DRAMAtical Murder similar games & best alternatives

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DRAMAtical Murder

PlayStation Vita • 2021

Should you play it?

Aoba's vibrant cyberpunk world is one of contrasts: high-tech virtual reality battles versus street gang turf wars, ultra-exclusive luxury resorts and tiny junk shops. The choices you make will shape the path of Aoba's journey into the dark secrets lurking beneath the glossy sheen of the city.

What works

  • Engaging and complex story
  • Well-developed characters
  • Beautiful art and music
  • Strong emotional impact
  • Voice acting enhances immersion

Things to keep in mind

  • Censorship of nsfw content on steam
  • Some routes contain disturbing themes
  • Lack of gameplay variety beyond reading
  • Some plot contrivances and pacing issues
  • Dlc required for full uncensored experience

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Togainu no Chi ~Lost Blood~

  • Hakuoki: Kyoto Winds

  • NOeSIS02_羽化

  • CHAOS;HEAD NOAH

  • Find Love or Die Trying

  • Fortissimo FA

Less violent

Games that feels like DRAMAtical Murder but with less combat and destruction

  • Monobeno

  • The Symbiant

  • Your Diary +

  • TAISHO x ALICE epilogue

  • Hana no No ni Saku Utakata no

  • STEINS;GATE 0

Choose your own criteria ->

From the same developer

From the same developer, ranked by motivational fit.

  • sweet pool

  • YOU and ME and HER: A Love Story

  • STEINS;GATE

  • The Song of Saya

  • Sonicomi

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Similarity map

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  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
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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).

DRAMAtical Murder: Less representative of its motivational profile, with noticeable differences. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Expression, Fellowship, Cooperation, Leadership. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Intimacy, Violence. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Strategy.

Last update: 03/08/2026