Games Like Whispers from the Star

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: Voice Control 57% ★, Artificial Intelligence 17.1%, Interactive Fiction 10.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.6%, Sci-fi 3.4%

Why You'll Like It: Utilizes voice-recognition technology to allow you to command your ship and interact with crew members in real-time.

Acolyte is a narrative ARG/Detective game that gives you your own Acolyte; a digital assistant you can talk to freely with unlimited dialogue options. Just like a real conversation.

Why similar: Artificial Intelligence 36.2%, Conversation 24.7%, Interactive Fiction 20.5%, Choices Matter 7.6%, Story Rich 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: Features a sophisticated AI conversation system where you must build a relationship with a digital entity to solve mysteries.

Bot Colony is the only game controlled by speaking or typing. You command robots to move and manipulate objects. The right questions unlock videos of the events they witnessed. No dialogue trees - the game unfolds 100% based on what you say, taking interactivity and immersion to a new level.

Why similar: Voice Control 67.7% ★, Artificial Intelligence 21.9%, Simulation 2.8%, Sci-fi 2.7%, Adventure 2.3%

Why You'll Like It: A unique adventure game that relies entirely on natural language processing to communicate with robots and solve puzzles.

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: Artificial Intelligence 51%, Choices Matter 15.3%, Sci-fi 14.9%, Story Rich 10.4%, Adventure 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: This game is the gold standard for AI-driven conversation, requiring you to negotiate with a lonely spaceship computer to survive.

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 28.1%, Interactive Fiction 16.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.3%, Visual Novel 13%, Choices Matter 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the ethical dilemmas of managing an AI system through conversation and narrative choices.

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: Choose Your Own Adventure 27.1%, Visual Novel 22.1%, Choices Matter 17.1%, Story Rich 13.3%, Sci-fi 10.3%

Why You'll Like It: A cinematic narrative game that emphasizes the complex relationship between humans and AI in a dystopian setting.

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: Artificial Intelligence 44.9%, Choices Matter 18.2%, Story Rich 11.7%, Sci-fi 11%, 3D 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: A narrative-heavy adventure featuring a witty AI companion that reacts to your choices as you explore a derelict space station.

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: Artificial Intelligence 52.1%, Story Rich 15.5%, Adventure 12.1%, Female Protagonist 10.8%, Sci-fi 8%

Why You'll Like It: Offers an atmospheric, text-heavy exploration of an alien planet where you guide a scientist through a remote interface.

Rocket of Whispers is an award-winning post-apocalyptic adventure that follows two survivors on a journey to launch a space burial for the lost souls of their desolate world. Help them search the snowy wasteland for supplies and the courage to say goodbye.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 31.4%, Visual Novel 23.7%, Story Rich 14.5%, Female Protagonist 14.2%, Sci-fi 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: A deeply emotional story about two characters working together to survive and achieve a goal in a desolate, frozen world.

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: Artificial Intelligence 33.7%, Conversation 23.1%, Interactive Fiction 20.8%, Story Rich 8.4%, Sci-fi 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: Explores themes of artificial consciousness and survival through deep, choice-driven narrative interactions.

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: Female Protagonist 24%, Sci-fi 23.1%, Choices Matter 20.9%, Adventure 17.5%, Story Rich 13%

Why You'll Like It: A sci-fi detective game that features a protagonist with cybernetic enhancements and a focus on investigative dialogue.

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 26.9%, Conversation 26.4%, Choices Matter 13.9%, Sci-fi 11.7%, Story Rich 11%

Why You'll Like It: A sci-fi epic that centers on high-stakes choices and interactive dialogue within a sprawling space setting.

STARDROP is an interactive sci-fi cinematic experience.

Why similar: Female Protagonist 24.4%, Story Rich 23.6%, Sci-fi 21.1%, Adventure 12.3%, Simulation 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: A narrative-driven space adventure that focuses on exploration and the bond between two space explorers.

Observation is a sci-fi thriller uncovering what happened to Dr. Emma Fisher, and the crew of her mission, through the lens of the station’s artificial intelligence S.A.M.

Why similar: Artificial Intelligence 40.4%, Adventure 21.3%, Sci-fi 19.4%, Story Rich 11.5%, Female Protagonist 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: Puts you in the role of an AI station system, offering a unique perspective on managing a space station's survival.

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 62.8%, Adventure 29.2%, Singleplayer 4.2%, Casual 3.8%

Why You'll Like It: While not sci-fi, it perfectly captures the feeling of building an intimate, voice-based relationship with a distant partner while isolated in the wilderness.

The player connects to a girl in distress in space thousands of years later? How will they resolve the crisis and discover the truth? Through the mechanism of real-time synchronization, the game breaks through the dimensional wall and creates an immersive dialogue across time and space.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 43.9%, Visual Novel 26%, Sci-fi 12%, Story Rich 6.3%, Choices Matter 6.2%

Why You'll Like It: An interactive fiction game that uses word-based mechanics to influence the narrative and multiple endings.

