- #1 Penny Larceny: Gig Economy Supervillain
97% matchVery Positive97% of 121 reviews2023
Dev: Fiction Factory Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 79%
A comic book adventure of freelance supervillainy, petting cats, and/or destroying capitalism in which your choices determine success in a series of daring heists and capers.
Why similar: Comic Book 21.3%, LGBTQ+ 19.3%, Visual Novel 17.2%, Dialogue Heavy 11.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.6%
- #2 Endless Monday: Dreams and Deadlines
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 1,967 reviews2023
Dev: hcnone
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 76%
"Endless Monday: Dreams and Deadlines" - In this short story from the Endless Monday, Penny, a mild-mannered corporate grunt, spends a weekend at the office in an effort to finish her project on time while overcoming distractions from coworkers, space aliens, imaginary friends, and herself.
Why similar: Visual Novel 20.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.6%, Comic Book 13.3%, Hand-drawn 12.2%, Choices Matter 9.5%
- #3 Crime O'Clock
96% matchMixed69% of 515 reviews2023
Dev: Bad SeedPub: Maximum Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Crime O'Clock is a hidden objects investigation and time exploration game with a deep storyline. Investigate cases through time and evolving maps by unveiling a multi-eras linked story. Will you be observant enough to solve the mysteries? Crime waits for no man!
Why similar: Detective 19%, Investigation 13.7%, Comic Book 13.3%, Point & Click 9.6%, Hand-drawn 8.1%
- #4 Space Court
95% matchVery Positive98% of 161 reviews2020
Dev: Uphill Promise
Windows
As a newly appointed Judge, you will rule over Space Court and its denizens to keep the universe safe. Or possibly blow it all up. Either way, you’re tenured.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19.7%, Choices Matter 17.5%, Funny 13.8%, Comedy 13.2%, Story Rich 11.6%
- #5 Nut City Blues
94% matchVery Positive97% of 401 reviews2023
Dev: looking4stupid
Windows
A comedy-mystery visual novel about Captain Fox, Detective Raccoon and the danger of pineapple pizza.
Why similar: Detective 20.1%, Visual Novel 14.3%, Point & Click 11.1%, LGBTQ+ 11%, Investigation 10.8%
- #6 A Long Journey to an Uncertain End
94% 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: LGBTQ+ 20.1%, Comic Book 20.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.1%, Space 13.3%, Choices Matter 9.7%
- #7 Little-Known Galaxy
93% matchVery Positive88% of 741 reviews2024
Dev: Carbon & Kay
Windows · Mac
Join Space Alliance as a new captain-in-training and work with your crew to solve the mysteries of an ancient relic found on the Grey Planet. Little-Known Galaxy is a cozy single-player RPG space adventure full of friendly characters, exploration, crafting, and farming.
Why similar: Space 31.5%, Sci-fi 28.3%, Story Rich 14.7%, Cute 14.5%, Adventure 7.9%
- #8 Andromeda Six
92% matchVery Positive98% of 81 reviews2025
Dev: Wanderlust Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Andromeda Six is a sci-fi inspired visual novel, with romance elements and an immersive, choice based story. Take on the role of a lost Traveler and uncover the truth of your past. Fight for a future for both yourself, and those you grow close to throughout your journey.
Why similar: Visual Novel 41.4%, Choices Matter 18.7%, Cute 12.3%, Story Rich 10.5%, LGBTQ+ 10.5%
- #9 Elroy and the Aliens
91% matchVery Positive97% of 465 reviews2025
Dev: Motiviti
Windows · Mac · Linux
Slope City, 1993. Talking robots, ancient alien secrets, and a mysterious message from the past. Follow Elroy and Peggie through a portal to find Elroy's father, missing for 18 years. A heartfelt point & click adventure where the puzzles make sense and the story stays with you.
Why similar: Detective 24.2%, Investigation 17.7%, Point & Click 16.3%, Sci-fi 11.4%, Hand-drawn 8.2%
- #10 2064: Read Only Memories
91% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,673 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: Dialogue Heavy 27.5%, Visual Novel 14.1%, Comic Book 13.9%, LGBTQ+ 11.3%, Point & Click 10.3%
- #11 Wax Heads
87% matchVery Positive97% of 471 reviews2026
Dev: Patattie GamesPub: Curve Games
Windows · Linux
Wax Heads is a cozy-punk narrative sim about working in a struggling record store. Chat to quirky customers with unique tastes, explore a handcrafted record collection, fall in love with bands (and their drama!), or just slack off with your colleagues - whatever gets everyone’s groove back!
