- #1 Hacker vs IT
97% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: Sapphirus Production
Windows · Linux
A game to show how really a fight between a Hacker and a IT worker works and how hackers operate. Old MS-DOS game.
Why similar: Espionage 33.9% ★, Hacking 30.5% ★, Detective 12.3%, Choices Matter 6.5%, Multiple Endings 4.1%
- #2 Gamedec - Definitive Edition
96% matchMostly Positive80% of 1,731 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: Espionage 34% ★, Noir 11.5%, Detective 10.7%, Cyberpunk 9.1%, Choices Matter 6.5%
- #3 My Brother Hacker
96% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Citadel Protocol
Windows
Your brother is gone. He left behind a USB stick with an unknown system and an AI that teaches you to hack. Break into networks, uncover who he really was, and question everything you find. A terminal-based hacking thriller set in 2036.
Why similar: Hacking 35.9% ★, Cyberpunk 12%, Dynamic Narration 11.2% ★, Interactive Fiction 8.5%, Choices Matter 7.2%
- #4 Orwell: Ignorance is Strength
95% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,911 reviews2018
Dev: Osmotic StudiosPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Step into the shoes of a government official in a top-secret department of the Orwell surveillance program. Given the power to both uncover and fabricate "the truth", how far will you go in the service of your country? Season 2 of Orwell, the award-winning surveillance thriller.
Why similar: Espionage 43.4% ★, Hacking 20.6% ★, Detective 9.8%, Interactive Fiction 7.2%, Choices Matter 7.1%
- #5 quietd
94% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: Hollow Frame
Windows
quietd is a no-input game you simply watch. A terminal hacks on its own across all 50 stages while you idle by. No commands, no clicks, no win, no score, no game over. Just chill, ambient cyberpunk: silent monospace text drifting in a corner of your desktop. Glance over and let it run.
Why similar: Espionage 44.2% ★, Hacking 19.4% ★, Interactive Fiction 12.1%, Simulation 8.5%, Text-Based 8.3%
- #6 The Black Shift
94% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Vortexon Studios
Windows
In this AI-powered thriller, your phone is the gateway to a dark past. As a mine chief, you receive messages from a mysterious stranger demanding you put your workers in danger in exchange for uncovering forgotten historical secrets. Who will pay the price for the truth?
Why similar: Espionage 38.4% ★, Noir 10.4%, Dynamic Narration 8.5% ★, Interactive Fiction 8.4%, Text-Based 6.5%
- #7 Radiotext
93% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Alp Arslan
Windows · Mac · Linux
Rise against the corporate overlords and become a cyber activist hacker. Join the uprising in a cyberpunk world using radio waves.
Why similar: Hacking 32.4% ★, Interactive Fiction 11.3%, Cyberpunk 10.3%, Nonlinear 7.3%, Text-Based 6.5%
- #8 Undercover Agent
92% matchMixed60% of 10 reviews2018
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Think fast and lie faster! When you go undercover to retrieve a deadly new bio-weapon, can you pull off the mission and escape with your life?
Why similar: Espionage 64.1% ★, Interactive Fiction 13.7%, Text-Based 8.7%, RPG 5.5%, Choices Matter 5.5%
- #9 180 Files: The Aegis Project
91% matchPositive92% of 38 reviews2020
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Uncover a web of evil as a superspy! Break rules, break hearts–don't break cover.
Why similar: Espionage 62.1% ★, Interactive Fiction 14%, Text-Based 8.4%, Choices Matter 6.3%, RPG 5.6%
- #10 Legion Was Here
91% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Geoffroy MondePub: Surefire.Games
Windows
Steal a face. Study a life. Survive the conversation.
Why similar: Espionage 40.8% ★, Detective 13.6%, Noir 10.1%, Interactive Fiction 9%, Choices Matter 7.1%
- #11 How To Hack In?
90% matchPositive90% of 39 reviews2023
Dev: Red Buffalo Interactive
Windows · Linux
A real-time hacking sandbox simulator with procedurally generated content. Multiple tools and techniques to use, multiple computers to hack, multiple missions to solve, and multiple vulnerabilities to exploit!
