- #1 STEINS;GATE: Linear Bounded Phenogram
97% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,225 reviews2019
Dev: MAGES. Inc.Pub: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 129.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
A story for every lab member. Discover a new side of each STEINS;GATE character and get a glimpse of their inner thoughts through 10 new stories.
Why similar: Time Travel 40.5% ★, Visual Novel 19.9%, Anime 11.7%, Sci-fi 10%, Adventure 9.2%
- #2 Epoch Reset
96% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: abnermtjPub: Kakehashi Games
Windows
Unravel a narrative-driven 2.5D anime adventure as Hector, a dirt-poor genius and creator of the world’s first time machine. Travel between timelines, meet intriguing characters, and explore futuristic cityscapes as you seek to save reality from time-bending forces beyond imagination.
Why similar: Time Travel 35.1% ★, Cyberpunk 14.3%, Visual Novel 11.8%, Anime 10.5%, Story Rich 7.7%
- #3 The VII Enigma
96% matchPositive100% of 16 reviews2022
Dev: Spire Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Fate, love, death... Can the enigma be solved? 『The VII Enigma』is a character-driven sci-fi mystery visual novel. Set in a shadowy world of dystopian conspiracy, you must defy the fabric of reality, navigating the desperate path to the 'true end' against the tyranny of time itself.
Why similar: Time Travel 34.1% ★, Visual Novel 13%, Cyberpunk 9.3%, Sci-fi 8.4%, Anime 7.7%
- #4 Re:LeAP-future city and futureless
95% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 灰烬天国
Windows
This is a text adventure game about time travel, developed and published by the Scorched Heaven Community. The total text volume of this work is approximately 250,000 words. It also includes more than 30 scenes. This work advances the story through mouse clicks.
Why similar: Time Travel 32% ★, Cyberpunk 15.2%, Dystopian 13.5%, Anime 10%, Sci-fi 8.8%
- #5 STEINS;GATE ELITE
94% matchVery Positive90% of 1,627 reviews2019
Dev: MAGES. Inc.Pub: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 272.4 hrs≥1hr: 66%
STEINS;GATE ELITE follows a rag-tag band of tech-savvy young students who discover the means of changing the past via e-mail using a modified microwave.
Why similar: Time Travel 43.8% ★, Visual Novel 21.5%, Anime 14.3%, Sci-fi 9.6%, Story Rich 7.2%
- #6 STEINS;GATE
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 25,378 reviews2016
Dev: MAGES. Inc.Pub: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 66.2 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Developed by 5pb. and Nitroplus, STEINS;GATE was awarded Famitsu magazine's coveted annual Game of Excellence award and was voted one of the most emotionally charged “tear-inducing games” ever made, in a Famitsu poll. It is a gripping and moving Visual Novel, which has already spawned manga and anime adaptations.
Why similar: Time Travel 42% ★, Visual Novel 20.5%, Anime 12.8%, Story Rich 9.8%, Sci-fi 9.4%
- #7 STEINS;GATE 0
93% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 7,939 reviews2018
Dev: MAGES. Inc.Pub: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 124.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
If you can't save the one you love… How can you save humanity? Sequel to the visual novel cult classic. Experience an alternate worldline of STEINS;GATE.
Why similar: Time Travel 40.7% ★, Visual Novel 20.7%, Anime 13.1%, Story Rich 11.1%, Sci-fi 9.5%
- #8 ISLAND
92% matchVery Positive95% of 1,748 reviews2018
Dev: FrontwingPub: Frontwing USA
Windows
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 154.6 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Sanzenkai Setsuna awakens on the shore of isolated island Urashima with no memories of his past. Befriending three local girls, Rinne, Karen, and Sara, Setsuna's quest to discover the secrets of Urashima and how they tie into his own past - and future - begins.
Why similar: Time Travel 33.3% ★, Visual Novel 20.9%, Anime 16%, Story Rich 9.3%, Sci-fi 7.6%
- #9 Parallel Convergence
91% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: NYEKO Studio
Windows
A time travel project. A group of students. A cat that eats too much. Can you rewrite fate without losing what matters most?
Why similar: Time Travel 44.8% ★, Visual Novel 20.8%, Anime 15.1%, Sci-fi 12.6%, Casual 4.3%
- #10 Twilight Town: A Cyberpunk Day In Life
91% matchVery Positive86% of 164 reviews2021
Dev: Sigyaad Team
Windows
Twilight Town: A Cyberpunk Day In Life is a chill, linear visual novel set in an ambient yet melancholic town in the distant future. Play as Ikuro and work with all kinds of shady figures to take care of your personal robot companion you're so hopelessly in love with.