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 24.7%, Detective 16.5%, Comic Book 14%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Point & Click 11%
- #12 Star Story: The Horizon Escape
90% matchVery Positive83% of 183 reviews2017
Dev: EvilCoGames
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Join the journey of a funky space archaeologist who crashed on an unknown planet. A text turn-based adventure RPG in which your choices actually matter. Talk, explore, fight, make decisions to find a way out! Colourful graphics and the old comic book spirit.
Why similar: Comic Book 18.4%, Point & Click 15.7%, Visual Novel 15%, Hand-drawn 14.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13%
- #13 Star Seeker in: the Secret of the Sorcerous Standoff
89% matchVery Positive100% of 78 reviews2020
Dev: Benedict Ide
Windows · Mac
In this short point 'n' click adventure, you are Star Seeker - a WIZARD solving a WIZARD crime to not get put in WIZARD jail by the WIZ- I mean, PLAIN OLD cops. With a useless detective, countless red herrings, and unique dialogue for every evidence combination... will this case ever be cracked?
Why similar: Detective 23.5%, Investigation 17.1%, Visual Novel 15.2%, Point & Click 13.8%, Comedy 9.4%
- #14 Dexter Stardust : Adventures in Outer Space
88% matchVery Positive94% of 109 reviews2022
Dev: Dexter Team Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A Spacey Classic Point and Click Adventure for All!
Why similar: Comic Book 20.9%, Visual Novel 17.8%, Point & Click 14.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.5%, Hand-drawn 11.7%
- #15 Beyond Galaxyland
86% matchVery Positive87% of 354 reviews2024
Dev: Sam EnrightPub: United Label
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Beyond Galaxyland is a thrilling adventure-RPG combining cosmic exploration, strategic turn-based combat, and epic boss battle events across a vast solar system. Join Doug and his gun-toting guinea pig on an exhilarating quest to save Earth, itself.
Why similar: Space 33.8%, Sci-fi 30.3%, Story Rich 16.5%, Adventure 9.5%, Indie 5.3%
- #16 Crushed In Time
84% matchNo user reviews90% of 1,020 reviews2026
Dev: Draw Me A Pixel
Windows
Embark on an adventure with Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson on this surprising and elastic point-and-click game. Grab, pull, and release to help them solve a bizarre investigation full of humor and meta-time travel!
Why similar: Detective 24.1%, Point & Click 21.8%, Comedy 15.7%, Investigation 14.1%, Funny 9.9%
- #17 Not Another Weekend
86% matchVery Positive93% of 123 reviews2021
Dev: Animatic VisionPub: Dionous Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 91%
A hilariously madcap point-and-click adventure as a determined bellboy tasked with clearing out a bustling hotel in just one wild weekend! Can he manage the chaos and evict all the guests? The clock is ticking!
Why similar: Detective 27.6%, Point & Click 18%, LGBTQ+ 16.2%, Comedy 14.4%, Funny 10.1%
- #18 OPUS: The Day We Found Earth
85% matchVery Positive87% of 1,697 reviews2016
Dev: SIGONO INC.
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 5.3 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: Visual Novel 26.2%, Space 20.6%, Point & Click 16.7%, Story Rich 11%, Sci-fi 9.4%
- #19 Between Horizons – A Sci-Fi Detective Adventure
83% matchVery Positive88% of 512 reviews2024
Dev: DigiTales InteractivePub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 69%
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 21.4%, Dialogue Heavy 15.9%, Investigation 14.4%, Space 12%, Point & Click 11.5%
- #20 Detective Beebo: Night at the Mansion
81% matchVery Positive100% of 56 reviews2026
Dev: Bwobbers
Windows · Mac · Linux
Detective Oliver Beebo has been invited to a party by an ex-Rich man in the middle of nowhere. Snacks included. Unravel the mystery of the party, the guests, the house and the strange phenomena that's causing you to forget... something important? Surely it won't affect your love life.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 28.6%, Point & Click 23.7%, Comedy 17.8%, Funny 9.2%, Story Rich 8.7%
- #21 Nine Noir Lives
82% matchVery Positive89% of 160 reviews2022
Dev: Silvernode Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Stretch your legs, clean your whiskers, and dive into Nine Noir Lives. Enjoy a "point-and-lick" comedy-noir adventure, full of humour, crazy characters, and intriguing locations. Solve challenging puzzles and answer the immortal question: how many things need to be licked to solve a murder in this town?
