- #1 The Expanse: A Telltale Series
97% matchMostly Positive76% of 2,659 reviews2023
Dev: Deck NinePub: Telltale
Windows
Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Take on the role of Camina Drummer and explore the dangerous, uncharted edges of the Belt. From scavenging wrecked ships in a zero-g environment, to combating fearsome pirates, you make the difficult choices in this latest Telltale adventure. All five episodes playable at launch!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19.3%, Space 11.5%, Choices Matter 10.1%, Action-Adventure 9.6%, Sci-fi 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: Developed by the same studio DNA, this game offers the closest experience to the Telltale-style sci-fi narrative found in Resurgence.
- #2 The Wolf Among Us
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 38,793 reviews2013
Dev: Telltale
Windows
Median: 9.3 hrsMean: 11.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%
From the makers of the 2012 Game of the Year: The Walking Dead, comes a thriller based on the award-winning Fables comic books. As Bigby Wolf you will discover that a brutal, bloody murder is just a taste of things to come in a game series where your every decision can have enormous consequences.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 21%, Point & Click 15.8%, Visual Novel 14.3%, Multiple Endings 13.6%, Choices Matter 12.1%
Why You'll Like It: This title is a hallmark of the choice-driven adventure genre, featuring the same impactful dialogue systems and cinematic pacing.
- #3 Detroit: Become Human
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 236,046 reviews2020
Dev: Quantic Dream
Windows
Median: 11.3 hrsMean: 18.3 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Detroit: Become Human puts the destiny of both mankind and androids in your hands, taking you to a near future where machines have become more intelligent than humans. Every choice you make affects the outcome of the game, with one of the most intricately branching narratives ever created.
Why similar: Choices Matter 22.6%, Cinematic 21.3%, Multiple Endings 19%, Story Rich 11.9%, Futuristic 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: A high-budget cinematic experience where every choice significantly impacts the branching narrative and the fate of its characters.
- #4 Batman - The Telltale Series
95% matchVery Positive87% of 17,573 reviews2016
Dev: Telltale
Windows
Median: 8.7 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Enter the fractured psyche of Bruce Wayne and discover the powerful and far-reaching consequences of your choices as the Dark Knight.
Why similar: Choices Matter 26.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.8%, Point & Click 19%, Story Rich 15.4%, Adventure 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: Features the classic Telltale formula of quick-time events and branching dialogue trees set within a beloved franchise.
- #5 Mass Effect™ Legendary Edition
94% matchVery Positive91% of 63,618 reviews2021
Dev: BioWarePub: Electronic Arts
Windows
Median: 7.8 hrsMean: 52.3 hrs≥1hr: 87%
The Mass Effect™ Legendary Edition includes single-player base content and over 40 DLC from the highly acclaimed Mass Effect, Mass Effect 2, and Mass Effect 3 games, including promo weapons, armors, and packs — remastered and optimized for 4K Ultra HD.
Why similar: Choices Matter 24.8%, Space 24.1%, Sci-fi 20.6%, Story Rich 18.2%, Female Protagonist 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a deep sci-fi universe where diplomacy, crew relationships, and major narrative choices are central to the experience.
- #6 The Council
94% matchVery Positive84% of 5,581 reviews2018
Dev: Big Bad WolfPub: Focus Entertainment
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 17.4 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Experience a Narrative Adventure where your choices and character growth truly matter. As a member of a 1793 secret society, live a tale of intrigue and manipulation on the hunt for your missing mother.
Why similar: Choices Matter 34.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.1%, Story Rich 15.3%, Adventure 12.5%, Multiple Endings 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses heavily on dialogue-based conflict and social manipulation, mirroring the diplomatic challenges of Star Trek.
- #7 Life is Strange - Episode 1
93% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 172,233 reviews2015
Dev: DONTNOD EntertainmentPub: Square Enix
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 21.0 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.
Why similar: Choices Matter 24.8%, Story Rich 18.9%, Female Protagonist 18.8%, Multiple Endings 12.5%, Point & Click 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: A character-driven narrative adventure that emphasizes emotional weight and the long-term consequences of player decisions.
