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Games like Citizen Sleeper

If Citizen Sleeper is your kind of game, the closest matches are Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector, Creepy Redneck Dinosaur Mansion 3 and EULA ~2026 Human Creativity Report~ — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its characters are vividly written, deep world building and impactful choices. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.

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Citizen Sleeper is a dice-driven indie RPG developed by Jump Over The Age and published by Fellow Traveller, released in 2022 at a price of 5.99 USD. Set on a lawless space station at the fringes of interstellar society, the game tasks players with surviving as an escaped worker through a blend of dice-rolling mechanics, faction interaction, and resource management. Players manage their body's maintenance needs while navigating branching choices that shape the narrative. Reviewers highlight the deep world-building and vividly written characters, while players describe the experience as atmospheric, emotional, and melancholic, with tranquil music contributing to a poignant atmosphere. The game is playable on Steam Deck, runs at normal difficulty, and takes a medium length of time to complete in short bursts. It holds a 94 percent positive rating from over 6,100 Steam reviews.

About Citizen Sleeper: Roleplaying in the ruins of interplanetary capitalism. Live the life of an escaped worker, washed-up on a lawless station at the edge of an interstellar society. Inspired by the flexibility and freedom of TTRPGs, explore the station, choose your friends, escape your past and change your future.

2022IndieAdventureRPG5.99 USDDeck PlayableMetacritic 82Windows · macOSby Jump Over The Age
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Players who liked Citizen Sleeper also play

Steam players who put hours into Citizen Sleeper also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.

  1. Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector

    WHY THIS

    Shares resource management and an atmospheric mood with Citizen Sleeper.

    Top pick for Citizen Sleeper fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Citizen Sleeper.

    A dice-driven RPG, in a human and heartfelt sci-fi world. You are an escaped android, with a malfunctioning body, a price on your head and no memory of your past. Get a ship, find a crew, and take on contracts while you navigate across the Starward Belt.

    2025IndieAdventureRPG12.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Creepy Redneck Dinosaur Mansion 3

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Citizen Sleeper fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Citizen Sleeper.

    MATCH DNA BUBBLES IN AN UNDERGROUND LAB TO KEEP YOUR PSYCHIC CLONE FROM INVADING YOUR MIND AND TURNING YOU INTO A CANNIBAL. This is the match-3 survival horror comedy RPG metroidvania you didn't know you needed.

    2025StrategyIndieRPG19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. EULA ~2026 Human Creativity Report~

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Citizen Sleeper fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Citizen Sleeper.

    An image created by AI — is it yours? An AI art tool is placed before a nameless illustrator. To accept, or to refuse. A visual novel that tells the same story in different forms. Your choices shape the ending - there is no right answer.

    2026IndieAdventureCasualSteam ↗
  4. Lacuna – A Sci-Fi Noir Adventure

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Citizen Sleeper.

    Ranked #4 for Citizen Sleeper fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Citizen Sleeper.

    A murder. A hack. A bombing. All it takes to plunge the solar system into war – unless you do something about it. Help CDI agent Neil Conrad make a string of increasingly difficult decisions in this modern dialog-driven adventure set in a gorgeous 2D sci-fi noir universe.

    2021IndieAdventure15.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Neo Cab

    WHY THIS

    Shares resource management and an atmospheric mood with Citizen Sleeper.

    Ranked #5 for Citizen Sleeper fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Citizen Sleeper.

    A visual novel about emotional survival in an automated world. Play as Lina, the last human cab driver. It’s your first night driving the lonely streets of Los Ojos, and your best friend has just disappeared. Stay on the road. Stay on the search. Stay human.

    2019IndieAdventureRPG14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Suzerain

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Citizen Sleeper fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Citizen Sleeper.

    Assume the role of President Anton Rayne and guide the nation of Sordland. Amidst brewing international conflicts, need for reform, deep-seated corruption, and economic recession, you must make the decisions in this political drama. How will you lead?

    2020IndieAdventureRPG19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. BROK the InvestiGator

    WHY THIS

    Shares an emotional mood with Citizen Sleeper.

    Ranked #7 for Citizen Sleeper fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Citizen Sleeper.

    An innovative adventure mixed with beat 'em up and RPG elements. In a grim world where animals have replaced mankind, what kind of detective will you be?

    2022ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Gamedec - Definitive Edition

    WHY THIS

    Shares resource management and an atmospheric mood with Citizen Sleeper.

    Ranked #8 for Citizen Sleeper fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Citizen Sleeper.

    Gamedec is a single-player cyberpunk isometric RPG. You are a game detective, who solves crimes inside virtual worlds. Use your wits to gather info from your witnesses and suspects, getting to the bottom of deceptive schemes. The game continually adapts to your decisions and never judges.

