- #1 The Shadow Brokers
96% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Moonlight Heavy Industries
Windows · Linux
A mysterious hacker has stolen the NSA's cyber arsenal and is threatening to sell it to the highest bidder. You have been pulled from your day job and assigned to hunt the hacker. Triage alerts, search through logs, piece together the clues, and find The Shadow Brokers before they leak everything.
Why similar: Espionage 48.2% ★, Investigation 20%, Hacking 9.5% ★, Immersive Sim 9%, Choices Matter 6.1%
- #2 Orwell: Keeping an Eye On You
97% matchVery Positive90% of 15,585 reviews2016
Dev: Osmotic StudiosPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Big Brother has arrived - and it’s you. Investigate the lives of citizens to find those responsible for a series of terror attacks. Information from the internet, personal communications and private files are all accessible to you. But, be warned, the information you supply will have consequences.
Why similar: Espionage 50.3% ★, Investigation 26%, Choices Matter 12.7%, Simulation 6.2%, Dystopian 1.9%
- #3 Homicide Desk
95% matchMixed67% of 85 reviews2026
Dev: Shu'la Lab LLC
Windows
Read the evidence. Run the forensics. Question suspects in your own words, they lie, crack, or lawyer up. Accuse the wrong person, and Internal Affairs comes after you.
Why similar: Espionage 37.5% ★, Investigation 14.6%, Immersive Sim 9.1%, Text-Based 7.7%, Point & Click 6.6%
- #4 Orwell: Ignorance is Strength
95% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,921 reviews2018
Dev: Osmotic StudiosPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Step into the shoes of a government official in a top-secret department of the Orwell surveillance program. Given the power to both uncover and fabricate "the truth", how far will you go in the service of your country? Season 2 of Orwell, the award-winning surveillance thriller.
Why similar: Espionage 40% ★, Dystopian 11.9%, Investigation 9.5%, Choices Matter 9.2%, Hacking 8.2% ★
- #5 Fraudulent Idols
94% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Ultra Max 60 Games
Windows
Investigate the sprawling pharmaceutical mega-facility, STRATA, where every choice matters. Uncover hidden secrets, forge alliances, solve complex puzzles, and fight your way through a cyberpunk conspiracy in a true immersive sim where no two playthroughs are ever the same.
Why similar: Espionage 39.8% ★, Investigation 18.2%, Hacking 10.8% ★, Immersive Sim 9.7%, Sci-fi 8.1%
- #6 Adverse Action
93% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Quiet Machines
Windows
A model denied four thousand people this morning. The law says a human has to explain why. Read the file, work out what the machine saw, write the reason, and decide whether to sign your name to it. Sixty cases before the deadline.
Why similar: Espionage 41.4% ★, Investigation 17.8%, Lore-Rich 7.4%, Choices Matter 6%, Interactive Fiction 5.9%
- #7 Unseen Diplomacy 2
93% match7 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2026
Dev: Triangular Pixels
Windows
You're a Secret Agent during a dangerous time, Evil-doers are plotting to destroy the world. Complete missions, manage your agents & use Intel to narrow down the plot & save the Earth. Play a real-life VR obstacle course using every inch of your room - you will run, roll, sneak & hack to victory!
Why similar: Espionage 37.6% ★, Investigation 13.9%, Immersive Sim 8.6%, Conspiracy 8.3% ★, Hacking 8.2% ★
- #8 ARCHIVE ZERO
92% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Latuna Studio
Windows
In Cold War Britain, you will work through lost reports, photographs, letters, and artifacts as they arrive at the archive. Most seem routine. Some don’t. Follow the details, connect the cases, and decide what is worth digging into.
Why similar: Investigation 37.9%, Immersive Sim 15%, Management 11.1%, Choices Matter 9.7%, Interactive Fiction 9.7%
- #9 Monitor State
91% matchPositive82% of 11 reviews2026
Dev: Artur Pukhavoi
Windows
You are an operator in a dystopia world, watch and punish citizens. Experience a deep narrative with moral dilemmas. Obey, resist or find another path.
Why similar: Dystopian 20.1%, Investigation 16.2%, Choices Matter 13.1%, Futuristic 11%, Text-Based 8.1%
- #10 Last Seen
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Red Ash Studios
Windows · Mac
Reopen your late father's phone repair shop to survive. But every device holds someone's secrets — and the deeper you dig, the closer you get to the sister who vanished. Repair. Extract. Investigate. The truth has a price, and so does staying clean.
