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The 10 best DOS cyberpunk games

The 10 best DOS cyberpunk games, as the players of dos.games rate them. System Shock leads the list, ahead of Cyberia and Beneath a Steel Sky.

Every game on the list plays in your browser, with nothing to install. The order comes from players' ratings and real play time, so it moves as people play.

Updated How the lists are ranked

  • 17DOS cyberpunk games in the archive
  • 10 of 10Play in your browser
  • 3.4Score of #1, out of 5

  2. 2. Cyberia

    1994 · Xatrix Entertainment · Action

    3.4No ratings yet

    In the year 2027, the world is controlled by two rival superpowers, the western-bloc Free World Alliance and the east-bloc Cartel.

    Play now: CyberiaAbout the game

  7. 7. The Terminator: Rampage

    1993 · Bethesda Softworks LLC · Action

    3.3No ratings yet

    Terminator: Rampage is Bethesda's fourth Terminator-licensed game, and is a standard first-person corridor crawler.In Rampage, the corrupt defense system SkyNet again finds itself overrun by the human Resistance, and again manages to send a robot into the past to preserve its future existence.

    Play now: The Terminator: RampageAbout the game

  9. 9. Wing Commander Privateer (CD-ROM)

    1994 · Origin Systems · Action

    3.3No ratings yet

    The CD-ROM version of Wing Commander: Privateer is similar to the original but actually features the following products: Wing Commander: Privateer Wing Commander: Privateer - Righteous Fire Digitized speech for every character, a feature which expands on what was available in the Wing Commander: Privateer - Speech Pack On the fringe of Human space, near the Kilrathi border, the industrial machine is running full-tilt to feed the war effort, and there is a lot of shipping...

    Play now: Wing Commander Privateer (CD-ROM)About the game

  10. 10. BioForge

    1995 · ORIGIN Systems, Inc. · Action

    3.2No ratings yet

    You don't know where you are, or who is in control, even the most essential concepts of identity have been stripped from your mind.

    Play now: BioForgeAbout the game
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More great DOS cyberpunk games

  1. Cyberia 2: Resurrection — playable in the browserVirgin Interactive · Action · 1995Not played yet
    3.2
    How this score is built
    SignalAdds
    Player ratings0% · no ratings yet0.00
    Archive default3.20 × 100% · never scored by the catalogue · stands in for 8 ratings3.20
    Blended rating3.20
    Play activitynobody has booted it here · capped at +0.50+0.00
    Score3.2

    Recomputed from the database as ratings and sessions land. Every title in the archive goes through this same arithmetic — there is no manual adjustment step.

    Open Cyberia 2: Resurrection
  2. Syndicate Wars — playable in the browserElectronic Arts, Inc. · Action · 1996Not played yet
    3.2
    How this score is built
    SignalAdds
    Player ratings0% · no ratings yet0.00
    Archive default3.20 × 100% · never scored by the catalogue · stands in for 8 ratings3.20
    Blended rating3.20
    Play activitynobody has booted it here · capped at +0.50+0.00
    Score3.2

    Recomputed from the database as ratings and sessions land. Every title in the archive goes through this same arithmetic — there is no manual adjustment step.

    Open Syndicate Wars
  3. Mega Man X — playable in the browserCapcom · Action · 1995Not played yet
    3.2
    How this score is built
    SignalAdds
    Player ratings0% · no ratings yet0.00
    Archive default3.20 × 100% · never scored by the catalogue · stands in for 8 ratings3.20
    Blended rating3.20
    Play activitynobody has booted it here · capped at +0.50+0.00
    Score3.2

    Recomputed from the database as ratings and sessions land. Every title in the archive goes through this same arithmetic — there is no manual adjustment step.

    Open Mega Man X
  4. I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream — playable in the browserCyberdreams, Inc. · Adventure · 1995Not played yet
    3.2
    How this score is built
    SignalAdds
    Player ratings0% · no ratings yet0.00
    Archive default3.20 × 100% · never scored by the catalogue · stands in for 8 ratings3.20
    Blended rating3.20
    Play activitynobody has booted it here · capped at +0.50+0.00
    Score3.2

    Recomputed from the database as ratings and sessions land. Every title in the archive goes through this same arithmetic — there is no manual adjustment step.

    Open I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream
  5. Flashback: The Quest for Identity — playable in the browserStrategic Simulations, Inc. · Action · 1993Not played yet
    3.2
    How this score is built
    SignalAdds
    Player ratings0% · no ratings yet0.00
    Archive default3.20 × 100% · never scored by the catalogue · stands in for 8 ratings3.20
    Blended rating3.20
    Play activitynobody has booted it here · capped at +0.50+0.00
    Score3.2

    Recomputed from the database as ratings and sessions land. Every title in the archive goes through this same arithmetic — there is no manual adjustment step.

    Open Flashback: The Quest for Identity
  6. Plague: Maze of the Mind — playable in the browserMicroforum International · Action · 1996Not played yet
    3.2
    How this score is built
    SignalAdds
    Player ratings0% · no ratings yet0.00
    Archive default3.20 × 100% · never scored by the catalogue · stands in for 8 ratings3.20
    Blended rating3.20
    Play activitynobody has booted it here · capped at +0.50+0.00
    Score3.2

    Recomputed from the database as ratings and sessions land. Every title in the archive goes through this same arithmetic — there is no manual adjustment step.

    Open Plague: Maze of the Mind
  7. Shrak for Quake — playable in the browserQuantum Axcess · Add-on · 1997Not played yet
    3.2
    How this score is built
    SignalAdds
    Player ratings0% · no ratings yet0.00
    Archive default3.20 × 100% · never scored by the catalogue · stands in for 8 ratings3.20
    Blended rating3.20
    Play activitynobody has booted it here · capped at +0.50+0.00
    Score3.2

    Recomputed from the database as ratings and sessions land. Every title in the archive goes through this same arithmetic — there is no manual adjustment step.

    Open Shrak for Quake
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How Best DOS Games are ranked
What is the best DOS cyberpunk game?

System Shock (1994, LookingGlass Technologies) is the best DOS cyberpunk game by our players' ratings, ahead of Cyberia and Beneath a Steel Sky. The ranking follows players' ratings and real play time, so it changes as people play.

Can I play these DOS cyberpunk games online?

Yes. 10 of the games on this list play free in your browser on dos.games, with no download and no emulator to set up. Press Play on any of them; your progress can be saved.

How many DOS cyberpunk games are there on dos.games?

17. This list ranks the best 10 in full and the next ones below them; the catalogue has every one, with filters for year, studio and more.

Which year had the most great DOS cyberpunk games?

1994. 5 of the games on this list came out that year: System Shock, Cyberia, Beneath a Steel Sky, Syndicate Plus and Wing Commander Privateer (CD-ROM).

How is this list ranked?

With the same score as our Best DOS Games ranking: players' ratings, pulled toward the archive's own rating while a game has few of them, plus a small bonus for the games people actually keep playing. No editor and no sponsor decides a place.