    2021IndieAdventureRPG8.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to Citizen Sleeper

Surfaced from review text: when other players write 'if you liked X, try Y', we catch the name and resolve it back to a Steam game.

  1. Pentiment

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Citizen Sleeper.

    Reviewers of Citizen Sleeper cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Citizen Sleeper.

    Step into a living illustrated world in a time when Europe is at a crossroads of great religious and political change. Walk in the footsteps of Andreas Maler, a master artist who finds himself in the middle of murders, scandals, and intrigue in the Bavarian Alps.

    2022AdventureCasual19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. NORCO

    WHY THIS

    Shares story driven narrative and an atmospheric mood with Citizen Sleeper.

    Reviewers of Citizen Sleeper cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Citizen Sleeper.

    NORCO is a dialogue-focused point & click adventure that immerses the player in the sinking suburbs and industrial swamplands of an increasingly surreal and distorted South Louisiana.

    2022IndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Planescape: Torment: Enhanced Edition

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Citizen Sleeper.

    Reviewers of Citizen Sleeper cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure and RPG with Citizen Sleeper.

    Uncover secrets of past lives in this story-rich, tactical roleplaying game set in Sigil, a dark fantasy city at the heart of the Dungeons & Dragons multiverse. Explore the planes, survive combat alongside a party of bizarre companions, and solve puzzles unlike any ever seen in the genre.

    2017AdventureRPG19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. STAR WARS™ Knights of the Old Republic™

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Citizen Sleeper.

    Reviewers of Citizen Sleeper cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure and RPG with Citizen Sleeper.

    It is four thousand years before the Galactic Empire and hundreds of Jedi Knights have fallen in battle against the ruthless Sith. You are the last hope of the Jedi Order. Can you master the awesome power of the Force on your quest to save the Republic? Or will you fall to the lure of the dark side?

    2009AdventureRPG2.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. I Was a Teenage Exocolonist

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Citizen Sleeper.

    Reviewers of Citizen Sleeper cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and RPG with Citizen Sleeper.

    Spend your teenage years on an alien planet in this narrative RPG with card-based battles. Explore, grow up, and fall in love. The choices you make and skills you master over ten years will determine the course of your life and the survival of your colony.

    2022IndieSimulationRPG12.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Torment: Tides of Numenera

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Citizen Sleeper cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Citizen Sleeper.

    Torment: Tides of Numenera is the thematic successor to Planescape: Torment, one of the most critically acclaimed role-playing games of all time. Immerse yourself in a single-player, isometric, story-driven RPG set in Monte Cook’s Numenera universe. What does one life matter? Find your answer.

    2017StrategyIndieAdventure34.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Open Sorcery

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Citizen Sleeper.

    Reviewers of Citizen Sleeper cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Citizen Sleeper.

    BEL/S is an Elemental Firewall: a fire elemental bound with C++ code to protect a network of people and places. She can learn things, develop relationships, and even gain sapience. Or she can burn everything with fire. It's up to you.

    2017IndieAdventureRPG3.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. ThroneBreaker

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Citizen Sleeper cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and RPG with Citizen Sleeper.

    You play whose family was executed under the orders of a ruthless king Through years of cunning strategy and dangerous alliances, you lead a rebellion and seize the throne for yourself. But the crown is no sanctuary. Years later, just as you begin to rebuild the realm an assassin’s blade finds you.

    2025IndieRPG2.99 USDSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Citizen Sleeper at current Steam store prices.

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~83% under Citizen Sleeper on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Citizen Sleeper.

    Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?

    2012ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Buckshot Roulette

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Citizen Sleeper on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Citizen Sleeper.

    Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!

    2024ActionIndieSimulation2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. The Test

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Citizen Sleeper on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Citizen Sleeper.

    You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under Citizen Sleeper on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Citizen Sleeper.

    A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.

    2020IndieAdventure1.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Blood and Bacon

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~83% under Citizen Sleeper on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Citizen Sleeper.

    This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.

    2016ActionAdventureCasual0.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Crypt of the NecroDancer

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Citizen Sleeper on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with Citizen Sleeper.

    Crypt of the NecroDancer is an award winning hardcore roguelike rhythm game. Move to the music and deliver beatdowns to the beat! Groove to the epic Danny Baranowsky soundtrack, or select songs from your own MP3 collection!

    2015ActionIndieRPG2.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Super Hexagon

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Citizen Sleeper on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Citizen Sleeper.

    Super Hexagon is a minimal action game by Terry Cavanagh, with music by Chipzel.

    2012ActionIndie2.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Nodebuster

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Citizen Sleeper on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Citizen Sleeper.

    Nodebuster is a short, experimental incremental game about busting nodes and destroying reality.

