- #1 Cyber Manhunt 2: New World - The Hacking Simulator
97% matchVery Positive93% of 5,440 reviews2025
Dev: Aluba Van+Pub: Spiral Up Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 10.1 hrsMean: 22.5 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Discover a digital realm shrouded in mystery. Sequel to an award-winning narrative driven hacking simulator puzzle game. Play as an AI assistant in a major corporation. Deploy intricate social engineering tactics and expose hidden truths in a world of ambition and high-tech deception.
Why similar: Hacking 29.8% ★, Dystopian 22.4%, Choices Matter 11%, Point & Click 10.9%, Detective 10.9%
Why You'll Like It: This game focuses heavily on realistic hacking, social engineering, and data analysis to solve complex cases in a modern, interconnected world.
- #2 Orwell: Keeping an Eye On You
96% matchVery Positive90% of 15,430 reviews2016
Dev: Osmotic StudiosPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 8.2 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: Choices Matter 42.7%, Simulation 21.4%, Dystopian 8.4%, Detective 6.3%, Hacking 6.2% ★
Why You'll Like It: You act as a government surveillance agent, sifting through personal data to solve crimes in a way that mirrors the hacking and investigation mechanics of the seed game.
- #3 Silicon Dreams | cyberpunk interrogation
96% matchVery Positive94% of 255 reviews2021
Dev: James PattonPub: Clockwork Bird
Windows · Mac · Linux
It’s 2065, and you are an interrogator-model android tasked with rooting out deviants among your own kind. You must probe for lies, monitor and exploit emotional spikes, earn the trust of your subjects, and make the final call: release, or destroy?
Why similar: Cyberpunk 14.9%, Dystopian 13%, Detective 12.3%, Political 11.8% ★, Choices Matter 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: It captures the intense interrogation and moral decision-making aspects of the seed game within a gritty, cyberpunk setting.
- #4 The Red Strings Club
95% matchVery Positive94% of 13,919 reviews2018
Dev: DeconstructeamPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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 34.6%, Choices Matter 15.3%, Story Rich 11.3%, Dystopian 9.9%, Point & Click 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: This title offers a deep, cyberpunk narrative where your dialogue choices and manipulation of information directly influence the fate of the characters.
- #5 Lacuna – A Sci-Fi Noir Adventure
94% matchVery Positive92% of 2,845 reviews2021
Dev: DigiTales InteractivePub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 76%
A murder. A hack. A bombing. All it takes to plunge the solar system into war – unless you do something about it. Help CDI agent Neil Conrad make a string of increasingly difficult decisions in this modern dialog-driven adventure set in a gorgeous 2D sci-fi noir universe.
Why similar: Detective 26.3%, Cyberpunk 22.7%, Choices Matter 14%, Multiple Endings 11.4%, Futuristic 11.2%
Why You'll Like It: A narrative-driven detective game that features a compelling sci-fi noir atmosphere and meaningful choices that impact the story's outcome.
- #6 Orwell: Ignorance is Strength
94% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,869 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: Hacking 16.4% ★, Dystopian 16%, Political 14.6% ★, Detective 13.3%, Choices Matter 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: As a direct follow-up to the original, it deepens the themes of digital surveillance and political manipulation in a dystopian society.
- #7 Whispers of a Machine
93% matchVery Positive93% of 1,977 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: Detective 22.6%, Cyberpunk 18.1%, Point & Click 17.6%, Female Protagonist 10.4%, Choices Matter 9%
Why You'll Like It: A sci-fi point-and-click adventure that follows a detective with cybernetic enhancements, blending investigation with moral dilemmas.
- #8 Gamedec - Definitive Edition
92% matchVery Positive80% of 1,700 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: Detective 23%, Cyberpunk 22.6%, Choices Matter 13.5%, Visual Novel 10.5%, Multiple Endings 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: An isometric RPG that focuses entirely on investigation and deduction within various virtual worlds, mirroring the detective work in the seed game.
