Cyberpunk is hot right now in the tabletop role-playing game space. Cyberpunk RED has jumpstarted interest in the genre and gamers are looking for new games to play.
When looking for the best cyberpunk RPGs to play, one should always consider Powered by the Apocalypse games.
Here are the best PbtA Cyberpunk RPGs.
The Sprawl – PbtA Cyberpunk RPG
The Sprawl is a popular PbtA cyberpunk game that enjoys a healthy fanbase.
From the product description: “The Sprawl is a game of mission-based action in a gritty neon-and-chrome Cyberpunk future for an MC and 2-4 players.
- Create your own Sprawl at the nexus of bleeding-edge technology and fragile humanity
- Play hardbitten professionals caught between ruthless corporate interests
- Win sometimes, lose sometimes and be double-crossed a lot
“There are a thousand stories in The Sprawl. What’s yours?”
Explore The Sprawl at DriveThruRPG
The Veil – Role-Playing Game
The Veil is a collaborative PbtA RPG that provides the gritty hi-tech low-life feel of cyberpunk.
From the product description: “The Veil is a collaborative storytelling game Powered by the Apocalypse designed to tell cyberpunk stories of your own making. Use world building tools to come up with unique settings that look and feel like the cyberpunk you and your friends have always wanted. Put questions that drive your characters at the heart of heists, mysteries, and conspiracies. Break a near future world and then try to put it back together. Play to find out what happens.”
Explore The Veil at DriveThruRPG
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- The Veil: Inheritance QuickStart
- The Veil: Cascade Post-Cyberpunk Roleplaying
Deniable Assets: The Cyberpunk Villain RPG
Deniable Assets puts you in the place of the cyberpunk villain.
From the product description: “YOU’RE THE SUIT. The sleaze. The monster behind everything that’s wrong with the cyberpunk future. You’re the villain those scrappy underdog heroes are gonna take down…if your own corpo pals don’t burn you first. And every night, you look at yourself in the mirror of that high-class club on Fever Street and tell yourself you’ve got what it takes to get through this megacorporate slaughterhouse alive.
- Rules of the Rat Race: Punchy story-driven rules for every part of a cyberpunk villain’s portfolio, from secret projects to subtle boardroom politics to hackers and hitmen.
- Corporate Chaos: Create twisting, fast-paced, and memorable stories of greedy rises to power…and inevitable downfalls.
- Drive ‘Em Like You Stole ‘Em: You already know your characters are going to crash and burn: you’re just in it for the fireworks. Work together as players to make their demises memorable, even as your characters plot against one another.
- Welcome to the Future: Use the rules to make your own setting OR choose from detailed, colorful premade assets: doomed divisions, treacherous NPCs, and a full megacorporate metropolis.
- Powered by the Apocalypse: Developed from the Apocalypse Engine to create a game that’s quick to learn and delivers endless variety, devastating twists, and tools for managing all the trappings of schemes and power plays.”
Explore Deniable Assets at DriveThruRPG
Apocalypse World Cyberpunk RPGs
These are the main Powered by the Apocalypse Cyberpunk RPGs on the market. However, there are many cyberpunk PbtA games and supplements at DriveThru RPG. Follow the link below to see all the incredible RPGs.