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280 games like Dry Drowning · 1993 – 2027
EggNut · Linux, Switch, PS4 +5
Unfold the mysteries of a dystopic animal society inhabiting retrofuturistic Vancouver in a noir stealth adventure coming in 2019. Backbone is a pixel art cinematic adventure with stealth and action elements. As a private investigator Howa
76 rating2 lists5.5 h main storyOften paired
Timed PlayStation exclusive
Petit Depotto · Android, Switch, PS4 +6
Gnosia is a Sci-Fi Social Deduction RPG in which you will engage in discussion with a variety of unique characters, with the aim of identifying the Gnosia among the group. Players will have to use what information they can gather during the
80 rating7 lists17 h main storyOften paired
Nintendo console exclusive
Switch, Nintendo Switch 2, Windows
When the world is coming to an end, who would you want to speak to one last time? Schrödinger’s Call is a visual novel that lets you experience the pain and salvation of human connection, as if you were turning the pages of a picture book.
95 rating2 listsOften paired
Nintendo console exclusive
Switch, Windows, macOS
Thirteen girls awaken, only to find themselves in a prison. What awaits them: a Witch Trial. Help them prepare for the trial by exploring the prison in order to find the witch hidden amongst them. Find the witch, learn what kind of magic sh
2 lists28 h main storyOften paired
Bloober Team · Linux, Switch, PS4 +3
Observer is a first person perspective horror game that focuses on a dark, atmospheric environment and deep story telling.
75 rating1 list7 h main storyOften paired
Circletempo · Amstrad CPC, Linux, Windows +2
A world of shadows. A world of light. In the world of light where no shadows exist lived a boy - Meito Tanabe. One day, he met a girl who possessed a shadow - Shimon. She brings him to her world - a place filled with shadows.
70 rating2 lists
Nintendo console exclusive
Deconstructeam · Linux, Switch, Windows +1
"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."
78 rating2 lists4 h main storyOften paired
Nintendo console exclusive
Deconstructeam · Switch, Windows
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.
88 rating1 list7.5 h main storyOften paired
Timed PlayStation exclusive
MidBoss · Android, Linux, Ouya +6
In Neo-San Francisco, a vibrant city of low life and high tech, you will witness the world’s first sapient robot learning to grow and live as you become embroiled in the darkest scandal of 2064.
81 rating7 lists6 h main story
Nintendo console exclusive
Bithell Games · Switch, Windows, macOS
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.
75 rating3 lists2.5 h main story
Nintendo console exclusive
Android, Switch, Nintendo Switch 2 +3
Live life as a Crewmate in this dangerous narrative adventure through space. As Guard, you're in charge of shipwide security and everything is fine. Until there's a MURDER?! Prove your innocence before the Impostor gets to the rest of the c
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Timed PlayStation exclusive
Experience · Switch, PS4, PlayStation Vita +1
While its predecessor, Spirit Hunter: Death Mark, found its spirits in distinct, horrifying locales, Spirit Hunter: NG weaves fear seamlessly into the mundane. Face down monsters in quiet residential streets, neighborhood parks, and even th
80 rating7 lists17 h main story
Daedalic Entertainment · Linux, Switch, PS4 +3
State of Mind is a futuristic thriller game delving into transhumanism. The game explores themes of separation, disjuncture and reunification, in a world that is torn between a dystopian material reality and a utopian virtual future.
69 rating3 lists9 h main story
Nintendo console exclusive
Android, Switch, Windows +2
Opus: The Day We Found Earth is a stargazing experience handcrafted for people who enjoy story driven games and arguing about Pluto. After eons of spreading across the cosmos, humanity has lost its way back. Help the childlike robot Emeth c
70 rating1 list1.5 h main story
Revolution Software · Linux, Switch, PS4 +6
From Charles Cecil, creator of the Broken Sword series, with art direction by Dave Gibbons, legendary comic book artist behind ‘Watchmen’, comes ‘Beyond a Steel Sky’, the long awaited sequel to the cult classic ‘Beneath a Steel Sky’. ‘Beyo
73 rating6 lists8 h main story
Game designer and 428: Shibuya Scramble executive producer Jiro Ishii has announced the launch of a new “Shibuya Live-Action Adventure Game.” Led by general director Ishii and screenwriter Yukinori Kitajima, the project will be a live-actio
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Linux, Windows, iOS +1
A cyberpunk adventure game from the studio that brought you Gemini Rue and Blackwell! The year is 2087. Genetic engineering is the norm, and an omnipresent AI powers the city. Take control of three citizens of this world as they struggle to
79 rating1 list9.5 h main story
Theta Division · Linux, Switch, PS4 +4
VirtuaVerse is a cyberpunk point-&-click adventure set in a future not so far away; one where a single artificial intelligence prevailed over all other A.I.s and their governments, and society has migrated to a permanently integrated realit
64 rating1 list9.5 h main story
General Interactive Co. · Switch, Windows, Xbox One +2
Chinatown Detective Agency is a cyber-noir point and click adventure blending stunning retro design with innovative mechanics. Manage your detective agency and use real world research to solve cases as you unravel a global conspiracy.
