Best Free to Play Dystopian Games on Steam

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1. Burning Daylight

Waking up naked in a slaughterhouse, you must escape and travel through a dystopian world to uncover the truth of your origins. Burning Daylight is a sci-fi adventure game, set in a dystopian future with light puzzle elements and environmental storytelling. Burning Daylight is a cyberpunk, adventure and indie game. Released on April 19th 2019 has received 2,889 reviews of which 2,559 were positive and 330 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.5 out of 10. The game currently holds the #1 spot among the most played dystopian games.
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2. The Westport Independent

The Westport Independent is a censorship simulator taking place in a post-war country, governed by the recently elected Loyalist Party. As the editor of one of the last independent newspapers in the country, your job is to remove and edit the content of your paper, affecting the people’s opinion of both the rebels and the Loyalist... The Westport Independent is a indie, simulation and dystopian game. Released on January 21st 2016 has received 312 reviews of which 235 were positive and 77 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.1 out of 10. The game currently holds the #2 spot among the most played dystopian games.
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