r/Cyberpunk Oct 07 '22

Reminder - NO 2077 or Edgerunners related posts. Post them over at r/cyberpunkgame instead.

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This subreddit is for the appreciation of the genre, not the game. Head over to r/cyberpunkgame if you’ve arrived here by mistake, thanks.


r/Cyberpunk Jun 26 '25

literally 2084 Posting "AI" content to /r/cyberpunk will result in a permanent ban

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  1. It's prohibited by the first rule of the subreddit.

  2. Cyberpunk isn't just a cool aesthetic. It's a critique of how technology is abused by capitalists to exploit people, strip us of our humanity, and destroy the world. Don't create the torment nexus.

  3. It looks like shit and you're a loser for using it instead of putting some heart, inspiration, and energy into your own art, writing, etc. And it's making you dumber and lazier. Please show us you care about something. I know it's hard, but it's worth it.

Most of you have been great about downvoting and reporting this when you see it. Please keep it up! It helps out our community a lot.

And if you disagree with this post and want to argue or ignore it, take heed of the previous paragraph: our users demonstrably do not want this slop and downvote it to 0 every single time. You're wasting your time.


r/Cyberpunk 18h ago

Our future might be full of LED light, but that doesn’t mean it will be bright.

756 Upvotes

r/Cyberpunk 12h ago

"The rise of ‘Frankenstein’ laptops in New Delhi’s repair markets"

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r/Cyberpunk 4h ago

Florida schools introducing armed drones that respond to shootings within seconds

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r/Cyberpunk 39m ago

Transhumanist walk. Oil painting by me

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r/Cyberpunk 17h ago

Thout this was fiting

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r/Cyberpunk 1d ago

Art by @basementexplorer07

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r/Cyberpunk 10m ago

ULTIMATE E3/Deep Dive look guide!

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Preem job!

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Very nice work!

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Very accurate!

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Very well done!

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I'm using new font! Fresh look, close to Deep Dive video. (Fonts - Zekton Rg Small)

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The way it should be!

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Scanner sound.

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Scanner "beep" volume reduction (manual install)

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New roads.

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Window.

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For the HUD rearrangement.

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more NPC's!

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r/Cyberpunk 23h ago

Making Progress (My Unfinished Office Diorama)

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Starting to look different, adding skyscrapers to the north of the Dystopian diorama skyline.


r/Cyberpunk 1d ago

The World's Supercomputer (Dangiuz)

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790 Upvotes

r/Cyberpunk 21h ago

IoT under siege: The return of the Mirai-based Gayfemboy Botnet

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r/Cyberpunk 1h ago

The Rise and Fall of a Cyberpunk Netrunner

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Yo, chooms,

Been vibing on that classic cyberpunk city arc lately, the way a shiny, high-tech dream always seems to crash into a gritty, neon-soaked dystopia. Think Night City’s corpo towers looming over the slums, or MegaTokyo’s holographic haze hiding the street’s edge. It’s a slide that feels inevitable.

So, I got to thinking and wrote up a deep dive on a fictional city I’m calling The Spire. It tracks the whole decay cycle: from its starry-eyed founding as a tech utopia, through the corporate power grabs and the rise of the undercity, to the final collapse where all that’s left is rusting chrome and hollow slogans. If you’re into it, you can check it out the Substack.

But I’m not just here to plug my scribbles. I wanna hear your takes:

  • What’s the most real trigger for a city’s fall? Corpo greed running wild? A government imploding? Maybe an AI that goes full Skynet?
  • Is the “utopia” phase even legit, or just a slick marketing scam that everyone buys into until it’s too late?
  • What’s one small, grimy detail, a sound, a smell, a street-level quirk that makes a cyberpunk city feel alive to you?

Drop your thoughts, netrunners. Let’s jack into this. The sprawl’s waiting.


r/Cyberpunk 1d ago

HUD while swimming

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Cyberpunk is spreading into all facets of life including swimming!

Love the fact it’s green.

https://www.holoswim.com/products/holoswim-ar-smart-swim-goggles-2-pro


r/Cyberpunk 1d ago

Movies and Shows That Fly Under The Radar?

