Games Like Subsurface Circular

In the middle of a world-ending pandemic, a group of scientists discover the galaxy has been watching. From the award-winning team behind Thomas Was Alone and Subsurface Circular, Quarantine Circular is the next mutation in text-based adventure.

Why similar: Investigation 13.4%, Text-Based 13.1%, Detective 12.1%, Noir 10.4%, Visual Novel 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: Developed by the same team, this game shares the exact text-based, conversation-heavy mechanics and sci-fi mystery focus.

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: Investigation 17.6%, Conversation 15.8%, Detective 13.5%, Cyberpunk 11.8%, Choices Matter 10.7%

Why You'll Like It: This game mirrors the interrogation-style gameplay of the seed, tasking you with extracting information from androids.

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 32.6%, Choices Matter 18.4%, Story Rich 11.6%, Point & Click 9.2%, Visual Novel 9%

Why You'll Like It: A cyberpunk narrative experience that centers on deep, philosophical conversations and the consequences of your choices.

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: Noir 22%, Conversation 14.9%, Cyberpunk 13.5%, Visual Novel 11.4%, Choices Matter 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: A cyberpunk adventure that features a strong focus on dialogue, investigation, and a central robot companion.

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: Text-Based 23.1%, Conversation 20.9%, Cyberpunk 19.1%, Sci-fi 12.4%, Futuristic 11.8%

Why You'll Like It: Combines sci-fi themes with a heavy emphasis on narrative-driven choices and character interactions in a decaying space station.

Event[0] is a sci-fi narrative exploration game where you build a relationship with a lonely spaceship computer to get home to Earth.

Why similar: Sci-fi 22.3%, Choices Matter 21.7%, Mystery 21.2%, Text-Based 14.7%, Story Rich 10.2%

Why You'll Like It: A unique sci-fi experience where you must communicate via text with an AI to uncover the mystery of your surroundings.

A murder. A hack. A bombing. All it takes to plunge the solar system into war – unless you do something about it. Help CDI agent Neil Conrad make a string of increasingly difficult decisions in this modern dialog-driven adventure set in a gorgeous 2D sci-fi noir universe.

Why similar: Noir 16.9%, Detective 14.9%, Conversation 12.3%, Text-Based 11.7%, Investigation 11.2%

Why You'll Like It: Features a detective-focused narrative in a sci-fi world where your choices directly impact the outcome of the investigation.

Tails Noir is a post-noir narrative adventure. Become raccoon private eye Howard Lotor and explore dystopian Vancouver inhabited by animals as you uncover a deeply personal story of change and transformation.

Why similar: Noir 16.6%, Detective 16.4%, Investigation 14%, Conversation 14%, Visual Novel 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: A detective noir game that relies heavily on conversation trees and atmospheric storytelling in a dystopian setting.

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: Detective 21%, Noir 16.4%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Choices Matter 10.8%, Mystery 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: A visual novel that focuses on detective work and branching dialogue within a stylized digital world.

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: Noir 21.4%, Conversation 15.9%, Cyberpunk 13.1%, Visual Novel 11.7%, Choices Matter 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: A character-driven visual novel that uses conversation as its primary mechanic to explore themes of technology and human connection.

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%, Noir 14.9%, Cyberpunk 12.7%, Point & Click 12.5%, Sci-fi 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: A sci-fi detective adventure that emphasizes investigation and dialogue-based problem solving.

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 77.8%, Detective 10.3%, Story Rich 3.4%, Visual Novel 2.8%, Mystery 2.2%

Why You'll Like It: A text-based investigation game where you analyze digital data to uncover secrets, mirroring the detective feel of the seed.

NORCO is a dialogue-focused point & click adventure that immerses the player in the sinking suburbs and industrial swamplands of an increasingly surreal and distorted South Louisiana.

Why similar: Noir 27.6%, Investigation 22.2%, Philosophical 14.2%, Mystery 13.3%, Point & Click 12.6%

Why You'll Like It: A deeply atmospheric, narrative-heavy mystery that prioritizes world-building and text-based exploration.

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 30.8%, Noir 19.3%, Choices Matter 18.7%, Story Rich 10.9%, Visual Novel 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: The definitive experience for dialogue-driven investigation, offering unparalleled depth in choice and character interaction.

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: Noir 17%, Investigation 13%, Detective 11.5%, Cyberpunk 11%, Text-Based 10.8%

Why You'll Like It: An isometric RPG that focuses entirely on investigation and deduction rather than combat, similar to the detective work in the seed.