- #9 Chinatown Detective Agency
91% matchMostly Positive72% of 156 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: Detective 19.6%, Dystopian 15.3%, Cyberpunk 15%, Point & Click 11.6%, Choices Matter 8%
Why You'll Like It: This game requires you to use real-world research and investigation tools to solve cases, providing a similar sense of agency and discovery.
- #10 Cyber Manhunt
90% matchVery Positive93% of 15,480 reviews2021
Dev: Aluba Van+
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.8 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 45.2% ★, Detective 17.2%, Simulation 13.5%, Cyberpunk 10.8%, Story Rich 5%
Why You'll Like It: This game provides a grounded look at cyber-investigation, requiring you to track suspects through social media and digital footprints.
- #11 Replica
91% matchVery Positive86% of 3,516 reviews2016
Dev: Somi
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 35.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Replica is an interactive novel game played through a cellphone and social media. The insane experience of peeping into someone's private life through a cellphone will transform you into the state's greatest patriot.
Why similar: Hacking 35.4% ★, Dystopian 25.8%, Political 15.4% ★, Story Rich 7%, Choices Matter 5.2%
Why You'll Like It: A unique simulation game where you hack into a suspect's phone to uncover evidence, perfectly capturing the voyeuristic and digital nature of the seed game.
- #12 Disco Elysium - The Final Cut
89% matchVery Positive93% of 126,799 reviews2019
Dev: ZA/UM
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 22.5 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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: Detective 26.9%, Choices Matter 17.8%, Political 16% ★, Story Rich 12.1%, Point & Click 10.4%
Why You'll Like It: While more focused on internal monologue, it is the gold standard for detective games where your choices and character build fundamentally change the narrative path.
- #13 Citizen Sleeper
88% matchVery Positive93% of 10,020 reviews2022
Dev: Jump Over The AgePub: Fellow Traveller
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 7.4 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: Dystopian 28.9%, Cyberpunk 25.4%, Futuristic 12.5%, Multiple Endings 11%, Story Rich 10%
Why You'll Like It: A narrative-heavy RPG set on a dystopian space station that emphasizes survival, choice, and the consequences of your actions in a digital society.
- #14 Beyond a Steel Sky
89% matchVery Positive88% of 1,612 reviews2020
Dev: Revolution Software Ltd
Windows · Linux
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 90%
From multi-award winning Revolution comes ‘Beyond a Steel Sky’, a groundbreaking 3D adventure thriller, set in an AI-driven future. Subvert the world, hack the systems and solve dark conspiracies to uncover the devastating truth.
Why similar: Hacking 19.3% ★, Dystopian 18.2%, Cyberpunk 17.8%, Point & Click 12.8%, Choices Matter 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: A cyberpunk adventure that features a sophisticated hacking mechanic used to manipulate the environment and solve puzzles in a dystopian city.
- #15 Interrogation: You will be deceived
87% matchMostly Positive78% of 375 reviews2019
Dev: Critique GamingPub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 92%
As a detective tasked with bringing down a dangerous terrorist group, you fight on two fronts: interrogating suspects & managing your team and its reputation. With time running out, how far will you go to stop these criminals? Manipulation, threats or even torture? Does the end justify the means?
Why similar: Detective 23.4%, Political 22.2% ★, Choices Matter 12.8%, Visual Novel 9.9%, Dark 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on the art of questioning and psychological manipulation, mirroring the interrogation sequences found in the seed game.
- #16 Technobabylon
86% matchVery Positive94% of 1,618 reviews2015
Dev: Technocrat GamesPub: Wadjet Eye Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%
A cyberpunk adventure game from the studio that brought you Gemini Rue and Blackwell! The year is 2087. Genetic engineering is the norm, and an omnipresent AI powers the city. Take control of three citizens of this world as they struggle to understand a deadly conspiracy.