Why similar: Espionage 33.1% ★, Hacking 28.3% ★, Cyberpunk 9.5%, Detective 9.4%, Choices Matter 5.7%
- #12 NULLPTR
89% matchPositive100% of 14 reviews2025
Dev: Jeferson Silva
Windows · Linux
A real-time tactical hacking puzzle where every move reshapes the challenge. Infiltrate megacorp servers, reroute connections, gather valuable data, and outsmart evolving defenses, all while racing against the clock and the ever-present threat of adaptive sentinels.
Why similar: Espionage 43.5% ★, Hacking 33.4% ★, Cyberpunk 7.7%, Stealth 6.9%, Puzzle 5.2%
- #13 Honey, I'm an Agent
89% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Multinow
Windows · Mac · Linux
2D action, stealth, and noir comedy. A harmless man accidentally becomes a secret agent. Hide his double life by escaping his wife at night: complete missions, swing with your grappling hook, and use your super weapon: an umbrella that works as a parachute and for combat!
Why similar: Espionage 54.2% ★, Noir 17.9%, Detective 13.5%, Stealth 8.1%, Story Rich 3.9%
- #14 PROTOCOL BOUND
88% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Pixel Team RED
Windows
BOUND is a psychological thriller where you search through private conversations, hidden files, and recordings on devices that aren't your own. Manipulate others, uncover dark secrets, and shape the outcome through the choices you make.
Why similar: Espionage 34.2% ★, Hacking 21.2% ★, Detective 16.7%, Choices Matter 9.2%, Simulation 6.3%
- #15 Netshell
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Beyond Logic Labs
Windows · Mac · Linux
A 90s-themed hacking simulation with real shell commands and authentic techniques, set inside a UNIX-style operating system from 1997 with accurately recreated applications. Scan ports, exploit vulnerabilities, evade traces, join the underground, and live the Wild West era of the early internet.
Why similar: Hacking 40.7% ★, Noir 13.3%, Text-Based 11%, Detective 7.8%, Simulation 7.7%
- #16 You Are Not Alice
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Andrew BrownPub: Chroma Golem
Windows
YOU ARE NOT ALICE is a social engineering sandbox game where you play the role of a hacker who has taken over Alice's work computer. Your goal is to spread through her company by talking to her coworkers and convincing them to run a virus file you can send them.
Why similar: Hacking 34% ★, Cyberpunk 11.3%, Text-Based 11%, Dialogue Heavy 10.6%, Interactive Fiction 8.7%
- #17 Yolo Space Hacker
86% matchVery Positive95% of 214 reviews2020
Dev: BKNLab
Windows
Welcome to our ethical hacker's organisation: we will teach you how to use actual hacker tools (terminal, proxy, reverse shells...) to scan the network, crack passwords, bypass server security and solve the mystery of the Bikini-72 space station.
Why similar: Hacking 44.2% ★, Interactive Fiction 12.9%, Choices Matter 9.6%, Stealth 9.4%, Cyberpunk 9.4%
- #18 Homicide Desk
85% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Shu'la Lab LLC
Windows
Read the evidence. Run the forensics. Question suspects in your own words, they lie, crack, or lawyer up. Accuse the wrong person, and Internal Affairs comes after you.
Why similar: Espionage 42.8% ★, Noir 14.9%, Interactive Fiction 12.1%, Detective 9.8%, Text-Based 8.5%
- #19 Mandated Fate
84% 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 15.5%, Dynamic Narration 14.9% ★, Detective 12.3%, Interactive Fiction 11%, Dialogue Heavy 8.2%
- #20 HackMeNow
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: AngrySysOps
Windows
A terminal-style hacking puzzle game where every command matters. Investigate logs, decode secrets, avoid traps, and uncover the rogue system watching from behind the screen.
Why similar: Hacking 39.6% ★, Espionage 20.5% ★, Text-Based 9.8%, Artificial Intelligence 7.9%, Cyberpunk 6.9%
- #21 Cyber Manhunt
83% matchVery Positive92% of 15,657 reviews2021
Dev: Aluba Van+Pub: 摸鱼游戏
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 11.5 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Cyber Manhunt is a story-oriented puzzle game focusing on big data, hacking, citizen privacy, and social workers. It focuses on social issues such as cyber violence and privacy breaches.