Why similar: Detective 26.4%, Point & Click 16%, Comedy 12.8%, Hand-drawn 9.7%, Funny 8.6%
- #22 Universe For Sale
82% matchMostly Positive80% of 396 reviews2023
Dev: Tmesis StudioPub: Akupara Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 54 minMean: 11.6 hrs≥1hr: 48%
A space station nestled in the clouds of Jupiter. A bizarre bazaar where a young, worried woman crafts entire universes in the palm of her hand. A mysterious cultist who's stripped the flesh from his bones in order to reach enlightenment. Here, there's a universe for sale. You buying?
Why similar: Visual Novel 22.5%, Point & Click 19%, Comic Book 18.2%, Hand-drawn 16.2%, Sci-fi 11.3%
- #23 Death Trick: Double Blind
81% matchVery Positive87% of 279 reviews2024
Dev: Citreat StudioPub: Neon Doctrine
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 82%
The star magician of Morgan’s Traveling Circus is missing, but the show must go on! In this non-linear detective visual novel, unravel the mystery from two different perspectives as you learn the varying stories of an entire circus of performers, each with their own lives... and their own secrets.
Why similar: Detective 17.3%, Dialogue Heavy 13.1%, Visual Novel 12.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.5%, Investigation 10%
- #24 Kaptain Brawe: A Brawe New World
84% matchMostly Positive79% of 176 reviews2011
Dev: Cateia Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 30 minMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 44%
Step into a hilarious, steampunk-tinged point n click space adventure! Play as Captain Brawe, Agent Luna and Danny across four colorful planets — solve clever puzzles, uncover conspiracies, and meet unforgettable characters (space pirates, secret agents, and eccentric aliens).
Why similar: Detective 19.4%, Point & Click 17.4%, Comedy 14.2%, Hand-drawn 14.1%, Sci-fi 12.5%
- #25 I Was a Teenage Exocolonist
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 4,709 reviews2022
Dev: Northway GamesPub: Finji
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 15.6 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Spend your teenage years on an alien planet in this narrative RPG with card-based battles. Explore, grow up, and fall in love. The choices you make and skills you master over ten years will determine the course of your life and the survival of your colony.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 22.5%, Visual Novel 20.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.8%, Choices Matter 13.7%, Sci-fi 11.4%
- #26 The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles
78% matchVery Positive94% of 9,307 reviews2021
Dev: CAPCOM Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 11.4 hrsMean: 34.9 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Immerse yourself in a dramatic yet charming and witty world of evidence-gathering, deduction and courtroom battles with this double-pack of the adventures of rookie lawyer Ryunosuke.
Why similar: Detective 29.4%, Visual Novel 23.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.4%, Dialogue Heavy 10.7%, Story Rich 6.3%
- #27 Occult Crime Police
80% matchVery Positive93% of 166 reviews2021
Dev: Eggcorn Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
The Truth Is Pretty Out There. Only you can decipher the mystery of Boomtown USA. Comb a mysterious government base for evidence, investigate the set of a ghost hunt, and unravel the truth, no matter how ridiculous it may be!
Why similar: Detective 22.4%, Visual Novel 13.4%, Point & Click 11.3%, LGBTQ+ 10.2%, Investigation 9.6%
- #28 Lil' Guardsman
78% matchVery Positive94% of 1,260 reviews2024
Dev: Hilltop StudiosPub: Versus Evil
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Imagine you're a 12 year old, suddenly in charge of the guard shed at the castle gate, where you decide if elves, goblins and 100+ other characters should be admitted. It's a wonderful combination of deduction, narrative and puzzle games.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 20.4%, Point & Click 16.1%, Comedy 13.3%, Choices Matter 10.2%, Funny 7.9%
- #29 Henchman Story
79% matchVery Positive97% of 302 reviews2021
Dev: Silken Sail Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Being a bumbling supervillain's henchman is a thankless job. The spandex chafes, there's tons of late nights, and your boss rarely remembers your name. But in this narrative adventure you'll soon discover that - sometimes - even the choices of the lowliest henchman can change everything.