- #8 The Invincible
91% matchVery Positive89% of 9,176 reviews2023
Dev: Starward IndustriesPub: 11 bit studios
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 9.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Rethink human’s dominion in The Invincible: a story-driven adventure set in a hard sci-fi world by Stanisław Lem. Discover planet Regis III as scientist Yasna, use atompunk tools looking for a missing crew and face unforeseen threats. Make choices in a philosophical story that’s driven by science.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15.1%, Futuristic 14.8%, Space 12.9%, Female Protagonist 11.4%, Choices Matter 11.4%
Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric sci-fi narrative that emphasizes player-driven dialogue and philosophical choices on an alien planet.
- #9 Dreamfall Chapters
92% matchVery Positive82% of 4,509 reviews2017
Dev: Red Thread Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 12.0 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: Choices Matter 11.9%, Female Protagonist 11.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.5%, Point & Click 10.8%, Story Rich 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: A deeply narrative-driven adventure that balances complex world-building with significant choice-based consequences.
- #10 Citizen Sleeper
91% matchVery Positive93% of 9,761 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: Narrative 25.3% ★, Interactive Fiction 18.4%, Space 13.1%, Futuristic 11%, Multiple Endings 10.8%
Why You'll Like It: A deep sci-fi narrative that uses tabletop-inspired mechanics to offer meaningful choices in a dystopian space setting.
- #11 Heavy Rain
90% matchVery Positive85% of 27,203 reviews2020
Dev: Quantic Dream
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Experience a gripping psychological thriller filled with innumerable twists and turns. The hunt is on for a murderer known only as the Origami Killer. Four characters, each following their own leads, must take part in a desperate attempt to prevent the killer from claiming a new victim.
Why similar: Choices Matter 24.1%, Multiple Endings 21%, Cinematic 20.4%, Interactive Fiction 16.1%, Story Rich 12.7%
Why You'll Like It: A quintessential interactive drama that relies on cinematic sequences and high-stakes decision-making to drive the plot.
- #12 Beyond: Two Souls
89% matchVery Positive88% of 39,194 reviews2020
Dev: Quantic Dream
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 10.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
A unique psychological action thriller delivered by A-list Hollywood performances by Elliot Page and Willem Dafoe, Beyond: Two Souls takes you on a thrilling journey across the globe as you play out the remarkable life of Jodie Holmes.
Why similar: Choices Matter 22.2%, Cinematic 21.1%, Female Protagonist 17.2%, Story Rich 12.6%, Adventure 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a cinematic, choice-heavy narrative experience that feels like playing through a high-budget sci-fi film.
- #13 Syberia: The World Before
88% matchVery Positive90% of 4,837 reviews2022
Dev: Microids Studio ParisPub: Microids
Windows
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Embark on a quest for identity through time, as you piece together the puzzle of two lives.
Why similar: Point & Click 23.4%, Cinematic 20.4%, Female Protagonist 14.5%, Drama 13.8%, Story Rich 10.2%
Why You'll Like It: A polished, cinematic point-and-click adventure that excels in storytelling and puzzle integration.
- #14 Heaven's Vault
89% matchVery Positive84% of 2,386 reviews2019
Dev: inkle Ltd
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 12.4 hrs≥1hr: 60%
An archaeologist uncovers a lost history in an ancient space Nebula. Award-winning narrative adventure game with hieroglyphic language puzzles, from the creators of 80 DAYS.
Why similar: Narrative 22.1% ★, Interactive Fiction 14.2%, Point & Click 12.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.1%, Female Protagonist 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: A sci-fi mystery that relies on linguistic discovery and dialogue-heavy exploration to piece together a lost history.
- #15 Tacoma
87% matchVery Positive86% of 4,721 reviews2017
Dev: Fullbright
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Tacoma is a sci-fi narrative adventure from the creators of Gone Home. Set aboard a high-tech space station in the year 2088, explore every detail of how the station’s crew lived and worked, finding the clues that add up to a gripping story of trust, fear, and resolve in the face of disaster.
Why similar: Space 22.2%, Sci-fi 18.2%, Female Protagonist 17.2%, Story Rich 13.3%, Narrative 9.6% ★
Why You'll Like It: A sci-fi narrative experience that focuses on uncovering the story of a space station crew through environmental storytelling and observation.
