Editing Cyberpunk (section)

=== Video games ===
{{see also|List of cyberpunk works#Video games||List of cyberpunk works#Role-playing games}}

There are [[:Category:Cyberpunk video games|many]] cyberpunk [[video game]]s. Popular series include the ''[[Megami Tensei]]'' series, Kojima's ''[[Snatcher (video game)|Snatcher]]'' and ''[[Metal Gear]]'' series, ''[[Deus Ex (series)|Deus Ex]]'' series, ''[[Syndicate (series)|Syndicate]]'' series, and ''[[System Shock]]'' and its [[System Shock 2|sequel]]. Other games, like ''[[Blade Runner (1997 video game)|Blade Runner]]'', ''[[Ghost in the Shell (video game)|Ghost in the Shell]]'', and the ''[[The Matrix (franchise)#Video games|Matrix]]'' series, are based upon genre movies, or [[role-playing game]]s (for instance the various ''[[Shadowrun]]'' games).

Several [[role-playing games|RPGs]] called ''Cyberpunk'' exist: ''Cyberpunk'', ''[[Cyberpunk 2020]]'', ''Cyberpunk v3.0'' and ''Cyberpunk Red'' written by [[Mike Pondsmith]] and published by [[R. Talsorian Games]], and ''[[GURPS Cyberpunk]]'', published by [[Steve Jackson Games]] as a module of the [[GURPS]] family of RPGs. ''Cyberpunk 2020'' was designed with the settings of William Gibson's writings in mind, and to some extent with his approval,<ref name="cpinfluence">{{cite web |url=https://www.dicebreaker.com/categories/roleplaying-game/feature/cyberpunk-red-rpg-almost-killed-us-mike-pondsmith-interview |title='Making Cyberpunk Red almost killed us': Mike Pondsmith on the return of the tabletop RPG, catching up with 2020's future and Cyberpunk 2077 |last=Allison |first=Peter Ray |date=26 February 2020 |website=Dicebreaker |access-date=23 May 2020 |quote=Although many assume William Gibson’s Neuromancer was a source of inspiration for Cyberpunk, it was only much later that Pondsmith read Gibson’s groundbreaking novel. Instead, the designer cites his own key reference points for the game as the film Blade Runner and the novel Hardwired by Walter John Williams, who also helped playtest the RPG. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200713191348/https://www.dicebreaker.com/categories/roleplaying-game/feature/cyberpunk-red-rpg-almost-killed-us-mike-pondsmith-interview |archive-date=13 July 2020 |url-status=dead }}</ref> unlike the approach taken by [[FASA Corporation|FASA]] in producing the transgenre ''[[Shadowrun]]'' game and its various sequels, which mixes cyberpunk with [[fantasy]] elements such as magic and [[fantasy races]] such as [[orcs]] and [[elves]]. Both are set in the near future, in a world where [[cyberware|cybernetics]] are prominent. [[Iron Crown Enterprises]] released an RPG named ''[[Cyberspace (role-playing game)|Cyberspace]]'', which was out of print for several years until recently being re-released in online PDF form. [[CD Projekt Red]] released ''[[Cyberpunk 2077]],'' a cyberpunk [[open world]] [[first-person shooter]]/[[role-playing video game]] (RPG) based on the [[Tabletop role-playing game|tabletop RPG]] ''[[Cyberpunk 2020]]'', on December 10, 2020.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.pcgamer.com/everything-we-know-about-cyberpunk-2077/|title=Everything we know about Cyberpunk 2077|work=pcgamer|access-date=2018-06-16}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gamespot.com/articles/e3-2018-heres-why-cyberpunk-2077-had-to-be-a-first/1100-6459843/|title=E3 2018: Here's Why Cyberpunk 2077 Had To Be A First-Person Game|last=Fillari|first=Alessandro|date=2018-06-14|website=GameSpot|language=en-US|access-date=2018-06-16}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ign.com/articles/2012/10/18/cyberpunk-2077-is-cd-projekt-reds-next-game|title=Cyberpunk 2077 is CD Projekt Red's Next Game|date=2012-10-18|website=IGN.com|access-date=2012-11-05}}</ref> 

In 1990, in a convergence of cyberpunk art and reality, the [[Steve Jackson Games, Inc. v. United States Secret Service#Raid|United States Secret Service raided Steve Jackson Games's headquarters]] and confiscated all their computers. Officials denied that the target had been the ''[[GURPS Cyberpunk]]'' sourcebook, but Jackson later wrote that he and his colleagues "were never able to secure the return of the complete manuscript; [...] The Secret Service at first flatly refused to return anything – then agreed to let us copy files, but when we got to their office, restricted us to one set of out-of-date files – then agreed to make copies for us, but said "tomorrow" every day from March 4 to March 26. On March 26 we received a set of disks which purported to be our files, but the material was late, incomplete and well-nigh useless."<ref>{{Cite news|author-link=Steve Jackson (US game designer) |last=Jackson |first=Steve |date=19 April 1990 |work=Roleplayer: The GURPS Newsletter |title=SJ Games Raided! A Reality Check on GURPS Cyberpunk|url=http://www.sjgames.com/gurps/Roleplayer/Roleplayer19/Raid.html|access-date=2022-12-29}}</ref> Steve Jackson Games won a lawsuit against the Secret Service, aided by the new [[Electronic Frontier Foundation]]. This event has achieved a sort of notoriety, which has extended to the book itself as well. All published editions of ''GURPS Cyberpunk'' have a tagline on the front cover, which reads "The book that was seized by the U.S. Secret Service!" Inside, the book provides a summary of the raid and its aftermath.

Cyberpunk has also inspired several [[tabletop game|tabletop]], [[miniature wargaming|miniature]] and [[board game]]s such as ''[[Necromunda]]'' by [[Games Workshop]]. ''[[Netrunner]]'' is a [[collectible card game]] introduced in 1996, based on the ''[[Cyberpunk 2020]]'' role-playing game. ''[[Tokyo NOVA]]'', debuting in 1993, is a cyberpunk role-playing game that uses [[playing cards]] instead of dice.

''[[Cyberpunk 2077]]'' set a new record for the largest number of simultaneous players in a single player game, with a record 1,054,388 playing just after the December 10th launch, according to [[Steam (service)|Steam]] Database. That tops the previous Steam record of 472,962 players set by ''[[Fallout 4]]'' back in 2015.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Dent|first=Steve|date=11 December 2020|title='Cyberpunk 2077' sets a Steam record with one million concurrent players|url=https://www.engadget.com/cyberpunk-2077-beats-steam-record-for-concurrent-players-121942545.html|access-date=2020-12-15|website=Engadget|language=en}}</ref>