Why similar: Cyberpunk 31.4%, Dystopian 19.8%, Visual Novel 18.1%, Futuristic 9.6%, Story Rich 9.1%
- #11 PSYCHO-PASS: Mandatory Happiness
90% matchMostly Positive79% of 178 reviews2017
Dev: MAGES. Inc.Pub: NIS America, Inc.
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 87%
In a world where psychological states can be quantified, every choice has consequences, victims can become criminals, and the very nature of truth can warp and shift. Can detectives Nadeshiko Kugatachi and Takuma Tsurugi remain on the path of justice as they face the ugly truths of humanity?
Why similar: Visual Novel 26.3%, Cyberpunk 23.7%, Anime 22.5%, Dystopian 14.6%, Adventure 7.9%
- #12 Time Tenshi
89% matchMostly Negative30% of 10 reviews2020
Dev: Silver Cow Studio
Windows
Join the Time Tenshi on their thrilling adventures through time! Make key decisions to influence the story's outcome... and maybe even go on a date!
Why similar: Time Travel 31.2% ★, Visual Novel 18.4%, Anime 14.7%, Futuristic 10.1%, Story Rich 9.5%
- #13 ホロウドライヴ
89% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: D10RAMA
Windows
In that world, simply being alive was enough to bear the weight of sin. To prevent the depletion of energy that grants supernatural powers, those who fail to prove their "worth of existence" are eliminated. …In this desolate world, I awoke with no memories, not even knowing my own name.
Why similar: Visual Novel 24.8%, Cyberpunk 17.1%, Anime 15.7%, Story Rich 12.1%, Sci-fi 9.2%
- #14 PROTOTYPE原型
88% matchVery Positive84% of 159 reviews2023
Dev: Veronika OrfeevaPub: Nikita Kryukov
Windows
A cinematic techno-thriller about the fate of the intermediate links of progress.
Why similar: Cyberpunk 21.5%, Dystopian 16.5%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Sci-fi 10.4%, Futuristic 10.1%
- #15 Reflection
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: White Rainbow
Windows
In a world where the USSR leads in science and space, Sergei, a student of rocket engineering, loses his parents in the “Zarya” station disaster. Years later, he discovers his university's link to the project and sets out to uncover the truth.
Why similar: Visual Novel 24.4%, Futuristic 15.5%, Anime 15.3%, Sci-fi 14.8%, Adventure 9.4%
- #16 ROBOTICS;NOTES DaSH
86% matchMixed67% of 268 reviews2020
Dev: MAGES. Inc.Pub: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 29.8 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Half a year after the events of ROBOTICS;NOTES ELITE, Kaito Yashio is introduced to Itaru Hashida through Nae Tennouji. Unsettling incidents start occurring all around them, harbingers of an event that will again plunge the world into chaos.
Why similar: Visual Novel 23.9%, Story Rich 20.5%, Anime 17.8%, Sci-fi 17.3%, Mystery 12.3%
- #17 YU-NO: A girl who chants love at the bound of this world
85% matchMostly Positive79% of 360 reviews2019
Dev: MAGES. Inc.Pub: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 24.9 hrs≥1hr: 58%
Takuya Arima receives a package from his supposedly deceased father. It contains the mysterious Reflector Device which allows the user to travel between parallel worlds. Takuya must unearth the mystery of his father's legacy to prevent a calamity threatening to envelop reality itself.
Why similar: Visual Novel 28.3%, Time Travel 21.7% ★, Anime 16.7%, Story Rich 11.3%, Sci-fi 9.8%
- #18 Hauling Away
84% matchPositive94% of 48 reviews2022
Dev: Medice
Windows · Mac · Linux
Alone and stuck in job that he has no passion for, Ray is about to meet someone that may change his life forever. Will they be able to find salvation together?
Why similar: Visual Novel 27.4%, Anime 21.3%, Sci-fi 17.4%, Futuristic 15.6%, Story Rich 13.3%
- #19 Phantom Thief Angels: Twin Angel - Labyrinth of Time and World - Re:light
84% matchPositive100% of 18 reviews2025
Dev: ALTERCIWS
Windows · Mac
Let's Go Fever Time! Lovely Angel! By day, ordinary girls. By night, the 'Phantom Thief Angels TwinAngel' - on a mission to reclaim stolen treasures. Winter 2024: The Angels descend on Steam.