- #16 The Wreck
86% matchVery Positive89% of 273 reviews2023
Dev: The Pixel Hunt
Windows · Mac
In this 3D visual novel, follow failed screenwriter Junon as she attempts to make it through the most pivotal day in her life. Relive the past, alter the present, and embrace the future, or without your help, Junon’s story might end in a wreck.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 12.7%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%, Point & Click 11.1%, Choices Matter 10.7%, Visual Novel 9.8%
Why You'll Like It: A narrative-driven game centered on emotional choices and character development through a unique time-loop mechanic.
- #17 The Dark Pictures Anthology: The Devil in Me
86% matchMixed55% of 5,741 reviews2022
Dev: Supermassive GamesPub: Bandai Namco Entertainment Europe
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 92%
A group of documentary film makers receive a mysterious call inviting them to a modern-day replica of serial killer H.H. Holmes ‘Murder Castle’. But on arrival they soon discover they’re being watched, and even manipulated, and suddenly there is much more at stake than just their ratings…
Why similar: Choices Matter 18.8%, Multiple Endings 18.1%, Third Person 13.5%, Action-Adventure 13.1%, Cinematic 12.4%
Why You'll Like It: Uses a cinematic, choice-driven engine where the survival of your crew depends entirely on your split-second decisions.
- #18 Beyond a Steel Sky
84% matchVery Positive88% of 1,598 reviews2020
Dev: Revolution Software Ltd
Windows · Linux
Median: 5.1 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: Point & Click 26.3%, Choices Matter 14.7%, Sci-fi 13.9%, Third Person 12.9%, Futuristic 12.6%
Why You'll Like It: A sci-fi adventure that blends classic point-and-click puzzle mechanics with a modern, narrative-heavy approach.
- #19 Between Horizons – A Sci-Fi Detective Adventure
83% matchVery Positive88% of 490 reviews2024
Dev: DigiTales InteractivePub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Between Horizons is a narrative 2.5D sci-fi detective adventure. 33 years into the Zephyr's journey, its mission is suddenly jeopardized. Can you find the culprit before it's too late? Experience an enthralling story set in a semi-open world that branches and ends based on your choices.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 15.7%, Point & Click 13.9%, Space 12%, Multiple Endings 11.3%, Futuristic 10.1%
Why You'll Like It: A sci-fi investigation game that forces players to make difficult choices based on gathered evidence.
- #20 New Tales from the Borderlands
85% matchMostly Negative32% of 2,051 reviews2022
Dev: Gearbox SoftwarePub: 2K
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 20.8 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Decide the fates of altruistic scientist Anu, her ambitious, "streetwise" brother Octavio, and the fierce, frogurt-slinging Fran. Claw and con your way through five thrilling chapters!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 17.3%, Interactive Fiction 15.4%, Cinematic 13.1%, Space 11.1%, Visual Novel 10.9%
Why You'll Like It: A Telltale-style comedy-adventure that relies on branching paths and character-driven humor.
- #21 Firewatch
82% matchVery Positive91% of 96,852 reviews2016
Dev: Campo SantoPub: Panic
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 13.5 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Firewatch is a single-player first-person mystery set in the Wyoming wilderness, where your only emotional lifeline is the person on the other end of a handheld radio.
Why similar: Story Rich 40.9%, Adventure 25.1%, Drama 23.5%, Singleplayer 6.9%, Casual 3.6%
Why You'll Like It: A masterclass in narrative-driven exploration where dialogue choices define the relationship between the protagonist and their only contact.
- #22 Oxenfree
82% matchVery Positive91% of 12,023 reviews2016
Dev: Night School Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Oxenfree is a supernatural thriller about a group of friends who unwittingly open a ghostly rift. You are Alex, and you’ve just brought your new stepbrother Jonas to an overnight island party gone horribly wrong.
Why similar: Choices Matter 29.2%, Female Protagonist 23.2%, Story Rich 22.2%, Multiple Endings 15.3%, Adventure 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: Features a unique, naturalistic dialogue system that allows for branching conversations in a supernatural sci-fi mystery.
- #23 Deliver Us Mars
81% matchMostly Positive75% of 2,881 reviews2023
Dev: KeokeN InteractivePub: Frontier Foundry
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Deliver Us Mars is an atmospheric sci-fi adventure taking you on a suspense-fuelled, high-stakes mission to recover the ARK colony ships stolen by the mysterious Outward.
Why similar: Cinematic 20%, Space 17.4%, Female Protagonist 14.3%, Sci-fi 12.9%, Third Person 12.2%
Why You'll Like It: A cinematic sci-fi adventure that combines puzzle-solving with a personal, character-focused story.
