Cyberpunk: Edgerunners

Studio Trigger’s take on R. Talsorian Games and CD Projekt Red’s dystopian near-future (but still pretty relevant today) RPG is peak adaptation. Cyberpunk: Edgerunners embodies the best parts of the source material but carves out its own identity in the process, telling a gutting tale within the bounds of Night City. David and Lucy’s story of growing up too fast in a city that will rob you of everything you ever dreamt of manages to ebb and flow from grim, capitalist nightmare to community-driven hope. But this is Cyberpunk, and nothing ever really changes. The gristmill comes for us all eventually, and even those who thrive in Night City have to make choices about what they’re willing to do to survive. The systems may push you down or out, but we persist through them as best we can, for as long as we can. Edgerunners concisely summarizes what makes Cyberpunk more than just an edgy, grimdark vision of a hopeless future. — Kenneth Shepard