Dystopian World

CONCEPT

Any game that represents a society noticeably worse or less desirable compared to those in the present. This can relate to kinds of political and economic organisation, excessive human suffering, social problems caused by technology, or as a result of an apocalyptic event.

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Overview

A dystopian society is one that is presented to the player as noteably worse or more problematic compared to the present state of human society. In video games this can be based on any number of reasons but common themes are the exploitation of nature by an overly technological society, totalitarian and oppressive political regimes, post-apocalyptic societies, or a state of generalised suffering and hardship resulting from various kinds of social problems.

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• 4-Play Action Pack (Volume 1) (Game)
• 7th Legion (Game)
• A Line Held Tight (Game)
• ANEURISM IV (Game)
• Abomination: The Nemesis Project (Game)
• After Armageddon (Game)
• Airframe Ultra (Game)
• Aironauts (Game)
• Akira (Game)
• Akira (Game)
• Akira Psycho Ball (Game)
• Alpha (Game)
• Angel Devoid: Face of the Enemy (Game)
• Armored Core 4 (Game)
• Armored Core: for Answer (Game)
• Atelier Shallie: Alchemists of the Dusk Sea (Game)
• Axiom of Maria (Game)
• Babbdi (Game)
• Back to the Future: The Game (Game)
• Back to the Future: The Game - Episode 3: Citizen Brown (Game)
• Back to the Future: The Game - Episode 4: Double Visions (Game)
• Bad Blood (Game)
• Beneath a Steel Sky (Game)
• Beta Decay (Game)
• Beyond Good & Evil (Game)
• BioShock (Game)
• BioShock 2 (Game)
• BioShock Infinite (Game)
• BioShock: The Collection (Game)
• Black Belt (Game)
• Black the Fall (Game)
• Blacklight Retribution (Game)
• BloodNet (Game)
• Brink (Game)
• Burning Daylight (Game)
• Carmine (Game)
• Child of Eden (Game)
• Chäos;HEAd (Game)
• City of Steam (Game)
• Civil Disturbance (Game)
• Command & Conquer 3: Kane's Wrath (Game)
• Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars (Game)
• Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun (Game)
• Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun Firestorm (Game)
• Copper Dreams (Game)
• Corpus Edax (Game)
• Crackdown 2 (Game)
• Crackdown 3 (Game)
• Cruelty Squad (Game)
• Crusader: No Regret (Game)
• Crusader: No Remorse (Game)
• CyberMage: Darklight Awakening (Game)
• Cyberpunk 2077 (Game)
• Dark Reign 2 (Game)
• Dark Reign: Rise of the Shadowhand (Game)
• Dark Reign: The Future of War (Game)
• Death Cargo (Game)
• DeathSprint 66 (Game)
• Demolition Man (Game)
• Denshattack! (Game)
• Deus Ex (Game)
• Deus Ex: Human Revolution (Game)
• Deus Ex: Human Revolution Director's Cut (Game)
• Deus Ex: Invisible War (Game)
• Deus Ex: Mankind Divided (Game)
• Deus Ex: The Conspiracy (Game)
• Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers (Game)
• Dex (Game)
• Digital Devil Monogatari: Megami Tensei II (Game)
• Dino Hazard (Game)
• Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII (Game)
• Dishonored (Game)
• Disney Epic Mickey (Game)
• District 187: Sin Streets (Game)
• DmC Devil May Cry (Game)
• DogDay (Game)
• DreamBreak (Game)
• DreamWeb (Game)
• Dreamfall Chapters (Game)
• Dungeon Cleaners (Game)
• Dustborn (Game)
• Dystopia (Game)
• Dystopika (Game)
• Eliminator (Game)
• Enter the Matrix (Game)
• Entropy : Zero (Game)
• Fallout (Game)
• Fallout 2 (Game)
• Fallout 3 (Game)
• Fallout 4 (Game)
• Fallout 76 (Game)
• Fighting Mania: Fist of the North Star (Game)
• Final Fantasy VIII (Game)
• Final Fantasy XIII-2 (Game)
• Fist of the North Star (Game)
• Fist of the North Star: Ken's Rage (Game)
• Fist of the North Star: 10 Big Brawls for the King of Universe (Game)
• Fist of the North Star: Ken's Rage 2 (Game)
• Flashback: The Quest for Identity (Game)
• Fortune's Run (Game)

Concept details

Name

Dystopian World

Aliases

Dystopian Worlds

Games

• 4-Play Action Pack (Volume 1) (Game)
• 7th Legion (Game)
• A Line Held Tight (Game)
• ANEURISM IV (Game)
• Abomination: The Nemesis Project (Game)
• After Armageddon (Game)
• Airframe Ultra (Game)
• Aironauts (Game)
• Akira (Game)
• Akira (Game)
• Akira Psycho Ball (Game)
• Alpha (Game)
• Angel Devoid: Face of the Enemy (Game)
• Armored Core 4 (Game)
• Armored Core: for Answer (Game)
• Atelier Shallie: Alchemists of the Dusk Sea (Game)
• Axiom of Maria (Game)
• Babbdi (Game)
• Back to the Future: The Game (Game)
• Back to the Future: The Game - Episode 3: Citizen Brown (Game)
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Franchises