Why similar: Hacking 50.5% ★, Detective 11.3%, Simulation 10.6%, Puzzle 9%, RPG 8.8%
- #22 Orwell: Keeping an Eye On You
82% matchVery Positive90% of 15,545 reviews2016
Dev: Osmotic StudiosPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Big Brother has arrived - and it’s you. Investigate the lives of citizens to find those responsible for a series of terror attacks. Information from the internet, personal communications and private files are all accessible to you. But, be warned, the information you supply will have consequences.
Why similar: Espionage 72.4% ★, Choices Matter 13%, Simulation 7.5%, Hacking 3.1% ★, Detective 1.8%
- #23 Last Seen
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Red Ash Studios
Windows · Mac
Reopen your late father's phone repair shop to survive. But every device holds someone's secrets — and the deeper you dig, the closer you get to the sister who vanished. Repair. Extract. Investigate. The truth has a price, and so does staying clean.
Why similar: Espionage 58.6% ★, Detective 13%, Choices Matter 9.7%, Exploration 7.2%, Story Rich 6%
- #24 Prowlers Shift
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ironbeak Crow Games
Windows
A 2.5D surveillance sim in a private museum. Work the night shift: listen at doors, observe the people around you, take on their jobs, and decide moment to moment who to trust and who to expose. Your employer tells you what to ignore. Something is being moved that was never meant to be seen.
Why similar: Espionage 43.8% ★, Interactive Fiction 12.5%, Simulation 9.2%, Puzzle 6.7%, Dialogue Heavy 6.6%
- #25 From Basement with Love
80% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: BIG SMALL GAMES
Windows
Conduct a high-stakes espionage operation at the height of the Cold War. Intercept and decipher classified intelligence to uncover a hidden threat. Break codes, cover your tracks, and escape before it’s too late.
Why similar: Espionage 47.6% ★, Hacking 23% ★, Detective 16.1%, Puzzle 6.3%, Story Rich 4.9%
- #26 ZeroPrompt
79% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Batuhan AyhanPub: TARK Future Heroes
Windows
Every NPC in this game runs on a local LLM. Ask them anything. The internet is dying. You're a internet moderator. Filter out AI impostors from humanity's last clean network. Use investigation tools to detect deception. Every verdict shapes the internet.
Why similar: Hacking 24.8% ★, Detective 11.4%, Noir 11.2%, Cyberpunk 10.8%, Text-Based 9.6%
- #27 Alpha Protocol™
81% matchVery Positive81% of 5,102 reviews2010
Dev: Obsidian EntertainmentPub: SEGA
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 15.1 hrs≥1hr: 61%
Loyalty carries a price and no one knows this more than agent Michael Thorton. A talented young agent cast out by his government, Thorton is the only one with the information needed to stop an impending international catastrophe.
Why similar: Espionage 56.2% ★, Stealth 12.9%, Choices Matter 11.8%, RPG 10.3%, Multiple Endings 5.8%
- #28 OVERRIDE PROTOCOL
79% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Peyote Gaming
Windows
Hack hostile AI systems in a cyberpunk hacker sim. Build proxy routes, poison live context, breach secured nodes, steal the payload, and wipe the logs before your trace burns.
Why similar: Hacking 52.2% ★, Cyberpunk 15%, Text-Based 11.9%, Artificial Intelligence 11.5%, Simulation 9.4%
- #29 Peripeteia
77% matchVery Positive86% of 3,375 reviews2025
Dev: Ninth Exodus
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 71%
You are Marie, a cyborg mercenary dropped into the rot of a post-Soviet city of corruption and opportunity. Shoot, sneak, hack, climb or talk your way through alt-history cyberpunk Poland in an immersive sim where every problem has multiple solutions and every rooftop is reachable.
Why similar: Espionage 37.9% ★, Hacking 26.1% ★, Cyberpunk 12.8%, Stealth 8.1%, Story Rich 5.5%
- #30 The Last Night of Olivia Harrow
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Cipher & Clue
Windows
Olivia Harrow was found dead in her Harborview Tower apartment. The police ruled it an accident. A slip, a fall, a tragic head injury. Case closed. But not everyone is convinced... You've been hired as a private investigator to find out the truth. Can you crack the case?
Why similar: Espionage 38.6% ★, Detective 17.3%, Interactive Fiction 16.1%, Noir 9.5%, Text-Based 9.4%
- #31 Adverse Action
78% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Quiet Machines
Windows
A model denied four thousand people this morning. The law says a human has to explain why. Read the file, work out what the machine saw, write the reason, and decide whether to sign your name to it. Sixty cases before the deadline.
