Cyberpunk 2077

Cyberpunk 2077 is an open-world, action-adventure role-playing video game, developed and published by CD Projekt RED that was released December 10, 2020. The game was announced during the 2012 CD Projekt Red Summer Conference as the official video game adaption of Mike Pondsmith’s pen-and-paper RPG Cyberpunk 2020. The expansion Phantom Liberty released September 26, 2023. The “Ultimate Edition”, bundling the base game and expansion, released December 5, 2023 alongside Patch 2.1.

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A sequel codenamed Orion is currently in early development.

Setting

Cyberpunk 2077 is a continuation of the events of Cyberpunk 2020, taking an alternate path to that of Cyberpunk V3.0. The game is set in the dystopian metropolis of Night City, located in the Free State of Northern California. Night City lies south of San Francisco around the area of Morro Bay, CA. During Cyberpunk 2020, Night City is said to have a population of more than five million inhabitants; this number is suspected to be considerably larger in 2077.

Following an economic collapse sometime during the early 21st century, the United States is forced to rely on large corporations to survive. These corporations deal in a wide range of areas, such as weapons, robotics, cybernetics, pharmaceuticals, communications, and biotechnology; many operate above the law.

The game follows the story of V — a hired gun on the rise in Night City, the most violent and dangerous metropolis of the corporate-ruled future. A robust character creator allows players to choose V’s gender, visual appearance, as well as historical background — all of which may influence the shape of the game.

The world is inspired by the works of authors such as William Gibson (Neuromancer) and Philip K. Dick (Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?), whose work heavily influenced creator Mike Pondsmith.

Plot

Prologue

The player character V, together with Jackie Welles, is contracted by fixer Dexter Deshawn to steal an important piece of technology from the Arasaka Corporation — the so-called “chip of immortality.” The duo infiltrates the megacorp and obtains the device, but the plan goes awry and Jackie appears to die. After meeting with Dexter, V is betrayed and left for dead in a landfill, survives — likely due in part to the chip — and becomes haunted by the digital ghost of iconic Rockerboy Johnny Silverhand.

The Corpo-Rat

V starts in the Arasaka Tower, where Arthur Jenkins gives them a job to take out another corporate employee. V arrives at Lizzie's Bar by AV and is accosted by several basketball players after an illegal landing on the court. Inside, V meets old friend Jackie Welles to discuss the plan. The target catches wind; Arasaka personnel arrive. V’s contract is terminated and they are nearly dragged away, but Jackie intervenes. V loses almost everything — except the 10,000 eurodollars from Jenkins.

The Nomad

V, a lone nomad heading toward Night City, suffers car trouble near the badlands and seeks a local mechanic. After repairs, the local sheriff confronts V. V climbs a radio mast to contact their clan, then meets Jackie on the outskirts to collect an Arasaka cryo-storage container to smuggle through the border. Arasaka is tipped off; agents pursue, and V uses a DR5 Nova during the ensuing car chase. The cargo turns out to be an iguana from the Lesser Antilles — a species thought extinct.

The Streetkid

V runs a job for Kirk Sawyer to steal a high-end Rayfield Aerondight "Guinevere" owned by Kaoru Fujioka. As V gets in, Jackie Welles holds them at gunpoint — he wants the car too. Before he can take it, the NCPD arrives, led by Jackie's childhood acquaintance Inspector Stints. Kaoru, an Arasaka employee, orders Stints to kill the pair, but they are ultimately spared. V and Jackie decide to team up.

Gameplay

Cyberpunk is an open-world, non-linear RPG with FPS combat. Players customize their character to suit their play style. Quests and objectives can be completed in multiple ways. Non-English-speaking characters appear throughout Night City.

The game was originally stated to be a single-player experience with multiplayer elements. In early 2018, reports suggested the multiplayer components had been scrapped, though by June 2018 CD Projekt said multiplayer was “in R&D” and would not be included at launch.

The world features dynamic weather and a day/night cycle.

Perspective

The game is played primarily from a first-person perspective. A combat system supports guns, melee weapons, implants, and stimulants that grant bonuses (e.g., increased speed). Players may choose third-person while driving vehicles.

Attributes

Main article: Cyberpunk 2077 Attributes

Player characters have attributes that can be raised via leveling and installing cyberware. Skills and perks can also be selected; skills correspond to actions (e.g., hacking, crafting, specific weapons), while perks unlock via Street Credit and XP. The five key attributes are Body, Cool, Intelligence, Reflexes, and Technical Ability.

