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
174 games on PC, with requirements, reviews and prices.
Cruelty Squad
Surreal tactical FPS with corporate assassinations and multiple mission routes
96% positive
25K reviews
The Ascent
Top-down cyberpunk shooter RPG after the ruling corporation shuts down
74% positive
25K reviews
The Forever Winter
Third-person PvE extraction shooter beneath towering war machines
68% positive
25K reviews
Hardspace: Shipbreaker
First-person zero-gravity simulation about dismantling hazardous spaceships for salvage
89% positive
22K reviews
Le Mans Ultimate
Official endurance racing simulation with ranked multiplayer and multiclass cars
79% positive
20K reviews
Homefront®: The Revolution
Open-world first-person shooter about liberating occupied Philadelphia through guerrilla warfare
61% positive
17K reviews
Remember Me
Third-person action adventure about stealing and altering people's memories
83% positive
17K reviews
Mirror's Edge™ Catalyst
Open-world first-person parkour action across a high-tech city
80% positive
17K reviews
Deus Ex: Game of the Year Edition
First-person cyberpunk RPG built around choice, stealth, and conspiracy
95% positive
16K reviews
Orwell: Keeping an Eye On You
Dystopian investigation game about deciding what security forces learn
90% positive
16K reviews
BioShock® 2
First-person shooter through an underwater city as a Big Daddy
89% positive
15K reviews
Deponia
Hand-drawn point-and-click comedy about escaping a trash-covered world
86% positive
15K reviews
The Red Strings Club
Cyberpunk narrative adventure with mood-shifting cocktails and phone impersonation
93% positive
14K reviews
We Happy Few
First-person survival adventure about escaping a drugged, conformist city
77% positive
14K reviews
Shadowrun Returns
Isometric tactical RPG tracing a murder through cyberpunk Seattle
88% positive
14K reviews
SUPERHOT: MIND CONTROL DELETE
First-person roguelike shooter where time moves only when you do
84% positive
13K reviews
Do Not Feed the Monkeys
Point-and-click surveillance sim balancing deduction, choices, and daily survival
94% positive
13K reviews
Not For Broadcast
Live-action news simulation with censorship and branching political choices
94% positive
13K reviews
Watch Dogs®: Legion
Open-world hacking action where anyone in London can be recruited
56% positive
13K reviews
RUINER
Top-down cyberpunk shooter with slow-motion attacks and scavenged weapons
89% positive
13K reviews
Pathologic 2
Story-driven survival RPG in a plague-stricken town with limited time
92% positive
12K reviews
Pikuniku
A 2D puzzle adventure about odd errands and hidden corruption
96% positive
12K reviews
DYSMANTLE
Top-down survival RPG about dismantling an island for resources
91% positive
12K reviews
Iron Lung
Short first-person horror navigating a blood ocean by instruments
92% positive
11K reviews