• Has franchises: The Legend of Zelda (Franchise), Half-Life (Franchise), Portal (Franchise), Command & Conquer (Franchise), Megami Tensei (Franchise), DC Universe (Franchise), Metal Gear (Franchise), Metal Gear Solid (Franchise), Terminator (Franchise), The Chronicles of Riddick (Franchise), The Matrix (Franchise), Final Fantasy (Franchise), Back to the Future (Franchise), Deus Ex (Franchise), Red Faction (Franchise), Devil May Cry (Franchise), Shin Megami Tensei (Franchise), Compilation of Final Fantasy VII (Franchise), SimCity (Franchise), Team Fortress (Franchise), BioShock (Franchise), Fabula Nova Crystallis (Franchise), Fallout (Franchise), Warhammer 40,000 (Franchise), Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War (Franchise), Snatcher (Franchise), Chrono (Franchise), Shadowrun (Franchise), Disney (Franchise), Disney Epic Mickey (Franchise), Mickey Mouse (Franchise), Digital Devil Monogatari (Franchise), Maniac Mansion (Franchise), Sid Meier (Franchise), S.T.A.L.K.E.R. (Franchise), Front Mission (Franchise), The Longest Journey (Franchise), Monday Night Combat (Franchise), PainKiller (Franchise), Oddworld (Franchise), Rez (Franchise), Akira (Franchise), Little Big Adventure (Franchise), Mad Max (Franchise), Watchmen (Franchise), Beyond Good & Evil (Franchise), Armored Core (Franchise), Mirror's Edge (Franchise), Crackdown (Franchise), Flashback (Franchise), Science Adventure (Franchise), Borderlands (Franchise), Wasteland (Franchise), Steins;Gate Series (Franchise), Crusader (Franchise), Syndicate (Franchise), Dark Reign (Franchise), Dungeon Cleaners (Franchise), Johnny Mnemonic (Franchise)

Characters

• Has characters: Arcturus Mengsk (Character), Skynet (Character), Agent Smith (Character), Gordon Freeman (Character), Wallace Breen (Character), Alyx Vance (Character), Eli Vance (Character), Father Grigori (Character), Isaac Kleiner (Character), Judith Mossman (Character), Bob Page (Character), Andrew Ryan (Character), Atlas (Character), Jack (Character), Brigid Tenenbaum (Character), Diane McClintock (Character), Sander Cohen (Character), Sullivan (Character), Yi Suchong (Character), Admiral Orlock (Character), Jorhan Stahl (Character), Scholar Visari (Character), The Master (Character), Adam Jensen (Character), Robert Foster (Character), President John Henry Eden (Character), Elder Lyons (Character), Samurai Jack (Character), Aku (Character), Faith Connors (Character), AM (Character), Item Merchant (Character), Caesar (Character), Mr. House (Character), Craig Boone (Character), Elizabeth (Character), Corvo Attano (Character)

Locations

• Has locations: Soviet Union (Location), City (Location), Europe (Location), Underwater (Location), Sera (Location), Ruined City (Location), Pittsburgh (Location), Dubai (Location), Black Mesa East (Location), City 17 (Location), Combine Citadel (Location), Ravenholm (Location), White Forest (Location), Rapture (Location), Mordor (Location), Abandoned Buildings (Location), Haven City (Location), Warehouse (Location), The Capital Wasteland (Location), Purgatory (Location), Alpha Centauri (Location), Oddworld (Location), Hogwarts Castle (Location), Ministry of Magic (Location), Union City (Location), Diagon Alley (Location), Columbia (Location), Stark (Location), New Vegas (Location), Endsville (Location), Pacific City (Location), The Mojave Wasteland (Location), Shanty Town (Location), The Ark (Location), Neo Tokyo (Location), Proto Dome (Location)

Objects

• Has objects: Mask (Object), Tank (Object), Laser (Object), AK-47 (Object), Gas Mask (Object), Helmet (Object), Nuclear Bomb (Object), Crowbar (Object), Collar (Object), Nuka-Cola (Object), Pip-Boy (Object), Vertibird (Object), GECK (Object), Radiation Suit (Object)

People

• Has people: Arnold Schwarzenegger (Person)

Related Concepts

• Has related concepts: Blood (Concept), Zombie (Concept), Cyborg (Concept), Experiments Gone Awry (Concept), Mutant (Concept), Gangs (Concept), Police (Concept), Biopunk (Concept), Portal (Concept), Corrupt Government (Concept), Fascism (Concept), Propaganda (Concept), Totalitarian Government (Concept), Parkour (Concept), Nanomachine (Concept), Nanotechnology (Concept), Poverty (Concept), Biotechnology (Concept), Film Noir (Concept), Brotherhood of Nod (Concept), Crooked Cop (Concept), A.I. Construct (Concept), Nuclear Fallout (Concept), Headcrab (Concept), Portal Storm (Concept), Resonance Cascade (Concept), The Combine (Concept), Vortigaunt (Concept), Cyberpunk (Concept), ADAM (Concept), Big Daddy (Concept), Little Sisters (Concept), Slavery (Concept), Deathclaw (Concept), Helghast (Concept), Nuclear Holocaust (Concept), Nuclear War (Concept), Ghoul (Concept), Ghouls (Concept), The 22nd Century (Concept), Illuminati (Concept), Imperial Guard (Concept), Imperium of Man (Concept), Survival Horror (Concept), Super Mutant (Concept), Chemistry (Concept), Nightkin (Concept)