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We all know the main list of stuff that's cyberpunk. Blade Runner, Dredd, Total Recall, The Fifth Element, Altered Carbon, etc... Common sentiment seems to be that these are all good, or at least enjoyable, and popular.

But what are your recommendations that don't get enough love? What's slipped under the radar but is worth a watch?

My own submission is "Mute." It never became terribly popular, and when it did get some attention there was a lot of criticism since pedophilia was a very central theme, and the story seems winding and unfocused at face value. The threads all wrap up pretty spectacularly though, the world is cyberpunk and gritty, and overall I think it's a great movie.


r/Cyberpunk 1d ago

Syndicate (1993)

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So, I've been mulling over this for a good bit; this amazing game is considered cyberpunk royalty because it takes a ton of cues from Bladerunner, you can hack people, use mood altering drugs, and cyberise your agents from basic humans right up to T-850's, if you will.

But...you aren't fighting the system, you are the system, fighting against other corporate overlords that feel that they should be the system.

And you wind up dominating the world that you will oversee perpetually from your dirigible up in the sky, like an ivory tower with an intangible foundation.

Doesn't that completely remove the "punk" from Cyberpunk"?


r/Cyberpunk 1d ago

What are you reading?

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r/Cyberpunk 1d ago

The Big Book of Cyber Punk, edited by Jared Shurin is a great sampling of the genre

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Can't believe I read this beast of a book in 2025, but once I got started it was hard to put down. And the short story anthology format meant that even if a story dragged a bit, it ended soon. Here are some of the tales and authors that jumped out as new (to me, at least) and worth exploring some more in addition to many greats.

  • "Operation Daniel" – Kalid Kaki
  • "Crispr Than You" – Ganzeer
  • "Wi-Fi Dreams" – Fabio Fernandez
  • "Aboukela52" – Wole Talabi
  • "Keep Portland Wired" – Michael Moss
  • "The Endless" – Saad Hossain
  • "The Girl Who Was Plugged In" – James Tiptree, Jr. (this author's back story is wild)
  • "I Sexually Identify as an Attack Helicopter" – Isabel Fall

So, what have you been reading that you've not been able to put down?


r/Cyberpunk 1d ago

SYSTEM SHOCK 2 & THE ENLIGHTENED CENTRISM OF KEN LEVINE

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r/Cyberpunk 2d ago

Was told to post my work here: Matrix Entity by Static Dogma (Me) (OC)

915 Upvotes

r/Cyberpunk 1d ago

Cyberpunk History Question

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Hey guys! I'm currently running a Cyberpunk RED campaign (I know this isn't that sub) and I'm thinking of introducing a character who would have been an adult during the 80's/90's, when films like Blade Runner and Hackers were coming out and books like Neuromancer and Snow Crash were being published. For those who don't know, RED is set in the year 2045, but the pre-history to this darker timeline is very much our own, with the prophets of technological change being referred to as "Gibsons."

My objective with this character right now is that they're an aged corporate personality who loves the cash but hates what this world, and its people, have become -- mostly so he can call my PCs "cyberpunks" in a voice dripping with derision.

With that in mind, I want to ask those of you who were adults in the 80's and 90's: what did your peers think of the genre? Did you encounter people who just hated this shit, who couldn't wait for it to die down?

Personal stories, anecdotes, or even just references to half-remembered opinion pieces touching on the genre are all welcome!


r/Cyberpunk 1d ago

Alephia 2053 and the limits of revolutionary imagination in the Arab world

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r/Cyberpunk 1d ago

The Soul In The Machine

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r/Cyberpunk 2d ago

Some of my cyberpunk art

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Please give me advise and critiques on how to improve my work within this genre. Much of my work is inspired by Philip K. Dick, Gibson, J G Ballard, and cyberpunk 2077.


r/Cyberpunk 19h ago

My new background

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Creepy isn't it :)


r/Cyberpunk 1d ago

Future Shock and the Prescience of Cyberpunk Anxieties in Beirut

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r/Cyberpunk 2d ago

Costco Fahrenheit

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