Why similar: Comic Book 18.7%, Visual Novel 15.5%, Dialogue Heavy 15.2%, Comedy 9.6%, Choices Matter 8.5%
- #30 The Little UNI
77% matchVery Positive94% of 345 reviews2024
Dev: Vivid selfish
Windows · Mac
The game is a point-and-click adventure game in the form of a story with hand-drawn illustrations. Go on an adventure to the planets with various characters and listen to their stories, and find a new planet for Uni to stay on.
Why similar: Point & Click 24.2%, Comic Book 23.8%, LGBTQ+ 14.5%, Hand-drawn 12.3%, Cute 10.8%
- #31 Growing Up
77% matchVery Positive88% of 3,658 reviews2021
Dev: Vile Monarch
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 11.7 hrs≥1hr: 91%
This is the story of your life. Experience the entire journey from toddler to adulthood. Go to schools, learn new things, meet new friends, and have wild adventures! Every choice you make will influence your future career, and decide who your romantic partner will be. Who will you become?
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 19.8%, Visual Novel 17.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.4%, Choices Matter 14.7%, Hand-drawn 11.4%
- #32 A Guidebook of Babel
75% matchVery Positive91% of 1,756 reviews2023
Dev: StarryStarryPub: Thermite Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 86%
A narrative-driven puzzle adventure game with the butterfly effect at its core. Board the Babel, a mysterious cruise ship that takes you on a whimsical journey to the afterlife. Use a special pen to help fellow travelers fulfill their wishes by rewriting the past, changing how the future unfolds.
Why similar: Comic Book 16.9%, Investigation 16.7%, Point & Click 12.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.4%, Hand-drawn 10.3%
- #33 Friendsim 2
76% matchVery Positive89% of 104 reviews2022
Dev: Studio June
Windows · Mac
In this episodic visual novel, follow the adventures of MSPA Reader as they return to Alternia once more to save their friends... and realize that nothing is as it seems.
Why similar: Visual Novel 16.7%, LGBTQ+ 15.5%, Dialogue Heavy 13.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.5%, Hand-drawn 10.3%
- #34 SpaceVenture
73% matchVery Positive85% of 135 reviews2025
Dev: Guys from Andromeda
Windows
A sci-fi comedy adventure game
Why similar: Point & Click 25.9%, Comedy 15.8%, Space 15.5%, Funny 10%, Sci-fi 9.9%
- #35 In Stars And Time
71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 8,533 reviews2023
Dev: insertdisc5Pub: Armor Games Studios
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 11.0 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Live with the ever-present burden of being trapped in a time loop only you can know about in this turn-based RPG. Create a better future for you and your friends. Find hope where there is none left. Pray to the stars and free yourself from time.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 47.7%, Story Rich 19%, Hand-drawn 16.5%, Choices Matter 11.3%, Singleplayer 2.9%
- #36 Milkmaid of the Milky Way
76% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 551 reviews2017
Dev: Mattis FolkestadPub: machineboy
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Milkmaid of the Milky Way is an award-winning point-and-click adventure game in rhyme that combines a gripping story with puzzles and exploration. What happens when a young milkmaid sees an alien craft in a fjord in 1920's Norway?
Why similar: Point & Click 34.9%, Sci-fi 18.2%, Story Rich 13.1%, Cute 8.4%, Funny 8.4%
- #37 The Captain
74% matchVery Positive93% of 326 reviews2021
Dev: Sysiac GamesPub: Tomorrow Corporation
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 8.3 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 20.2%, Space 18.6%, Comedy 16.4%, Choices Matter 14.4%, Sci-fi 14%
- #38 Stellar Code
71% matchVery Positive97% of 485 reviews2025
Dev: Fragaria
Windows
Mysterious phenomena from space. A researcher's fatal accident. Cryptic codes engraved on an unknown material. Together with your brilliant sister-in-law, you must unravel a mystery that could determine the fate of Earth. A sci-fi mystery visual novel of discovery and suspense.
Why similar: Visual Novel 25.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.5%, Space 14.2%, Sci-fi 12.4%, Investigation 12.2%
- #39 Life of Delta
75% matchMostly Positive72% of 141 reviews2023
Dev: Airo GamesPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Embark on a journey through a vast post-apocalyptic environment, full of interesting characters and engaging puzzle games in this sci-fi point-and-click adventure game.