- #24 Journey to Foundation
81% matchMixed59% of 56 reviews2024
Dev: Archiact Interactive Ltd.
Windows
A story-driven adventure among the stars, Journey to Foundation puts you at the center of your own sci-fi saga. Unleash your unique Mentalic abilities, gain information through diplomacy or coercion, and choose who to trust. Where will your journey lead you?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.3%, Space 16.5%, Choices Matter 13.4%, Sci-fi 13%, Cinematic 11.3%
Why You'll Like It: A sci-fi narrative experience that puts the player in a position of authority, requiring choices that impact the galaxy.
- #25 Stories from Sol: The Gun-Dog
78% matchVery Positive91% of 903 reviews2025
Dev: Space Colony StudiosPub: Astrolabe Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Survive the mystery that awaits the JFS Gun-Dog in deep space in this retro visual novel / graphic adventure.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 15.1%, Interactive Fiction 14.5%, Visual Novel 11.4%, Space 10.4%, Multiple Endings 10.2%
Why You'll Like It: A retro-styled sci-fi visual novel that offers multiple endings based on the player's narrative choices.
- #26 Star Trek: Voyager - Across the Unknown
77% matchMostly Positive80% of 3,623 reviews2026
Dev: GamexcitePub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 15.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Star Trek: Voyager - Across the Unknown is a story-driven survival strategy game in which the fate of the iconic starship is in your hands. Take the helm, manage the ship and resources, and make difficult decisions. Will you be able to bring home the ship and its crew?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.9%, Space 12.5%, Drama 10.8%, Futuristic 10.4%
- #27 Tron: Identity
79% matchMostly Positive79% of 290 reviews2023
Dev: Bithell Games
Windows · Mac
Something has been taken. Enter a new Grid and forge alliances via visual novel gameplay, uncovering truths through Identity Disc puzzles. Make critical decisions and plot your own course in a world without a creator.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 21.9%, Visual Novel 18.8%, Choices Matter 14.2%, Multiple Endings 10.9%, Sci-fi 10.6%
Why You'll Like It: A visual novel-style adventure that places a heavy emphasis on choice, consequence, and mystery-solving.
- #28 Alpha Protocol™
80% matchVery Positive81% of 5,041 reviews2010
Dev: Obsidian EntertainmentPub: SEGA
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 14.0 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: Choices Matter 35.3%, Multiple Endings 30.5%, Third Person 21.4%, Story Rich 8.7%, Adventure 2%
Why You'll Like It: An espionage RPG where the narrative is uniquely reactive to every choice, dialogue option, and relationship built.
- #29 Life is Strange: Reunion
75% matchVery Positive92% of 2,457 reviews2026
Dev: Deck Nine GamesPub: Square Enix
Windows
Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 87%
The saga of Max and Chloe, and the fate of Caledon, is yours to decide! Play as both Max and Chloe as an all-new story builds towards an epic climax. The fire will force Max and Chloe to make devastating decisions. Can they find a future together… Before everything burns?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 20.8%, Cinematic 15.5%, Choices Matter 11.6%, Female Protagonist 9.3%, Drama 9.3%
- #30 J.U.L.I.A.: Among the Stars
79% matchVery Positive86% of 890 reviews2014
Dev: CBE software
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 91%
J.U.L.I.A.: Among the Stars is an innovative narrative driven adventure game. The story centers on Rachel Manners, a 35 year old astrobiologist. She is a member of an elite group of scientists, chosen to embark on one of the most critical missions ever conceived on Earth. Now Rachel is alone, orbiting an unknown planet.
Why similar: Point & Click 32%, Space 21%, Sci-fi 17.5%, Female Protagonist 17.3%, Adventure 10.4%
Why You'll Like It: A sci-fi adventure that focuses on exploration, puzzle-solving, and interacting with an AI companion.
- #31 Eternal Threads
78% matchVery Positive86% of 817 reviews2022
Dev: Cosmonaut StudiosPub: Secret Mode
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 58%
Eternal Threads is a single-player, first-person story-driven puzzle game of time manipulation, choice and consequence.
Why similar: Narrative 21.6% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.4%, Interactive Fiction 19.9%, Choices Matter 12.6%, Multiple Endings 11.4%
Why You'll Like It: A time-manipulation narrative where your choices directly alter the past and future of the characters involved.
