VirtuaVerse similar games & best alternatives

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VirtuaVerse

PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch • 2020

Should you play it?

VirtuaVerse is a challenging old school cyberpunk point & click adventure set in a future not so far away narrating tales of technomancers, AVR graffiti writers, hacker groups, tribes of cryptoshamans, digital archeology, epic cyberwars and virtual reality debauchery.

What works

  • Beautiful pixel art and animation
  • Excellent synthwave/chiptune soundtrack
  • Immersive cyberpunk atmosphere
  • Challenging and clever puzzles
  • Extensive exploration and varied locations

Things to keep in mind

  • Some puzzles are obtuse and frustrating
  • Lack of quality-of-life features like fast travel
  • Story and character development sometimes weak or uneven
  • Backtracking can be tedious
  • No voice acting or advanced ui improvements

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Slender Threads

  • Submachine: Legacy

  • Lucy Dreaming

  • The Darkside Detective: A Fumble in the Dark

  • The Rise of the Golden Idol

  • Cleo - a pirate's tale

Less thrilling

Games that feels like VirtuaVerse but with less suspense and thrill

  • Leisure Suit Larry - Wet Dreams Don't Dry

  • Elroy and the Aliens

  • The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition

  • FoxTail

  • Darkestville Castle

  • Deponia Doomsday

More expressive

Games that feels like VirtuaVerse but with more self-expression and customization

  • Whispers of a Machine

  • Helheim Hassle

  • Edna & Harvey: The Breakout - Anniversary Edition

  • NORCO

  • Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse

  • Simon the Sorcerer Origins

More violent

Games that feels like VirtuaVerse but with more combat and destruction

  • Fran Bow

  • Edna & Harvey: Harvey's New Eyes

  • Agatha Knife

  • Slender Threads: Prologue

  • The Last Door - Collector's Edition

  • Tales of the Neon Sea

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Each dot is a game placed from its motivation profile relative to this page’s game. Direction shows which motivation differs most; distance along that axis shows how large the gap is.

  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
  • Direction: each axis is a main motivational difference vs this game (e.g. more / less competitive).
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How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

Swipe to compare nearby games with VirtuaVerse. These titles are not in What to play next.

VirtuaVerse: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Survival, Violence, Competition, Thrill. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Competence. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Expression, Intimacy.

Last update: 21/08/2026