Best Cyberpunk Games

Why it's here: Night City earns the top spot: after Phantom Liberty and years of patches, this is the densest cyberpunk world you can play on PS5, and its side jobs reward a completionist far more than the average open world's busywork. Players still flag residual bugs and note that dialogue choices shift less than they appear to. Come for the world and the characters, not for branching consequence, and it delivers.

Why it's here: The purest immersive sim on this list: every objective in Prague opens to stealth, hacking or a loud frontal push, and the side cases are among the best-written reasons to comb a hub. Players rate it highly but flag a story that ends abruptly and microtransactions that had no business in a single-player game. If you want cyberpunk that respects how you solve problems, start here.

Why it's here: The fastest thing on the list: a one-hit-kill first-person katana run where death and respawn happen in the same second, so momentum never breaks. Players love the flow and the soundtrack, though many call the boss fights forgettable and the story thin. There is little here for a completionist to hoard, but if you want cyberpunk as pure reflex and rhythm, nothing else comes close.

Why it's here: The one to bring friends to: a jaw-dropping isometric arcology you blast through solo or in up-to-four-player co-op, with gunplay that keeps a squad busy for hours. Reviews are split, praising the visuals while warning of crashes, a confusing map and thinner RPG systems than the loot implies. If you can weather the rough edges, it is the best cyberpunk world here to explore with a partner.

Why it's here: The sharpest twin-stick brawl in the set: a brutal, neon-soaked assault on a corporate tower where dashing and re-aiming mid-swing is the whole game. Players rate it well for its style and soundtrack but note repetition, occasional stutter and flashing visuals that raise accessibility concerns. It is deliberately short, so treat it as a compact, replayable rush rather than a sprawling world to pick clean.

Why it's here: More of the first game's one-hit katana runs, now bolted onto motorcycle chases and open stretches between the corridors. Players praise the core movement and visuals but split hard on the additions, calling the bike sections frustrating and the open world unnecessary. It is also easier than the original. Play it if you finished Ghostrunner and want more of that flow, knowing the new ideas do not all land.

Why it's here: Cyberpunk turned inward and horrific: you play a detective who hacks into suspects' minds, and Bloober Team builds each memory into a warping nightmare, anchored by a late Rutger Hauer performance. Players praise the visuals and story while warning it plays close to a walking sim and loses the thread in its mind-dive sequences. For horror fans over action-seekers, it is the most distinctive pick here.

Why it's here: Nightdive's remake of the 1994 game that basically invented the immersive sim, rebuilt with modern controls but the same claustrophobic station dread and SHODAN as its all-time villain. Players love the faithfulness and the payoff for exploring every deck, but flag fiddly inventory management, heavy backtracking and sharp difficulty spikes. If you want to see where cyberpunk on this list came from, and you like being left to figure things out, this is it.

Why it's here: The one that started it all: the 2000 original, now playable on PS4 and PS5, still the blueprint every game above borrows from, with a conspiracy plot and freedom to solve missions almost any way you can imagine. Players call it a timeless classic while being honest that the graphics and controls show their age and the opening is a steep climb. Bring patience for the dated feel and the depth still holds up.

Why it's here: The cult 1999 sequel, remastered: it layered RPG builds and a genuinely unsettling ship onto the first game's formula, and it is still regarded as one of the best of its kind. Players praise the modern quality-of-life fixes but push back on the asking price for a game this old and note a few systems that still feel dated. For anyone who wants the deep-build immersive sim behind BioShock, it is worth the entry.

Why it's here: The indie curveball: a cyberpunk beat 'em up crossed with a roguelike, where fast melee and varied builds drive an addictive one-more-run loop, co-op included. Players enjoy the combat but split on the package, flagging thin content, repetition and rough performance. It is the smallest game here and it shows, so take it as a cheap, replayable brawler for roguelike fans rather than a full cyberpunk world.