- #32 Star Trek: Infinite
77% matchMixed42% of 3,468 reviews2023
Dev: Nimble Giant EntertainmentPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 19.2 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Star Trek: Infinite is a grand strategy experience that lets you play your own Star Trek story as the leader of one of four major factions in the galaxy. Follow the specially crafted story or blaze your own trail in the first Star Trek grand strategy game.
Why similar: Space 55.4%, Choices Matter 23.9%, Story Rich 12.2%, 3D 8.5%
- #33 Chorus
73% matchVery Positive83% of 4,444 reviews2021
Dev: Deep Silver FishlabsPub: Deep Silver
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Take control of Nara on a quest to destroy the dark cult that created her. Unlock devastating weapons & mind-bending abilities in an evolution of the space-combat shooter. Along with Forsaken, her sentient starfighter, explore ancient temples, engage in zero-g combat & venture beyond waking reality.
Why similar: Space 28.1%, Adventure 21.1%, Female Protagonist 20.5%, Sci-fi 15.8%, Third Person 8.7%
- #34 Star Wars Outlaws
72% matchMostly Positive72% of 9,974 reviews2024
Dev: Massive Entertainment – A Ubisoft StudioPub: Ubisoft
Windows
Median: 10.3 hrsMean: 23.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Experience the first-ever open world Star Wars™ game and explore distinct locations across the galaxy, both iconic and new. Risk it all as scoundrel Kay Vess, seeking freedom and the means to start a new life.
Why similar: Space 17.4%, Female Protagonist 14.2%, Third Person 14.1%, Action-Adventure 13.4%, Sci-fi 12.6%
- #35 Star Trek Timelines
76% matchMixed66% of 1,496 reviews2017
Dev: Tilting Point
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 199.9 hrs≥1hr: 58%
Explore the Final Frontier in the ultimate sci-fi strategy RPG, Star Trek Timelines! Join Starfleet and overcome challenges as you boldly go where no game has gone before – across the entire history of Star Trek.
Why similar: Space 51.5%, Sci-fi 31.4%, Adventure 14.1%, Singleplayer 3%
- #36 The Walking Dead: A New Frontier
74% matchVery Positive83% of 18,174 reviews2016
Dev: Telltale GamesPub: Skybound Games
Windows
Median: 8.4 hrsMean: 12.0 hrs≥1hr: 92%
After society was ripped apart by undead hands, pockets of civilization emerge from the chaos. But at what cost? Can the living be trusted on this new frontier?
Why similar: Choices Matter 23.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.7%, Story Rich 15.9%, Point & Click 14.6%, Drama 7.9%
- #37 Aliya's Ascent
74% matchMixed46% of 57 reviews2023
Dev: Digital Strategies
Windows · Mac · Linux
Aliya’s Ascent is a story about a girl who mysteriously found herself in the middle of a boat towards an unknown land. Embark on a journey in the world of the first Legions and meet familiar faces as you unravel the tales that made the fabric of Bridgeworld. Every choice you make matters!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 27.4%, Interactive Fiction 26.7%, Cinematic 19.7%, Adventure 10%, Female Protagonist 9.8%
- #38 Star Trek™ : 25th Anniversary
75% matchVery Positive91% of 149 reviews2015
Dev: Interplay Entertainment Corp.
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 48%
Beam aboard the USS Enterprise to join Captain Kirk and his intrepid crew in this classic adventure game. Eight original missions, each styled as episodes of an imagined fourth season of Star Trek: the Original Series, featuring the voice talents of the original actors!
Why similar: Point & Click 35.8%, Space 24.9%, Sci-fi 23.6%, Adventure 15.7%
- #39 STARDROP
73% matchVery Positive87% of 276 reviews2019
Dev: Joure Visser
Windows
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 89%
STARDROP is an interactive sci-fi cinematic experience.
Why similar: Space 24.9%, Female Protagonist 17.6%, Cinematic 16%, Sci-fi 14.6%, Story Rich 11.6%
- #40 Deliver Us The Moon
71% matchVery Positive88% of 9,052 reviews2019
Dev: KeokeN InteractivePub: Wired Productions
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 89%
The Moon has gone dark, cutting off Earth’s last source of energy. As a lone astronaut, you’ll explore abandoned lunar bases, solve intricate puzzles, and navigate stunning zero-gravity environments. Operate advanced vehicles, uncover hidden truths, and survive in this gripping sci-fi thriller.