Why similar: Time Travel 47.3% ★, Visual Novel 17.8%, Anime 10.5%, Story Rich 8.3%, Sci-fi 7.3%
- #20 Aposis: Infinity Hero
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Games2See
Windows · Linux
Aposis is a minimalist retro JRPG/Roguelike about fighting enemy androids while uncovering the truth about what happened to the world 3,000 years ago.
Why similar: Time Travel 27.1% ★, Cyberpunk 20%, Visual Novel 14%, Anime 12.2%, Sci-fi 9%
- #21 Epanalepsis
83% matchMixed70% of 33 reviews2015
Dev: Cameron Kunzelman
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Epanalepsis is a narrative-focused adventure game that tells a story about those connections across sixty years and beyond that pays equal homage to New Wave science fiction, cyberpunk dystopian stories, and the art cinema of the early 1990s.
Why similar: Time Travel 56.5% ★, Cyberpunk 29.4%, Adventure 14.1%
- #22 Maiden City: The Last Collateral Damage
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Cyber Uirusu Productions
Windows
The girl who owns the world. The girl who was abandoned by the world. The girl who aims to rebuild the world. Three young girls in this hostile city, who will become the new "Maiden"?
Why similar: Cyberpunk 33.9%, Dystopian 30.8%, Visual Novel 24.4%, Adventure 10.9%
- #23 MECHANICA: A Ballad of the Rabbit and Mercury
81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 881 reviews2021
Dev: Loser/sPub: OTAKU Plan
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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 34.1% ★, Cyberpunk 21.7%, Visual Novel 14.3%, Anime 10.1%, Sci-fi 6.1%
- #24 State of Mind
81% matchMostly Positive78% of 2,268 reviews2018
Dev: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 7.0 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 26%, Dystopian 18.5%, Sci-fi 17.1%, Futuristic 16.8%, Story Rich 11.5%
- #25 Univocity
80% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: Novaerc
Windows · Mac · Linux
Univocity is a short cyberpunk visual novel wrapped in neon aesthetics with a lush atmospheric soundtrack, featuring a deep and emotional conversation between two people about taking down a global tech monopoly.
Why similar: Cyberpunk 29.2%, Dystopian 26.7%, Visual Novel 18.7%, Sci-fi 12.3%, Story Rich 8.7%
- #26 RuinsStory
78% matchPositive100% of 13 reviews2025
Dev: ilili_world
Windows
A high-speed action shooter that allows you to move at high speed and aim at the floor, wall, and ceiling. Combine various items to create your own build.
Why similar: Time Travel 38.7% ★, Dystopian 18.8%, Anime 12%, Sci-fi 10.4%, Futuristic 9.8%
- #27 Ultra-Gene Code
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Gamenesis
Windows · Mac
Ultra-Gene Code is a sci-fi visual novel with horror elements that constantly confronts you with a difficult moral choice.
Why similar: Cyberpunk 22.7%, Visual Novel 18.3%, Futuristic 14.1%, Sci-fi 13.6%, Mystery 9.5%
- #28 The Orchard of Stray Sheep
79% matchMixed70% of 53 reviews2016
Dev: NamaagePub: Sekai Project
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Happiness is an obligation. But then, what gives one the right to be happy? A small, garden-like Academy stands alone on a secluded island. Ichirou Yamada has been transferred there to work as a teacher. He is put in charge of Casserole, a beautiful, young girl who entered the school at the same time.
Why similar: Visual Novel 34.9%, Dystopian 32.5%, Anime 8.4%, Sci-fi 8.2%, Adventure 6.3%
- #29 VIRTUAL GIRL @ WORLD’S END
76% matchVery Positive95% of 85 reviews2025
Dev: 株式会社ヘッドロックPub: Bushiroad Inc.
Windows
The story is set in future Tokyo, where human’s endless desires have consumed finite resources. In this world that is gradually approaching its end, the streamer girls continue to sing, while embracing dreams and despair in their hearts...
Why similar: Cyberpunk 22.2%, Dystopian 20.3%, Visual Novel 17.9%, Futuristic 11.6%, Anime 9.7%
- #30 Chrono Crimes
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Team Chrono
Windows
Investigate crimes and solve them... before they happen. Scour future crime scenes, corroborate suspects' alibis, search for incriminating evidence and uncover the truth before the culprit can get away with it.
