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.
KARMA: The Dark World
First-person psychological thriller investigating memories in dystopian East Germany
91% positive
4,558 reviews
Terminator: Dark Fate - Defiance
Real-time tactics with persistent troops and scarce battlefield resources
83% positive
4,468 reviews
ATOM RPG Trudograd
Isometric, turn-based RPG searching a post-nuclear Soviet city
83% positive
4,448 reviews
Dune: Imperium
Digital board game mixing deck-building, worker placement, and political rivalry
94% positive
4,399 reviews
Shelter 2
Single-player survival adventure about raising lynx cubs in a changing tundra
85% positive
4,319 reviews
Colony Ship: A Post-Earth Role Playing Game
Isometric party-based RPG where choices shape life aboard a generation ship
88% positive
4,273 reviews
Grimhook
Fast-paced first-person platforming and robot combat beneath a ruined city
98% positive
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HENPRI
Darkly comic visual novel following a man sent to an island prison
97% positive
4,199 reviews
Going Under
Satirical action roguelite through the ruins of failed startups
90% positive
4,170 reviews
Deadlink
Cyberpunk first-person shooter with randomized runs and upgradeable combat shells
89% positive
3,671 reviews
Endling - Extinction is Forever
Side-scrolling survival adventure about keeping fox cubs alive amid human destruction
95% positive
3,652 reviews
Get To Work
Precision platformer about climbing the corporate ladder on rollerblades
89% positive
3,601 reviews
HAAK
Side-scrolling metroidvania with hook-based movement and hidden wasteland paths
90% positive
3,522 reviews
Peripeteia
Cyberpunk immersive sim with freeform missions in alternate-history Poland
86% positive
3,481 reviews
7 Days to End with You
Narrative word puzzle about deciphering dialogue over seven days
88% positive
3,468 reviews
Primordia
Post-apocalyptic point-and-click adventure about robots seeking a stolen power core
96% positive
3,447 reviews
NORCO
Point-and-click mystery about a missing brother in industrial Louisiana
92% positive
3,262 reviews
After the Fall®
Co-op VR zombie shooter against hordes in frozen LA
77% positive
3,131 reviews
Miasma Chronicles
Turn-based tactical RPG with real-time exploration in ruined America
80% positive
3,045 reviews
Observer: System Redux
First-person cyberpunk horror built around searching minds for clues
85% positive
3,024 reviews
Happy's Humble Burger Farm
First-person restaurant horror where wrong orders bring danger
88% positive
3,001 reviews
QUICKERFLAK
Top-down arcade shooter with brutal, minute-long time-attack runs
88% positive
2,943 reviews
SPRAWL
Retro first-person shooter with wall-running and slow-motion gunfights
87% positive
2,897 reviews
Beholder 3
Dystopian strategy simulation juggling landlord surveillance and ministry politics
65% positive
2,864 reviews