Similar games

Games like Cardinal Cross

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.

Choices with consequences
Strong, story-driven narrative
Sci-fi setting

＋ Combine with my games

More in these topics: Story-driven games Games with meaningful choices Sci-fi games

The closest matches for Cardinal Cross are VA-11 Hall-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action, Steins;Gate and Steins;Gate Elite. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Cardinal Cross special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

Best match

VA-11 Hall-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action

96 %Match

2016PCPlayStationNintendo SwitchSteam Deck playable97 % positive14.99 €

Choices with consequences
Strong, story-driven narrative
Sci-fi setting

You tend bar in a cyberpunk dystopia, mixing drinks and learning your customers' stories through conversation. Your drink choices shape how things unfold, backed by a moody synth soundtrack and retro pixel art.

Similar games →

Steins;Gate

Choices with consequences

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.

Steins;Gate Elite

Choices with consequences

A visual novel remake about a group of amateur inventors who send messages to the past and tangle with time itself. The Elite version swaps the static art for animated footage from the anime, keeping the gripping, emotional time-travel story intact.

Lucy: The Eternity She Wished For

Accessible and relaxed

In this visual novel you follow a boy and an android he finds at a dump in a near-future world where machines are part of everyday life. Your choices and moral dilemmas shape how their emotional bond unfolds.

Analogue: A Hate Story

Choices with consequences

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.

Anonymous;Code

Accessible and relaxed

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 0

Choices with consequences

A dark, emotional visual novel sequel to Steins;Gate in which Okabe struggles with trauma and guilt in a timeline without time travel, torn over whether to change the past again. Your choices lead to different endings in a dense, time-travel-driven story.

Steins;Gate: My Darling's Embrace

Accessible and relaxed

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.

Area-X

Choices with consequences

A story-driven sci-fi visual novel where you play Elcia, a time negotiator who stumbles into an unknown dimension called Area-X. Your choices steer the plot, with romance elements along the way.

Psycho-Pass: Mandatory Happiness

Accessible and relaxed

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.