Why similar: Cyberpunk 40.3%, Point & Click 29.8%, Female Protagonist 7.9%, Story Rich 7.8%, Adventure 5.9%
Why You'll Like It: A classic-style point-and-click adventure set in a dystopian future that features multiple protagonists and deep, investigative storytelling.
- #17 Hacknet
85% matchVery Positive94% of 25,910 reviews2015
Dev: Team Fractal AlligatorPub: Fellow Traveller
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 13.2 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 70.2% ★, Dystopian 6.1%, Detective 5.9%, Cyberpunk 5.3%, Choices Matter 3.5%
Why You'll Like It: A terminal-based hacking simulator that captures the technical thrill of breaking into secure systems to uncover hidden data.
- #18 Observer: System Redux
84% matchVery Positive85% of 2,923 reviews2020
Dev: Bloober TeamPub: Bloober Team SA
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 8.4 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 26% ★, Cyberpunk 18.4%, Detective 17.5%, Dystopian 13.9%, Choices Matter 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: You play as a neural detective who hacks into the minds of suspects to uncover clues, offering a dark and atmospheric investigative experience.
- #19 Mainlining
86% matchMostly Positive77% of 363 reviews2017
Dev: RebelephantPub: ReadGraves
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 92%
After MI7 has been hacked, your primary goal is to bring a cyber-criminal network to justice. Played entirely from your computer's desktop, Mainlining is a thrilling point and click hacking adventure that features a gripping narrative which will have you hooked from the very first case.
Why similar: Hacking 58% ★, Point & Click 14.3%, Simulation 11.3%, Story Rich 5.9%, Adventure 4.6%
Why You'll Like It: A hacking-focused detective game that forces you to navigate legal and moral grey areas while gathering evidence on suspects.
- #20 Beholder
84% matchVery Positive92% of 30,475 reviews2016
Dev: Alawar Stargaze (Warm Lamp Games)Pub: Alawar
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 13.6 hrs≥1hr: 82%
You’re a state-installed landlord in a totalitarian country. Place listening devices, steal and sneak into your tenants’ apartments. Use what you uncovered to report anyone capable of plotting against the state. You MUST! But WILL you?
Why similar: Dystopian 23.1%, Political 17.7% ★, Choices Matter 11.8%, Point & Click 10.2%, Multiple Endings 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: A dystopian simulation game where you manage an apartment building and spy on tenants, forcing you to make difficult moral choices to survive.
- #21 Papers, Please
83% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 78,992 reviews2013
Dev: Lucas PopePub: 3909
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Congratulations. The October labor lottery is complete. Your name was pulled. For immediate placement, report to the Ministry of Admission at Grestin Border Checkpoint. An apartment will be provided for you and your family in East Grestin. Expect a Class-8 dwelling.
Why similar: Political 31.6% ★, Dystopian 23.6%, Point & Click 14%, Simulation 7.6%, Multiple Endings 6.9%
Why You'll Like It: A masterpiece of dystopian simulation where your decisions carry heavy moral weight and directly impact the lives of those you encounter.
- #22 Neo Cab
82% matchMostly Positive79% of 2,815 reviews2019
Dev: Chance AgencyPub: Fellow Traveller
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 66%
A visual novel about emotional survival in an automated world. Play as Lina, the last human cab driver. It’s your first night driving the lonely streets of Los Ojos, and your best friend has just disappeared. Stay on the road. Stay on the search. Stay human.
Why similar: Cyberpunk 21.3%, Point & Click 12.9%, Choices Matter 12.5%, Visual Novel 11.9%, Multiple Endings 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: A narrative-focused game about a gig-economy driver in a dystopian city, emphasizing dialogue choices and the emotional weight of your interactions.
- #23 Headliner: NoviNews
82% matchVery Positive89% of 807 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: Political 21.3% ★, Dystopian 16%, Point & Click 11.3%, Choices Matter 10.7%, Visual Novel 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: You control the news cycle in a dystopian society, where your editorial choices directly influence public opinion and the state of the world.
