Citizen Sleeper
Shares rank 21 of 33 role-playing games by recommenders
Recommended for a strong story and characters in a short, board-game-inspired cyberpunk RPG that hooks players in a weekend.
Recommended for a strong story and characters in a short, board-game-inspired cyberpunk RPG that hooks players in a weekend.
6 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 6
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 4 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 6 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 4 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Strong story and memorable characters
“the storytelling was great and it made you really care about the characters and their stories”
Comment from 4 Aug 2026 in “Cyberpunk Video Games” “Board-game inspired narrative cyberpunk RPG with a nice story.”
Comment from 4 Aug 2026 in “Cyberpunk Video Games” Well-liked, really good cyberpunk RPG
“Citizen Sleeper, the game that is going free tomorrow on the Epic store is really good.”
Comment from 17 Jun 2026 in “Epic Games announces Lore version control system” “Board-game inspired narrative cyberpunk RPG with a nice story.”
Comment from 4 Aug 2026 in “Cyberpunk Video Games”
Other role-playing games people recommend
The four most recommended other role-playing games, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baldur's Gate 3 | 71 | 11 | 87% | 11 | — | Approved |
| Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 | 58 | 10 | 85% | 11 | — | Approved |
| Ultima VII Revisited | 24 | 7 | 77% | 7 | — | Approved |
| Disco Elysium | 23 | 1 | 96% | 8 | — | Approved |
| Citizen SleeperThis page | 6 | 0 | 100% | 4 | — | — |
What people said
All 6 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“the storytelling was great and it made you really care about the characters and their stories”
“A rented artificial body owned by a megacorporation with a required subscription and planned obsolescence built in.”
“Board-game inspired narrative cyberpunk RPG with a nice story.”
“It's a 7 hour narrative text-based adventure that really hooked me one week-end.”
“Citizen Sleeper, the game that is going free tomorrow on the Epic store is really good.”
“it's better suited for stuff like Citizen Sleeper or Rogue Trader”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.