchVery Positive94% of 1,258 reviews2026
Dev: Acrobatic ChirimenjakoPub: SHUEISHA GAMES
Windows
Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 77%
When the world is coming to an end, who would you want to speak to one last time? Schrödinger’s Call is a visual novel that lets you experience the pain and salvation of human connection, as if you were turning the pages of a picture book.
Why similar: Visual Novel 30.4%, Emotional 26.2%, Point & Click 18.9%, Story Rich 16.4%, Adventure 5.4%
- #53 Everything Will Be Fine!
66% matchVery Positive85% of 140 reviews2026
Dev: nanohanaPub: room6
Windows
A dark conversation with a girl during a nightly car trip. A short multi-ending novel game where you try to understand this girl and her pain.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 48.9%, Visual Novel 18.6%, Multiple Endings 16.2%, Adventure 6.2%, Choices Matter 5.4%
- #54 Emily is Away <3
68% matchVery Positive91% of 6,769 reviews2021
Dev: Kyle Seeley
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Emily <3 is a brand new story set on an old-new social media. Customize your facenook profile, send some friend requests and determine the outcome of your senior year.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 32.7%, Choices Matter 15.8%, Multiple Endings 14.2%, Emotional 12.9%, Visual Novel 12.6%
- #55 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: Noir 25.4%, Cyberpunk 17.9%, Futuristic 15.3%, Interactive Fiction 12%, Visual Novel 11.4%
- #56 Between Horizons – A Sci-Fi Detective Adventure
67% matchVery Positive88% of 527 reviews2024
Dev: DigiTales InteractivePub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Between Horizons is a narrative 2.5D sci-fi detective adventure. 33 years into the Zephyr's journey, its mission is suddenly jeopardized. Can you find the culprit before it's too late? Experience an enthralling story set in a semi-open world that branches and ends based on your choices.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 27.9%, Interactive Fiction 11.6%, 2.5D 10.2%, Point & Click 10.1%, Multiple Endings 9.8%
- #57 Keep Driving
64% matchVery Positive94% of 6,412 reviews2025
Dev: YCJY Games
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 75%
An atmospheric management RPG about life on the open road. Pick up hitchhikers, work odd jobs, customize and repair your car, and map your route across the country. Use upgrades, skills and items to overcome challenges. And remember to take it easy. You’re young. You have time.
Why similar: Multiple Endings 44.9%, Atmospheric 37%, Adventure 13.2%, Singleplayer 4.9%
- #58 Afterparty
69% matchMixed68% of 960 reviews2020
Dev: Night School Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 65%
In Afterparty, you are Milo and Lola, recently deceased best buds who suddenly find themselves staring down an eternity in Hell. But there's a loophole: outdrink Satan and he'll grant you re-entry to Earth.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 30.4%, Narrative 17.5% ★, Interactive Fiction 9.6%, 2.5D 8.9%, Point & Click 8.3%
- #59 VIRTUAL GIRL @ WORLD’S END
65% matchVery Positive95% of 91 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 32.2%, Visual Novel 21.4%, Emotional 17.8%, Futuristic 13.9%, Story Rich 8.3%
- #60 HEADLINER
69% matchMostly Positive77% of 937 reviews2017
Dev: Unbound Creations
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Short, thought-provoking adventure where you are a News Editor and decide what stories get published, set in a fictional city where most people are genetically modified. Multiple unique endings let you share your story and see what the Headliner before you did.
Why similar: Choices Matter 33.8%, Multiple Endings 30.4%, Story Rich 13.2%, Visual Novel 11.1%, Adventure 9.3%