During character creation, players select gender and customize their character; options include depictions of anatomy, voice selection with pitch adjustment, and more. Backgrounds include Nomad, Streetkid, or Corporate, plus flavor choices (childhood hero, life events, motives for coming to Night City).

Exploration

Dialogue Options

Gold choices advance conversations; blue choices reveal information or unlock interactions (often lifepath-gated). Some prompts are timed.

Scanning

Quick-scan or enter scanning mode to highlight interactables and gain info.

• Enemies: red
• Interactive objects: blue
• Job-related objects: gold
• Hackable objects: green
• Loot: icon

Vehicles

Enter/exit, accelerate, brake, steer, handbrake, headlights, horn, switch camera. Calling your active vehicle will park it in the nearest available slot.

Fast Travel

Unlock Fast Travel Dataterms and select them on the map.

Journal, Phone, Jobs

The Journal tracks available, active, and completed Jobs and their objectives.

Movement

Crouch, sprint, jump, slide, vault; advanced cyberware unlocks double/charged jump, brief hover, and a devastating landing attack.

Development

Originally titled simply Cyberpunk, the 2077 subtitle was added in late 2012. The team grew substantially after The Witcher 3. In early 2018, CDPR opened a Wrocław studio to assist development. Lead quest designer Paweł Sasko cited Akira and Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines as key inspirations.

Marketing

In 2012 CD Projekt RED partnered with Mike Pondsmith and acquired the license for a video game set in the Cyberpunk pen & paper world. A teaser ran in early 2013; the world premiere gameplay drop happened at E3 2018. At E3 2019, Keanu Reeves was revealed as Johnny Silverhand. With 2020 conventions canceled, CDPR launched Night City Wire and revealed the Cyberpunk: Edgerunners anime and a Dark Horse comic. On October 5, 2020, the game went gold.

Visual Styles

EntropismKitschNeomilitarismNeokitsch

For more information, see Entropism.

The look of poverty born from struggling with ruthless technology. A lack of design blended with poverty of means and ideas.

For more information, see Kitsch.

A long-lost golden age made flashy and bold — gold-plated cyberware, bright plastic, larger-than-life makeup.

For more information, see Neomilitarism.

Cold, sharp, modern — the look of global corporate conflict.

For more information, see Neokitsch.

Infinite wealth and vanity, synonymous with luxury among Night City’s elite.

System Requirements

Windows

	Minimum	Recommended	Ultra	RT Minimum	RT Recommended	RT Overdrive
In-game Graphics Preset	Low	High	Ultra	Ray tracing: Low	Ray tracing: Ultra	Ray tracing: Overdrive
Resolution	1080p	1080p	2160p	1080p	1080p	2160p
Expected FPS	30	60	60	30	60	60
OS	64-bit Windows 10	64-bit Windows 10	64-bit Windows 10	64-bit Windows 10	64-bit Windows 10	64-bit Windows 10
Processor	Core i7-6700 Ryzen 5 1600	Core i7-12700 Ryzen 7 7800X3D	Core i9-12900 Ryzen 9 7900X	Core i7-9700 Ryzen 5 5600	Core i9-12900 Ryzen 9 7900X	Core i9-12900 Ryzen 9 7900X
Graphics Card	GeForce GTX 1060 6GB Radeon RX580 8GB Arc A380	GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER Radeon RX 5700 XT Arc A770	GeForce RTX 3080 Radeon RX 7900 XTX	GeForce RTX 2060 Radeon RX 6800 XT Arc A750	GeForce RTX 3080Ti Radeon RX 7900 XTX	GeForce RTX 4080
VRAM	6GB	8GB	12GB	8GB	12GB	16GB
RAM	12GB	16GB	20GB	16GB	20GB	24GB
Storage	70GB SSD	70GB SSD	70GB NVME	70GB SSD	70GB NVME	70GB NVME

Trivia

• During interviews, developers cited Akira and Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines as inspirations.
• Hiroshi Sakakibara mentioned Blade Runner and works like Ghost in the Shell as influences for Night City.
• Story and dialogue were written in Polish first, then translated to English and localized.
• Cyberpunk 2077 had more than 8 million preorders.
• By December 2020, the game sold 13 million copies.
• By September 2023, sales exceeded 25 million copies.
• As of November 26, 2024: 30 million copies sold.

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