List of cyberpunk works
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Novels
- Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (1968) by Philip K. Dick
- The Atrocity Exhibition (1970) by J. G. Ballard
- Crash (1973) by J. G. Ballard
- The Girl Who Was Plugged In (1973) by James Tiptree Jr.
- The Shockwave Rider (1975) by John Brunner[3]
- True Names (1981) by Vernor Vinge[4]
- Ware Tetralogy (1982–2000) by Rudy Rucker[5]
- The Sprawl trilogy (Neuromancer (1984), Count Zero (1986), and Mona Lisa Overdrive (1988)) by William Gibson – popularized the concept of cyberspace, exemplifies the genre.[6][7][8]
- Dr. Adder (1984) by K. W. Jeter[6]
- Schismatrix (1985) by Bruce Sterling[9][10]
- Eclipse Trilogy (also known as A Song Called Youth Trilogy) (1985–90) by John Shirley – includes Eclipse (1985), Eclipse Penumbra (1988), and Eclipse Corona (1990)[5][9]
- Hardwired (1986) by Walter Jon Williams[10]
- Mindplayers (1987) by Pat Cadigan[9]
- The Glass Hammer (1987) by K. W. Jeter
- Voice of the Whirlwind (1987) by Walter Jon Williams[11]
- When Gravity Fails (1987) by George Alec Effinger – part of the Effinger's Marîd Audran series[12]
- Islands in the Net (1988) by Bruce Sterling[9]
- A Fire in the Sun (1989) by George Alec Effinger – part of the Effinger's Marîd Audran series
- China 2185 (1989) by Liu Cixin[13]
- My Cousin, My Gastroenterologist (1990) by Mark Leyner
- The Exile Kiss (1991) by George Alec Effinger – part of the Effinger's Marîd Audran series
- Synners (1991) by Pat Cadigan[9]
- Snow Crash (1992) by Neal Stephenson
- The Bridge trilogy (1993–1999) by William Gibson[14][15][16]
- Heavy Weather (1994) by Bruce Sterling
- Trouble and Her Friends (1994) by Melissa Scott[17]
- Blade Runner 2: The Edge of Human, Blade Runner 3: Replicant Night, and Blade Runner 4: Eye and Talon (1995–2000) by K. W. Jeter[18]
- The Diamond Age (1996) by Neal Stephenson[19]
- Holy Fire (1996) by Bruce Sterling[citation needed]
- Night Sky Mine (1997) by Melissa Scott[20]
- Noir (1998) by K. W. Jeter
- Tea from an Empty Cup (1998) by Pat Cadigan
- One of Us (1998) by Michael Marshall Smith[21]
- Altered Carbon (2002) by Richard Morgan[22]
- River of Gods (2004) by Ian McDonald[23]
- Accelerando (2005) by Charles Stross[24]
- Glasshouse (2006)[25]
- Daemon (2006–2010) by Daniel Suarez
- Little Brother (2008) by Cory Doctorow
- The Mirrored Heavens (2008) by David J. Williams[26]
- Ready Player One (2011) by Ernest Cline[27][28]
- Bleeding Edge (2013) by Thomas Pynchon[29]
- The Peripheral (2014) by William Gibson
- Blackstar (2013–2015) by Josh Viola
- Thin Air (2018) by Richard Morgan
- The Demon Lord 2099 light novel series (2021–present) written by Daigo Murasaki and illustrated by Kureta[30]
- '"Beautiful Shining People" (2023) by Michael Grothaus
Short stories, anthologies, and collections
- "Cyberpunk" (1983) by Bruce Bethke
- Burning Chrome (1986) by William Gibson
- Mirrorshades: The Cyberpunk Anthology (1986) edited by Bruce Sterling[9][31]
- Crystal Express (1989) by Bruce Sterling[9]
- Patterns (1989) by Pat Cadigan
- Storming the Reality Studio: A Casebook of Cyberpunk & Postmodern Science Fiction (1992) edited by Larry McCaffery (contains both fiction and nonfiction)[32]