Why similar: Space 34%, Sci-fi 18.1%, Adventure 16.2%, Drama 9.9%, Story Rich 9.4%
- #41 A Long Journey to an Uncertain End
71% matchMostly Positive75% of 57 reviews2023
Dev: Crispy Creative
Windows
Explore the known and unknown galaxy with a ragtag crew of eclectic new friends in this narrative management space opera. You are a sentient spaceship, an outlawed commodity, and there's an entire galaxy between you and freedom…not to mention your abusive ex on your tail.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 20.9%, Interactive Fiction 19.2%, Space 13.7%, Multiple Endings 11.9%, Choices Matter 11.1%
- #42 Starcom: Nexus
71% matchVery Positive91% of 2,274 reviews2019
Dev: Wx3 Labs, LLC
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 13.6 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Suddenly thrown into an unknown galaxy, you must explore, fight or befriend aliens and transform your ship from a small survey vessel into a powerful battlecruiser to unravel the mystery of the forces that brought you here and find your way home.
Why similar: Space 55.8%, Sci-fi 26.2%, Adventure 9.6%, Story Rich 7.5%, Singleplayer 0.9%
- #43 Star Trek™: Judgment Rites
73% matchVery Positive95% of 58 reviews2015
Dev: Interplay Entertainment Corp.
Windows
Return to command of the USS Enterprise in this classic adventure game. True episodic format beams eight original point-and-click missions into your computer. Featuring the cast members and sound effects from Star Trek: The Original Series.
Why similar: Space 33.7%, Point & Click 33.2%, Adventure 17.1%, Sci-fi 16.1%
- #44 Monolith
70% matchMostly Positive77% of 335 reviews2023
Dev: Animation Arts
Windows · Linux
A classical science fiction point and click adventure which takes you into a deep story and murky atmosphere, while solving logical puzzles. Accompany Tessa Carter and her talking robot as she finds out about herself and searches for a way to survive.
Why similar: Point & Click 27.7%, Female Protagonist 17.2%, Sci-fi 13.9%, Interactive Fiction 10.8%, Story Rich 9.6%
- #45 Out There: Oceans of Time
72% matchMixed55% of 232 reviews2022
Dev: Mi-Clos StudioPub: Modern Wolf
Windows
Out There: Oceans of Time is a space exploration game that puts you at the helm of an interstellar mission of discovery spanning a vast and vibrant cosmos.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 23.2%, Space 19.1%, Choices Matter 13.6%, Female Protagonist 12.8%, Sci-fi 12.3%
- #46 Erica
70% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,713 reviews2021
Dev: Flavourworks
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Erica is a live-action, FMV thriller that puts you directly at the heart of the mystery. Your choices, your consequences.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19%, Interactive Fiction 17%, Point & Click 13.3%, Female Protagonist 9.4%, Choices Matter 9.3%
- #47 Star Trek Online
70% matchMostly Positive79% of 20,893 reviews2012
Dev: Cryptic StudiosPub: Arc Games
Windows
Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 132.7 hrs≥1hr: 84%
In Star Trek Online, the Star Trek universe appears for the first time on a truly massive scale. Players take the captain's chair as they command their own starship and crew. Explore strange new worlds, seek out new life and new civilizations, and boldly go where no one has gone before.
Why similar: Space 47.2%, Sci-fi 34.8%, Third Person 11.9%, Adventure 4.6%, Singleplayer 1.5%
- #48 ALTDEUS: Beyond Chronos
68% matchVery Positive95% of 407 reviews2021
Dev: MyDearest Inc.
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 36.5 hrs≥1hr: 75%
A sci-fi adventure full of robot battles, pop music, and emotion. Featuring one of the largest branching storylines ever in a VR game with 15-20 hours of gameplay, Altdeus will place you in the shoes of Chloe, a pilot in humanity's forces fighting massive hostile organisms known as the Meteora.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 14.9%, Interactive Fiction 14.2%, Visual Novel 11.7%, Multiple Endings 9.6%, Female Protagonist 9%
- #49 The Captain
68% matchVery Positive93% of 318 reviews2021
Dev: Sysiac GamesPub: Tomorrow Corporation
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 88%
In this retro-inspired adventure game you will have to race back home across the galaxy. Collect new friends on your journey. Make new enemies. You won't be able to save everyone. Who will you leave behind? Which civilizations will you save - or destroy - along the way?
