Excellent writing and memorable characters
Mentioned in ~2 in 5 positive reviews
“This might be the greatest narrative writing I have seen in a while.”
Steam review · 19.9 h played ↗
Citizen Sleeper
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Very Positive · 93%Very Positive · 93%Jump Over The Age2022Interactive Fiction · RPG · Adventure
$19.99
Open on Steam ↗US Steam price, checked 3 h ago
The verdict
A beautifully written, atmospheric narrative game whose light dice management fades into near visual-novel reading. Skip it if you want real choices, challenge, or little text.
Great for
Readers who love character-driven sci-fi, Disco Elysium-style prose and atmospheric music
Main risk
Choices barely matter and survival tension vanishes, leaving a text-heavy visual novel
What players love
Atmospheric soundtrack and art direction
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews
“And the OST. MAN the OST. It carries the identity of the game on it's shoulders.”
Steam review · 20.4 h played ↗
Emotional, deeply affecting story
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 positive reviews
“This game made me care about characters I've only known for 11 hours.”
Steam review · 11.4 h played ↗
Tense, engaging dice-management early game
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“cleverly manages to compress a range of resource and time management decisions into a single round based dice mechanic that develops a "just one more round" pull”
Steam review · 7.9 h played ↗
What players complain about
Weak or inconsistent writing and flat characters
Mentioned in ~2 in 5 negative reviews
“the writing is poor, most characters are insufferable, and your character's plot goes nowhere.”
Steam review · 6.6 h played ↗
Choices feel illusory; not a real RPG
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“it was nothing more than a glorified Visual Novel. Choices dont matter, you almost dont play at all”
Steam review · 5.4 h played ↗
Repetitive gameplay and waiting on timers
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“Full of busywork and waiting around for bars to fill.”
Steam review · 13.8 h played ↗
No real stakes; game gets too easy
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“After that first failure the game loses any semblance of stakes and my motivation to keep playing plummeted.”
Steam review · 5 h played ↗
Heavy-handed political messaging
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“Very blunt on pushing agendas and political views”
Steam review · 25.8 h played ↗
Too much text and no manual saves
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“Too much exposition and not enough game.”
Steam review · 0.1 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: PlayableController support2 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 7+
ProcessorRequires a 64-bit processor and operating system
Memory4 GB RAM
GraphicsDirectX 11 compatible GPU
Storage2 GB available space
OSWindows 7+
ProcessorRequires a 64-bit processor and operating system
Memory4 GB RAM
GraphicsDirectX 11 compatible GPU
Storage2 GB available space
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