The Best Dystopian Games for Xbox One - Page 2

Update : Orphans added at rank #17.
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Backbone (2021)

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Xbox One Android PC Windows Linux Mac OS Nintendo Switch Playstation 5 Playstation 4 Xbox Series X

Backbone is a post-noir narrative adventure. Become raccoon private eye Howard Lotor and explore dystopian Vancouver inhabited by animals as you uncover a deeply personal story of change and transformation.


  • detective
  • dystopian
  • pixel
  • adventure
  • narrative
  • mystery
  • puzzle
  • conspiracy
  • stealth
  • noir
  • point-and-click
  • post-noir

12

Beholder 2 (2018)

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Playstation 4 IOS iPhone Android Linux Mac OS PC Windows Nintendo Switch Xbox One

You are an intern at the central ministry of a totalitarian state with your whole career ahead of you. Work your way up the ladder by scheming against employees, spying on your boss, and completing paperwork. Or do you turn against the state and expose corruption. The choice is still yours to make!


  • political
  • dystopian
  • dark
  • choices
  • multiple-endings
  • simulation
  • point-and-click
  • atmospheric
  • addictive
  • story

13

Marfusha (2021)

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Playstation 5 Playstation 4 Xbox One PC Windows Xbox Series X Nintendo Switch

A high-tempo shooting game with simple controls! Upgrade your character with cards and defend the gates from your enemies.


  • dystopian
  • rogue-like
  • 2.5d
  • anime
  • pixel
  • cute
  • scroller
  • shooter
  • steampunk
  • attack
  • score
  • 2d
  • action
  • character

14

Prison City (2023)

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Prison City is a dystopian, action-packed side-scroller with tight mechanics and intricate level design. Battle techno-terrorists with your chakram and grenades, eat hot dogs for health, and locate contacts to help take down bosses.


  • dystopian
  • retro
  • 1990s
  • crime-ridden
  • 1980s
  • platform
  • 2d
  • post-apocalyptic
  • scroller
  • capitalism
  • side-scrolling
  • cinematic
  • sci-fi
  • pixel
  • action

15

The Plane Effect (2021)

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Nintendo Switch PC Windows Xbox One Playstation 4 Playstation 5

Players take on the role of Solo, a lonely office worker who's trying to get home to his family after his last day of work. Somewhat worryingly, it seems Solo experiences some trouble remembering his family, and also has to contend with the shifting balance of space and time.


  • dystopian
  • 3d
  • isometric
  • walking-simulator
  • stylized
  • atmospheric
  • narration
  • non-sense
  • puzzle
  • narrative
  • point-and-click
  • horror-mystery
  • futuristic
  • adventure

16

Transient: Extended Edition (2020)

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PC Windows Nintendo Switch Xbox One

H.P. Lovecraft meets Cyberpunk. Delve deep into a dystopian world and investigate what is happening to you and your friends in a domed city. Solve puzzles, hack systems and plug in to explore other dimensions. Discover a truth that might tear apart your sanity and question your very existence.


  • cyberpunk
  • dystopian
  • horror
  • lovecraftian
  • detective
  • walking-simulator
  • puzzle
  • conversation
  • augmented
  • futuristic
  • sci-fi
  • mystery
  • atmospheric
  • post-apocalyptic
  • psychological

17

Orphans (2025)

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If you like video games about dystopian worlds, don't miss this exciting fusion of adventure, stealth and puzzles that immerses you in an unforgettable experience. Join Victoria on her journey through a dystopian city, where the savage instincts lurk around every corner.


  • thriller-goosebumps
  • platform
  • mystery
  • underground
  • 2.5d
  • interactive
  • dystopian
  • puzzle
  • action-adventure
  • immersive
  • dark
  • stealth
  • emotional
  • horror
  • 3d

18

Anima Flux (2024)

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Anima Flux is a co-op metroidvania with two genetically enhanced soldiers, special agents of a theocratic dictatorial regime. Fight your way through swarms of mutants through a desolate, dystopian space city and save humanity's last stronghold, if, of course, anyone is still alive...


  • cooperative
  • metroidvania
  • dystopian
  • hand-drawn
  • local
  • action-adventure
  • atmospheric
  • survival
  • 2d
  • adventure
  • exploration
  • beautiful
  • controller-support

19

Orten Was The Case (2023)

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Nintendo Switch PC Windows Playstation 4 Xbox Series X Xbox One

Orten Was The Case - A free movement puzzle/adventure game where you play as a youngster stuck in a time loop with the simple task of saving the world from literal destruction.


  • manipulation
  • time
  • nonlinear
  • lore
  • metroidvania
  • 2.5d
  • humor
  • conspiracy
  • time-management
  • dystopian
  • choices
  • mystery
  • detective
  • dark
  • open-world

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Billy 101 (2023)

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Xbox Series X Playstation 5 Playstation 4 PC Windows Nintendo Switch Xbox One

Meet Billy, a robot who is tired of his work on the production lines, who then decided to blow up everything and everyone in order to make his own choices.


  • robots
  • platform
  • 2d
  • dystopian
  • scroller
  • colourful
  • pixel
  • puzzle
  • futuristic
  • cute
  • retro
  • sci-fi
  • conversation

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