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2016PCPlayStationXboxSteam Deck verified83 % positive16.79 €

A visual novel and escape-room puzzler where nine captives are forced into deadly decision games. Its branching, non-linear timeline with many endings drives the suspense and delivers big twists.

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

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The closest matches for Zero Escape: Zero Time Dilemma are AI: The Somnium Files, Your Turn to Die: Death Game by Majority and I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Zero Escape: Zero Time Dilemma special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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AI: The Somnium Files

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2019PCPlayStationXboxNintendo SwitchSteam Deck playable92 % positive19.99 €

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

A visual novel mystery by Kotaro Uchikoshi where you play detective Kaname Date hunting a serial killer by diving into suspects' dreams (Somnium). Branching story paths, quirky humor and sharp twists drive a gripping narrative.

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Your Turn to Die: Death Game by Majority

Dark, serious atmosphere

A visual novel thriller where a group of strangers fights for survival in deadly games. Puzzles, logic and votes drive a dark, twist-filled story.

I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream

Dark, serious atmosphere

A grim point-and-click adventure based on Harlan Ellison's short story: five survivors are tortured by the insane AI AM, and you work through personal trials built around their flaws. Morally heavy choices and disturbing themes make it unforgettable.

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.

Raging Loop

Dark, serious atmosphere

A grim visual novel set in a fog-bound Japanese village, where a werewolf-style game of suspicion, logic and betrayal plays out. Its intricate, looping plot thrives on deduction and shocking twists.

Ever17: The Out of Infinity

Dark, serious atmosphere

A classic visual novel about seven people trapped in a damaged underwater theme park. Famed for its intricate mystery plot and one of the genre's best-known twists.

Eternal Threads

Puzzles and brain teasers

A first-person puzzle story in which you rewind through the moments before a tragedy in one house. You rewrite the fates of seven housemates by manipulating their past and making choices with real consequences.

The Red Strings Club

Choices with consequences

A dense cyberpunk narrative game where you work as a bartender, potter and phone impersonator to steer people and expose a corporate conspiracy. It raises thoughtful questions about fate, happiness and the ethics of technology.

Resonance

Puzzles and brain teasers

A classic pixel-art point-and-click adventure in which four playable characters uncover a conspiracy around a mysterious technology after a scientist's death. Memory and dialogue systems plus puzzles drive its sci-fi thriller story.

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.