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One that doesn't fit the usual but is very much right in the middle of the genre is VA-11 HALL-A. You're essentially playing a background NPC in a place away from all the action of a cyberpunk story, you can see that it's all happening elsewhere but you're just in your small bar serving drinks and dealing with your personal life. Loved it.

I have enjoyed Cloudpunk greatly. It is a low budget title, but the characters and anti-corp themes are great. Plus it has flying cars.

You could obviously also pick up Bladerunner. I think all the versions are back in order now after some initial chaos around a re-release.

Beneath a steel sky

Shadowrun

Deus Ex

System Shock

Perfect Dark

I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream

...sorry all I know are old games lol

You didn’t mention System Shock, so maybe System Shock.

It was originally released in 1994 but a remake was just recently released and has had favorable feedback. Deus Ex, BioShock and Prey are spiritual successors.

The Ascent and Citizen Sleeper come to mind.

I'm not sure if Stray counts as Cyberpunk, but it has most of the trappings and is a great game. A bit short. It's kind of like the futuristic part of Cyberpunk taken beyond the extinction of the humans.

You play a cat that has accidentally fallen into a walled city that's full of human-like robots and uncover what happened to the humans as you try to get out.

It's not out for a few more months but I recently tried the demo for Fortune's Run, which is now one of my favorite depictions of a cyberpunk world in a game. It's an immersive sim, maybe with a bit more focus on direct combat than most. The gameplay is fun if a bit rough in some spots, hopefully it gets polished up for launch but it's very promising. Everything about the presentation though is top notch.

If you liked Shadowrun Returns, I'd definitely recommend the sequels - Dragonfall and Shadowrun: Hong Kong. That first one was more of a proof of concept kind of thing. It was fun, but it was more about showing the gameplay could work. The other two are a massive improvement in the level of storytelling.

I say sequels, but they're not actually related story or character wise. They can be played in any order. I'd say Dragonfall has the better story and Hong Kong has the better characters, but they're both great and well worth your time.

Ghostrunner is currently cheap in the Steam Summer sale.

I know someone else has mentioned it already, but you absolutely must play the other two Shadowrun games, Shadowrun: Dragonfall and Shadowrun: Hong Kong. They're really good and with better story and characters. The universe has had decades of development, and I think you felt it. Steam sale is coming up, you should be able to get them for not a lot of money.

Transistor is close to cyberpunk, if you’re into indie top down view games.

I recently played Detroit: Become Human for the first time. That's pretty good, although it's a little bit more grounded in reality than the usual neon light infested stuff.

And of course there's the Blade Runner point and click adventure. But I haven't played that yet.

• Ghostwire: Tokyo
• Stray
• Cloudpunk
• Broken Reality
• Neo Cab
• Paradise Killer

Exapunks! If you can stand programming games. It's fairly accessible, and the setting is spectacular.

Virtuaverse. point and click. It has an element of kitsch, but is way worth it imo, if you enjoy that sort of nostalgic trips.

Cruelty Squad. Not strictly cyberpunk, but with an adjacent vibe, more modern and pessimistic. It's a repulsive, yet fascinating game.
The gameplay is very twitchy, which I usually don't care for, but I made an exception for this one.

BitRat. Short puzzle game, great aesthetics, small dev. Real good.

The original Syndicate by Bullfrog was incredible in terms of athmosphere, but it probably aged poorly.

I strongly recommand giving Shadowrun Dragonfall and Honk Kong a try. They're IMO better than the first one, both story and gameplay wise. Even if they depart a bit from the tabletop vibe towards a more videogamey feel.

Mirror's Edge, while older, is mildly cyberpunk. It's a parkour game.

Even though it is firmly a walking sim and has various issues, Observer by Bloober Team absolutely nails the dingy cyberpunk aesthetic. I enjoyed it for its atmosphere, despite its flaws.

Two older but great options I enjoyed:

• Syndicate Plus: You are an ambitious marketing director in the Syndicate, hand-picked to lead a team of cyborg mercenaries. You work in the problem-solving department and you are damn good at "taking care" of problems. Some might say that violence is not the answer but you know better. There here are hardly any problems that you can't solve with a well-placed bullet. Collateral damage in the local population and infrastructure during the “negotiations” is, as always, acceptable. After all, what would you expect form the dystopian futuristic world run by mega-corporations?

• Dex: Wanted dead by a mysterious and far-reaching organization, you will traverse the futuristic city of Harbor Prime and make unexpected allies on your quest to bring down the system! In this cyberpunk adventure inspired by Blade Runner and Neuromancer, you are free to choose your playstyle: will you be a silent assassin, a hacker, a diplomat or a straightforward gunfighter?

I loved the coop mode of Satellite Reign. I wished more games would have this feature!

After reading these comments here, I think I will give Cyberpunk 2077 a chance when the next sale drops.

One game that no one's seemed to mention is ANNO: Mutationem. It's more of a hack and slash type 2D pixel style game, but the cyberpunk themes and settings are all there.

I'll recommend The Ascent and Ruiner. Two top-down action games with great visuals and amazing music. The Ascent is more gritty sci-fi than cyberpunk but it scratches a similar itch.

Observer and SOMA. Two of my all-time favourites ever.

Especially SOMA, which might not have a distinct cyberpunk feeling (contrary to Observer which is basically Blade Runner), but at its core it’s a deep cyberpunk game, and one that will give you a life-changing experience. After playing that game, I couldn’t look at life and at my perception of it the same way. It broke me for several weeks, and that feeling stayed with me for a long time. Please don’t let ANYTHING spoil you anything of the game.

It’s been an eye-opening philosophical experience, and one that you can very rarely find in video games.

I run a community called Boomer Shooter over on lemmy.ninja. I'd pick games like Deadlink, Ghostware, and Prodeus. They check all the boxes for me.

Umurangi Generation. I talk more about it in this comment, but the short version is that you’re a photographer in a shitty cyberpunk future.

Just it's aesthetics I guess but ghostrunner is great

Neofeud is a cyberpunk old school point'n click.

EYE Divine Cybermancy is a cluncky but cool FPS-RPG.

If you want to try something different, you could give the MUD Sindome a try. Very cyberpunk with an interesting setting. I'm not sure how active it is nowadays though.

Thanks everyone, for the wonderful recommendations and sharing thoughts! I hadn't realised the Steam sale was upon us, so it was the perfect time to find out!