- #1 VirtuaVerse
97% matchVery Positive83% of 1,098 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: Cyberpunk 35.6%, Point & Click 25.3%, Pixel Graphics 10%, Story Rich 9.4%, Atmospheric 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: A classic point-and-click adventure that perfectly captures the cyberpunk aesthetic with its detailed pixel art and dystopian narrative.
- #2 Technobabylon
96% matchVery Positive94% of 1,607 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 38.9%, Point & Click 31.9%, Pixel Graphics 9%, Story Rich 7.4%, Adventure 5.4%
Why You'll Like It: This game offers a deep, thought-provoking cyberpunk story with traditional point-and-click mechanics set in a futuristic, surveillance-heavy city.
- #3 Primordia
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 3,387 reviews2012
Dev: Wormwood StudiosPub: Wadjet Eye Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Life has ceased. Man is but a myth. And now, even the machines have begun to fail. Lead Horatio Nullbuilt and his sarcastic sidekick Crispin on a journey through the crumbling world of Primordia, facing malfunctioning robots, ancient secrets, and an implacable, power-hungry foe.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 28%, Point & Click 27.3%, Cyberpunk 13.2%, Story Rich 6%, Pixel Graphics 5.7%
Why You'll Like It: A post-apocalyptic point-and-click adventure that excels in building a lonely, atmospheric world through its unique art style and storytelling.
- #4 2064: Read Only Memories
95% matchMostly Positive80% of 1,665 reviews2015
Dev: MidBoss, LLC.Pub: Chorus Worldwide Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%
2064: Read Only Memories is a cyberpunk point-and-click adventure set in Neo-San Francisco. Team up with Turing, the world's first sapient machine, to unravel a conspiracy that threatens to shake an entire society
Why similar: Cyberpunk 22%, Interactive Fiction 18.8%, Point & Click 14.7%, Visual Novel 12%, Story Rich 8%
Why You'll Like It: A narrative-heavy cyberpunk adventure that focuses on character-driven storytelling and world-building in a futuristic setting.
- #5 Minds Beneath Us
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 5,416 reviews2024
Dev: BearBoneStudio
Windows
Median: 11.0 hrsMean: 12.9 hrs≥1hr: 81%
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 29.5%, Point & Click 17.9%, Visual Novel 16.6%, Story Rich 11.4%, Atmospheric 10.1%
Why You'll Like It: This cinematic, story-rich game explores the intersection of humanity and technology in a dystopian future, emphasizing choices and atmosphere.
- #6 Gemini Rue
94% matchVery Positive88% of 1,873 reviews2011
Dev: Joshua NuernbergerPub: Wadjet Eye Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Discover a world where life is cheap, identities are bought & sold, & a quest for redemption can change the fate of a whole galaxy.
Why similar: Point & Click 32.6%, Cyberpunk 29.3%, Noir 11.4%, Story Rich 6.6%, Pixel Graphics 5.9%
Why You'll Like It: A gritty, atmospheric sci-fi adventure that mirrors the dark, rainy, and oppressive tone found in Sovietpunk.
- #7 Shardlight
93% matchVery Positive90% of 786 reviews2016
Dev: Wadjet Eye Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 87%
A post-apocalyptic adventure game from the publisher that brought you Primordia, Gemini Rue and Technobabylon! A young woman stricken with a deadly plague searches for a cure in a hostile world.
Why similar: Point & Click 32.5%, Post-apocalyptic 28.3%, Pixel Graphics 9.6%, Atmospheric 7.6%, Story Rich 6.8%
Why You'll Like It: Set in a post-apocalyptic world struggling for survival, this point-and-click adventure shares the bleak atmosphere and narrative focus of the seed game.
- #8 Let Bions Be Bygones
91% matchMostly Positive72% of 117 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: Cyberpunk 20.4%, Interactive Fiction 18.7%, Narration 17.2%, Point & Click 15.7%, Noir 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: A noir-inspired cyberpunk adventure that combines point-and-click investigation with deep, branching narrative choices.
- #9 DreamBreak
92% matchMixed51% of 108 reviews2016
Dev: Fortell Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Dreambreak is a story-driven adventure set in an alternative post-Cold War world, a quirky and unique mix of clashing gameplay genres. Get fingered for murder in without actually going there!