Why similar: Espionage 52.1% ★, Investigation 14.2%, Choices Matter 12.2%, Story Rich 8.5%, Point & Click 6.8%
- #11 From Basement with Love
90% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: BIG SMALL GAMES
Windows
Conduct a high-stakes espionage operation at the height of the Cold War. Intercept and decipher classified intelligence to uncover a hidden threat. Break codes, cover your tracks, and escape before it’s too late.
Why similar: Espionage 41.7% ★, Investigation 24.9%, Hacking 8.7% ★, Story Rich 6.7%, Point & Click 6.5%
- #12 PROTOCOL BOUND
89% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Pixel Team RED
Windows
BOUND is a psychological thriller where you search through private conversations, hidden files, and recordings on devices that aren't your own. Manipulate others, uncover dark secrets, and shape the outcome through the choices you make.
Why similar: Espionage 31.7% ★, Investigation 23.9%, Choices Matter 12%, Hacking 8.5% ★, Story Rich 7.1%
- #13 X-RL7: Programmatic
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: X-RL7
Windows
A cyberpunk musical adventure set in the X-RL7 universe. Step into the boots of Program — musician, secret agent, and self-proclaimed bad-ass — racing to complete a covert mission without blowing his cover.
Why similar: Espionage 19.8% ★, Investigation 17.5%, Dystopian 14.2%, Point & Click 11%, Sci-fi 9.1%
- #14 Alpha Spectrum
88% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: InspiRational Games
Windows
Alpha Spectrum is a cyberpunk RPG set in a dystopian 2030, where humanity is dangerously dependent on technology and social media. You are a CIA agent with psionic powers sent to investigate a devastating cyberattack that throws the world into chaos. But the system you trust may crack from within...
Why similar: Espionage 25.1% ★, Dystopian 12.5%, Sci-fi 11.5%, Immersive Sim 10.7%, Choices Matter 9.1%
- #15 Legion Was Here
87% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Geoffroy MondePub: Surefire.Games
Windows
Steal a face. Study a life. Survive the conversation.
Why similar: Espionage 39.6% ★, Investigation 23.9%, Choices Matter 9.7%, Story Rich 7.1%, Interactive Fiction 5.7%
- #16 Bot Colony _redux
86% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: North Side Inc.
Windows
Use your mic or type: SAY ANYTHING—the robots understand! In this sci-fi adventure, talk to characters in your own words and command them to manipulate the world as you hunt a spy. Explore a tropical island where machines have real personalities and emotions. Total conversational freedom.
Why similar: Espionage 34% ★, Investigation 23%, Sci-fi 11.7%, Choices Matter 9.6%, Futuristic 8.9%
- #17 Beasts Of Merit
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Beasts Of Merit
Windows
In this non-linear dystopian adventure, your goal is to hunt down dissidents standing in the way of a brighter future. Interrogate your fellow citizens, gain evidence of dissent, reveal their motives, and decide their fates. Support the system or use your position to dismantle it, brick by brick.
Why similar: Investigation 28%, Dystopian 24%, Choices Matter 15.8%, Futuristic 11%, Story Rich 8.2%
- #18 Night Hacking
84% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: Time Traveling Badger
Windows
An interactive story about hacking, unveiling secrets, chatting with people, and searching for purpose.
Why similar: Investigation 23.4%, Hacking 15.5% ★, Dystopian 13.1%, Sci-fi 12.7%, Conspiracy 11.6% ★
- #19 Nocturne for Cyl-Hestia
83% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Spore and Sorcery
Windows · Mac
Play as a memorialist and investigate a dystopian city in this 3D adventure game. Collect memories, unlock visions, hack encrypted data, and expose the truth in the face of a regime that manipulates memory.
Why similar: Investigation 33.9%, Dystopian 22.8%, Point & Click 11.7%, Sci-fi 11.5%, Interactive Fiction 6.4%
- #20 180 Files: The Aegis Project
85% matchPositive92% of 38 reviews2020
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Uncover a web of evil as a superspy! Break rules, break hearts–don't break cover.
Why similar: Espionage 61.4% ★, Interactive Fiction 8.9%, Text-Based 8.9%, Choices Matter 8.8%, Story Rich 5.6%
- #21 Contact Protocol
82% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Cold Zephyr GamesPub: Kinetic Publishing
Windows
Contact Protocol is a starship job simulator set aboard a corporate vessel bound for Jupiter. Investigate incoming ships, uncover suspicious activity, and make impossible choices as you protect your crew - while the company watches your every move.