- #24 BROK the InvestiGator
80% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,259 reviews2022
Dev: COWCAT
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 86%
An innovative adventure mixed with beat 'em up and RPG elements. In a grim world where animals have replaced mankind, what kind of detective will you be?
Why similar: Dystopian 23.2%, Detective 21.9%, Point & Click 14.7%, Choices Matter 12.7%, Visual Novel 11%
Why You'll Like It: A unique blend of detective adventure and beat-'em-up that allows you to solve cases through either investigation or combat, offering significant choice-based branching.
- #25 Tales of the Neon Sea
81% matchVery Positive86% of 4,916 reviews2019
Dev: YiTi GamesPub: Thermite Games
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 8.7 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: Dystopian 23.2%, Cyberpunk 22.5%, Detective 21%, Point & Click 14.7%, Story Rich 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: A beautiful pixel-art adventure that combines detective work with a rich, cyberpunk world full of secrets and investigation puzzles.
- #26 SIMULACRA
81% matchVery Positive90% of 4,633 reviews2017
Dev: Kaigan Games OÜ
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 71%
An interactive horror experience of exploring a missing woman’s phone.
Why similar: Detective 24.7%, Point & Click 14.9%, Choices Matter 12.5%, Visual Novel 11.8%, Multiple Endings 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: A found-phone horror game that uses realistic interface mechanics to make you feel like you are truly hacking into someone else's private life.
- #27 VirtuaVerse
79% matchVery Positive83% of 1,107 reviews2020
Dev: Theta DivisionPub: Blood Music
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 63%
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: Dystopian 28.1%, Cyberpunk 25.6%, Point & Click 16.4%, Futuristic 8.5%, Story Rich 6.9%
Why You'll Like It: An old-school point-and-click adventure that explores a dystopian future where the digital and physical worlds are inextricably linked.
- #28 Synergia
79% matchVery Positive87% of 805 reviews2020
Dev: Radi ArtPub: Top Hat Studios, Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.7 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: Dystopian 25.1%, Cyberpunk 22.2%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Female Protagonist 8.7%, Choices Matter 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: A visual novel set in a cyberpunk future that explores themes of artificial intelligence and human connection through a branching narrative.
- #29 Shadowrun: Dragonfall - Director's Cut
78% matchVery Positive89% of 6,518 reviews2014
Dev: Harebrained SchemesPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 10.5 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Harebrained Schemes' biggest Shadowrun game to date, and the definitive Shadowrun RPG experience available on PC. Now a standalone title with tons of new content & improvements!
Why similar: Cyberpunk 68.4%, Story Rich 13.9%, Atmospheric 5.3%, Female Protagonist 4.5%, Adventure 2.8%
Why You'll Like It: A deep, tactical RPG that features a gritty cyberpunk detective story with complex characters and significant narrative choices.
- #30 of the Devil
74% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 2,338 reviews2025
Dev: nth Circle Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 13.6 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Immerse yourself in neon, smoke, and high-stakes legal gambles as a Defense Attorney with uniquely Killer insights in this episodic, diabolically stylish visual novel adventure game.
Why similar: Detective 20.8%, Cyberpunk 19.4%, Dystopian 17.4%, Visual Novel 11.4%, Female Protagonist 10.8%
- #31 Kathy Rain
78% matchVery Positive92% of 3,954 reviews2016
Dev: Clifftop GamesPub: Raw Fury
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Set in the '90s, Kathy Rain tells the story of a strong-willed journalism major who has to come to terms with her troubled past as she investigates the mysterious death of her recently deceased grandfather.
Why similar: Point & Click 96.6%, Detective 1.4%, Female Protagonist 0.8%, Adventure 0.3%, Story Rich 0.3%
Why You'll Like It: A classic detective adventure that focuses on uncovering dark secrets in a small town, featuring a strong female protagonist and investigative gameplay.