Why similar: Cyberpunk 21.7%, Alternate History 15.7%, Interactive Fiction 13.8%, Point & Click 13.5%, Narration 11.2%
Why You'll Like It: A pixel-art adventure set in a post-Soviet cyberpunk world that shares the same visual and thematic DNA as Sovietpunk.
- #10 Leviathan: The Last Day of the Decade
91% matchMostly Positive79% of 689 reviews2014
Dev: Lostwood
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 94%
"Leviathan: The Last Day of the Decade" is a detective story told by a dweller of a cruel dark fantasy world affected by the pandemic. The world ruled by a five noble-born kins under the suzerainty of the undead Plague King.
Why similar: Visual Novel 33.1%, Point & Click 27.5%, Story Rich 17.2%, Atmospheric 9.7%, Adventure 6.4%
Why You'll Like It: A story-rich visual novel that explores complex themes in a dystopian setting, focusing heavily on narrative progression.
- #11 VA-11 Hall-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 37,969 reviews2016
Dev: Sukeban GamesPub: Ysbryd Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 31.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
VA-11 HALL-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action is a booze em' up about waifus, technology, and post-dystopia life.
Why similar: Cyberpunk 34.9%, Visual Novel 18.4%, Point & Click 18.1%, Story Rich 11.4%, Pixel Graphics 10.6%
Why You'll Like It: While a different gameplay style, it masterfully captures the daily life and atmosphere of a gritty, cyberpunk-dystopian society.
- #12 Survive the Blackout
90% matchMixed64% of 87 reviews2020
Dev: Baby Bison Games
Windows
Survive the Blackout is a narrative survival game set in a dark post-apocalyptic world. Choose your adventure-type gameplay, squad-level management, exploration and scavenging, difficult moral choices. Modern-times tribute to Oregon Trail.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 31.6%, Interactive Fiction 15.4%, Point & Click 12.5%, Pixel Graphics 8.9%, Story Rich 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: A narrative-driven survival game that emphasizes the struggle for life in a post-apocalyptic world through choice-based gameplay.
- #13 ICY: Frostbite Edition
89% matchVery Positive86% of 400 reviews2017
Dev: Innervoid InteractivePub: Digital Tribe
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 95%
ICY: Frostbite Edition is a narrative-driven post-apocalyptic survival RPG set in a new Ice Age. Create your character, lead your family, make difficult choices, and try to survive in a frozen world.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 34.4%, Visual Novel 18.7%, Post-apocalyptic 14.5%, Story Rich 11.1%, RPG 10.4%
Why You'll Like It: This post-apocalyptic RPG focuses on survival and narrative, requiring players to make tough decisions in a harsh, frozen wasteland.
- #14 Beholder
88% matchVery Positive92% of 30,197 reviews2016
Dev: Alawar Stargaze (Warm Lamp Games)Pub: Alawar
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 13.5 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: Point & Click 29.6%, Dark 18.9%, Story Rich 16.5%, Atmospheric 14.7%, Violent 5.3%
Why You'll Like It: A dystopian management game that forces the player to make difficult moral choices while living under an oppressive, totalitarian regime.
- #15 Papers, Please
87% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 78,508 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: Point & Click 40.8%, Pixel Graphics 18%, Story Rich 12%, Indie 10.8%, Atmospheric 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: This game perfectly captures the bureaucratic, oppressive, and Soviet-inspired aesthetic that defines the setting of the seed game.
- #16 The Underground Man
86% matchMostly Positive80% of 1,389 reviews2016
Dev: Mehsoft
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Moscow: somewhere in the near future. The city and perhaps the Earth's surface has turned into a radioactive ash. Those who decided that they could not exist in such conditions began to live under the ground.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 42%, Story Rich 19.9%, Atmospheric 11.4%, Pixel Graphics 6%, Indie 6%
Why You'll Like It: A post-apocalyptic adventure that captures the struggle for survival in a harsh, underground environment.