Why similar: Investigation 22.5%, Choices Matter 12.7%, Sci-fi 12.5%, Immersive Sim 10.4%, Story Rich 9.4%
- #22 Faultline.Exe
81% match6 user reviews33% of 6 reviews2026
Dev: Jason BannPub: VibeAxis
Windows
The median lifespan of a new operative is 8 minutes. Try to beat the average. Hack a dying space station, outsmart a corrupted AI, and dodge rogue autodocs in cheesy FMV glory. Halcyon HR reminds you that dying on the clock instantly voids your pension. 12 brutal endings.
Why similar: Dystopian 16.9%, Choices Matter 13%, Text-Based 12.5%, Conspiracy 12% ★, Sci-fi 11.7%
- #23 Alone in the crowd
81% matchPositive90% of 42 reviews2024
Dev: Machine Nun
Windows · Mac
Settled on a dystopian future, Alone in the Crowd is a humorous puzzle simulation investigative thriller, where you use a weird variety of gadgets to satisfy this mysterious, self proclaimed friendly AI character.
Why similar: Espionage 32.6% ★, Investigation 22%, Immersive Sim 11.5%, Choices Matter 10.2%, Point & Click 6.8%
- #24 Bureau of Hero Affairs
80% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: indigoblue
Windows
Bureau of Hero Affairs is a simulation game about processing paperwork in an obsolete office system and digging up what it buried. As a journalist working undercover inside the Bureau, uncover the truth of a disaster twenty years ago. Follow the regulations, or report the truth.
Why similar: Investigation 25.5%, Text-Based 10.8%, Choices Matter 10.6%, Dystopian 10.5%, Hacking 9% ★
- #25 Undercover Agent
84% matchMixed60% of 10 reviews2018
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Think fast and lie faster! When you go undercover to retrieve a deadly new bio-weapon, can you pull off the mission and escape with your life?
Why similar: Espionage 65.1% ★, Text-Based 9.4%, Interactive Fiction 9%, Choices Matter 7.8%, Adventure 4.4%
- #26 Human Resources
79% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Human ResourcesPub: Will Winn Games
Windows
You work in Human Resources. In this dystopian document thriller, use your terminal to scrutinize records and expose human-like AI. Spot contradictions to detect the impostors. Efficiency is mandatory. Failure is unforgivable.
Why similar: Investigation 25.2%, Dystopian 20.7%, Choices Matter 9.7%, Point & Click 9.3%, Story Rich 9.1%
- #27 STAMPED
78% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: GrazuleX
Windows · Mac · Linux
NEXUS CORP, sub-basement 7-A. Stamp the forms. Ask nothing. Since 1952, forty-six clerks have vanished at this desk - you are the forty-seventh. Cross-check every claim on your terminal, rule APPROVED or REJECTED, and try not to wonder what the paperwork is really sealing.
Why similar: Investigation 29.5%, Dystopian 20.3%, Choices Matter 10.5%, Text-Based 10.4%, Interactive Fiction 7.1%
- #28 Tracked
79% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Paper Node Games
Windows
Tracked is a strategic hacker-heist game played through a fictional operating system. Analyze contracts, route through digital relays, and run tools on your own rig. Manage resources and an active Trace—and disappear before the trail leads back to you.
Why similar: Investigation 25%, Hacking 19.5% ★, Choices Matter 10.4%, Simulation 10.3%, Management 7.8%
- #29 Extortion
82% matchPositive88% of 26 reviews2020
Dev: Dysnomia
Windows · Mac · Linux
You're a computer engineer with a terrible secret. Someone is blackmailing you and now, you have to hack some servers and get secret files for him. Would you succeed in achieving their missions or would you find them and revenge?
Why similar: Espionage 25.1% ★, Hacking 15.2% ★, Sci-fi 10.6%, Simulation 8.9%, Futuristic 8.3%
- #30 Orbital Abyss: Cipher Division
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: JointPoint Studios LLC
Windows
Decipher interstellar transmissions encoded via substitution ciphers aboard Eremite Station. In this choice driven narrative, uncover secrets from planetary factions while conversing with crewmates to reveal their stories and troubles. The ripples of your choices may be felt throughout the galaxy.
