cyberpunkdreams similar games & best alternatives

cyberpunkdreams

Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2021

Should you play it?

2090s America, torn apart by war and corporate greed. A lone traveller stands outside the gates of Cincinnati, greatest of the border cities. How far will you go to make it to the top? How far will you go to fulfil your mission?

What works

  • Deep and immersive cyberpunk world
  • Extensive character customization and roleplaying
  • Rich narrative and meaningful choices
  • Long-term, slow-paced gameplay encouraging habitual play
  • Active developer and community support

Things to keep in mind

  • Steep learning curve and complex mechanics
  • Slow progression and repetitive tasks
  • Action point system limits continuous play
  • Some content behind paywalls
  • Mature and potentially disturbing themes

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Bastard Bonds

  • Thea 2: The Shattering

  • Wildermyth

  • Streets of Rogue

  • Ancient Kingdoms

  • Ostranauts

Less intimate

Games that feels like cyberpunkdreams but with less focus on close relationships

  • Lootun

  • Approaching Infinity

  • Magic Research 2

  • Erannorth Chronicles

  • Dragon Cliff

  • Melvor Idle

Less idle-friendly

Games that feels like cyberpunkdreams but with less of an idle filler feel

  • Cyber Knights: Flashpoint

  • The Use of Life

  • Star Traders: Frontiers

  • Fantasy Maiden Wars - DREAM OF THE STRAY DREAMER -

  • Risk of Rain (2013)

  • Fantasy Grounds VTT

Choose your own criteria ->

Similarity map

How to use the graph

Similarity map

Each dot is a game placed from its motivation profile relative to this page’s game. Direction shows which motivation differs most; distance along that axis shows how large the gap is.

  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
  • Direction: each axis is a main motivational difference vs this game (e.g. more / less competitive).
  • Distance on an axis: how large that difference is (ring scales show +/− points).
  • Coloured chips: click to highlight games that mainly differ on that motivation; click again to reset.
  • Dotted line: link between this page’s game and the one selected for comparison.
  • Hover a dot to preview that game in the panel on the right; click to keep that comparison.
  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom.

How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

cyberpunkdreams: Less representative of its motivational profile, with noticeable differences. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Cooperation, Fellowship, Intimacy, Leadership. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Idle, Survival, Expression.

Last update: 03/08/2026