- #17 Cyber City 2157: The Visual Novel
86% matchMixed53% of 222 reviews2016
Dev: HarotobiraPub: Sometimes You
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 98%
Feel the mysterious world of Molds and the City where the sun never sets. Look for clues, make decisions and follow your own path in the Cyber City 2157.
Why similar: Cyberpunk 28.8%, Visual Novel 19.1%, Adventure 10.2%, Dark 8.6%, Pixel Graphics 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: A straightforward cyberpunk visual novel that focuses on the narrative experience within a futuristic urban environment.
- #18 Whispers of a Machine
84% matchVery Positive93% of 1,957 reviews2019
Dev: Clifftop GamesPub: Raw Fury
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 93%
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: Point & Click 26.7%, Cyberpunk 24.6%, Post-apocalyptic 11.8%, Pixel Graphics 7.9%, Noir 6.1%
Why You'll Like It: A sci-fi point-and-click adventure that blends detective work with a compelling, atmospheric narrative in a post-technological world.
- #19 1953 - KGB Unleashed
85% matchMixed58% of 649 reviews2013
Pub: United Independent Entertainment
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 1.7 hrs≥1hr: 36%
Developed by Phantomery Interactive, 1953 – KGB Unleashed is a tense and atmospheric First Person Adventure set deep within the bowels of a Soviet bunker during the Cold War. Players must uncover the dark and horrifc secrets buried within, fighting their own paranoia along the way as well as the possibility of all-too-real terrors within...
Why similar: Point & Click 35.8%, Interactive Fiction 19.5%, Dark 12.8%, Atmospheric 11.7%, Adventure 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: A point-and-click adventure that leans heavily into the Cold War and Soviet-era aesthetic, providing a similar historical backdrop.
- #20 The Sundew
83% matchVery Positive87% of 98 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: Alternate History 25.9%, Point & Click 19.5%, Cyberpunk 18.2%, Story Rich 9.7%, Pixel Graphics 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: A cyberpunk point-and-click adventure that emphasizes choice and narrative, set in a world where humanity is on the brink of change.
- #21 The Cat Lady
82% matchVery Positive94% of 6,079 reviews2013
Dev: Harvester GamesPub: Screen 7
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 91%
The Cat Lady follows Susan Ashworth, a lonely 40-year old on the verge of suicide. She has no family, no friends and no hope for a better future. One day she discovers that five strangers will come along and change everything...
Why similar: Point & Click 32.3%, Story Rich 20.2%, Dark 15.1%, Atmospheric 11%, Adventure 6.7%
Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric, dark, and psychological narrative game that shares the gloomy, unconventional storytelling style of the seed game.
- #22 Disco Elysium - The Final Cut
80% matchVery Positive93% of 124,984 reviews2019
Dev: ZA/UM
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 22.3 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: Story Rich 22.8%, Point & Click 22.2%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Atmospheric 11.3%, RPG 10.2%
Why You'll Like It: A masterclass in narrative-driven, atmospheric storytelling that explores political and philosophical themes in a decaying, gritty world.
- #23 Synergia
82% matchVery Positive87% of 795 reviews2020
Dev: Radi ArtPub: Top Hat Studios, Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.4 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 38.2%, Visual Novel 23.3%, Violent 11.3%, Atmospheric 9.5%, Story Rich 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: A cyberpunk visual novel that focuses on the relationship between characters within a high-tech, dystopian environment.
- #24 Neoproxima
81% matchVery Positive97% of 68 reviews2024
Dev: Lonestone Studio
Windows
Investigating a time-loop during the Cold War, light years away from Earth. Neoproxima is a text-based adventure game that combines exploration and simple RPG and survival mechanics. Plan your next loop carefully, and go as far as possible before time catches up with you.
Why similar: Alternate History 33.2%, Point & Click 25.3%, Story Rich 12.2%, Atmospheric 10.4%, Visual Novel 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: A narrative-driven point-and-click mystery that focuses on exploration and story-rich dialogue in a sci-fi setting.
- #25 Alternativa
84% matchMixed47% of 210 reviews2010
Dev: Centauri ProductionPub: Bohemia Interactive
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 42%
Alternativa is a story that will take you to a world much different to what you'd expect in 2045. To a world destroyed by war and revolutions, a world led by an oppressive and cruel dictatorship. Classic point&click adventure game based on the original sci-fi/cyber-punk script which is composed of a number of shorter stories that...