- Hackers (1996) by Jack Dann & Gardner Dozois
- Cyberpunk Malaysia (2016) edited by Zen Cho
- Cyberworld (2019) edited by Jason Heller and Joshua Viola
- The Ultimate Cyberpunk (2002) edited by Pat Cadigan
- Cyberfunk! (2021) edited by Milton Davis
- The Big Book of Cyberpunk (2023) edited by Jared Shurin
Graphic novels and comics
- Judge Dredd (1977–) by John Wagner and Carlos Ezquerra
- Akira (1982–1990) by Katsuhiro Ōtomo[33]
- Black Magic (1983) by Masamune Shirow
- Ronin (1983–1984) by Frank Miller
- Shatter (1985–1988) by Peter B. Gillis and Mike Saenz
- Appleseed (1985–1989) by Masamune Shirow
- Dominion (1986) by Masamune Shirow
- Ghost in the Shell (1989–1991) by Masamune Shirow
- Neuromancer (1989) by Tom de Haven and Bruce Jensen[34]
- Battle Angel Alita (1990–1995) by Yukito Kishiro[33]
- Martha Washington (1990–1991) by Frank Miller and Dave Gibbons
- Barb Wire (1994–1995) by Chris Warner
- Transmetropolitan (1997–2002) by Warren Ellis[35]
- Eden: It's an Endless World! (1998–2008) by Hiroki Endo
- Blame! (1998) by Tsutomu Nihei[36]
- Singularity 7 (2004) by Ben Templesmith[37]
- The Surrogates (2005) by Robert Venditti[38]
- The entire Marvel 2099 line is an example of the cyberpunk genre in comics, especially Ghost Rider 2099 and Spider-Man 2099.
- Marvel's Machine Man Vol. 2
- Batman Beyond
- The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys (2013–2014) by Gerard Way and Shaun Simon
- Den fantastiske bus (2023), Danish children's novel by Jakob Martin Strid
Magazines and journals
- Mondo 2000[39]
- CTheory (1996–2017)[9]
- Cheval Noir (1989–1994)[9]
Audiovisual media
Films
Most of the films listed are cyberpunk-related either through narrative or by thematic context. Films released before 1982 should be seen as precursors to the genre. Animated films are listed separately in the Animation section below.
- Escape from New York (1981)[40][41]
- Burst City (1982)[42]
- Tron (1982)[43]
- Blade Runner (1982)[44]
- Brainstorm (1983)[45]
- Videodrome (1983)[46]
- The Terminator (1984)
- RoboCop (1987)[47]
- The Running Man (1987)
- Cyborg (1989)[48]
- Gunhed (1989)[49]
- Tetsuo: The Iron Man (1989)
- Circuitry Man (1990)[50]
- RoboCop 2 (1990)
- Hardware (1990)[51]
- Megaville (1990)[52]
- Total Recall (1990)[53]
- Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
- 964 Pinocchio (1991)[54]
- Until the End of the World (1991)[55]
- Nemesis (1992)
- Fortress (1992)
- Freejack (1992)[56]
- The Lawnmower Man (1992)[57]
- Tetsuo II: Body Hammer (1992)
- Cyborg 2 (1993)[58]
- Demolition Man (1993)[59]
- RoboCop 3 (1993)
- Plughead Rewired: Circuitry Man II (1994)[60]
- Death Machine (1994)
- Hackers (1995)[61]
- Johnny Mnemonic (1995)[62]
- Judge Dredd (1995)[63]
- Strange Days (1995)[64]
- The Demolitionist (1995)[65]
- Virtuosity (1995)
- Escape from L.A. (1996)[66]
- The Lawnmower Man 2: Beyond Cyberspace (1996)[67]
- Deathline (a.k.a. Redline) (1997)[68]
- Nirvana (1997)[69]
- Andromedia (1998)[70]
- New Rose Hotel (1998)
- Pi (1998)[71]
- Skyggen (a.k.a. Webmaster) (1998)[72]
- Dark City (1998)[73]
- eXistenZ (1999)[74]
- The Thirteenth Floor (1999)[75]
- Bicentennial Man (1999)[76]
