Best Dystopian games on PC
Games set in oppressive or decaying societies, where players survive, resist those in power, or uncover how the system works through combat, stealth, exploration, or narrative choices.
- Oppressive or decaying settings
- Single-player story focus
- Themes of control and resistance
Related: Cyberpunk, Sci-fi, Story Rich, Singleplayer
762 games on PC, with requirements, reviews and prices.
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It Comes In Waves
Third-person desert survival shooter where your water constantly evaporates
93% positive
404 reviews
Teller's Duty
Bank teller simulation with changing rules and moral dilemmas
71% positive
403 reviews
XF Extreme Formula
Futuristic arcade racing with hoverjets competing across the solar system
88% positive
400 reviews
Demo Ark of Charon
Side-scrolling colony sim and tower defense atop a traveling tree
74% positive
400 reviews
Demo Neon Inferno
Side-scrolling run-and-gun shooter with enemies in the foreground and background
91% positive
399 reviews
Mega Serval
A 2D action platformer about rescuing friends and copying abilities
97% positive
Free
Under A New Sun
Open-world survival crafting with wind-driven sailing between alien islands
75% positive
393 reviews
KANADE
Romance visual novel about saving a dying world through song
84% positive
392 reviews
Kaigrad
Dark fantasy visual novel where living beings provide the only light
92% positive
Free
Kingpin: Reloaded
First-person gangland shooter with recruitable allies and location-based damage
38% positive
387 reviews
HordeZ
VR rail shooter with waves of zombies and demons
83% positive
385 reviews
My Beautiful Paper Smile
A psychological horror adventure about escaping a facility that demands smiles
83% positive
383 reviews
Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine - Master Crafted Edition
Remastered third-person sci-fi shooter mixing gunfire with chainsword melee combat
57% positive
382 reviews
Analog - Skin off
First-person horror where a TV broadcast tells you how to survive
93% positive
Free
Ministry of Broadcast
A dystopian puzzle-platformer built around a state-run reality TV competition
81% positive
378 reviews
Mr. Rainer's Solve-It Service
A surreal text adventure about hunger in a hungerless world
98% positive
378 reviews
Inner Chains
First-person horror shooter in a world of flesh and machinery
48% positive
376 reviews
Booth: A Dystopian Adventure
Food-inspection simulation with a branching story in a blockaded city
88% positive
375 reviews
The Westport Independent
Newspaper editing simulation about censorship, political loyalty, and government pressure
78% positive
Free
Quarantineer
Dystopian government simulator about controlling a country during an outbreak
81% positive
370 reviews
Demo War of the Human Tanks
Story-driven tactics where your army consists of human-shaped tanks
91% positive
368 reviews
Smile More
Medical horror simulation where every patient must be made to smile
95% positive
Free
Lumina Veil
Survival horror split between a strange game and everyday life
96% positive
Free
Shambles: Sons of Apocalypse
Text-based roguelite RPG with card battles and branching story paths
75% positive
359 reviews