In this interactive sci-fi adventure novel, you are the AI pilot of Earth's last interstellar ship, tasked with finding a home for your crew—the last remnants of humanity. Your choices will determine their fate, and your own.

Why similar: Artificial Intelligence 27.2%, Conversation 22.1%, Interactive Fiction 15.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.1%, Choices Matter 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: A text-heavy narrative game that forces you to make difficult leadership decisions to ensure your crew's survival.

A visual novel about what it means to be human. A story about loneliness, self-identification, and the meaning of existence.

Why similar: Artificial Intelligence 35.3%, Interactive Fiction 15.9%, Conversation 15.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.9%, Visual Novel 12.8%

Why You'll Like It: A short, atmospheric visual novel that focuses on the emotional connection between a human and an AI.

Wayward Strand is a heartfelt story told in a curious way. Hop aboard an airborne hospital and meet its fully-voiced cast of eclectic characters. As time passes for everyone on board, explore the interwoven lives of the patients and staff; discover something new on each and every playthrough.

Why similar: Conversation 32%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.9%, Choices Matter 14%, Female Protagonist 11.3%, Story Rich 11.1%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on building relationships and uncovering stories through real-time, choice-based interactions in a confined setting.

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: Interactive Fiction 30.3%, Conversation 23.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 23.2%, Adventure 8.6%, Female Protagonist 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: A cinematic adventure that emphasizes interactive storytelling and exploration in a fantasy-tinged world.

Millennium Whisper is a next-gen dating-sim set in 1999 at the fictional Escafeld College with an AI trained by real actors portraying the cast! Who will you confess your feelings to at the end of the millennium?

Why similar: Artificial Intelligence 31.2%, Conversation 27.9%, Visual Novel 15.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.2%, Choices Matter 4.1%

Why You'll Like It: A conversation-focused visual novel that explores character dynamics through branching dialogue paths.

Authentic Star Trek adventure from former members of Telltale Games. Engage in diplomacy, pilot shuttlecraft, and use your tricorder and phaser to overcome challenging puzzles and deadly threats. Tough decisions will impact relationships, your story, and the fate of the galaxy. What will YOU do?

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.8%, Visual Novel 14.8%, Choices Matter 9.5%, Female Protagonist 8%

Why You'll Like It: A choice-heavy narrative adventure that captures the feel of managing a crew and making diplomatic decisions in space.

A girl visited your home, who you don't know but she identified herself as your girlfriend. She seems a little bit Menhera, but she knows too much to be just a stalker. This is a Kawaii Future Mystery, you will answer by free input for branching story. Please Try to find out true identity of her.

Why similar: Artificial Intelligence 44.3%, Interactive Fiction 24%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.5%, Immersive Sim 6.8%, Adventure 4.5%

Why You'll Like It: Combines AI-themed narrative elements with interactive fiction to create a unique, character-driven experience.

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: Story Rich 29.3%, Sci-fi 28.6%, Female Protagonist 25.9%, Adventure 13.2%, Singleplayer 1.5%

Why You'll Like It: An immersive narrative game set on a space station where you piece together the lives and final moments of the crew.

"Chill with You : Lo-Fi Story" is a sound novel game where you work alongside Satone, a girl who loves writing stories. Customize lo-fi music, ambient sounds, and landscapes to create a focused environment. As you deepen your bond with Satone, you may discover a special connection with her.

Why similar: Visual Novel 34.3%, Female Protagonist 20.1%, Immersive Sim 17.2%, 3D 11.5%, Adventure 8.5%

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: Sci-fi 33.1%, Adventure 31.6%, Story Rich 24.1%, Simulation 8.7%, Singleplayer 2.4%

Why You'll Like It: A cinematic sci-fi adventure that captures the isolation and wonder of space exploration through a strong narrative lens.

You wake up in a cute girl's home who's eager to keep you by her side! Engage with thematic stories, puzzles, and unique AI NPCs who'll go to any lengths to protect you—even when it means contradicting themselves. Bask in meet-cutes or brace for chaos if you try to escape.

Why similar: Voice Control 46.2% ★, Artificial Intelligence 18.8%, Conversation 12.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.4%, Visual Novel 7.1%

The Talos Principle is a first-person puzzle game in the tradition of philosophical science fiction. Made by Croteam and written by Tom Jubert (FTL, The Swapper) and Jonas Kyratzes (The Sea Will Claim Everything).

Why similar: Sci-fi 36.6%, Story Rich 34.6%, Artificial Intelligence 12.5%, Adventure 9%, Simulation 4.1%

Why You'll Like It: A philosophical puzzle game that uses AI-centric themes to explore the nature of humanity and consciousness.