- #32 Song of Farca: Prologue
77% matchVery Positive89% of 205 reviews2021
Dev: Wooden MonkeysPub: Alawar
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 13.8 hrs≥1hr: 54%
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 28.1% ★, Detective 21.9%, Cyberpunk 18.6%, Choices Matter 10.7%, Simulation 7%
- #33 Beholder 2
77% matchVery Positive87% of 7,978 reviews2018
Dev: Alawar Stargaze (Warm Lamp Games)Pub: Alawar
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 19.5 hrs≥1hr: 88%
You are an intern at the central ministry of a totalitarian state with your whole career ahead of you. Work your way up the ladder by scheming against employees, spying on your boss, and completing paperwork. Or do you turn against the state and expose corruption. The choice is still yours to make!
Why similar: Dystopian 23.2%, Political 18.3% ★, Choices Matter 11.7%, Point & Click 8.9%, Multiple Endings 7.7%
- #34 Justice.exe
76% matchMostly Positive71% of 102 reviews2022
Dev: Late Game ClutchPub: Gameclaw Studio
Windows · Mac
Justice.exe is a dialogue-heavy dystopian legal drama in which you defend sentient AI in court. Discover key story elements in dialogue, build your case by studying arguments, and engage the opposing counsel in wits, charisma and skullduggery. Small choices might alter the fate of your clients.
Why similar: Dystopian 16.7%, Political 14.9% ★, Detective 13.9%, Cyberpunk 11.7%, Point & Click 8.7%
- #35 The Operator
72% matchVery Positive92% of 8,280 reviews2024
Dev: Bureau 81
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Welcome to the FDI. As our newest Operator, your role is to use your detective skills to assist our field agents and investigate mysterious crimes. Use cutting-edge FDI software to dig for clues, solve puzzles, and uncover the truth.
Why similar: Detective 43.8%, Point & Click 17.8%, Atmospheric 10.8%, Simulation 9.9%, Visual Novel 7.8%
- #36 HEADLINER
76% matchMostly Positive77% of 931 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: Political 21.8% ★, Dystopian 21%, Choices Matter 15.8%, Multiple Endings 10.4%, Story Rich 5.9%
- #37 State of Mind
75% matchMostly Positive78% of 2,277 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 25.7%, Dystopian 23%, Futuristic 15.6%, Story Rich 11.2%, Dark 5.5%
- #38 Zarathustra - Cybergeddon
73% matchMostly Positive78% of 69 reviews2024
Dev: Tim Rachor
Windows
Take on the role of Agent Amy Tanner and solve a case in a cyberpunk future, where technology and religion have become one - A classic pixel art point&click adventure.
Why similar: Cyberpunk 20.3%, Detective 18.8%, Dystopian 15.8%, Point & Click 14.6%, Female Protagonist 9.5%
- #39 Beat Cop
74% matchVery Positive82% of 6,094 reviews2017
Dev: Pixel CrowPub: 11 bit studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%
A retro, pixel art style adventure in New York, inspired by ’80s cop shows. You are Jack Kelly and you’ve been framed for murder. Now as a regular beat cop you have to find out, who did that. Expect thick crime story, a lot of black humour and all the other things you can find on the streets of Brooklyn.
Why similar: Detective 26.3%, Simulation 15.1%, Choices Matter 14%, Point & Click 13.5%, Indie 7.1%
- #40 The Case of the Golden Idol
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 10,351 reviews2022
Dev: Color Gray GamesPub: Playstack
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 90%
A new kind of detective game that allows you to think and investigate freely. Discover clues surrounding 12 strange and gruesome deaths and build your own theory. Pick your suspect, deduce the motive, unmask the awful truth.
Why similar: Detective 34.8%, Point & Click 17.6%, Choices Matter 12.5%, Story Rich 9.9%, Dark 9.3%
- #41 Save Koch
75% matchMixed63% of 155 reviews2019
Dev: Wooden Monkeys
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%
You are local mafia kingpin, Jeffrey Koch. Your empire in New Kandinski is in total chaos because an unknown Mastermind has decided to take your place. And they’ve planted a sleeper Mole inside your operation. It’s time to act, but you need to act smart.