63 rating2 lists9 h main story
IzanagiGames · Switch, Nintendo Switch 2, PS5 +1
The game is a mystery adventure centering on the idea of a historical figure having surreptitiously bequeathed a fictitious estate, following the drama that plays out among the characters faced with an enigma extending all the way into thei
73 rating2 lists
Kadokawa Key-Process · Android, Switch, PS4 +2
Root Letter (stylized √Letter) is a visual novel adventure video game that is developed and published by Kadokawa Games as the first title in their Kadokawa Game Mystery brand. In the game, the player must figure out what happened to the ch
65 rating2 lists8.5 h main story
Ion Lands · Switch, PS4, PS5 +3
A neon-noir story in a rain-drenched cyberpunk metropolis. It’s your first night on the job working for the Cloudpunk delivery service. Two rules: Don’t miss a delivery and don’t ask what’s in the package.
73 rating4 lists9 h main story
Timed PlayStation exclusive
Switch, PS4, PlayStation Vita +1
Island is an intricate visual novel with multiple routes and endings. Through use of the game’s flowchart system, players navigate through the story and uncover clues to unravel the mysteries of Urashima, the titular island.
70 rating4 lists17 h main story
MicroProse · Amiga, Linux, MS-DOS +2
I met her in her penthouse, expecting payment for the freelance job-and perhaps a little more. But I got more than I bargained for. I'm now part of an exclusive fraternity that moves catlike in the night through a world of high technology a
40 rating2 lists8 h main story
Nintendo console exclusive
Nippon Cultural Broadcasting Extend · Android, Switch, Windows
A new visual novel from the legendary eXtend! Mixing romance with murders and dangerous ikemen, BUSTAFELLOWS is a steamy noir mystery that will make you shiver but ask for more!
92 rating1 list14 h main story
Jump Over the Age · Switch, Nintendo Switch 2, PS4 +5
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
80 rating8 lists7 h main story
Switch, PS4, Windows
Welcome to Fujisawa Academy – an educational institution where nothing is as it seems and every pupil hides a dark secret. Having made a pact with a demon fox - and bestowing you with the power to see the truth behind the lies, you must unc
0 rating3 lists11 h main story
Timed PlayStation exclusive
Red Entertainment · Switch, PS4, PlayStation Vita +2
Japanese visual novel for PS Vita published by Red Entertainment.
34 rating4 lists28 h main story
Arc System Works · Switch, PS4, Windows
In the wake of the death of his grandfather, Saburo Jinguji heads to the United States to uncover the truth in this unique mystery adventure game from Arc System Works and Neilo Inc. Utilizing a new 360 degree investigation mode, Daedalus:
2 lists8.5 h main story
Timed PlayStation exclusive
Sukeban Games · Linux, Switch, PS4 +4
Learn about daily life in a cyberpunk dystopia. A branching storyline where your decisions do not depend on traditional choices, but through the drinks you prepare. Visuals inspired by old japanese adventure games for the PC-98, with a mo
85 rating2 lists11 h main story
Timed PlayStation exclusive
Kemco · Android, Switch, PS4 +6
Immerse yourself in a thrilling psychological horror visual novel taking place in the secluded Japanese village of Yasumizu. A heavy fog surrounds the village, preventing everyone from ever leaving. Ancient Gods have come back to hunt the v
80 rating4 lists26 h main story
EggNut · Xbox Series, PS4, Linux +5
Unfold the mysteries of a dystopic animal society inhabiting retrofuturistic Vancouver in a noir stealth adventure coming in 2019. Backbone is a pixel art cinematic adventure with stealth and action elements. As a private investigator Howa
76 rating3 lists
Timed PlayStation exclusiveSUKEBAN · Linux, Switch, PS4 +4
Learn about daily life in a cyberpunk dystopia. A branching storyline where your decisions do not depend on traditional choices, but through the drinks you prepare. Visuals inspired by old japanese adventure games for the PC-98, with a mo
85 rating2 lists
Nintendo console exclusive
Nyamyam · Switch, Windows, iOS +1
Astrologaster is an astrological comedy game in which you take the role of Simon Forman, Elizabethan Astrologer and doctor. Cast and interpret astrological charts to answer your patients' questions about political intrigues, romantic entang
65 rating1 list6 h main story
Switch, Windows, Xbox One +1
Beacon Pines is a cute and creepy adventure game within a magical storybook. You play as both the reader of the book and its main character, Luka. Explore the town to find word charms. Use your charms to change the course of fate!