Why similar: Point & Click 47.1%, Cyberpunk 38.7%, Adventure 14.2%
Why You'll Like It: A point-and-click adventure set in a dystopian future that shares the gloomy, sci-fi aesthetic of the seed game.
- #26 Duskpunk
78% matchVery Positive92% of 147 reviews2025
Dev: Clockwork Bird
Windows · Mac · Linux
A gritty dice-driven RPG, in a steampunk city. You escaped the War, but how to survive? Explore the city. Build up your skills. Decide who to trust. Choose carefully: you might just spark a revolution!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 35.2%, Story Rich 29.9%, RPG 13.1%, 2D 12.8%, Exploration 9.1%
- #27 Sinless + OST
81% matchMostly Positive78% of 375 reviews2015
Dev: MGP StudiosPub: Forever Entertainment S. A.
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 95%
"Before we knew it, what we once knew as 'freedom' became nothing more but a faint and distant memory." Venture forth and discover the truth behind the seemingly perfect OmniCare society in Sinless: a unique point and click and visual novel hybrid, set in an original cyberpunk reality.
Why similar: Cyberpunk 34%, Point & Click 21.1%, Visual Novel 16.5%, Violent 12.6%, Adventure 6.4%
Why You'll Like It: A cyberpunk visual novel that combines a unique art style with a narrative-heavy experience set in a dystopian future.
- #28 Kathy Rain
79% matchVery Positive92% of 3,928 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 98.4%, Pixel Graphics 0.5%, Adventure 0.3%, Story Rich 0.2%, Noir 0.2%
Why You'll Like It: A classic-style point-and-click mystery that excels at building a dark, compelling narrative through its atmospheric setting.
- #29 A War of a Madman's Making
77% matchVery Positive96% of 101 reviews2024
Dev: Witching Metal Prod.
Windows
You are subordinate to the deranged dictator and must plan his doomed invasion in this text-based RPG / Visual Novel. Navigate the shark-filled waters of the Great Leader's presidential cabinet, try to save your family, and survive the purges in a world of power-hungry leaders and nuclear warfare.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.8%, Alternate History 17.5%, Visual Novel 15.4%, Dark 9.5%, Story Rich 9.1%
- #30 IZGUB 2001
76% matchVery Positive98% of 97 reviews2024
Dev: Dbrhdk
Windows
You decide how a civil war in the country of Izgub is supposed to end. Visual novel with strong themes of war, political violence and moral dilemma.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 32.5%, Visual Novel 21%, Dark 12.3%, Atmospheric 10.7%, 2D 6.4%
- #31 Resonance
79% matchVery Positive89% of 570 reviews2012
Dev: XII GamesPub: Wadjet Eye Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 91%
When a brilliant particle physicist dies unexpectedly, the race is on to secure his terrible new technology before it falls into the wrong hands. The lives of four playable characters become entangled as they fight against the clock to find the dead scientist’s secret vault.
Why similar: Point & Click 70.5%, Adventure 12.3%, Pixel Graphics 8.3%, Indie 7.6%, Singleplayer 1.2%
Why You'll Like It: A sci-fi point-and-click adventure that features a complex, multi-character narrative and a tense, atmospheric tone.
- #32 STASIS
78% matchVery Positive82% of 2,332 reviews2015
Dev: THE BROTHERHOOD
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 90%
STASIS The isometric, point-and-click, sci-fi horror adventure game! In the distant future aboard a seemingly abandoned spacecraft, John Maracheck awakes from stasis. He must push himself to new physical and emotional limits and unravel the mysteries around him.
Why similar: Point & Click 38.2%, Post-apocalyptic 22.8%, Story Rich 12.6%, Atmospheric 11.1%, Adventure 5.7%
Why You'll Like It: A dark, atmospheric sci-fi horror game that focuses on narrative and environmental storytelling in a claustrophobic setting.
