The Best Dystopian Games - Page 4

Update : Karma: The Dark World added at rank #5.
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Transient: Extended Edition (2021)

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PC Windows Xbox One Nintendo Switch

H.P. Lovecraft meets Cyberpunk. Delve deep into a dystopian world and investigate what is happening to you and your friends in a domed city. Solve puzzles, hack systems and plug in to explore other dimensions. Discover a truth that might tear apart your sanity and question your very existence.


  • dystopian
  • cyberpunk
  • horror
  • lovecraftian
  • augmented
  • detective
  • walking-simulator
  • puzzle
  • post-apocalyptic
  • conversation
  • thriller
  • futuristic
  • sci-fi
  • mystery
  • atmospheric

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Machinika: Atlas (2024)

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IOS iPhone Android PC Windows

Machinika: Atlas is an indie puzzle game and is the direct sequel to Machinika: Museum, you play as a museum researcher who just land on Atlas. Will you unravel the mysteries of the alien vessel? Solve cryptic puzzles to find out what happened!


  • point-and-click
  • hidden-object
  • sci-fi
  • space
  • investigation
  • mystery
  • dystopian
  • aliens
  • puzzle
  • science
  • logic
  • 3d
  • first-person
  • casual
  • atmospheric

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Hidden Objects Collection Volume 4 (2022)

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PC Windows Nintendo Switch

Search through lavishly illustrated and animated backgrounds. Play over 30 fun minigames, restoring one piece of art at a time! Enjoy the winter wonderland of Mia's hometown, Mikamaw Point! Meet Mia's family and the neighbors she grew up with as she catches up with them! Spread joy to the citizens of this lovely community as you help them through their annual Christmas donation drives!

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  • 2.5d
  • tps
  • visual-novel
  • dystopian
  • hidden-object
  • otome
  • drama
  • anime
  • third-person
  • exploration
  • cute
  • detective
  • shooter
  • rpg
  • horror

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Mutation (2025)

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early access PC Windows

Trapped in a laboratory, something hunts you, constantly mutating. Will you be able to save yourself?


  • transhumanism
  • lovecraftian
  • first-person
  • illuminati
  • dystopian
  • cinematic
  • pve
  • rogue-like
  • horror
  • resource-management
  • fps
  • soundtrack
  • zombies
  • crafting
  • inventory

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The Plane Effect (2021)

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Nintendo Switch PC Windows Xbox One Playstation 4 Playstation 5

Players take on the role of Solo, a lonely office worker who's trying to get home to his family after his last day of work. Somewhat worryingly, it seems Solo experiences some trouble remembering his family, and also has to contend with the shifting balance of space and time.


  • dystopian
  • 3d
  • isometric
  • walking-simulator
  • stylized
  • atmospheric
  • narration
  • non-sense
  • puzzle
  • narrative
  • point-and-click
  • horror-mystery
  • futuristic
  • adventure

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Grimm's Folly (2025)

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PC Windows

In Grimm’s Folly, find yourself falling through a wormhole and landing in a trash heap. The world around you, dark and unfamiliar, is not your own. Someone has trapped you here. And that someone doesn’t ever want you to leave.

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  • 1990s
  • dystopian
  • science
  • narration
  • first-person
  • sci-fi
  • action-adventure
  • puzzle
  • story
  • controller-support
  • adventure
  • dark

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What Awaits, Aleksey? (2024)

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Linux Mac OS PC Windows

Utilize your analytical skills to connect the dots and unveil hidden conspiracies! Join the ranks of the People's Intelligence Bureau as a junior cryptologist, decipher cryptic messages and unravel plots brewed up by enemies of the state. Or . . . decide to save them...?


  • cold
  • typing
  • dynamic
  • lore
  • dystopian
  • logic
  • investigation
  • political
  • narration
  • point-and-click
  • dark
  • mystery
  • pixel
  • retro
  • war

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Not Tonight (2018)

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Nintendo Switch PC Windows

Person of European Heritage #112: Welcome to Relocation Block B, your new home. Your designated role is 'Bouncer'. Work hard, stay out of trouble, and we might let you stay in the UK.


  • life
  • political
  • politics
  • pixel
  • simulation
  • dystopian
  • alternate
  • slum
  • rpg
  • historical
  • economy

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Verne: The Shape of Fantasy (2023)

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PC Windows Mac OS

Become Jules Verne and adventure into the dangers that hide in Hemera, a fantastic parallel world built from his own imagination. Explore, solve puzzles and unlock the most coveted secret of the mighty Atlantis.


  • steampunk
  • dystopian
  • submarine
  • fiction
  • conversation
  • interactive
  • hidden-object
  • atmospheric
  • pixel
  • choices
  • story
  • old-school
  • narrative
  • exploration
  • underwater

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SONOKUNI (2025)

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PC Windows j Nintendo Switch

Battle your way through a biopunk and Japanese mythology-inspired landscape filled with over-the-top, hip hop-infused 2D action. A single hit means death, but use your time-bending skills to take down your oppressors and you might yet save your dying nation.

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  • transhumanism
  • cyberpunk
  • hack-and-slash
  • dystopian
  • psychedelic
  • futuristic
  • top-down
  • pixel
  • historical
  • 2d
  • sci-fi
  • action-adventure
  • atmospheric
  • aliens
  • tactical

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