Why similar: Espionage 53.2% ★, Detective 14.3%, Interactive Fiction 11.7%, Choices Matter 5.5%, Text-Based 5.2%
- #32 Project Chameleon
76% matchPositive100% of 20 reviews2026
Dev: Anonymous King
Windows
Shape-shift into objects to go unnoticed by your enemies while carrying out stealth missions around the world. Manipulate environmental objects, set traps, and use gadgets like a true spy.
Why similar: Espionage 50.2% ★, Noir 16.4%, Hacking 16.1% ★, Stealth 9.2%, Puzzle 5.9%
- #33 Ghost Node
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Breixo Games
Windows
Play as a freelance hacker breaking into high-security facilities to steal corporate secrets in this stealth game. Use your drone to scout ahead, hack and rewire systems to slip past security, grab the data and get out unseen.
Why similar: Espionage 38.6% ★, Hacking 28% ★, Noir 8.7%, Stealth 6.9%, Nonlinear 6.7%
- #34 The Silent Front: World War Ⅱ
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Oceanwave Technology Limited
Windows · Mac · Linux
In 1939, just before graduating from a German military academy, your true infiltration begins. You are Britain's hidden asset codenamed DEEP. Spying, deciphering, and moving through the shadows, you navigate rival factions, where every choice shapes your fate, your homeland, and peace.
Why similar: Espionage 62.4% ★, Detective 7.8%, Story Rich 7.8%, Choices Matter 5.5%, Interactive Fiction 5.2%
- #35 Retro Hacker
77% matchPositive90% of 29 reviews2018
Dev: Matthew Diaz
Windows
Retro Hacker simulates hacking from a computer terminal with a text based operating system.
Why similar: Hacking 49.2% ★, Text-Based 17.5%, Interactive Fiction 14.5%, Simulation 10.3%, Choices Matter 8.5%
- #36 Chronicles of Ella: Whispers of Mythrillis
74% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: VewDew
Windows · Mac · Linux
A lost mercenary navigates a dangerous monster girl village, where every choice, lie, and word could mean survival—or exposure.
Why similar: Espionage 53.1% ★, Interactive Fiction 12.1%, Dialogue Heavy 9%, Nonlinear 8%, Choices Matter 7.9%
- #37 Unseen Diplomacy 2
73% match7 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2026
Dev: Triangular Pixels
Windows
You're a Secret Agent during a dangerous time, Evil-doers are plotting to destroy the world. Complete missions, manage your agents & use Intel to narrow down the plot & save the Earth. Play a real-life VR obstacle course using every inch of your room - you will run, roll, sneak & hack to victory!
Why similar: Espionage 48.5% ★, Hacking 24.4% ★, Nonlinear 5.8%, Choices Matter 5.4%, Stealth 5.4%
- #38 Observer: System Redux
74% matchVery Positive85% of 2,987 reviews2020
Dev: Bloober TeamPub: Bloober Team SA
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 69%
A first‑person cyberpunk horror detective story set in a decaying, neon‑scarred future. As an Observer who invades minds to hunt for clues, you will sift through corrupted memories to track down a mysterious killer and confront your own dark past.
Why similar: Hacking 32.6% ★, Dynamic Narration 12.9% ★, Detective 12.9%, Cyberpunk 11.9%, Stealth 7.7%
- #39 Extortion
75% matchPositive88% of 26 reviews2020
Dev: Dysnomia
Windows · Mac · Linux
You're a computer engineer with a terrible secret. Someone is blackmailing you and now, you have to hack some servers and get secret files for him. Would you succeed in achieving their missions or would you find them and revenge?
Why similar: Hacking 39.2% ★, Espionage 27.9% ★, Simulation 8.3%, Text-Based 7.7%, Interactive Fiction 6.8%
- #40 Alone in the crowd
73% matchPositive93% of 41 reviews2024
Dev: Machine Nun
Windows · Mac
Settled on a dystopian future, Alone in the Crowd is a humorous puzzle simulation investigative thriller, where you use a weird variety of gadgets to satisfy this mysterious, self proclaimed friendly AI character.
Why similar: Espionage 36.7% ★, Detective 14.9%, Interactive Fiction 11.8%, Cyberpunk 10.2%, Choices Matter 8.2%
- #41 THE 13th Digit
72% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Uesho Co., Ltd.