Why similar: Point & Click 19.5%, Space 14.9%, Multiple Endings 14%, Choices Matter 12.7%, Third Person 12.5%
- #50 OPUS: The Day We Found Earth
69% matchVery Positive87% of 1,650 reviews2016
Dev: SIGONO INC.
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Dive into the boundless galaxy and embark on an emotional adventure! Help little robot Emeth to fulfill a century-old promise by finding Earth in order to save Mankind—so step into the spaceship, operate a deep space telescope, and find out what’s out there in the unknown.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.5%, Visual Novel 16.7%, Space 15.8%, Point & Click 15.3%, Female Protagonist 11.9%
- #51 Road 96: Mile 0
67% matchMixed68% of 1,995 reviews2023
Dev: Digixart
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 67%
The prequel to Road 96. Play Zoe and Kaito where it all started. Change their destinies!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 20.6%, Interactive Fiction 18.3%, Narrative 14.1% ★, Visual Novel 13.1%, Choices Matter 9.7%
- #52 Rosewater
65% matchVery Positive92% of 384 reviews2025
Dev: Grundislav GamesPub: Application Systems Heidelberg
Windows · Mac · Linux
A thrilling Western adventure in the alternate 19th century world of Lamplight City! Embark on a harrowing journey across the frontier with Harley Leger and her ragtag posse, encountering bandits, rebels, visionaries, eccentrics, and many more friends and foes on your quest for fame and riches.
Why similar: Point & Click 20.2%, Drama 16.4%, Choices Matter 13%, Cinematic 12.9%, Female Protagonist 12.4%
- #53 Dyscourse
69% matchMostly Positive77% of 444 reviews2015
Dev: Owlchemy Labs
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Dyscourse is an interactive choice-based narrative adventure game where you journey through a stylized world of choice and consequence. Choose wisely.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 45.9%, Choices Matter 20.9%, Adventure 13.2%, Female Protagonist 11.2%, Casual 7.6%
- #54 Star Trek Legends
67% matchMixed68% of 231 reviews2024
Dev: Emerald City GamesPub: Tilting Point
Windows
Engage in an epic storyline for control of the mysterious Nexus and the fate of the universe as players step into the role of their favorite Star Trek heroes and villains in the hit franchise's official team-based RPG.
Why similar: Space 46.2%, Sci-fi 29.9%, Adventure 23.9%
- #55 Starship Commander: Arcade
68% matchMixed67% of 52 reviews2020
Dev: Human Interact
Windows
Award winning experimental AI experience where you speak directly to NPCs and get intelligent responses. Bust out that Microphone or VR headset for a comfortable yet exciting VR experience, where you'll go on an adventure with SGT. Sarah Pearson
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 28.4%, Interactive Fiction 25.9%, Sci-fi 11.8%, Cinematic 10.6%, Space 7%
- #56 Starlight Drifter
69% matchMixed68% of 50 reviews2018
Dev: Dharker Studios
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Create your own character and explore the universe in this sci-fi space game allowing you to choose where to explore and what to do, where your decisions will affect the universe and the ending you experience.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 25.3%, Space 17%, Visual Novel 16.9%, Female Protagonist 11.8%, Choices Matter 9.9%
- #57 Road to Empress I
62% matchVery Positive87% of 11,428 reviews2025
Dev: New One Studio
Windows
Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 95%
You've never played a game like this before. Road to Empress I is a cinematic palace adventure where your choices decide everyone's fate. Tackle multiple story branches and a high mortality rate with charm, wisdom and courage? First...survive.
Why similar: Choices Matter 16.2%, Visual Novel 14.6%, Interactive Fiction 13.5%, Female Protagonist 13.4%, Cinematic 11.4%
- #58 Return to Grace
65% matchVery Positive94% of 89 reviews2023
Dev: Creative Bytes Studios
Windows
A daring space archaeologist has just unearthed the ancient resting place of a long lost A.I. god known as Grace. Adventure with various fractured A.I. personalities as you uncover the great mystery of why she was shut down all those years ago.
Why similar: Choices Matter 18.1%, Multiple Endings 16.8%, Space 16.2%, Sci-fi 12.6%, Story Rich 9.6%