- #33 Twenty-second: Stories of Underground Kharkiv
76% matchVery Positive89% of 75 reviews2024
Dev: Brenntkopf DevelopmentPub: Brenntkopf Publishing
Windows
The Twenty-Second: Stories of Underground Kharkiv is a quest and a visual novel that will tell you in the first person about the events of 2022 in the Kharkiv metro.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 39.1%, Visual Novel 25.2%, Atmospheric 11.9%, Dark 11.8%, RPG 7.5%
- #34 The Sin Collector: Repentless
77% matchVery Positive92% of 90 reviews2021
Dev: Sylen Studio
Windows
THE SIN COLLECTOR: REPENTLESS is a game on the border of a visual novel and a classic text RPG, set in the world of The Sin Collector, a series of books written by Michał Gołkowski. Action takes place a couple of years before the events presented in the books.
Why similar: Alternate History 18.9%, Interactive Fiction 17.1%, Post-apocalyptic 16.4%, Narration 15.7%, Visual Novel 10.8%
- #35 Nuclear Day
75% matchMixed67% of 83 reviews2025
Dev: Garden of Dreams
Windows · Mac · Linux
Nuclear Day is a story-based role-playing game set in a post-apocalyptic world. Explore the secrets of this world. Fight monsters. Pass tests and solve puzzles. Become your own in this tragic world.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 43.5%, Dark 19.1%, Side Scroller 12%, RPG 8%, Adventure 6.4%
- #36 Hail to the Rainbow
71% matchVery Positive91% of 2,211 reviews2025
Dev: Носков Сергей
Windows
Median: 7.5 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%
The story of a lonely young man named Ignat, who survives in the dangerous and gloomy world of post-apocalyptic cyberpunk. You have to face the trials of a new reality and plunge into the secrets of the surrounding chaos.
Why similar: Alternate History 45.8%, Post-apocalyptic 34.6%, Atmospheric 13.4%, Adventure 6.2%
- #37 Diving Disorder-下潜症
74% matchVery Positive93% of 143 reviews2021
Dev: Lingtan Studio
Windows
Diving Disorder is an AVG on wasteland theme. Players will play the role of a refugee who are struggling to survive after a global disaster, together with a white-haired girl suffering from narcolepsy, exploring the truth of the doomsday and the old world in memory.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 32.3%, Alternate History 28%, Post-apocalyptic 27.9%, 2D 5.6%, Adventure 3.9%
- #38 CHERNOBYL: The Untold Story
75% matchMostly Positive72% of 288 reviews2019
Dev: Mehsoft
Windows
1986. Chernobyl disaster. The story that you will see in the game resembles a delusional dream of a man exhausted by radiation. But whether it is nonsense or the nightmarish reality of the Soviet era – you decide.
Why similar: Violent 40.4%, Pixel Graphics 17.5%, Atmospheric 17.3%, Indie 13.5%, 2D 8.7%
- #39 BORIS THE ROCKET 🚀
74% matchVery Positive98% of 97 reviews2020
Dev: toR Studio
Windows
As a moustached soviet nuclear missile operator, you’re the last frontier of your motherland’s defense. Survive a freezing Siberian winter, untangle nasty bear intrigues and adapt to always changing environment in this cold war simulator.
Why similar: Alternate History 84.7%, Exploration 10%, Singleplayer 5.3%
- #40 Chaos Chain
73% matchVery Positive95% of 63 reviews2022
Dev: Corrosive Studios LLC
Windows
A dark cyberpunk RPG in a bleak dystopian future. Become a "freelancer" in the heart of Slade City, a sprawling urban nightmare of grimy asphalt and broken dreams where crime and disorder run rampant. - Stay Alert. Stay Armed. Stay Alive. Don't lose your humanity.
Why similar: Cyberpunk 33.2%, Post-apocalyptic 30.2%, Story Rich 9.1%, Atmospheric 8.3%, Pixel Graphics 6.7%
- #41 Kvark
70% matchVery Positive87% of 391 reviews2024
Dev: Latest PastPub: Perun Creative
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Kvark is an FPS game set in a fictional version of the 80s Czech Republic. The player finds themselves in an underground facility that is falling apart as they travel through it. They will have to navigate through dark tunnels and will encounter many obstacles and enemies that will test their skills
Why similar: Alternate History 60.1%, Story Rich 18.1%, Pixel Graphics 15.7%, Exploration 6%
- #42 Chornobyl Liquidators
73% matchMixed48% of 653 reviews2024
Dev: Live Motion GamesPub: Frozen Way
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Chornobyl Liquidators is not a fantastic tale of exploring the Zone. It's a story about real people facing a real threat — the CNPP disaster. Invisible radiation, KGB, difficult moral choices... Do you have enough courage and strength to take on this challenge?