Windows
In a rain-soaked megacity, one law remains: cross one trillion dollars in hidden wealth and you forfeit your right to live. You are K, the executioner who enforces it — until the numbers start to lie. A branching cyberpunk noir with 5 endings, where every choice is remembered.
Why similar: Noir 19.4%, Interactive Fiction 16.7%, Detective 14.8%, Cyberpunk 14.3%, Text-Based 10.5%
- #42 Suas Escolhas - O Caso do Magnata Desaparecido
72% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Firma Game
Windows
Noir gamebook. A magnate vanishes from an office locked from the inside: 4 trails, 780 choices, 11 endings, and no luck to save you. 85% of runs end in death or arrest. You die; the case goes on — the dossier doesn't forget. Originally written in Brazilian Portuguese.
Why similar: Noir 21.9%, Detective 18.2%, Espionage 16.1% ★, Interactive Fiction 14.9%, Text-Based 12.2%
- #43 Judge SIM
70% match7 user reviews43% of 7 reviews2026
Dev: sunsistudiosPub: sunsixstudios
Windows
Step into the role of a judge and decide the fate of every case. Listen to witnesses, examine evidence, uncover contradictions, and deliver verdicts that will change lives. Every decision matters in this tense courtroom simulation full of twists.
Why similar: Detective 20.5%, Dynamic Narration 15.9% ★, Noir 15.2%, Interactive Fiction 13.6%, Text-Based 10.6%
- #44 Reflections in Amber
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Frog Croaked Team
Windows · Mac
Reflections in Amber is a mystical detective visual novel. Investigate a mysterious death in a remote village alongside Detective Redbreast, who battles the weight of depression. Use an old supernatural camera to uncover hidden paths. Shape the course of the story with your choices!
Why similar: Noir 19.1%, Dynamic Narration 14.6% ★, Detective 14.5%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Text-Based 11.9%
- #45 Nothing To Remember
73% matchMixed69% of 29 reviews2021
Dev: Guts United
Windows
Nothing To Remember is an immersive murder mystery that runs in real-time, right on your desktop. Through their personal messages, you'll uncover two characters unknowingly intertwined as they hunt a killer long thought dead. When your next choice could mean life or death, will you answer the call?
Why similar: Hacking 23.5% ★, Detective 16.7%, Interactive Fiction 13.6%, Text-Based 12.9%, Choices Matter 10.1%
- #46 Stamp of Fate
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: One Dev Studio
Windows
You are a passport control officer at a busy international airport. Inspect documents, catch wanted criminals, and choose whether to resist or accept bribery. Every stamp shapes your rank and your fate.
Why similar: Espionage 69.8% ★, Simulation 14.2%, Puzzle 8.4%, Choices Matter 7.6%
- #47 Sunset High
70% matchPositive93% of 27 reviews2025
Dev: Turnip Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Your crush is missing. They texted you last night. And now you’re reliving the same day over and over. Welcome to Sunset High — where drama, dilemmas, and time loops collide in this narrative-driven, 2D adventure.
Why similar: Noir 20.2%, Detective 15.1%, Interactive Fiction 14.3%, Text-Based 12%, Dialogue Heavy 8.2%
- #48 TNOC
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Enlyf Games
Windows · Linux
A prequel set in the SYS.POST-FUTURE universe: a cyberpunk interface simulation where your decisions permanently shape the main game. As a covert operations director, dispatch agents, manage cyber defenses, and write the official canon through community-driven choices.
Why similar: Espionage 45.4% ★, Hacking 14.4% ★, Choices Matter 11.7%, Text-Based 8.2%, Story Rich 8.1%
- #49 Lacuna – A Sci-Fi Noir Adventure
70% matchVery Positive92% of 2,938 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 19.5%, Detective 15.9%, Cyberpunk 12%, Interactive Fiction 12%, Text-Based 10.8%
- #50 Ghostpunk
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: James Suret
Windows · Linux
Investigate paranormal cases using a 1990s CRT terminal. Analyze photos. Decode audio. Interrogate suspects and decide what’s real, what’s fake and who’s lying. But the deeper you go, the more the system starts watching you back.