Why similar: Time Travel 35.8% ★, Visual Novel 18.8%, Anime 14.3%, Mystery 11.2%, Story Rich 11%
- #31 Date Warp
78% matchVery Positive89% of 178 reviews2014
Dev: Hanako Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Five days ago, Janet left her dorm to go on a date - and never came back. Was she kidnapped? Murdered? The truth may be even stranger. Solve puzzles to connect together pieces of the story in a science-fiction adventure with eleven possible endings!
Why similar: Time Travel 41.7% ★, Visual Novel 17.4%, Sci-fi 11.2%, Anime 10.3%, Mystery 8.9%
- #32 Neofeud
77% matchVery Positive85% of 276 reviews2017
Dev: Silver Spook Games
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Neofeud is a Dystopic Cyberpunk adventure game in the vein of Blade Runner, but with an overlay of Game of Thrones-like political intrigue, and 1366x768, hand-painted, stylized visuals.
Why similar: Cyberpunk 31%, Dystopian 24.5%, Sci-fi 9.8%, Retro 9.2%, Adventure 8.5%
- #33 Detect-Dev
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Future Funk
Windows
As Devin and AV1NA, players will use a combination of psychic abilities and advanced artificial intelligence to solve intricate puzzles, interact with a cast of richly drawn characters, and untangle a web of intrigue that threatens the very heart of Neo-Chicago.
Why similar: Cyberpunk 18.3%, Visual Novel 15.5%, Sci-fi 13%, Futuristic 12.7%, Mystery 11.9%
- #34 STEINS;GATE RE:BOOT
75% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: MAGES. Inc.Pub: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows
STEINS;GATE returns! Rebooted for the modern era! Featuring fully updated visuals, UI, and an all-new story that breathes new life into the streets of Akihabara.
Why similar: Time Travel 37.9% ★, Visual Novel 23.6%, Sci-fi 9.8%, Anime 9.3%, Story Rich 9%
- #35 Baldr Sky
74% matchVery Positive94% of 1,544 reviews2019
Dev: Sekai Project
Windows
Median: 10.2 hrsMean: 59.7 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Kou Kadokura, a cyber officer, seeks to uncover the truth behind the tragedy that ended his once peaceful life. A war looms, and the answers he’s looking for are locked away in him... So why can't he remember anything? Unravel the mysteries hidden in his lost memories through this fast-paced mech action game!
Why similar: Cyberpunk 23.2%, Visual Novel 16.7%, Dystopian 12.8%, Sci-fi 11.1%, Anime 9.3%
- #36 山:临界幸存者
74% matchVery Positive92% of 625 reviews2022
Dev: 迩来工作室Pub: WindField Games
Windows
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
偏远的山村中,正举行着古老的祭祀『仙姑宴』。少女吟诵着,舞动着,一场漫长而恐怖的杀戮剧正在悄然上演……
Why similar: Visual Novel 34.8%, Anime 22.3%, Story Rich 16.9%, Mystery 15.1%, Adventure 10.6%
- #37 Family Mysteries 2: Echoes of Tomorrow
75% matchMostly Positive73% of 197 reviews2020
Dev: Brave Giant LTDPub: Artifex Mundi
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Framed scientist travels through time to save his beloved wife and reveal kidnapper's identity. Find hidden objects in the post-apocalyptic world, solve cyberpunk puzzles and embrace the future full of adventures!
Why similar: Time Travel 37.8% ★, Cyberpunk 23.8%, Sci-fi 10.8%, Story Rich 8.8%, Mystery 7.9%
- #38 人类终结之日——2074
73% matchPositive91% of 32 reviews2025
Dev: Cycle Game Studio
Windows
"Human Beings' Extinction Day: 2074"is a text-based visual novel game with a sci-fi and suspense theme. After an unprecedented disaster caused by an accident, the future of humanity seems bleak. Until April 9, 2074, a pivotal event that would shape humanity's fate occurred……
Why similar: Time Travel 47.5% ★, Visual Novel 15%, Futuristic 12.5%, Sci-fi 7.3%, Story Rich 6.5%
- #39 Stellar Reflections
73% matchMostly Positive79% of 24 reviews2024
Dev: Badger Can Fly
Windows
Aurelia is a nobody living out her life on a space station orbiting Earth, spending her days working in a junkyard, frequenting a bar, or retreating to her cabin. She will confront a life-altering decision that challenges her perception of the world. Can she change and grow, or is she too far gone?