- The Matrix (1999)[77]
- I.K.U. (2000)[78]
- The 6th Day (2000)[79]
- Avalon (2001)[80]
- A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001)
- Electric Dragon 80.000 V (2001)[81]
- Cypher (2002)[82]
- Dead or Alive: Final (2002)[83]
- Impostor (2002)[84]
- Minority Report (2002)[85]
- Resurrection of the Little Match Girl (2002)[86][87]
- All Tomorrow's Parties (2003)[88]
- Code 46 (2003)[89]
- The Matrix Reloaded (2003)[90]
- The Matrix Revolutions (2003)[91]
- Natural City (2003)[92]
- Paycheck (2003)[93]
- Avatar (a.k.a. Cyber Wars) (2004)[94]
- Immortal (2004)[95]
- I, Robot (2004)[96]
- Paranoia 1.0 (a.k.a. One Point 0) (2004)[97]
- Æon Flux (2005)[98]
- Children of Men (2006)
- Ultraviolet (2006)[99]
- Chrysalis (2007)[100]
- Eden Log (2007)[101]
- The Gene Generation (2007)[102][103][104]
- Babylon A.D. (2008)[105][106]
- Sleep Dealer (2008)[107]
- Tokyo Gore Police (2008)[108]
- District 9 (2009)
- Hardwired (2009)[109][110]
- Surrogates (2009)[111]
- Tetsuo: The Bullet Man (2009)
- Tron: Legacy (2010)[61]
- Repo Men (2010)[112]
- Priest (2011)[61]
- Dredd (2012)[113][114][115][116][117]
- Total Recall (2012)
- Elysium (2013)[118][119]
- The Zero Theorem (2013)[61]
- The Machine (2013)
- Automata (2014)[120]
- Transcendence (2014)[121]
- RoboCop (2014)
- Chappie (2015)[122]
- Ex Machina (2015)[123]
- Vice (2015)
- Hardcore Henry (2015)
- Ghost in the Shell (2017)[124][125]
- Bleeding Steel (2017)
- Blade Runner 2049 (2017)
- Ready Player One (2018)[126][127]
- Mute (2018)
- Upgrade (2018)
- Hotel Artemis (2018)
- Anon (2018)
- Alita: Battle Angel (2019)
- Archive (2020)
- Zone 414 (2021)
- Reminiscence (2021)
- Finch (2021)
- The Matrix Resurrections (2021)
- Expired (2022)
- Jung E (2023)
- The Creator (2023)
- Restore Point (2023)
- The Electric State (2025)
- Tron: Ares (2025)
- The Dresden Sun (2026)
- Ray Gunn (2026)
Animation
- Megazone 23 (1985)[128]
- Neo Tokyo (1986)[129]
- Black Magic M-66 (1987)
- Bubblegum Crisis (1987)[130]
- A.D. Police Files (1990)
- Bubblegum Crash (1991)
- Bubblegum Crisis Tokyo 2040 (1998)[131]
- A.D. Police: To Protect and Serve (1999)
- Akira (1988)[132][133]
- RoboCop
- RoboCop: The Animated Series (1988)
- RoboCop: Alpha Commando (1998–1999)
- Dominion
- Dominion (1988–1989)
- New Dominion Tank Police (1993–1994)
- Tank Police Team: Tank S.W.A.T. 01 (2006)
- Appleseed
- Appleseed (1988 film)
- Appleseed (2004 film)
- Appleseed Ex Machina (2007 film)
- Appleseed XIII (2011)
- Appleseed Alpha (2014 film)
- Angel Cop (1989–1994)
- Cyber City Oedo 808 (1990)[134]
- Æon Flux (1991–1995)[135]
- Silent Möbius (1991–2003)[136]
- Genocyber (1993)[137]
- Macross Plus (1994)
- Armitage III (1995)
- Ghost in the Shell
- Ghost in the Shell (1995 film)[138]
- Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence (2004 film)[139]
- Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex (S.A.C.)[140]
- Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex (S.A.C.) (2002–2003)
- Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C. 2nd GIG (2004–2005)
- Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - Solid State Society (2006 film)
- Ghost in the Shell: SAC 2045 (2020–2022)
