Cyberpunk 2077
Games review
As of Jul 2, 2026, Cyberpunk 2077 is rated 87% positive on Steam (950,588 reviews), and 86/100 on Metacritic (106 critic reviews). Each source is shown in its own units, never blended into one score.
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Is Cyberpunk 2077 worth it in 2026?
Cyberpunk 2077 in its current state is a genuinely excellent game, and its 87% positive rating across nearly a million Steam reviews and 86/100 from critics reflect the post-launch-patched version, not the broken release that poisoned its reputation. Night City's atmosphere, story, and visuals are the consistent draw, and players who waited to buy explicitly credit the post-launch improvements for making it worth the price. The gameplay is a mixed picture: four reviewers praised its variety, but two flagged a repetitive loop that wears thin over a long playthrough, so expect the experience to flatten somewhat past the midpoint.
Players who want a cinematic, narrative-driven experience in a richly realized sci-fi world, ideally someone comfortable with a 40-60 hour story-first playthrough who isn't expecting Baldur's Gate 3 branching, Fallout-style build depth, or a city that meaningfully reacts to their choices.
The RPG depth is genuinely shallow relative to what the setting and marketing suggest: character builds, dialogue consequences, and playstyle flexibility don't reach the complexity the genre usually delivers at this price point.
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Pros
- night city atmosphere6
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- I know I’m very late to this game, but after finally completing , it was absolutely worth the wait. I don’t know how the game was at launch maybe it really was rough back then but...
- The only thing I dislike about this game is that there isn't an infinite amount of it for me to enjoy. I return to this game every few months, lose myself in it for a week, gush a...
- No words can describe how much I love this game. Peak story, unforgettable characters, and Night City is bursting with detail and life. Driving through Night City with the radio on...
- story and characters5
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- I know I’m very late to this game, but after finally completing , it was absolutely worth the wait. I don’t know how the game was at launch maybe it really was rough back then but...
- A epic open world first person game with many different factions and political elites. A great story that'll have you either laughing or emotional at times. There's a skill tree me...
- No words can describe how much I love this game. Peak story, unforgettable characters, and Night City is bursting with detail and life. Driving through Night City with the radio on...
- graphics and visuals4
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- We're living in a Cyberpunk world but without its aesthetics
- ---{ Graphics }--- ☑ You forget what reality is ☐ Beautiful ☐ Good ☐ Decent ☐ Bad ☐ Don‘t look too long at it ☐ MS-DOS ---{ Gameplay }--- ☑ Very good ☐ Good ☐ It's just gameplay ☐...
- Cyberpunk 2077 is not the best game ever made, but what it does well, it does at an exceptionally high level. The game is wrapped in the stunning setting of Night City, a visually...
- gameplay variety4
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- I know I’m very late to this game, but after finally completing , it was absolutely worth the wait. I don’t know how the game was at launch maybe it really was rough back then but...
- A epic open world first person game with many different factions and political elites. A great story that'll have you either laughing or emotional at times. There's a skill tree me...
- Cyberpunk 2077 is not the best game ever made, but what it does well, it does at an exceptionally high level. The game is wrapped in the stunning setting of Night City, a visually...
- post-launch improvements3
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- I know I’m very late to this game, but after finally completing , it was absolutely worth the wait. I don’t know how the game was at launch maybe it really was rough back then but...
- Well, after 86 hours I finally 100%’d the game - all side quests, fixer gigs, DLC, main story, everything you can possibly do in one playthrough without save scumming. So, is Cyb...
- I love CD Projekt. The Witcher is one of my greatest loves, and The Witcher 3 in particular, despite its notoriously messy launch, remains one of the defining games of my life. Nob...
- immersive world design3
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- In the last few days before Cyberpunk's day one release, I told a buddy of mine how excited I was and that I was going to buy it day one. He warned me up and down and I listened to...
- Cyberpunk 2077 has its problems, but despite that, the game remains one of the best story-driven experiences I've ever had. The atmosphere itself - when you're just wandering aroun...
- I love CD Projekt. The Witcher is one of my greatest loves, and The Witcher 3 in particular, despite its notoriously messy launch, remains one of the defining games of my life. Nob...
Cons
- limited rpg depth3
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- I know I’m very late to this game, but after finally completing , it was absolutely worth the wait. I don’t know how the game was at launch maybe it really was rough back then but...
- Well, after 86 hours I finally 100%’d the game - all side quests, fixer gigs, DLC, main story, everything you can possibly do in one playthrough without save scumming. So, is Cyb...
- I'm more of a medieval fantasy fan over sci-fi and I love the Witcher universe, but Cyberpunk did a great job of getting me invested in this world. Great gameplay, story and my fav...
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