Why similar: Visual Novel 25.1%, Dystopian 20.9%, Anime 14.6%, Story Rich 11.6%, Futuristic 9.9%
- #40 Tokyo Necro
72% matchVery Positive88% of 226 reviews2023
Dev: Nitro OriginPub: JAST
Windows
Median: 9.8 hrsMean: 24.9 hrs≥1hr: 90%
The Earth has plunged into an ice age, and the cities that survive have a new threat – Necromancers; those who reanimate corpses using inexplicable biotech. Now So'un and Ethica, two badass Living Dead Stalkers, must save Tokyo in this thrilling sci-fi visual novel!
Why similar: Cyberpunk 30.2%, Visual Novel 26%, Anime 19%, Story Rich 11%, Adventure 10.2%
- #41 TIMEMOON
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Kenkou Land
Windows
This cab is a time machine. Become a cab driver on the moon and solve the mystery of the president's assassination in this sci-fi time travel visual novel.
Why similar: Time Travel 36.3% ★, Visual Novel 14.5%, Anime 12.3%, Sci-fi 9.9%, Retro 8.3%
- #42 BUZZ or DIE
72% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Bon
Windows
If you win, you are acquitted; if you lose, you are executed. Death row inmates compete for ratings and talk battle in the conversation deck!
Why similar: Cyberpunk 31%, Visual Novel 24.2%, Story Rich 15.8%, Sci-fi 14.8%, Adventure 8.6%
- #43 DESOPE
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Celephais Seeker Division
Windows · Mac · Linux
Mechanical ghosts hide in the fog and the summer sky prays to collapse. Like a broken tape, do you still remember your name?
Why similar: Time Travel 45.9% ★, Visual Novel 13.3%, Mystery 10.4%, Anime 10.2%, Story Rich 6.9%
- #44 Save My Scrap
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Unio AnouPub: AMATA Games
Windows
"They mean everything to me. Please, make them whole again." An interactive visual novel puzzle game. By fixing the broken android, you may uncover the truth about your client's past.
Why similar: Visual Novel 21%, Cyberpunk 19.7%, Anime 12.2%, Adventure 10.9%, Sci-fi 10.2%
- #45 The Cyber Masquerade
71% matchMixed69% of 32 reviews2024
Dev: Spectre Sun
Windows · Mac · Linux
Degenerate loner jailbreaks a stolen android.
Why similar: Cyberpunk 28.1%, Visual Novel 19.8%, Dystopian 18.2%, Anime 17.6%, Story Rich 8.3%
- #46 The Eighth Loop
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: rum4869
Windows
The Eighth Loop combines visual novel and platformer genres to bring you a unique experience. It has 1 platformer level that requires out of the box thinking to clear. The player needs to find out a way to escape out of a death loop.
Why similar: Time Travel 28.6% ★, Visual Novel 23.7%, Anime 16.3%, Sci-fi 13%, Adventure 8%
- #47 Dystopia Girls : Countdown
69% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: Jeremy KimPub: DYJ Studio
Windows
Save humanity with six girls! This is a Visual Novel RPG featuring roguelite elements. Reclaim the lost surface and experience the stories of each android girl. You have 30 days to defend humanity's last stronghold
Why similar: Cyberpunk 20.4%, Visual Novel 20.2%, Dystopian 18.6%, Anime 12.2%, Adventure 10.9%
- #48 Memory's Dogma CODE:01
70% matchMostly Positive78% of 371 reviews2016
Dev: Liz-ArtsPub: Sekai Project
Windows
Median: 6.9 hrsMean: 18.2 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Japan, 2030 A.D. Memories can now be digitized and archived, allowing people to communicate with the deceased. With only one week left before his best friend’s memories are deleted, can Hiroki uncover the truth behind Sorano’s death?
Why similar: Visual Novel 40.9%, Anime 28.8%, Sci-fi 12.2%, Adventure 7.1%, Story Rich 7.1%
- #49 Poison Noir: Desire, Time & Gangsters
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Team Brunomir
Windows
A breathtaking visual novel that will make you live through two eras filled with love, terrifying mysteries, and bullets. Follow Jake as he travels back and forth between the 90s and the Prohibition era of the 20s, and make choices that will determine his fate.
