Cyberside Picnic
A text-based adventure mixing AI conversations with reworked retro games
Michael Luo · Published by Cathode Radiator · Released Jun 14, 2023
- Reviews
- Very Positive
- 97% of 75
- Recent reviews
- Not enough recent
- Players
- 0
- daily peak, Oct 28, 2026
- Steam Deck
- Playable
- Last update on Steam
- 3 years ago
- Jun 4, 2023
What is Cyberside Picnic?
In this single-player narrative adventure, you maintain 2ELLIOT, a corporate AI behind a digital media algorithm. Across eight chapters, you talk with the AI and your partner, navigate shifting text adventures, and play reworked retro games from a decaying digital library while investigating what lies behind the algorithm.
For you if...
- +you enjoy surreal, text-driven stories about artificial intelligence
Not for you if...
- −you prefer constant action to long stretches of reading
What players say
97% of 75 reviews are positive
Players praise the artistic approach and nostalgic game styles. They criticize uneven minigame quality, and some find the story difficult to follow.
Screenshots and trailer
Cyberside Picnic system requirements
Minimum: GTX 1650, 8 GB RAM, 1 GB of disk space.
As published by the developer.
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- OS
- Windows 10
- Processor
- Intel Core i3 9350k
- Graphics
- NVIDIA GTX 1650
- Memory
- 8 GB RAM
- Storage
- 1 GB available space
- DirectX
- Version 10
Recommended
- OS
- Windows 10
- Processor
- Ryzen 5600
- Graphics
- NVIDIA RTX 3060
- Memory
- 8 GB RAM
- Storage
- 1 GB available space
- DirectX
- Version 11
Does Cyberside Picnic have co-op or multiplayer?
No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.
Does Cyberside Picnic run on Steam Deck?
Playable Playable: it runs on Steam Deck with some adjustments.
- Sometimes shows mouse, keyboard or non-Deck controller icons
- Some in-game text is small and may be hard to read
- All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
- Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
PC version details
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Keyboard and mouse
- Platforms
- Windows
- Steam features
- Family Sharing
- Languages
- Full audio: English.
Does Cyberside Picnic use AI-generated content?
No AI-generated content is disclosed on the game's Steam page.
Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Oct 28, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam