Cyberpunk 2077 in flight – TOP 10 best cyberpunk games
As sad as it may be to admit it, not every player will be able to play Cyberpunk 2077 on their computer or, for that matter, their console (we condole with the owners of PS4 and Xbox One). Components nowadays, as some of you may well know, are extremely expensive. What to do if your gaming machine, well, in general, does not pull the Polish novelty in any way? How to quench your cyberpunk thirst? The answer is to look at alternatives.
In today’s article, we will take a look at the top ten cyberpunk games, many of which can be played even on a fairly weak computer. The material will also be useful for those who just want to see what games from this unique genre are available on the market.
Shadowrun returns
- Release date: 2013
- Genre: turn based role playing game
- Platforms: PC
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Shadowrun Returns is based on the Shadowrun board game of the same name. Shadowrun Returns takes you to a dark 2054 Seattle multiplex. Take on the role of a “runner”, a mercenary living on the periphery of society, and go on the trail of a mysterious killer that will sooner or later lead you to the walls of the most influential megacorporations. To survive in this brutal futuristic world, you will have to carefully weigh your every decision, resort to the help of other runners and master truly unique powers that are a mixture of high technology and magic.
Deus Ex: Mankind Divided
- Release date: 2016
- Genre: action RPG, FPS, stealth
- Platforms: PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Linux, Mac, Windows
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The entire series of Deus Ex games is devoted to the themes of modifying the human body and perverting the social order – the entire cyberpunk genre revolves around all this “good”. In Deus Ex: Mankind Divided, you take on the role of Adam Jensen, a modified human living in a world where his like is subjected to the most severe repression. You have to unravel a world-class conspiracy using a set of cybernetic enhancements and specific skills that not every Interpol operative can boast. Each of your decisions during the passage of the game directly affects the outcome of the entire story.
Technolust
- Release date: 2016
- Genre: Adventure, exploration
- Platforms: PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Linux, Mac, Windows
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Technolust is an interactive graphic novel set in a dystopian cyberpunk world. Players will explore the environment and interact with different characters as they try to unravel the mystery surrounding the massacres. Technolust contains minigames, collectibles, and a free add-on that greatly expands the base game.
Blade Runner 2049: VR Tie-Ins
- Release date: 2017
- Genre: Interactive VR Movie
- Platforms: VR (Oculus Rift, Oculus GO)
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ATTENTION: These games contain spoilers for Blade Runner 2049!
Three games based on Blade Runner 2049 have been released: Replicant Pursuit, Memory Lab and Revelations. And in each of these games, you will immerse yourself in a dark cyberpunk version of Los Angeles. In the first game, players take control of a Blade Runner from 2049, who is tasked with tracking down and eliminating replicants – artificially created people. When a Replicant kills two people, you chase him in your Spinner, a flying car straight out of the future.
At the Memory Lab, you go to the Wallace Corporation for review. Revelations unfolds in 2023 and tells us what happened between the original Blade Runner and its 2017 sequel. Unfortunately, Revelations can no longer be purchased.
The red strings club
- Release date: 2018
- Genre: RPG
- Platforms: PC
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The Red Strings Club is an interactive pick-your-own-adventure set in a pixelated cyberpunk world. In this incredibly stylish game, you follow the story of a bartender and a rogue hacker, united with one goal: to prevent the mega-corporation from brainwashing people. Great script and elaborate characters – The Red Strings Club is the gem of 2018.
Virtuaverse
- Release date: 2020
- Genre: Quest
- Platforms: PC
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VirtuaVerse is a cyberpunk point-and-click quest set in a neon-flooded dystopian city with a pixelated retro style. Players will take on the role of Nathan – an outsider / smuggler distributing modified hardware and hacked software. Nathan is an extremely unique person, and all because he is one of the few who can turn off his AR-set and see the world as it really is. Nathan sets out in search of answers in the abyss of the cyberpunk stone jungle when Jay, his girlfriend, disappears without a trace and the AR set breaks down.
Sense: A Cyberpunk Ghost Story
- Release date: 2020
- Genre: Adventure, horror
- Platforms: PC
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Sense: A Cyberpunk Ghost Story is a horror game inspired by such popular horror stories as Clock Tower and Fatal Frame. The game mixes elements of cyberpunk and traditional Cantonese folklore in a stunning way. The game will take place in Neo Hong Kong 2083. A girl named Mei-Ling Mak is drawn into a whirlwind of supernatural terror when she decides to inspect Chong-Sing’s ruined apartment building. As Mei-Ling, you have to put together 14 stories and lift the veil of secrecy over the curse that terrorizes the girl’s family.
Ghostrunner
- Release date: 2020
- Genre: Action, FPS
- Platforms: PC
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In the future, the cataclysm forces humanity to live in a tower built by a certain “Architect” who died under mysterious circumstances many years ago. Everyone in the tower knows the truth about the Architect’s death, but no one wants to voice it out loud. You are an augmented hunter seeking revenge and trying to find the truth about your origins. Explore the tower, fight opponents in both real and cyber space, and gain the power to challenge the Keymaster.
LOW-FI
- Release date: 2020
- Genre: RPG
- Platforms: VR (Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, Valve Index, Windows Mixed Reality)
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LOW-FI, more often regarded as a “holodeck” (hello to Star Trek fans) than a traditional video game, sends the player on an interactive, non-linear cyberpunk adventure. You play as a police officer who was recently transferred to a police station located in a crime-infested area – block 303.
In this difficult area, you will deal with the so-called “low-fi” – people who are not able to connect to a virtual reality simulation aka “platform”, where most of the world’s population lives. Patrol the city streets, interact with colorful characters, upgrade your equipment – there are a lot of opportunities and all of them can be done in a detailed open world.
Gamedec
- Release date: 2020
- Genre: Isometric RPG
- Platforms: PC
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Gamedec is a one-player isometric RPG. You are a “game” detective who investigates crimes inside virtual worlds. Your task is to collect information from witnesses and suspects in order to get to the bottom of the case. The game constantly adjusts to your decisions, plus it completely lacks a combat system, which will be a plus for some, and a minus for others.