Why similar: Detective 23%, Political 16.9% ★, Choices Matter 13.1%, Simulation 10%, Story Rich 8.6%
- #42 The Sundew
73% matchVery Positive87% of 100 reviews2021
Dev: 2054
Windows · Linux
You are Anna Isobe, a cyborg cop abandoned by progress and thrust into the midst of a global conspiracy. Experience classic point and click gameplay as you travel across the dark future, and make choices that will seal the fate of the world.
Why similar: Dystopian 20.3%, Cyberpunk 14.2%, Point & Click 13.7%, Choices Matter 12.3%, Female Protagonist 10%
- #43 Lightracer: For Judge
69% matchVery Positive94% of 479 reviews2025
Dev: Smartmelon Games
Windows
In a dystopian future, as The Judge with immense power, you journey through space to find hope in a divided society. This sci-fi adventure explores hope amidst adversity.
Why similar: Dystopian 18.8%, Detective 14.7%, Cyberpunk 13.1%, Visual Novel 10.7%, Choices Matter 10.2%
- #44 Saint Kotar
72% matchMostly Positive75% of 280 reviews2021
Dev: The-Mark EntertainmentPub: SOEDESCO
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Saint Kotar is a psychological horror detective game set in a cursed valley in rural Croatia. Investigate the disappearance of your relative in the occult-ridden town of Sveti Kotar as you switch between conflicting realities through the eyes of two godly men.
Why similar: Detective 23.8%, Point & Click 14.5%, Choices Matter 13.6%, Multiple Endings 8.9%, Visual Novel 8.9%
- #45 Minds Beneath Us
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 5,730 reviews2024
Dev: BearBoneStudio
Windows
Median: 10.9 hrsMean: 12.8 hrs≥1hr: 82%
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 21.8%, Cyberpunk 18.3%, Choices Matter 11.6%, Point & Click 10%, Visual Novel 10%
- #46 Paradise Killer
70% matchVery Positive93% of 4,418 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: Detective 24.7%, Point & Click 14.9%, Choices Matter 13.7%, Female Protagonist 12%, Multiple Endings 10.7%
- #47 TOBOR
69% matchVery Positive94% of 88 reviews2023
Dev: Cogoo
Windows · Mac
A psychological surveillance adventure. Observe 16 real-time CCTV feeds as TOBOR, a spy unit uncovering secrets in a dystopian bunker. Monitor suspects, collect evidence, and choose who survives. Multiple endings.
Why similar: Dystopian 19%, Detective 16.8%, Political 16.4% ★, Choices Matter 10.1%, Visual Novel 8.6%
- #48 Dreamfall Chapters
70% matchVery Positive82% of 4,513 reviews2017
Dev: Red Thread Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 11.9 hrs≥1hr: 91%
The Final Cut is the ultimate collector's edition of Dreamfall Chapters, a story-driven 3D adventure about choice and consequence, set in parallel worlds: a cyberpunk vision of the future and a magical fantasy realm.
Why similar: Cyberpunk 23.9%, Choices Matter 15.6%, Female Protagonist 13.1%, Story Rich 13%, Point & Click 10.8%
- #49 Telling Lies
71% matchMixed63% of 1,297 reviews2019
Dev: Sam BarlowPub: Annapurna Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Four private lives. One big lie. Search through secretly recorded video conversations to discover the truth. The successor to the acclaimed Her Story.
Why similar: Detective 33.5%, Point & Click 17.8%, Choices Matter 13.1%, Story Rich 11.5%, Simulation 8.4%
- #50 Neofeud
71% matchVery Positive85% of 278 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 30%, Dystopian 29.6%, Point & Click 17.9%, Story Rich 7.9%, Adventure 5.7%
- #51 She Sees Red - Interactive Movie
69% matchMostly Positive78% of 3,149 reviews2019
Dev: Rhinotales
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 75%
She Sees Red is a mature, hard-boiled interactive thriller. When someone is killed inside a nightclub, an experienced detective vows to put the murderer behind bars. Make choices that affect the narrative and experience several different endings in this blood-red interactive movie.