Why similar: Hacking 23.2% ★, Noir 16.3%, Detective 13.8%, Interactive Fiction 11.6%, Cyberpunk 11.1%
- #51 The Case of Andrew D.
68% matchPositive89% of 27 reviews2025
Dev: Marcin BorkowskiPub: BPP
Windows
A forensic challenge - help private eye solve cases for their clients using OSINT and digital forensics techniques.
Why similar: Hacking 35.7% ★, Interactive Fiction 20.9%, Detective 18%, Text-Based 16%, Puzzle 9.5%
- #52 Hacker The Dark Shadow
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Burrito BlastPub: MadOctopus
Windows
Become a young programmer diving into the dangerous world of cybercrime. When the elite hacking collective Dark Shadows challenges you with a series of ruthless trials, you must push your genius to the limit. Will you prove your worth or become another digital casualty?
Why similar: Espionage 39.6% ★, Hacking 38.1% ★, Simulation 6.1%, Dialogue Heavy 5.2%, Puzzle 4.6%
- #53 REPROCESS
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dea Machina
Windows
The suspect claims to be human. The system says otherwise. Interrogate suspects, play evidence cards, expose contradictions, apply emotional pressure, use apparatus data, build case maps, adapt your protocol stack, and decide whether the machine uncovered the truth — or produced a false positive.
Why similar: Detective 21.8%, Cyberpunk 15.6%, Noir 15.1%, Dynamic Narration 11.4% ★, Interactive Fiction 11%
- #54 Song of Farca: Prologue
69% matchVery Positive89% of 209 reviews2021
Dev: Wooden MonkeysPub: Alawar
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 13.6 hrs≥1hr: 55%
You are Isabella Song – a hacker PI. Your job is to hack cameras, phones, and computers, as well as question suspects, analyze evidence and draw conclusions. But don't forget that in Farca city, even criminals can end up victims.
Why similar: Hacking 41.3% ★, Detective 18.9%, Cyberpunk 14.1%, Choices Matter 9.6%, Simulation 7.2%
- #55 Biocybernetic Trap
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pavel Kopylov
Windows
Biocybernetic Trap — an interactive cyberpunk detective. You are given the quantum diary of a long-dead detective, where reality fractures into parallel versions of the investigation.
Why similar: Noir 16.1%, Detective 14.8%, Interactive Fiction 13.8%, Text-Based 12.8%, Cyberpunk 12.4%
- #56 Terminal Tales: An Interactive Fiction Anthology
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: NEWB GAMES, LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Terminal Tales: An Interactive Fiction Anthology features multiple text-based adventures from a variety of genres. Explore a curated vault of brand-new, modern mysteries and sci-fi epics. No graphics. No limits. Just your imagination and a world waiting for your command.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19%, Text-Based 16.7%, Detective 13.8%, Cyberpunk 11.5%, Choices Matter 9.6%
- #57 Hacknet
67% matchVery Positive94% of 26,049 reviews2015
Dev: Team Fractal AlligatorPub: Fellow Traveller
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 13.3 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Hacknet is an immersive, terminal-based hacking simulator for PC. Dive down a rabbit hoIe as you follow the instructions of a recently deceased hacker, whose death may not have been the accident the media reports.
Why similar: Hacking 86% ★, Detective 4.3%, Cyberpunk 3.3%, Choices Matter 2.6%, Simulation 2%
- #58 Searchbar Detective
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ohana Studio
Windows
Searchbar Detective is a 2D Mystery Game set in a virtual world in which you use your searchbar to solve crimes and uncover conspiracies.
Why similar: Dynamic Narration 19.1% ★, Detective 18.2%, Noir 17%, Interactive Fiction 14.6%, Choices Matter 10.5%
- #59 SIMULACRA 2
67% matchVery Positive87% of 1,688 reviews2020
Dev: Kaigan GamesPub: Soft Source
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 74%
A dead influencer. An obsessed detective. Three suspects. Piece the truth together by going through the victim’s phone messages, videos, and social media in the follow up to the critically acclaimed SIMULACRA.
Why similar: Hacking 34.4% ★, Detective 15.5%, Text-Based 10%, Dialogue Heavy 8.2%, Artificial Intelligence 8.1%
- #60 Crosstalk
66% 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 24%, Detective 20.6%, Interactive Fiction 17.7%, Cyberpunk 14.3%, Choices Matter 8%