"What if you're born into this world without your permission?" DIVINATION is a very short visual novel where you act as a fortune teller in a futuristic world. Talk and listen to people's stories, then foresee their future using the runes they had drawn.

Why similar: Noir 15.5%, Text-Based 11.4%, Philosophical 11.3%, Conversation 10.6%, Cyberpunk 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: A short, philosophical visual novel that uses conversation to explore the impact of technology on society.

Unravel a thrilling mystery by exploring a strange and twisted mansion, discovering curious clues, interrogating peculiar suspects and solving unique puzzles. Will you be able to uncover the secrets of Tangle Tower?

Why similar: Detective 25.2%, Noir 17.4%, Conversation 13.2%, Visual Novel 10.3%, Point & Click 10.2%

Why You'll Like It: A detective mystery that uses visual novel elements and conversation to solve a complex case.

Dry Drowning is a psychological investigative visual novel set in a futuristic dystopian city. Follow the story of Mordred Foley, unscrupulous private detective haunted by his dark past, and look into a series of macabre serial killings inspired by Greek mythology.

Why similar: Noir 18.3%, Investigation 14.7%, Detective 13.6%, Futuristic 11.2%, Visual Novel 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: A futuristic detective thriller that relies on investigation and branching dialogue to uncover the truth.

KENTUCKY ROUTE ZERO is a magical realist adventure game about a secret highway running through the caves beneath Kentucky, and the mysterious folks who travel it.

Why similar: Point & Click 40.7%, Story Rich 16.8%, Mystery 16%, Adventure 14.2%, Visual Novel 6.5%

Why You'll Like It: A surreal, dialogue-focused adventure that prioritizes narrative tone and atmosphere over traditional gameplay.

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: Noir 20.4%, Detective 19.7%, Investigation 17.8%, Cyberpunk 10.9%, Point & Click 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: A detective game that requires careful investigation and dialogue to navigate its noir-inspired world.

VA-11 HALL-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action is a booze em' up about waifus, technology, and post-dystopia life.

Why similar: Cyberpunk 26.1%, Visual Novel 21.2%, Choices Matter 14.8%, Point & Click 12.3%, Sci-fi 10.1%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the lives of others through conversation, capturing a similar intimate, character-driven vibe.

You are Arc, a city management AI. Designed to manage a city-wide AR metaverse known as the NeuroNet. Meet its many users, build relationships and help or hinder their lives while trying to balance the wider needs of the city. Find your humanity in a world losing theirs to technology.

Why similar: Conversation 18.1%, Text-Based 13.7%, Investigation 11.9%, Cyberpunk 11.8%, Visual Novel 11%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on conversation and narrative choices as you manage an AI-driven city.

Coffee Talk is a coffee brewing and heart-to-heart talking simulator about listening to fantasy-inspired modern peoples’ problems, and helping them by serving up a warm drink or two.

Why similar: Conversation 33.4%, Visual Novel 21.3%, Philosophical 17.4%, Choices Matter 14.2%, Story Rich 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: A relaxing, conversation-heavy game that focuses on listening to the stories of others in a sci-fi-adjacent setting.

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: Noir 31%, Point & Click 17.1%, Cyberpunk 16.9%, Detective 13.8%, Sci-fi 11.3%

Why You'll Like It: A classic point-and-click adventure that captures a gritty, sci-fi noir atmosphere with a strong narrative focus.

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 29%, Investigation 26.8%, Mystery 14.9%, Point & Click 10.7%, Choices Matter 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: A pure deduction and investigation game that rewards careful observation and text analysis.

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 27.1%, Investigation 26.1%, Choices Matter 13.8%, Mystery 12.9%, Point & Click 11.9%

Why You'll Like It: An open-ended detective game that encourages deep investigation and conversation to solve a complex mystery.

Unravel a mystery: A game you can read, a book you can play.

Why similar: Noir 18.9%, Investigation 15.9%, Detective 15.4%, Text-Based 14.9%, Mystery 11.3%

Why You'll Like It: A text-based mystery game that integrates puzzles and narrative into a cohesive, story-rich experience.

BatteryNote is a multi-ending sci-fi adventure visual novel game. You can recharge three robots with limited lifespans, bringing them back to life. Interact with them through conversations or experiment by applying high voltage. How they spend their final moments is entirely up to you.