82 rating2 lists7 h main story
PlayStation console exclusive
Arc System Works · PS3, PlayStation Vita, Windows
XBlaze Lost: Memories is a visual-novel game based in the BlazBlue universe and the sequel to XBlaze Code: Embryo! Play as the enigmatic pink-haired protagonist as she navigates through a weird and wondrous alternate reality with the help o
60 rating4 lists7.5 h main story
Christine Love · Linux, Windows, macOS
A dark visual mystery novel featuring transhumanism, traditional marriage, loneliness, and cosplay. Two pursuable characters. Five endings. Welcome to the future.
76 rating1 list3 h main story
Nintendo console exclusive
Switch, Windows, iOS +1
If Found… is an interactive visual novel from Dreamfeel about searching for connection. Find out who you really are.
78 rating2 lists2 h main story
Nintendo console exclusive
Linux, Switch, Windows +2
Neo Cab is an emotional survival game about staying human in a world disrupted by automation. You play as Lina, the last human driver on the neon-drenched streets of Los Ojos. When your friend and only lifeline mysteriously vanishes, you'l
76 rating1 list4 h main story
PlayStation console exclusiveKadokawa Games · PS4, PlayStation Vita, Windows
Root Letter (stylized √Letter) is a visual novel adventure video game that is developed and published by Kadokawa Games as the first title in their Kadokawa Game Mystery brand. In the game, the player must figure out what happened to the ch
65 rating4 lists
Timed Nintendo exclusive
Portable Moose · Android, Linux, Switch +7
Delve into a dark adventure following the boy with a prosthetic face and a tragic past. Unravel the sinister mysteries of Sally's world to find the truth that lies hidden beneath the shadows.
80 rating1 list9 h main storyDescribed alike
Linux, Switch, PS4 +2
An indie graphic adventure / visual novel game in the style of PC-98 titles. Players take on the role of a ship's security officer in deep space near Jupiter as a deadly mystery threatens the entire crew.
1 list7.5 h main story
Timed Nintendo exclusive
Spooky Doorway · Android, Linux, Switch +8
Join The Darkside Detective, Francis McQueen, as he investigates the bizarre, the supernatural and those missing cat cases that keep getting dropped on his desk.
65 rating2 lists3.5 h main storyDescribed alike
Nintendo console exclusive
Powerhoof · Linux, Switch, Nintendo Switch 2 +2
The Drifter is a point-and-click adventure in the classic style. Taking cues from the second wave of the genre, there's an emphasis on story, with puzzle-solving being the glue that ties it together rather than the focus. Mick's a pretty pr
81 rating2 lists8.5 h main storyDescribed alike
Timed Xbox exclusive
5pb. Inc. · Android, Switch, PS3 +5
Chaos;Child is the fourth game in the Science Adventure series, set six years after the events of Chaos;Head. It is also described as a "Delusional Science Adventure".
85 rating8 lists25 h main story
Timed Nintendo exclusive
MoaCube · Switch, PS4, Windows +2
Cinders is a mature take on a classic fairytale with a heavy emphasis on player choices and role playing.
59 rating2 lists3.5 h main story
Timed Nintendo exclusive
Anshar Studios · Switch, PS5, Windows
Gamedec is an adaptive cyberpunk RPG. As a private detective, it’s your job to solve crimes inside virtual worlds. What decisions will you make in a world where child slavery is a F2P game, where murder over a game-clan dispute is an every-
75 rating1 list11 h main story
Don’t Nod · Switch, PS5, Windows +1
The fate of humanity is at stake. Use your gift of clairvoyance to see into the future and stop an apocalypse that threatens the balance between your world and the deities'.
77 rating2 lists9.5 h main story