Why similar: Time Travel 41.4% ★, Visual Novel 16.8%, Anime 13.8%, Story Rich 10.3%, Mystery 7.2%
- #50 ROBOTICS;NOTES ELITE
69% matchVery Positive91% of 653 reviews2020
Dev: MAGES. Inc.Pub: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 38.0 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Thanks to the rising popularity of the PhoneDroid—a device which features augmented reality (A.R.)—the age of advanced technology has finally reached Tanegashima. On that island, Central Tanegashima High's "Robot Research Club" is about to have their club disbanded.
Why similar: Visual Novel 30.6%, Sci-fi 14.6%, Anime 14.6%, Adventure 12.4%, Story Rich 11.3%
- #51 Hate Plus
70% matchVery Positive84% of 589 reviews2013
Dev: Love Conquers All Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 9.4 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Let's spend the next three real-time days together uncovering the mystery of what went horribly wrong on a derelict generation ship, with the help of a spunky/more-than-slightly-traumatized AI sidekick! A sequel to Analogue: A Hate Story that tells a whole new hate story of its own.
Why similar: Visual Novel 44%, Anime 17%, Sci-fi 15%, Politics 14.5% ★, Story Rich 7.5%
- #52 Pesterquest
68% matchVery Positive90% of 1,529 reviews2019
Dev: What Pumpkin Games, Inc.Pub: Fellow Traveller
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 16.5 hrs≥1hr: 59%
Embark on a quest of epic importance in Pesterquest, a grimsical episodic visual novel adventure set in the darkly funny Homestuck / Hiveswap universe, created by American author and artist Andrew Hussie.
Why similar: Time Travel 44.3% ★, Visual Novel 26.7%, Story Rich 10.1%, Adventure 9.7%, Sci-fi 9.2%
- #53 Project Nihilum - Zero
67% matchPositive95% of 22 reviews2024
Dev: Tired Racoon Games
Windows
Project Nihilum Zero is a narrative-driven Visual Novel. Discover the twisted story from different points of views and make your own choices. Discover 1 or 3 abilities: Mind Glimpse, Shape Shift and Hybrid. Use your ability wisely to see the past, influence the present and shape the future.
Why similar: Cyberpunk 21.5%, Dystopian 20.7%, Visual Novel 15.7%, Anime 12.5%, Futuristic 11.7%
- #54 Kyua: Creatherapy
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: KyuaPub: Eufree
Windows
This is a metafictional RPG set in the world of a real game. Due to the nature of the world, it contains gray expressions throughout, but the characters are all aware that this is the way the world is, so players are asked to play with an understanding of this.
Why similar: Time Travel 37.8% ★, Visual Novel 13.6%, Sci-fi 12.1%, Story Rich 10.8%, Mystery 10.6%
- #55 Red List Girls. -Andean Flamingo-
67% matchPositive94% of 17 reviews2023
Dev: 7th;MINTPub: DoubleChallenge Inc.
Windows
The first in a series of completely original bishojo novel games produced by a Japanese developer! Enjoy the attractive characters with beautiful illustrations and the touching story that unfolds in a unique atmosphere depicting a post-apocalyptic world.
Why similar: Dystopian 30.2%, Visual Novel 25.4%, Anime 19.4%, Story Rich 12.9%, Adventure 7.1%
- #56 My Silly Science Summer in the Past
66% matchPositive89% of 19 reviews2025
Dev: TBFPub: TLS
Windows · Mac · Linux
A visual novel for girls: Experience a fun time travel adventure and make friends with some quirky girls at a science camp. Will you solve the mysteries and find your way back to your time? Your choices make your own story! Full with challenging puzzle games, and unique endings.
Why similar: Time Travel 46.6% ★, Visual Novel 18.5%, Sci-fi 11.7%, Anime 10.1%, Story Rich 7.8%
- #57 Four Lights
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: TorrietPub: Tiamant
Windows
This is a grand tale of revenge - waged by God and Us against Lucifer.
Why similar: Time Travel 41.7% ★, Visual Novel 23.5%, Story Rich 11%, Sci-fi 10.2%, Adventure 7.7%
- #58 The Source
66% matchPositive100% of 20 reviews2024
Dev: Octopuses
Windows · Mac · Linux
A sci-fi visual novel where our main heroes journey through time and discover the mysteries of their world.
Why similar: Visual Novel 31.5%, Sci-fi 18.7%, Story Rich 16.1%, Futuristic 14.7%, Anime 11.3%