Why similar: Conversation 23.4%, Robots 20.7%, Philosophical 13.3%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Sci-fi 8.8%

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: Noir 20.1%, Text-Based 12.1%, Cyberpunk 11.7%, Detective 10.3%, Investigation 10%

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: Detective 36.9%, Choices Matter 29.4%, Mystery 13.2%, Story Rich 11.1%, Adventure 6.6%

Why You'll Like It: A narrative-heavy adventure where dialogue and social manipulation are the primary tools for investigation.

Greetings Enforcer, and thank you for enlisting in the Hypnospace Patrol Department! As the world falls into its slumber, Hypnospace becomes a bustling global village. These virtual streets aren't going to police themselves!

Why similar: Detective 42.1%, Point & Click 27.7%, Mystery 14.3%, Story Rich 10.3%, Adventure 3.2%

Why You'll Like It: An investigation-heavy game that tasks you with scouring a retro-futuristic internet for clues and information.

A genealogical mystery straight out of 1998. Scour the early Internet for clues, uncover hidden connections, and piece together the family tree behind the secretive Roottree Corporation.

Why similar: Detective 33.3%, Investigation 22.4%, Mystery 16.1%, Point & Click 11.1%, Noir 7.8%

Unravel a real conspiracy from deep within the CIA’s archives. Search classified documents and follow new leads in this non-linear investigative thriller.

Why similar: Investigation 48.8%, Mystery 20.4%, Detective 19.6%, Adventure 6.8%, Indie 4.4%

Why You'll Like It: A mystery game focused on connecting clues and investigating documents, mirroring the detective aspect of the seed.

Read Only Memories: NEURODIVER is a story-rich adventure and the sequel to 2064: Read Only Memories. Explore the rich world with an intuitive point-and-click interface as you take on the role of a young psychic agent tasked with tracking down a mysterious antagonist hiding in people's memories.

Why similar: Noir 22.2%, Conversation 14.7%, Cyberpunk 13.9%, Visual Novel 11.6%, Choices Matter 9.2%

Lacuna: Prologue tasks you – CDI agent Neil Conrad – with investigating the murder of a high-profile victim whose death could plunge the solar system into war. Solve the first in a series of cases that lead you ever deeper into the conspiracy at the core of this captivating 2D sci-fi noir adventure.

Why similar: Noir 23.7%, Detective 20.9%, Text-Based 13.6%, Investigation 12.1%, Cyberpunk 11.5%

LumineNight is a story-driven detective adventure. Play as Detective Foster and his daughter to solve a series of murders spanning a decade. Interrogate suspects, infiltrate locations, solve puzzles, and gather evidence from crime scenes. Uncover the dark truth behind these killings.

Why similar: Detective 24.8%, Noir 19.6%, Investigation 13%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Mystery 11.7%

A narrative puzzle-thriller that blurs the lines between games and books, reality and fiction, puzzles and storytelling.

Why similar: Detective 20.4%, Investigation 18.4%, Noir 18.2%, Text-Based 13.6%, Visual Novel 9.2%

An intricate mystery visual novel. Search text, piece together clues, and jump around the story to unravel the tangled events within the sealed tower.

Why similar: Detective 24%, Investigation 18.1%, Visual Novel 14.2%, Mystery 12.8%, Text-Based 12.5%

A neo-noir point&click thriller about a delivery service for illegal goods. Play as a Courier who—after hours—has to solve the mystery of his friend's disappearance. Visit various locations, collect clues, navigate branching dialogue options, and hurry as time is not on your side.

Why similar: Noir 24.3%, Detective 20.3%, Investigation 18.1%, Conversation 13.8%, Mystery 9.2%

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: Detective 20.3%, Investigation 18.6%, Conversation 16.6%, Choices Matter 10.1%, Point & Click 9.1%

Lose yourself in Phoenix Springs – a modern point-and-click set in a mysterious neo-noir world. It begins with an investigation: find your brother Leo. You already know where it ends.

Why similar: Noir 22.7%, Detective 20%, Investigation 14.3%, Mystery 10.7%, Cinematic 10%

It's a mystery game that reveals the truth through an autopsy. Be a forensic doctor and find out why the dead died.

Why similar: Detective 24.3%, Text-Based 12.4%, Mystery 11.7%, Choices Matter 11.5%, Visual Novel 11%

You'll need to think outside more than just the box. In "Trust No One,” a point-and-click detective adventure, you play as a journalist who tries to unravel a web of secrets about a mysterious AI-company. Explore the nooks and alleyways of Kyiv to discover the identity of your informant.