Why similar: Choices Matter 31.7%, Detective 16.8%, Multiple Endings 13.4%, Female Protagonist 12.1%, Story Rich 9.3%
- #52 SIMULACRA 2
68% matchVery Positive87% of 1,664 reviews2020
Dev: Kaigan GamesPub: Soft Source
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 75%
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 27.2% ★, Detective 21%, Point & Click 11.9%, Visual Novel 10.1%, Choices Matter 9.5%
- #53 Beholder 3
68% matchMixed65% of 2,752 reviews2022
Dev: Paintbucket GamesPub: Alawar
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 48.0 hrs≥1hr: 89%
When a high-ranking security officer saves you from prison, you end up a pawn in her schemes. Now you must eliminate anyone standing in the way of her secret plans and try to get your life back while working two jobs. No tenant, employee or superior is safe from your spying.
Why similar: Dystopian 26.2%, Political 17.9% ★, Point & Click 13%, Dark 7.3%, Choices Matter 6.8%
- #54 Let Bions Be Bygones
67% matchMostly Positive73% of 122 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: Detective 20.6%, Cyberpunk 19.3%, Dystopian 15.3%, Point & Click 13.4%, Choices Matter 11.3%
- #55 This Is the Police
68% matchVery Positive82% of 11,102 reviews2016
Dev: Weappy StudioPub: THQ Nordic
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 12.3 hrs≥1hr: 91%
This Is the Police is a strategy/adventure game set in a city spiraling the drain. Taking the role of gritty Police Chief Jack Boyd, you'll dive into a deep story of crime and intrigue. Will Jack reach his retirement with a nice stack of bills, or will he end up broken ... or worse?
Why similar: Detective 25.1%, Choices Matter 21.8%, Story Rich 14.7%, Political 13.3% ★, Simulation 7.2%
- #56 Unavowed
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 2,565 reviews2018
Dev: Wadjet Eye Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 92%
A demon has possessed you and used your body to tear a swath of bloodshed through New York. You are now free, but life as you knew it is over. Your only path forward is joining the Unavowed - an ancient society dedicated to stopping evil. No matter what the cost.
Why similar: Point & Click 24.4%, Detective 18.8%, Choices Matter 11%, Story Rich 10.2%, Female Protagonist 7%
- #57 Beholder: Conductor
63% matchVery Positive91% of 4,427 reviews2025
Dev: Alawar
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%
A Beholder series spin-off. Become a conductor of the Determination Bringer train: monitor passengers, report incidents, and carry out important Ministry assignments — whose level of secrecy depends only on your loyalty. And remember: mission success is very important to you!
Why similar: Dystopian 22.2%, Political 18.5% ★, Point & Click 11.5%, Choices Matter 11.3%, Multiple Endings 7.5%
- #58 Blacksad: Under the Skin
67% matchVery Positive83% of 6,816 reviews2019
Dev: Pendulo StudiosPub: Microids
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 73%
BLACKSAD: Under the Skin - A dark corruption scandal in the heart of the New York City's underworld for charismatic detective John Blacksad!
Why similar: Detective 27.4%, Point & Click 18%, Choices Matter 15.5%, Multiple Endings 12.1%, Story Rich 9.7%
- #59 Not For Broadcast
64% matchVery Positive94% of 12,442 reviews2022
Dev: NotGamesPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 81%
A new political Party has won a landslide in the General Election, and for some reason the editor at the news station you work at has done a runner. Now it’s up to you, the Janitor, to take over the editing booth in this tumultuous time - will you help the government, or stand in their way?
Why similar: Dystopian 23.5%, Political 19.5% ★, Choices Matter 12.4%, Point & Click 11.2%, Multiple Endings 9%