Why similar: Investigation 22.4%, Sci-fi 13.4%, Choices Matter 11.6%, Lore-Rich 9.9%, Text-Based 9.4%
- #31 quietd
77% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: Hollow Frame
Windows
quietd is a no-input game you simply watch. A terminal hacks on its own across all 50 stages while you idle by. No commands, no clicks, no win, no score, no game over. Just chill, ambient cyberpunk: silent monospace text drifting in a corner of your desktop. Glance over and let it run.
Why similar: Espionage 52.3% ★, Simulation 12%, Text-Based 10.4%, Hacking 9.9% ★, Interactive Fiction 9.2%
- #32 Hack You
77% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: MahloPub: Mahlo Games
Windows
Desktop hacking and social engineering in a moral thriller. Write viruses, hide them in game builds, crack other people's PCs — to get to the former friend who stole your life and built a new success on its ruins.
Why similar: Espionage 51.6% ★, Hacking 16.7% ★, Story Rich 8.4%, Simulation 6.3%, Investigation 5.8%
- #33 CENSOR
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Quack Duck Games
Windows · Mac
A sci-fi interrogation game. No more than ten people in the galaxy can do your job. The person across the table is already convicted. Find out why they did it, then decide what the truth will cost them.
Why similar: Investigation 28.4%, Dystopian 16%, Choices Matter 11.3%, Sci-fi 10.1%, Conspiracy 9.9% ★
- #34 The Last Night of Olivia Harrow
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Cipher & Clue
Windows
Olivia Harrow was found dead in her Harborview Tower apartment. The police ruled it an accident. A slip, a fall, a tragic head injury. Case closed. But not everyone is convinced... You've been hired as a private investigator to find out the truth. Can you crack the case?
Why similar: Espionage 36.9% ★, Investigation 24.4%, Interactive Fiction 10%, Text-Based 9.5%, Adventure 7.7%
- #35 Sunset Inferno
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Treasured Trash
Windows
Sunset Inferno is a choice-driven narrative adventure where you are a Recycler: a machine built to hunt war deserters. But when a bomb destroys your transport, it also cracks your programming. Uncover who attacked you before your makers decide you've changed too much.
Why similar: Investigation 23.1%, Dystopian 20.7%, Choices Matter 17.6%, Story Rich 13.4%, Sci-fi 10.1%
- #36 Infogrind
74% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Twilighthaven
Windows
Manage a bank of supernatural artifacts and secret information in a cyberpunk future. Solve mysteries in this new reality, explore the world, navigate the balance between influential corporations that want to rule this new world!
Why similar: Dystopian 20.9%, Choices Matter 16.5%, Management 14.2%, Sci-fi 13.3%, Simulation 10.7%
- #37 Kabaret
75% matchMixed69% of 26 reviews2023
Dev: Persona Theory Games
Windows
Welcome to the Kabaret - where monsters from Southeast Asian myths and folklores dwell. Perform tea ceremonies, play traditional games, and question your humanity.
Why similar: Investigation 28.3%, Lore-Rich 16.7%, Choices Matter 14.8%, Story Rich 10.3%, Point & Click 9.2%
- #38 Phantom Protocol
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: PHANTOM PRODUCTIONS YAZILIM LIMITED SIRKETI
Windows
Return to the neon-lit cyberpunk metropolis in Phantom Protocol. As a rogue operative, you must unravel a corporate conspiracy built directly on the ashes of Cyberphobia: Prologue. Hack forgotten mainframes and explore rain-slicked alleys to piece together the city's shattered lore.
Why similar: Espionage 33.6% ★, Dystopian 21.3%, Story Rich 12.4%, Futuristic 11.8%, Choices Matter 10.9%
- #39 JudgeSim
72% matchVery Positive85% of 1,444 reviews2024
Dev: DelusionArt Studio
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Things were worse than ever in Banana Republic, a somber island country. While anarchists roamed the streets, corruption was running deeper due to economic crisis and rising crime rates. Bearing these burdens were "judges" who tried to make things right with honesty...
Why similar: Investigation 30%, Dystopian 15.1%, Text-Based 14.7%, Immersive Sim 11.7%, Simulation 8.5%
- #40 NULL TRACE
72% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Andrei Uvarov
Windows
Hack into digital systems, uncover hidden secrets, and reveal the truth behind a mysterious experiment in this atmospheric sci-fi terminal hacking simulator.
Why similar: Dystopian 17.6%, Immersive Sim 16.7%, Investigation 15.6%, Simulation 12.8%, Futuristic 9.1%
- #41 Peripeteia
71% matchVery Positive86% of 3,490 reviews2025
Dev: Ninth Exodus
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 72%
You are Marie, a cyborg mercenary dropped into the rot of a post-Soviet city of corruption and opportunity. Shoot, sneak, hack, climb or talk your way through alt-history cyberpunk Poland in an immersive sim where every problem has multiple solutions and every rooftop is reachable.
