# Citizen Sleeper

6 Hacker News commenters recommended Citizen Sleeper and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 4 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Recommended for a strong story and characters in a short, board-game-inspired cyberpunk RPG that hooks players in a weekend.

## Why people recommend it

- Strong story and memorable characters (2 comments): "the storytelling was great and it made you really care about the characters and their stories" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49169813)) "Board-game inspired narrative cyberpunk RPG with a nice story." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49167767))
- Well-liked, really good cyberpunk RPG (2 comments): "Citizen Sleeper, the game that is going free tomorrow on the Epic store is really good." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48571430)) "Board-game inspired narrative cyberpunk RPG with a nice story." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49167767))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Baldur's Gate 3](https://hackerapproved.com/p/baldur-s-gate-3.md): 71 recommend
- [Clair Obscur: Expedition 33](https://hackerapproved.com/p/clair-obscur-expedition-33.md): 58 recommend
- [Ultima VII Revisited](https://hackerapproved.com/p/ultima-vii.md): 24 recommend
- [Disco Elysium](https://hackerapproved.com/p/disco-elysium.md): 23 recommend
- [Chrono Trigger](https://hackerapproved.com/p/chrono-trigger.md): 23 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Citizen Sleeper", https://hackerapproved.com/p/citizen-sleeper/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).