The Best Dystopian Games for Xbox One - Page 2

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Backbone (2021)

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Backbone is a post-noir narrative adventure. Become raccoon private eye Howard Lotor and explore dystopian Vancouver inhabited by animals as you uncover a deeply personal story of change and transformation.


  • detective
  • dystopian
  • pixel
  • adventure
  • narrative
  • mystery
  • puzzle
  • conspiracy
  • noir
  • stealth
  • point-and-click
  • post-noir
  • visual-novel

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Prison City (2023)

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Prison City is a dystopian, action-packed side-scroller with tight mechanics and intricate level design. Battle techno-terrorists with your chakram and grenades, eat hot dogs for health, and locate contacts to help take down bosses.


  • dystopian
  • retro
  • 1990s
  • crime-ridden
  • 1980s
  • platform
  • 2d
  • post-apocalyptic
  • scroller
  • capitalism
  • side-scrolling
  • cinematic
  • sci-fi
  • pixel
  • action

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Transient: Extended Edition (2021)

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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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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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Orten Was The Case (2023)

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Orten Was The Case - A free movement puzzle/adventure game where you play as a youngster stuck in a time loop with the simple task of saving the world from literal destruction.


  • manipulation
  • time
  • nonlinear
  • lore
  • metroidvania
  • 2.5d
  • humor
  • conspiracy
  • time-management
  • dystopian
  • choices
  • mystery
  • detective
  • dark
  • open-world

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Billy 101 (2023)

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Xbox Series X Playstation 5 Playstation 4 PC Windows Nintendo Switch Xbox One

Meet Billy, a robot who is tired of his work on the production lines, who then decided to blow up everything and everyone in order to make his own choices.


  • robots
  • platform
  • 2d
  • dystopian
  • scroller
  • colourful
  • pixel
  • puzzle
  • futuristic
  • cute
  • retro
  • sci-fi
  • conversation

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Synergia - NextGen Edition (2023)

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Nintendo Switch Xbox One

Journey through a cyberpunk setting of neon-lit corruption. Meet 20+ characters with personal histories woven into the narrative. Make key choices that impact the story and lead to multiple endings. Includes the full "SUNRISE" expansion.


  • cyberpunk
  • dystopian
  • romance
  • visual-novel
  • war
  • multiple-endings

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Solace State (2023)

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Can you retain your humanity while fighting against a corporate biotech conspiracy? Play as the young hacker Chloe who confronts political plots as she fights for her friends and her neighbors. Your choices in building up relationships and communities can revolutionize into hope or heartbreak.


  • transhumanism
  • lgbtq
  • cyberpunk
  • life
  • dystopian
  • visual-novel
  • choices
  • simulation
  • point-and-click
  • multiple-endings
  • story
  • political
  • fiction
  • sci-fi

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No Umbrellas Allowed (2021)

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Reveal the true value of the items coming into the shop. Each item has their own history. Dig deep to see what is behind them and become an expert appraiser. Begin a tug of war with customers. With their own expectations and knowledge, they never give up on money.


  • shop
  • simulation
  • dystopian
  • choices
  • sci-fi
  • pixel
  • management
  • run-down
  • dialogue
  • crime
  • strategy
  • story
  • futuristic

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Gearshifters (2021)

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Playstation 4 Xbox One PC Windows Nintendo Switch

Steer, drift, spin, smash and gun through waves of enemy vehicles. Go to war against extreme machine bosses. Build up and tune your tactical loadout of car mods, defences and weaponry for each treacherous transport mission. Drive. Destroy. Get Paid. Upgrade!


  • rogue-like
  • dystopian
  • driving
  • post-apocalyptic
  • performance
  • perma-death
  • shoot-em-up
  • vehicle
  • scroller
  • racing
  • bullet-hell
  • top-down
  • procedural
  • combat
  • boss

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