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2018PC94 % positive

A cyberpunk otome visual novel where you guide Lana through three personality approaches and several romance options, deciding whether she becomes a hero or a villain. Multiple endings encourage replay.

  • Dialogue and role-playing
  • Companions and relationships
  • Choices with consequences
  • Strong, story-driven narrative

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In short: Games like Cardinal Cross

Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Cardinal Cross special. The reasons are listed right on each game.

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Steins;Gate: My Darling's Embrace

93 %Match

2011PC, PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo Switch, Steam Deck playable95 % positive−80 % 24.99 € 4.99 €

Brings what grabs you about Cardinal Cross: companions you grow fond of, dialogue where you play your role and choices with consequences.

A romantic spin-off of Steins;Gate set in a peaceful world line, where Okabe spends time with the lab's heroines and steers toward individual love endings through choices. Lots of banter and reading, with minimal gameplay mechanics.

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Analogue: A Hate Story

Dialogue and role-playing

A sci-fi visual novel in which you investigate the logs of an abandoned generation ship and talk with two AIs about its rigid, patriarchal society. Your relationships with them steer you toward one of five endings.

Steins;Gate Re:Boot

Companions and relationships

You return to the streets of Akihabara in a polished remake with a fresh story full of time-travel tension. Your choices and the quirky cast make this a gripping narrative experience.

Anonymous;Code

Strong, story-driven narrative

A Science Adventure visual novel from the Steins;Gate team in which a hacker can alter reality by saving and loading the world, drawing him into a conspiracy. The twisty sci-fi story takes center stage, with decisions leading to different endings.

Steins;Gate

Companions and relationships

A celebrated visual novel about a self-styled mad scientist in Akihabara who accidentally sends messages into the past and gets tangled in shifting timelines. Its playful, nerdy humor gradually turns into a gripping, emotional sci-fi thriller.

To Trust an Incubus

Companions and relationships

An adults-only boys-love dating sim visual novel in which you play temp worker Kenta, stuck in a lab with four alien incubi, and build relationships with them through your choices.

Hate Plus

Dialogue and role-playing

You have three real-time days to piece together what went wrong on a derelict generation ship, working alongside a spunky but badly traumatized AI companion. It is a dark visual novel where your choices shape how the mystery unfolds, and it continues the story of Analogue: A Hate Story.

Psycho-Pass: Mandatory Happiness

Strong, story-driven narrative

A visual novel set in the dystopian Psycho-Pass universe, where you follow detectives Nadeshiko and Takuma through a case full of moral gray areas. It focuses on dialogue, investigation and the question of what justice means in a society under constant surveillance.

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