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 33.9%, Narration 30.8%, Story Rich 12.3%, Atmospheric 12%, Adventure 4.7%
- #43 Chernobyl: Origins
71% matchVery Positive85% of 81 reviews2023
Dev: Nelset
Windows · Linux
"Chernobyl: Origins" - is a quest game with psychological horror elements. You have to solve a lot of puzzles to find out the terrible secret of the catastrophe at the nuclear power plant. The game will take you to 1986, to the Chernobyl nuclear power plant.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 37%, Dark 21.2%, Atmospheric 17.8%, Story Rich 11.9%, 2D 6.2%
- #44 Noir Punk
72% matchVery Positive89% of 70 reviews2021
Dev: Milpitians
Windows
2D sidescrolling adventure narrative game with puzzle solving and platforming elements.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.8%, Cyberpunk 19.4%, Narration 16.3%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Side Scroller 10%
- #45 Post Soviet Zombies
72% matchVery Positive89% of 88 reviews2019
Dev: Ascension Studio
Windows
Post soviet zombies - is an action shooter with a top view, in which you have to get out of the virus infected post-Soviet city for one of the four unique characters. On the way you will meet a variety of zombies, military, marauders and people who need your help in 1993.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 39.3%, Violent 23.3%, Pixel Graphics 14.6%, 2D 9.1%, Indie 9%
- #46 Survive In Russia
73% matchMixed65% of 57 reviews2020
Dev: Alexander Sablin
Windows · Mac
Survive in Russia is a survival quest in Russia. You will be available a selection of characters. Each of them presents survival mode and story mode. Only on your choice will depend on the life of the character.
Why similar: Alternate History 37.2%, Visual Novel 20.7%, Story Rich 14.9%, Atmospheric 11.1%, RPG 6.1%
- #47 UnderRail
71% matchVery Positive86% of 7,028 reviews2015
Dev: Stygian Software
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 39.2 hrs≥1hr: 69%
UnderRail is an old-school turn-based isometric role-playing game that features a large open post-apocalyptic world, deep and challenging combat and an intricate storyline.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 49.2%, Cyberpunk 15.7%, RPG 12.9%, Atmospheric 7.3%, Pixel Graphics 4.8%
- #48 D3AD HAND
69% matchVery Positive98% of 56 reviews2024
Dev: Duck Made Of Wood
Windows · Mac · Linux
Point and click comedy adventure game set during the cold war in a soviet bunker. Crack the code, feed the cat, save the world. Save the world again in the free DLC R3D STAR included in the game.
Why similar: Point & Click 34%, Narration 18.7%, Pixel Graphics 12.9%, Interactive Fiction 11.1%, Adventure 7.5%
- #49 PRODUCER 2021
69% matchVery Positive100% of 173 reviews2022
Dev: Stuffed Wombat
Windows
a ~2 hour long graphic adventure novella. Tasked with disrupting the end of the world, you explore, investigate and produce your way through a strangely familiar world.
Why similar: Alternate History 19.4%, Interactive Fiction 18.6%, Cyberpunk 16.5%, Point & Click 15.5%, Visual Novel 11.5%
- #50 Rauniot
68% matchVery Positive90% of 163 reviews2024
Dev: Act Normal Games
Windows · Linux
Rauniot is an isometric post-apocalyptic point and click adventure game which takes place to Northern Finland.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 21.5%, Alternate History 20.6%, Point & Click 16.5%, Violent 11.1%, Dark 7.3%
- #51 Shapik: The Moon Quest
70% matchVery Positive94% of 286 reviews2020
Dev: Paul PodberezkoPub: Rapid Snail
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 81%
SHAPIK: The Moon Quest is a touching and atmospheric quest, the story of which unfolds in a mysterious world after a nuclear war.
