From Polygon · Rebecca Corgan · · 1m 30s
8 Best Cyberpunk 2077 Replacement Games
Cyberpunk 2077's dystopian cityscape finds eight alternatives with corporate conspiracies, neon-lit chaos, and dark futures.
In brief
Cyberpunk 2077's dystopian cityscape finds eight alternatives with corporate conspiracies, neon-lit chaos, and dark futures. Eight games offer cyberpunk-style dystopias with corporate conspiracies, urban decay, and moral dilemmas. Originally reported by Polygon.
Cyberpunk 2077's lasting impact
Night City's neon and corporate rot leave a lasting dystopian impression after players leave.
“Night City won’t let go of you easily. Nor is Cyberpunk 2”
Eight alternatives for cyberpunk fans
Eight games offer cyberpunk-style dystopias with corporate conspiracies, urban decay, and moral dilemmas.
“If the recent re-release of The Witcher 3 gave you some Cyberpunk 2077 blues, at least know there are plenty of alternatives.”
Deus Ex: Mankind Divided
Deus Ex: Mankind Divided features corporate conspiracies, augmentation ethics, and a body arguing with its owner.
“Deus Ex: Mankind Divided is rife with corporate conspiracies, it grapples with augmentation ethics, and it’s got a body arguing with its owner, too.”
Watch Dogs: Legion
Watch Dogs: Legion lets players recruit anyone in London to fight corporate surveillance.
“Watch Dogs: Legion casts you as anyone in London to fight corporate surveillance.”
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt follows Geralt of Rivia searching for his daughter Ciri in a medieval fantasy setting.
“The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt’s main story follows a mutant monster hunter, Geralt of Rivia, as he looks for his daughter, Ciri.”
The Ascent
The Ascent features corporate collapse and gunfights in a city-sized tower on planet Veles.
“The Ascent Group is a mega-corporation that runs a city-sized tower on the planet Veles.”
Cloudpunk
Cloudpunk involves delivering packages in a city with always-listening technology.
“Do not miss a delivery, and never open the package. As a mail carrier for Cloudpunk, an illicit delivery service, these are the rules you live by.”
Ghostwire: Tokyo
Ghostwire: Tokyo features a city where people turn into piles of clothes and loose spirits.
“When Ghostwire: Tokyo’s protagonist, Akito, is fatally hurt in a bike crash, he survives for one reason: A nearby displaced spectral detective, KK, revives and possesses him.”
Observer
Observer involves hacking into corpses' minds to solve a murder mystery.
“Observer begins when Daniel Lazarski, a neural detective (or "Observer") gets a distress call from his estranged son.”
VA-11 HALL-A
VA-11 HALL-A lets players bartend through an apocalypse in a glitch city.
“Jill Stingray, your player character, is an empathetic but cynical bartender at VA-11 HALL-A, a dive bar in Glitch City.”
Why these games matter
These games offer cyberpunk-style dystopias with corporate conspiracies, urban decay, and moral dilemmas.
“None of these games will give you Night City back, but they will give you other dystopian worlds to lose yourself in.”
The cyberpunk genre's appeal
The cyberpunk genre keeps drawing players back with ordinary people in very weird futures.
“After all, that’s what keeps drawing us back to the cyberpunk genre: Seeing what happens to ordinary people when the future gets very, very weird.”
The bottom line
Eight games offer cyberpunk-style dystopias with corporate conspiracies, urban decay, and moral dilemmas.