Why similar: Point & Click 24.1%, Sci-fi 16.3%, Hand-drawn 15.4%, Funny 10.4%, Comedy 7%
- #40 Goodbye Volcano High
72% matchVery Positive89% of 1,834 reviews2023
Dev: KO_OP
Windows
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Goodbye Volcano High is a cinematic narrative adventure about love, change, and the end of the world. Guide Fang through their final year of high school as they try to make things right before time is up.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 16.3%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Comic Book 12.9%, Dialogue Heavy 11.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.7%
- #41 Peaches Interplanetary
72% matchVery Positive100% of 52 reviews2025
Dev: clover_p
Windows
Peaches Interplanetary is a short relaxing game about growing peaches on a spaceship. Explore the ship, talk to trees, drink some tea or coffee, and help Margot prepare for her first day spreading the power of peaches throughout the stars.
Why similar: Visual Novel 21.1%, Space 20.3%, Cute 12.8%, Sci-fi 12.8%, Story Rich 11.2%
- #42 HIVESWAP: ACT 2
73% matchVery Positive87% of 1,177 reviews2020
Dev: What Pumpkin Games, Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Continue Joey and Xefros’s adventure through the dark and dangerous planet Alternia. Meet dozens of unique and memorable characters, some more helpful than others, as you navigate this volatile alien culture. Hurry up! There’s a train to catch.
Why similar: Visual Novel 16.8%, Point & Click 14%, LGBTQ+ 13.3%, Investigation 11.9%, Comedy 10.5%
- #43 Signal & Echo: Iris is Missing (demo)
73% matchVery Positive95% of 58 reviews2022
Dev: Kini Games
Windows
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 33.7%, Investigation 22.6%, Point & Click 19%, Story Rich 7.5%, Dialogue Heavy 6.8%
- #44 Mars Vice
70% matchVery Positive97% of 74 reviews2025
Dev: Rho Labyrinths GmbH
Windows
Mars Vice is a narrative adventure game set on a distant and futuristic Mars. Follow two civil investigators, Dax and Anaya, as they root out deep-seated corruption in the Martian city of Pavonis in this biopunk-infused story.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 27.6%, Investigation 20.9%, Comedy 12.4%, Visual Novel 11.7%, Sci-fi 9.9%
- #45 Goodboy Galaxy
70% matchVery Positive95% of 146 reviews2024
Dev: Goodboy Galaxy Ltd.
Windows · Linux
A vibrant sci-fi platform adventure game where you help Maxwell the dog explore unfamiliar worlds, make strange new friends and contend with mysterious forces - by jumping, shooting, slicing, shrinking, warping and drilling.
Why similar: Comedy 26.1%, Space 21.7%, Sci-fi 17.8%, Colorful 16.9%, Adventure 12%
- #46 Ghostwriter Workshop
68% matchVery Positive95% of 136 reviews2025
Dev: 秘密結社マテンロウ計画Pub: Waku Waku Games
Windows
Become a ghostwriter and write on the behalf of others--everything from love letters to apologies! There's just one catch in this crazy adventure game: the most important words in your writings are decided by roulette.
Why similar: Point & Click 21.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.1%, Funny 15.8%, Comedy 13.4%, Cute 12.5%
- #47 Starlight Drifter
74% 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: Visual Novel 20.8%, LGBTQ+ 19.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.1%, Space 17.4%, Choices Matter 9.1%
- #48 Mutropolis
70% matchVery Positive88% of 211 reviews2021
Dev: Pirita StudioPub: Application Systems Heidelberg
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 84%
MUTROPOLIS is a lovely sci-fi adventure set on the abandoned Planet Earth. Play as Henry Dijon (hero, nerd, detective) in search of a legendary lost city. Uncover weird ancient artifacts. And PLEASE don’t get obliterated by an ageless evil. You’ve been warned.
Why similar: Detective 38%, Point & Click 20.7%, Hand-drawn 10.1%, Funny 8.2%, Cute 5.6%
- #49 We Are OFK
68% matchVery Positive92% of 301 reviews2022
Dev: OFK
Windows · Mac
Start a virtual indie band in this behind-the-music comedy. Date, dance, skate, and run for your life across 5 episodes and interactive music videos, in a heartfelt story of what you risk to chase your dreams. All episodes out now!