Why similar: Detective 21.1%, Investigation 18.6%, Conversation 14.8%, Philosophical 11.9%, Point & Click 10.2%

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: Investigation 20.3%, Noir 19.7%, Detective 19.5%, Cyberpunk 15.1%, Point & Click 10%

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 16.1%, Philosophical 15.8%, Cinematic 14.8%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Choices Matter 12.9%

Graphic Novel meets Visual Novel in this story-rich, choice-driven thriller. Experience Blake’s journey as he encounters a clandestine nemesis, sparking a series of events that force him to choose between losing his sanity or rising to the challenge. Make the right decisions and save New Stone.

Why similar: Noir 22.4%, Detective 18.6%, Conversation 15.4%, Visual Novel 11.8%, Choices Matter 9.5%

On the corner of July Avenue and Yam Street, all is not what it seems. What role will you play in a city's fate?

Why similar: Noir 33.1%, Investigation 25.6%, Conversation 15.1%, Mystery 14.1%, Story Rich 7.5%

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: Noir 25%, Detective 20.9%, Cyberpunk 14.2%, Choices Matter 10.6%, Point & Click 9.9%

Submachine is a hand-drawn puzzle adventure game. You find yourself in a vast network of desolate locations containing puzzles, secrets, notes and items to collect to help you along the way. Follow the story of a banished lighthouse keeper to discover his descent into ruins.

Why similar: Philosophical 27.2%, Point & Click 24.3%, Mystery 16.6%, Futuristic 15.6%, Story Rich 7.1%

Conversation is a dangerous game. Manipulate a fractured band of renegade divers to reach the depths of this short narrative puzzle. Uncover alliances and expose betrayals — before something horrific from the dark abyss silences you all. Don’t let the conversation get too deep.

Why similar: Conversation 29.3%, Choices Matter 22.3%, Sci-fi 19.4%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Story Rich 13.9%

Mohism: Battle of Words is a detective game set in the world of wuxia. The game follows Zhang Xiaochen, investigates unsolved cases and comes into his own as a hero. He must rely on his wits and razor-sharp tongue to best his opponents, find the culprit and ensure justice prevails!

Why similar: Detective 24.9%, Investigation 19.9%, Visual Novel 16.6%, Conversation 12.6%, Mystery 11%

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 31.2%, Investigation 26.9%, Mystery 16.1%, Point & Click 12.1%, Story Rich 8.5%

Play as an Artificial Intelligence guiding a stranded xenobiologist through a beautiful and mysterious alien ocean. A non-violent sci-fi story, enter a world of wonder, fear and vulnerability, unraveling the history and ecology of an impossible planet. What will you discover together?

Why similar: Mystery 18%, Point & Click 17.4%, Story Rich 17.4%, Sci-fi 13.6%, Adventure 13.2%

A mysterious murder has shocked the inner city, and as the lead detective, it is your job to catch the real killer. Armed with words and wits, you uncover the secrets and capture the murderer, and make sure justice will be served.

Why similar: Investigation 24.6%, Detective 23.9%, Text-Based 16.3%, Mystery 11%, Noir 7.6%

In the last days of their life, a dying person takes one final gamble... No More Future is a linear Sci-Fi Visual Novel, where you explore a futuristic world as an android trying to rebuild their old life. In this strange journey, they'll question the very foundations of their life and their world.

Why similar: Text-Based 25%, Visual Novel 21.4%, Philosophical 10.6%, Cyberpunk 10%, Futuristic 9.9%

Friend. Confidant. Therapist. Voyeur. As a cab driver working the Paris night shift, you are many things to different people. Your gift is getting people to talk; and in order to catch the serial killer who left you for dead, that’s exactly what you’ll need to do.

Why similar: Noir 31.2%, Investigation 18.1%, Visual Novel 14%, Detective 13%, Mystery 8.5%

A short interrogation game taking full advantage of ChatGPT! You are tasked with interrogating the suspect [AI] of a murder case as an [excellent police officer]. How you choose to interrogate the suspect is up to you. How the AI reacts is rendered in real-time through ChatGPT.

Why similar: Detective 24.2%, Investigation 14.6%, Conversation 12.5%, Cinematic 11.9%, Futuristic 10.8%

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: Robots 24.6%, Point & Click 20.1%, Noir 15.4%, Sci-fi 14.7%, Cyberpunk 10.6%

A point-and-click adventure with innovative detective mechanics. Help Ollie, a fledgling reporter on his first day at the Signal & Echo newspaper, to solve the mystery behind a schoolgirl's disappearance. Developed by an ex-journalist.

Why similar: Detective 27.3%, Investigation 24.9%, Point & Click 12.7%, Mystery 11.7%, Story Rich 6.3%