Experience the surreal story of Elea. In this first-person Sci-Fi adventure you play as a space scientist recovering your lost husband. Venture out on a curious interstellar journey, full of devastating memories and startling secrets.

Why similar: Artificial Intelligence 41.6%, Female Protagonist 14.3%, Story Rich 12.4%, Sci-fi 12.4%, Adventure 12%

Why You'll Like It: A surreal sci-fi adventure that explores themes of loss and memory through a narrative-rich, space-faring journey.

Stories Untold is a compilation tape of four experimental adventures, including a remaster of the original hit episode “The House Abandon”.

Why similar: Story Rich 33.4%, Sci-fi 32.8%, Adventure 29.7%, Singleplayer 4.1%

Why You'll Like It: A tech-focused narrative game that uses retro interfaces to tell a chilling, interactive story.

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 31.1%, Visual Novel 24.3%, Choices Matter 13.3%, Female Protagonist 13.3%, Story Rich 10.8%

Why You'll Like It: A space-faring visual novel that emphasizes exploration and character-driven choices.

SEXSTELLAR: An adult visual novel where passion, doubt, and mystery collide. Stranded on a space station with the alluring Cassiopeia, you must survive, uncover secrets, and face the truth—one of you isn’t human. Can you trust yourself in this steamy sci-fi thriller?

Why similar: Visual Novel 19.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.1%, Choices Matter 12.6%, Sci-fi 10.5%, Story Rich 8.9%

A young high school student goes on an adventure to save her favorite virtual idol, Aiko, from malfunctioning, and gets help from the most unexpected of places.

Why similar: Artificial Intelligence 39.4%, Visual Novel 20.7%, Female Protagonist 12.9%, Sci-fi 11.4%, Choices Matter 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: A narrative-driven visual novel that explores the intersection of AI and human entertainment.

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: Interactive Fiction 19.1%, Choices Matter 18.7%, Visual Novel 17.8%, Female Protagonist 12.8%, Story Rich 11.2%

A techie finds a broken android and brings her back to life. As they rebuild her memories through training, secrets unfold, and tough choices arise. Will you fight for her freedom or let the system reclaim her? Sexy rewards await your decisions.

Why similar: Visual Novel 21.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.5%, Choices Matter 15.1%, Sci-fi 13%, Story Rich 11.1%

Passioners is a steamy visual novel set aboard a colonization spacecraft. Awakened from cryosleep too soon, the protagonist faces isolation but decides to awaken others, sparking forbidden desires and intense encounters.

Why similar: Visual Novel 24.4%, Interactive Fiction 18.1%, Sci-fi 12.3%, Choices Matter 10.3%, Simulation 7.9%

In "Time Rebuild", human civilization stands on the brink of destruction. You will become a time-traveling hero, embarking on a journey to save the world while encountering and bonding with women of vastly different appearances and personalities.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.8%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Choices Matter 11.2%, Female Protagonist 9.2%

A stroke of luck presents you with a chance to receive a prototype mechanical maiden for testing, propelling you into a romantic adventure. As crises loom, will you protect the idol of a girl group or the mechanical maiden? Who will become your guiding light?

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 34.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.8%, Visual Novel 20.4%, Immersive Sim 11.6%, RPG 4.9%

An erotic adventure through space with three very busty women as you try to save the day while enjoying the many pleasures of their company.

Why similar: Simulation 26.5%, 3D 26.2%, Sci-fi 23.2%, Adventure 8.6%, Sexual Content 8.2%

A visual novel about becoming lovers with Kanade—a half-human, half-alien girl. Enjoy a tender relationship with Kanade and witness how love blossoms into a song that saves the world.

Why similar: Visual Novel 38.5%, Sci-fi 20.2%, Female Protagonist 13%, Adventure 10.6%, Story Rich 7.4%

You can't remember anything, and all you can see is HER. Delve into your story and uncover the truth behind what happened to you and your parents.

Why similar: Visual Novel 23.8%, Conversation 22.4%, Choices Matter 14.1%, Story Rich 12.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.9%

This is a simulation game that combines nurturing with romance.You'll cultivate a one-of-a-kind robotic girlfriend while sharing romantic moments with multiple girls, each possessing distinct personalities.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 36.5%, Story Rich 15.5%, Sci-fi 14.1%, Simulation 10.1%, Choices Matter 9.9%

1000xRESIST is a thrilling sci-fi adventure. The year is unknown, and a disease spread by an alien invasion keeps you underground. You are Watcher. You dutifully fulfil your purpose in serving the ALLMOTHER, until the day you discover a shocking secret that changes everything.

Why similar: Visual Novel 28.5%, Female Protagonist 24.1%, Story Rich 17.9%, Sci-fi 16.7%, 3D 12.7%

You've almost died, you lost your body. Gladly, you were saved by your old friend Xena, a genius engineer who lives on a desolate planet. Now it's time to recover and find a new goal in your life!