Why similar: Espionage 37% ★, Dystopian 17.1%, Immersive Sim 14.3%, Sci-fi 11.5%, Hacking 11% ★
- #42 Cyber Manhunt 2: New World - The Hacking Simulator
70% matchVery Positive93% of 5,705 reviews2025
Dev: Aluba Van+Pub: Spiral Up Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 10.2 hrsMean: 21.6 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Discover a digital realm shrouded in mystery. Sequel to an award-winning narrative driven hacking simulator puzzle game. Play as an AI assistant in a major corporation. Deploy intricate social engineering tactics and expose hidden truths in a world of ambition and high-tech deception.
Why similar: Investigation 28.2%, Dystopian 17%, Hacking 15.1% ★, Choices Matter 11.2%, Story Rich 9.7%
- #43 SHEL: The Cure
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Team Gramps
Windows
SHEL: The Cure is a Replicant Diagnostics Simulator. Perform alchemy with spinal fluid, analyze brain scans, commune with otherworldly beings and prescribe treatments with the help of the Manual - an objective and unbiased* guide provided by your interstellar corporate employer.
Why similar: Investigation 18.8%, Dystopian 15.2%, Immersive Sim 11.6%, Lore-Rich 9.6%, Futuristic 8.6%
- #44 Gamedec - Definitive Edition
73% matchMostly Positive80% of 1,755 reviews2021
Dev: Anshar StudiosPub: Anshar Publishing
Windows
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Gamedec is a single-player cyberpunk isometric RPG. You are a game detective, who solves crimes inside virtual worlds. Use your wits to gather info from your witnesses and suspects, getting to the bottom of deceptive schemes. The game continually adapts to your decisions and never judges.
Why similar: Espionage 41.2% ★, Investigation 17.1%, Choices Matter 11.1%, Lore-Rich 10.2%, Story Rich 8.4%
- #45 CRASH: Autodrive
75% matchPositive82% of 11 reviews2021
Dev: Studio Nightcap
Windows
When your self-driving Autocab kills a cyclist in this murder mystery visual novel, it's up to you as Emily Knight to talk with fellow passengers and use the clues you find to contradict their lies as you unravel how you ALL could possibly know the victim and have a motive for murder - even the car!
Why similar: Investigation 27.7%, Sci-fi 15%, Choices Matter 13.3%, Immersive Sim 11.7%, Story Rich 9.3%
- #46 Signal Drift
70% match3 user reviews75% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: Alcove Research LLC Pub: Alcove Research LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Break into fictional networks with real-feeling shell commands. Scan hosts, crack credentials, trace logs, steal evidence, and survive the fallout in a CRT-noir thriller where Signal Ghost's local AI characters remember what you do - and what you say.
Why similar: Espionage 44.2% ★, Hacking 14.7% ★, Choices Matter 11.9%, Text-Based 8.4%, Story Rich 8.4%
- #47 No Results Found
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 3,027 reviews2026
Dev: Zzangdol GamesPub: Jungle Game Lab
Windows · Mac
Search, dig deeper, and search again. Can you reach the end of the truth?
Why similar: Investigation 44.8%, Immersive Sim 16%, Lore-Rich 12.6%, Text-Based 10.2%, Story Rich 6.1%
- #48 Silicon Dreams | cyberpunk interrogation
73% matchVery Positive94% of 256 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: Investigation 29.1%, Choices Matter 15.6%, Dystopian 14.4%, Story Rich 10.7%, Sci-fi 10%
- #49 Do Not Feed the Monkeys 2099
71% matchMixed69% of 1,145 reviews2023
Dev: Fictiorama StudiosPub: Joystick Ventures
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Spy on strangers through security cameras, invade their privacy and discover their secrets in this digital voyeur simulator. Welcome to the future of The Primate Observation Club. Even in 2099 the rule about messing with your unlucky subjects still remains in this sequel: DO NOT feed the monkeys!
Why similar: Investigation 23.7%, Dystopian 21.4%, Choices Matter 14.5%, Sci-fi 11.2%, Management 10.7%
- #50 Deep Fog Signals
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Symmetry Break Studio
Windows
Stuck in an outpost deep in a sea of toxic fog, your crew has been decimated, you're cut off from the outside world, and oxygen is running out. Use limited bandwidth to coordinate unstable crewmates, conduct esoteric research that could change the world, and interpret strange signals from the deep.