Why similar: Point & Click 29.8%, Post-apocalyptic 23.1%, Story Rich 9.3%, Atmospheric 9.3%, Dark 8.5%
- #52 BEAUTIFUL DESOLATION
69% matchMostly Positive77% of 684 reviews2020
Dev: THE BROTHERHOOD
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 90%
BEAUTIFUL DESOLATION is an isometric, point & click adventure game set in a post-apocalyptic future. Explore an unscene landscape, solve puzzles, meet new friends and make powerful enemies, mediate conflicts and fight for your life as you unravel the secrets of the desolate world around you.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 27.3%, Point & Click 23.5%, Alternate History 21.7%, Story Rich 10.9%, Atmospheric 8.7%
- #53 Liquidators
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 1,184 reviews2020
Dev: Gray Unit
Windows
Chernobyl, USSR, 1986. Three nuclear plant workers go on a daring mission to prevent a radioactive fallout that would affect half of Europe. Every moment is permanent, and all is at stake.
Why similar: Atmospheric 54%, Adventure 19.3%, Exploration 18.7%, Singleplayer 8.1%
- #54 cyberpunkdreams
68% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,225 reviews2021
Dev: Late Night Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 152.1 hrs≥1hr: 66%
2090s America, torn apart by war and corporate greed. A lone traveller stands outside the gates of Cincinnati, greatest of the border cities. How far will you go to make it to the top? How far will you go to fulfil your mission?
Why similar: Cyberpunk 28.9%, Interactive Fiction 23.6%, Post-apocalyptic 17.2%, Story Rich 9.5%, Dark 8.3%
- #55 Kowloon's Curse: Lost Report
67% matchVery Positive94% of 248 reviews2023
Dev: Studio [notes.]
Windows
Explore a surreal world inspired by Kowloon Walled city in this turn-based RPG inspired by Japanese dungeon crawlers from the late 1990s.
Why similar: Cyberpunk 28.8%, Visual Novel 20.2%, Dark 11.7%, Alternate History 11.6%, Atmospheric 10.5%
- #56 Rust of Steel
67% matchMixed65% of 66 reviews2025
Dev: Fortress13 Game Studio
Windows
"Rust of Steel" is a post-apocalyptic ruins exploration RPG with a high degree of freedom. Take on the world in your own style with multiple scenarios, free stat distribution, and the option to play as the good guy or the bad guy!
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 46.5%, Pixel Graphics 14.7%, RPG 13.9%, Violent 11.5%, Exploration 5.5%
- #57 Encased: A Sci-Fi Post-Apocalyptic RPG
66% matchMostly Positive77% of 4,721 reviews2021
Dev: Dark Crystal GamesPub: Prime Matter
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%
A tactical sci-fi RPG set in an alternative 1970's, where an enormous and inexplicable artifact –the Dome– is discovered in a remote desert. Fight enemies, explore the anomalous wasteland, level up your character, join one of the forces in the ruined world.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 45.6%, Alternate History 18.1%, Story Rich 9.3%, RPG 8%, Atmospheric 7.5%
- #58 Au Revoir
64% matchVery Positive96% of 106 reviews2025
Dev: Invisible StudioPub: Nuntius Games
Windows
Play as Tristan and solve puzzles to recover human consciousnesses in the year 2071. Investigate environments, uncover secrets, and make choices that affect the ending. Explore a neon-noir world with a low poly aesthetic inspired by the 90s.
Why similar: Cyberpunk 26.4%, Point & Click 21.3%, Interactive Fiction 17.1%, Story Rich 10.3%, Noir 9.7%
- #59 CYBER EMOJI TALE 2099
67% matchVery Positive88% of 112 reviews2021
Dev: MICROCHELIK5000
Windows
CYBER EMOJI TALE 2099 is a classic RPG with elements of a graphic novel, set in an open rail world with a system of hardcore real-time battles, in the universe of the near future.
Why similar: Cyberpunk 41.5%, Visual Novel 23.4%, Story Rich 14.6%, RPG 7%, 2D 6.4%