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 50.8%, Adventure 14.5%, Sci-fi 10.9%, Casual 9.4%, Visual Novel 8.2%

Immerse yourself in an enchanting narrative experience as Fortuna, a fortune-teller Witch condemned to exile on her asteroid home. Craft your own Tarot deck, regain your freedom, and shape the fate of the cosmic Witch society.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 34.9%, Visual Novel 19.4%, Female Protagonist 14.5%, Choices Matter 14.1%, Story Rich 9.3%

Within the Cosmos is a sci-fi RPG. After awakening in a secluded star system, you soon discover a fractured human society grappling with an emerging android threat. Explore planets, uncover mysteries, and navigate differing philosophies. Your choices will shape how the story unfolds.

Why similar: Artificial Intelligence 44.9%, Choices Matter 16.8%, Sci-fi 16.2%, Story Rich 12%, RPG 5.3%

Ein, a simple-hearted member of an expedition sent by mankind to distant planets, tries to get romantic with a pretty but cold co-worker girl. Unfortunately, he is not the only one trying to make contact as from the abandoned and desolate alien ruins, the girl receives a message in human language.

Why similar: Conversation 34.4%, Visual Novel 21.6%, Interactive Fiction 18.5%, Story Rich 11.8%, Choices Matter 11.7%

Infinite Stars is a visual novel filled with romance, mystery & roleplaying elements where you choose how the adventure unfolds. Establish your character & personality through the hundreds of choices presented in this interactive fiction inspired by stories like Dune, The Expanse & Mass Effect.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.7%, Visual Novel 18.1%, Choices Matter 10.7%, Female Protagonist 10%

A sensual visual novel where a shy girl helps her erotic-writer friend craft steamy stories — while craving her herself.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.4%, Visual Novel 23.2%, Female Protagonist 14.9%, Story Rich 12.3%, Choices Matter 7.2%

A mystery adventure set at the collapse site of a live survival audition show. Trapped contestants communicate with each other—and the outside world through social media—as they wait for rescue. But as unexpected events unfold, trust begins to crack, and survival becomes far more complicated.

Why similar: Conversation 24.8%, Interactive Fiction 20.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.5%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Choices Matter 9.6%

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: Interactive Fiction 23.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.2%, Visual Novel 16%, Choices Matter 13.2%, Story Rich 9.2%

You are entrusted with training five "troubled" influencers from Mountain & Sea Media, and gain the “Heart Probe” ability which allows you to uncover girls’ inner thoughts. Use your wisdom and ability to help them meet their training KPIs, while discovering their real selves beneath their facades.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 35.4%, Visual Novel 19.3%, Choices Matter 19.1%, Immersive Sim 8.3%, RPG 6.2%

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: Interactive Fiction 27.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.5%, Choices Matter 13.1%, Story Rich 10.8%, Sci-fi 10.2%

In an endless air ocean of an alien world, small lonesome plots of land float above the abyss. But sometimes approach each other, and lands which have never met before, reveal their secrets.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 31.1%, Visual Novel 22.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.4%, Choices Matter 16%, Adventure 9.4%

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: Conversation 35.4%, Interactive Fiction 19.3%, Choices Matter 11.9%, Female Protagonist 9.9%, Sci-fi 9.7%

Arcane Lust 18+ is a visual novel-simulator where you must survive 10 days with Aelin, a malfunctioning fox-girl android. Manage her emotions, uncover the park's secrets, and make choices that shape your fate. A mix of futuristic thrills, fantasy vibes, and spicy adult content awaits!

Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 20.6%, Visual Novel 20.5%, Choices Matter 14.7%, Sci-fi 12.2%, Story Rich 11%

Eliza is a visual novel about an AI counseling program, the people who develop it, and the people who use it. Follow Evelyn Ishino-Aubrey as she reconnects with people from her past, gets to know the people of Seattle who use Eliza for counseling, and decides the course of her future.

Why similar: Visual Novel 42.6%, Female Protagonist 28.6%, Story Rich 13.6%, Choices Matter 11.3%, Sci-fi 3%

In her attempt to revive her career, she crosses lines that push her deeper into a world of sensationalism and scandal.

Why similar: Visual Novel 28.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 25.4%, Simulation 11.1%, Story Rich 11%, Adventure 7.6%

"海子 UMIKO" is a psychological horror visual novel. Engage in conversations with Umiko, complete various mini-games, solve puzzles, and gradually piece together the dark truths she tries to hide about herself and her dimension from fragmented narratives. Preserve your fragile friendship for a week!

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 28.1%, Conversation 23.9%, Visual Novel 17.4%, Female Protagonist 10.7%, Choices Matter 9.1%