Why similar: Investigation 29.3%, Sci-fi 13.9%, Choices Matter 12.3%, Story Rich 10.8%, Point & Click 8.2%
- #51 Exitus
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Lamnidae Games
Windows
You have found the job you were looking for. Your only concern is your quota. or else? Protein was always the problem. The HFU solved it. Keep your head down, Do your job, you are here for a reason. Exitus is a terminal-style decision game. Pull up each case, then decide their fate.
Why similar: Investigation 23.6%, Lore-Rich 11.8%, Dystopian 10.8%, Text-Based 10.5%, Choices Matter 10.2%
- #52 Link Cameras
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: David GallardoPub: HeadArrow
Windows
You work as a moderator for a strange camera website called L!nk Cameras. Watch live feeds, approve or reject cameras, follow the admin’s instructions, and uncover what hides behind each connection.
Why similar: Investigation 31.6%, Immersive Sim 17.1%, Choices Matter 13.3%, Management 11.9%, Interactive Fiction 9.4%
- #53 NeuroNet: Mendax Proxy
70% matchVery Positive81% of 67 reviews2023
Dev: Dream Harvest
Windows
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: Investigation 18.5%, Choices Matter 12.3%, Futuristic 11.3%, Text-Based 10.8%, Sci-fi 10.3%
- #54 ZeroPrompt
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Batuhan AyhanPub: TARK Future Heroes
Windows
Every NPC in this game runs on a local LLM. Ask them anything. The internet is dying. You're a internet moderator. Filter out AI impostors from humanity's last clean network. Use investigation tools to detect deception. Every verdict shapes the internet.
Why similar: Investigation 28%, Dystopian 17.6%, Hacking 11% ★, Text-Based 10.4%, Choices Matter 10%
- #55 Oleander-X
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Jason Nguyen
Windows · Mac
Oleander-X is a stealth action game about classified missions, buried evidence, and a cure that should never have existed. Infiltrate guarded facilities, gather proof, plant explosives, and escape before the truth turns against you.
Why similar: Espionage 69.2% ★, Sci-fi 10.9%, Adventure 8.9%, Choices Matter 4.4%, 2D 3.2%
- #56 Tell me Your Tale
67% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Fat Rat
Windows
Take on the role of an F.T.I.D. inspector and uncover who truly belongs in the tales. Question characters, examine documents and appearances, find contradictions, and compare every detail with official records. At the end of each inspection, decide who is Original, Impostor, or Aberration.
Why similar: Investigation 29.6%, Dystopian 19.9%, Simulation 15.6%, Point & Click 13.2%, Story Rich 8.4%
- #57 The Pilgrimage
68% matchPositive92% of 12 reviews2023
Dev: Nicholas Brakespear
Windows
One thousand years beyond the fall of Earth, one last drink may yet be your epitaph, in this post-post-apocalyptic hangover odyssey by a novelist you've never heard of! A parser-driven text adventure for the ages! Or at least a weekend! Fun for all the family (except the kids)!
Why similar: Dystopian 16.3%, Investigation 14.3%, Lore-Rich 12.9%, Sci-fi 12.9%, Text-Based 11.6%
- #58 Spaceship Down
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Raguthra Studios
Windows · Mac
In Spaceship Down, you’re Noah, a stranded tech patching up a crashed spaceship with whatever you can find. With only a sarcastic narrator and a perky AI for company, survival means thinking fast and jury-rigging your way out of a bad situation. Think you’re up for it?
Why similar: Lore-Rich 21.2%, Investigation 20.8%, Choices Matter 18%, Sci-fi 13%, Story Rich 10.8%
- #59 Hacker vs IT
65% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: Sapphirus Production
Windows · Linux
A game to show how really a fight between a Hacker and a IT worker works and how hackers operate. Old MS-DOS game.
Why similar: Espionage 45.8% ★, Hacking 17.8% ★, Investigation 14.4%, Choices Matter 12.4%, Text-Based 5.3%
- #60 Black Layer
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Montego
Windows
You take part in testing a next-generation experimental android on a restricted floor of a research complex. But soon it becomes clear that the experiment is far more complicated, and you'll have to uncover what’s really happening here.
Why similar: Investigation 42.7%, Story Rich 17.5%, Choices Matter 13.6%, Sci-fi 11.3%, Adventure 8.5%