Best Dystopian Games

Every Dystopian game The Belly has scored, ranked from the highest verdict down. Browse games with a Dystopian setting or subject and see where each one landed.

Games with a Dystopian theme, ranked by Belly Score. Theme tags capture the subject matter and setting of a game — distinct from genre — so this list pulls together titles that share a Dystopian world or aesthetic regardless of how they play. See which Dystopian-themed games earned The Belly's top marks and which fell short.

Best Dystopian Games rankings

9.8

Fallout: New Vegas

Action · RPG · Shooter

PC · PlayStation 3 · Xbox 360 · Xbox One · Xbox Series X|S · Xbox Cloud Gaming

Post-ApocalypticDystopianWestern+1

AdventurousOpen-EndedImmersive+2

9.7

SIGNALIS

Survival · Horror · Adventure

PC · Nintendo Switch · PlayStation 4 · Xbox One

Sci-FiDystopianPsychological+1

EerieUnsettlingTense+3

9.7

Dishonored

Action · Adventure

PC · PlayStation 3 · Xbox 360

SteampunkDystopianSupernatural+1

ImmersiveDarkStrategic+3

9.7

Library Of Ruina

RPG · Strategy · Simulation

PC · Nintendo Switch · PlayStation 4 · Xbox One

DystopianDark / GrimPsychological+1

DarkChallengingStrategic+3

9.5

STEINS;GATE 0

Adventure · Visual Novel

PlayStation 3 · PlayStation 4 · PlayStation Vita · Microsoft Windows · Xbox One · Nintendo Switch

Sci-FiDystopianPsychological+1

MysteriousDarkEmotional+3

9.5

METAL GEAR RISING: REVENGEANCE

Action · Adventure

PlayStation 3 · Xbox 360 · PC (Microsoft Windows) · macOS

Sci-FiCyberpunkRobots / Mechs+1

IntenseFast-PacedAdrenaline-Fueled+3

9.5

Transistor

Action RPG · Strategy

Microsoft Windows · PlayStation 4 · OS X · Linux · iOS · Nintendo Switch

Sci-FiCyberpunkDystopian+1

AtmosphericStrategicTactical+3

9.5

MOTHER 3

RPG

Game Boy Advance · Wii U · Nintendo Switch

FamilyDystopianSatire+1

EmotionalMelancholicThought-Provoking+3

9.4

BioShock 2

FPS · Horror · Survival

PC · PlayStation 3 · Xbox 360

DystopianUnderwaterPsychological+1

AtmosphericDarkIntense+3

9.4

Cyberpunk 2077

Action · RPG · Adventure

PC · macOS · PlayStation 4 · PlayStation 5 · Xbox One · Xbox Series X/S · Google Stadia · Nintendo Switch 2

Sci-FiCyberpunkDystopian+1

ImmersiveIntenseAtmospheric+2

9.3

Limbus Company

RPG · Strategy · Adventure · Visual Novel

PC · iOS · Android

DystopianDark / GrimPsychological+1

DarkStrategicTactical+3

9.3

Muv-Luv

Visual Novel · Adventure

Windows · Nintendo Switch · iOS · Android · PlayStation Vita · PlayStation 3 · Xbox 360

Sci-FiWarDystopian+1

EmotionalDarkIntense+2

9.2

Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga

RPG

PlayStation 2 · PlayStation 3

Sci-FiDystopianMythology+1

MysteriousDarkIntense+3

9.1

Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor

RPG · Strategy

Nintendo DS · Nintendo 3DS

ModernSupernaturalOccult+1

StrategicTacticalDark+3

9.1

RUINER

Shooter · Action · Adventure

Linux · Microsoft Windows · PlayStation 4 · Xbox One · Nintendo Switch · Macintosh

Sci-FiCyberpunkDystopian+1

IntenseFast-PacedChallenging+3

9.1

PURGATORIO

Action RPG

PC · Mobile · Console

DystopianWorkplaceDark / Grim+1

AtmosphericChallengingCooperative+3

9.1

Shin Megami Tensei II

RPG

Super Famicom · PlayStation · Game Boy Advance · iOS · Android · Wii Shop · Wii U

Post-ApocalypticDystopianMythology+1

DarkBleakUnsettling+3

9.0

Prototype

Action · Adventure · Sandbox

PlayStation 3 · Xbox 360 · PC · PlayStation 4 · Xbox One

Sci-FiDystopianModern+1

IntenseFast-PacedChaotic+3

9.0

Cruelty Squad

Shooter · FPS · Simulation

Windows

CyberpunkDystopianSatire+1

WeirdSurrealChallenging+3

9.0

The 25th Ward: The Silver Case

Adventure · Visual Novel · Puzzle

Mobile · Windows · macOS · Linux · PlayStation 4 · Nintendo Switch

CyberpunkDystopianDetective / Mystery+1

MysteriousDarkUnsettling+3

9.0

Pathologic Classic HD

Adventure · Survival · RPG

PC

DystopianPsychologicalSurreal+1

AtmosphericDarkUnsettling+3

9.0

Lobotomy Corporation

Simulation

Microsoft Windows

Sci-FiDystopianMonsters+1

DarkUnsettlingTense+3

8.9

Prototype 2

Action · Adventure

PC · PlayStation 3 · PlayStation 4 · Xbox 360 · Xbox One

Sci-FiDystopianPost-Apocalyptic+1

IntenseFast-PacedChaotic+3

8.8

White Knuckle

Adventure · Horror · Platformer

PC

Sci-FiDystopianDark / Grim

IntenseChallengingBrutal+3