    2024StrategyIndieSimulation2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Citizen Sleeper.

    Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.

    2015ActionAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Citizen Sleeper.

    Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Citizen Sleeper.

    Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Citizen Sleeper.

    Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. NGU IDLE

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Citizen Sleeper.

    NGU Idle is a Free To Play Idle game that's full of weird humor, tons of upgrades and hundreds of hours of content! Try out NGU Idle today and experience the joy of Numbers Going Up!

    2019IndieAdventureSimulationFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. A Date with Death

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Citizen Sleeper.

    Fight against & romance the one hunting for your soul in A Date with Death, a romance chat simulator where you date(?) the Grim Reaper himself. Create your own character, decorate your apartment, and chat away with the charming yet dangerous Grim Reaper through text and video calls.

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Grimm's Hollow

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Citizen Sleeper.

    A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.

    2019IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. UNBEATABLE [white label]

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Citizen Sleeper.

    A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.

    2021ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

More from Jump Over The Age

Other recommendable Steam games by Jump Over The Age, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.

  1. Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector

    WHY THIS

    Shares resource management and an atmospheric mood with Citizen Sleeper.

    Another title from Jump Over The Age, the studio behind Citizen Sleeper. Shares Indie and Adventure with Citizen Sleeper.

    A dice-driven RPG, in a human and heartfelt sci-fi world. You are an escaped android, with a malfunctioning body, a price on your head and no memory of your past. Get a ship, find a crew, and take on contracts while you navigate across the Starward Belt.

    2025IndieAdventureRPG12.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. In Other Waters

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Citizen Sleeper.

    Another title from Jump Over The Age, the studio behind Citizen Sleeper. Shares Indie and Adventure with Citizen Sleeper.

    Play as an Artificial Intelligence guiding a stranded xenobiologist through a beautiful and mysterious alien ocean. A non-violent sci-fi story, enter a world of wonder, fear and vulnerability, unraveling the history and ecology of an impossible planet. What will you discover together?

    2020IndieAdventure3.74 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Signet City

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Jump Over The Age, the studio behind Citizen Sleeper. Shares Indie and Adventure with Citizen Sleeper.

    From the creator of Citizen Sleeper, SIGNET CITY is a first-person fungalpunk RPG. You are a parasite, in a city where strange technologies and radical ideas are taking root. Grow into and through its inhabitants, uncover and change their stories, and witness the terminal season of the signet city.

    IndieAdventureRPGSteam ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.

  1. Creepy Redneck Dinosaur Mansion 3

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and RPG with Citizen Sleeper.

    MATCH DNA BUBBLES IN AN UNDERGROUND LAB TO KEEP YOUR PSYCHIC CLONE FROM INVADING YOUR MIND AND TURNING YOU INTO A CANNIBAL. This is the match-3 survival horror comedy RPG metroidvania you didn't know you needed.

    2025StrategyIndieRPG19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Lacuna – A Sci-Fi Noir Adventure

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Citizen Sleeper.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Citizen Sleeper.

    A murder. A hack. A bombing. All it takes to plunge the solar system into war – unless you do something about it. Help CDI agent Neil Conrad make a string of increasingly difficult decisions in this modern dialog-driven adventure set in a gorgeous 2D sci-fi noir universe.

    2021IndieAdventure15.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Suzerain

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Citizen Sleeper.

    Assume the role of President Anton Rayne and guide the nation of Sordland. Amidst brewing international conflicts, need for reform, deep-seated corruption, and economic recession, you must make the decisions in this political drama. How will you lead?

    2020IndieAdventureRPG19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. BROK the InvestiGator

    WHY THIS

    Shares an emotional mood with Citizen Sleeper.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Citizen Sleeper.

    An innovative adventure mixed with beat 'em up and RPG elements. In a grim world where animals have replaced mankind, what kind of detective will you be?

    2022ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Gamedec - Definitive Edition

    WHY THIS

    Shares resource management and an atmospheric mood with Citizen Sleeper.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Citizen Sleeper.

    Gamedec is a single-player cyberpunk isometric RPG. You are a game detective, who solves crimes inside virtual worlds. Use your wits to gather info from your witnesses and suspects, getting to the bottom of deceptive schemes. The game continually adapts to your decisions and never judges.

    2021IndieAdventureRPG8.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Citizen Sleeper

Does Citizen Sleeper run on Steam Deck?
Citizen Sleeper is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
How much does Citizen Sleeper cost?
Citizen Sleeper is listed on Steam at 5.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Citizen Sleeper?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Citizen Sleeper are Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector, Creepy Redneck Dinosaur Mansion 3, EULA ~2026 Human Creativity Report~.
Who developed Citizen Sleeper?
Citizen Sleeper was developed by Jump Over The Age and published by Fellow Traveller.

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