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 21.1%, Visual Novel 15.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.2%, Dialogue Heavy 9.5%, Point & Click 9.1%
- #50 Tron: Identity
69% matchMostly Positive79% of 292 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: Detective 25.5%, Visual Novel 18.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.3%, Choices Matter 10.4%, Sci-fi 8.5%
- #51 Tangle Tower
67% matchVery Positive95% of 6,230 reviews2019
Dev: SFB Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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 27.5%, Point & Click 13.6%, Visual Novel 13.2%, Dialogue Heavy 13.1%, Investigation 6.8%
- #52 Universe For Sale - Prologue
69% matchVery Positive89% of 114 reviews2021
Dev: Tmesis Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 30 minMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 27%
The Prologue of Universe for Sale, a sci-fi narrative experience about human relationships and self-acceptance, follow the stories of the nameless Master, a mysterious cultist and Lila the universes vendor.
Why similar: Dialogue Heavy 25%, Visual Novel 17.3%, Hand-drawn 16.6%, Sci-fi 13%, Comic Book 10.3%
- #53 Frog Detective 3: Corruption at Cowboy County
66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 2,068 reviews2022
Dev: Grace BruxnerPub: worm club
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 93%
You're a detective, and a frog, and it's time to solve a mystery in the wild west.
Why similar: Detective 28.1%, Investigation 16.9%, Comedy 15.6%, Funny 11.6%, Point & Click 9.8%
- #54 Trials of Innocence
64% matchVery Positive92% of 1,723 reviews2025
Dev: 猫龙游戏
Windows
Median: 18.7 hrsMean: 21.5 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Trials of Innocence is an indie courtroom detective game. Step into the shoes of the main character, rookie lawyer Luna Ray, and navigate her journey through the legal world. Unravel a shocking conspiracy that changes the fate of many, including herself, and confront her inner choices.
Why similar: Detective 28.9%, Visual Novel 18.9%, Dialogue Heavy 15.1%, Investigation 14.5%, Point & Click 11.1%
- #55 Arcade Spirits
69% matchVery Positive91% of 630 reviews2019
Dev: Fiction Factory GamesPub: PQube
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Arcade Spirits is a romantic visual novel that follows an alternative timeline where the 1983 video game crash never occurred. It's 20XX and you've just started a new job at the Funplex game arcade. Who will you meet along the way? Will you find the romance you're seeking?
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 23.8%, Visual Novel 20.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.2%, Choices Matter 11.3%, Cute 8.2%
- #56 Silicon Dreams | cyberpunk interrogation
68% 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: Dialogue Heavy 18.8%, Detective 17.5%, Investigation 16.8%, Choices Matter 10.9%, Visual Novel 10.2%
- #57 Lust Galaxy 🪐 🔞
67% matchMostly Positive79% of 112 reviews2024
Dev: Play and Cum 💦
Windows
Immerse yourself in the cosmic passions of Lust Galaxy🪐🔞, an adult visual novel that opens the doors to a world of intrigue and danger.
Why similar: Visual Novel 23.7%, Space 19.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.7%, Choices Matter 13.1%, Sci-fi 12.6%
- #58 Tales of Cosmos
71% matchVery Positive82% of 51 reviews2016
Dev: Red Dwarf Games
Windows · Mac
Tales of Cosmos is an old-school point-and-click adventure game set in a huge open world planetary system. Pilot your rocket across space, land on planets and moons, solve puzzles, and unravel a cosmic mystery with the help of a genius monkey and a wondrous talking dog.
Why similar: Space 20%, Point & Click 19.9%, Hand-drawn 13.6%, Sci-fi 12%, Adventure 9.7%
- #59 Pilo and the Holobook
65% matchVery Positive95% of 172 reviews2025
Dev: Mudita GamesPub: RedDeer.Games
Windows · Mac
"A cozy exploration adventure where you journey across vibrant, hand-drawn planets, collecting discoveries to turn into stickers with your magical, upgradable Holobook. All woven into a heartfelt, engaging story about confronting a spreading darkness. "
Why similar: Space 30.2%, Hand-drawn 17.6%, Sci-fi 13.4%, Colorful 13.3%, Cute 9.2%