- Ghost in the Shell: Arise
- Ghost in the Shell: Arise (2013–2015)
- Ghost in the Shell: The New Movie (2016 film)
- Spicy City (1997)
- Virus Buster Serge (1997)
- Twilight of the Dark Master (1997)
- Cowboy Bebop
- Cowboy Bebop (1998)
- Cowboy Bebop: The Movie (2001)
- Serial Experiments Lain (1998)[141]
- Gundress (1999)
- Beast Machines: Transformers (1999–2000)
- Batman Beyond (1999–2001)
- Metropolis (2001)[142]
- The Animatrix (2003)[143]
- Code Lyoko (2003–2007)
- Heat Guy J (2003)[144]
- Parasite Dolls (2003)[145]
- Texhnolyze (2003)[146]
- Wonderful Days (a.k.a. Sky Blue) (2003)[147][148]
- Burst Angel (2004)[149]
- Fragile Machine (2005)[150]
- Aachi & Ssipak (2006)[151]
- A Scanner Darkly (2006)[152]
- Ergo Proxy (2006)[153]
- Paprika (2006)[154][155]
- Renaissance (2006)[156]
- Dennō Coil (2007)[157]
- Vexille (2007)[158][159]
- Technotise: Edit & I (2009, Serbia)[160]
- Real Drive (2008)
- Mardock Scramble (2010)[161]
- Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Across the 2nd Dimension (2011)
- Accel World (2012–2016)
- Psycho-Pass (2012)[162]
- MotorCity (2012–2013)
- Tron: Uprising (2012–2013)
- Dimension W (2016)
- Blame! (2017)
- No Guns Life (2019–2020)
- Altered Carbon: Resleeved (2020)
- Akudama Drive (2020)
- Blade Runner: Black Lotus (2021–2022)
- Cyberpunk: Edgerunners (2022–present)
- Mars Express (2023)
- Digimon Beatbreak (2025-present)
Television and web series
- World on a Wire (1973)[163]
- The Deadly Assassin (1976)[164]
- Overdrawn at the Memory Bank (1983)[165]
- Max Headroom: 20 Minutes into the Future (1985), British television movie
- Max Headroom (1987),[166] American television series based on the UK TV movie
- Wild Palms (1993)[167]
- TekWar (1994)[168]
- RoboCop: The Series (1994)
- VR.5 (1996)[citation needed]
- Welcome to Paradox (1998)[169]
- The X-Files, two episodes of the series were written by William Gibson and contain cyberpunk themes:
- Kill Switch (1998)[170]
- First Person Shooter (2000)[171][172]
- Serial Experiment Lain (1998)
- Harsh Realm (1999)[173]
- Total Recall 2070 (1999)[174]
- Cleopatra 2525 (2000–2001)
- Dark Angel (2000–2002)[175]
- RoboCop: Prime Directives (2001)[176]
- Charlie Jade (2005)[177]
- Power Rangers S.P.D. (2005)
- Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (2008–2009)
- Power Rangers RPM (2009)
- Dollhouse (2009–2010)[178]
- Caprica (2010)
- Person of Interest (2011–2016)
- Black Mirror (2011–present)
- Continuum (2012–2015), set in the present with a protagonist who has time traveled back from a cyberpunk future in 2077
- H+: The Digital Series (2012)
- Code Lyoko: Evolution (2013)
- Almost Human (2013–2014)
- Die Gstettensaga: The Rise of Echsenfriedl (2014)
- Mr. Robot (2015–2019)
- Humans (2015–2018)
- Westworld (2016–2022)
- Incorporated (2016–2017)
- Altered Carbon (2018–2020)
- Better Than Us (2018–2019)
- Power Rangers Beast Morphers (2019-2020)
- Love, Death & Robots (2019–present)
- Meta Runner (2019–2022)
- Onisciente (2020)
- Upload (2020–present)[179]
- Cowboy Bebop (2021)
- Pantheon (2022–2023)[180]
- Bodies (2023)
- Secret Level (2024)
Music
- Blade Runner by Vangelis[181]
- Cyberpunk by Billy Idol[182]
- Drezden by Drezden[183]
- Introducing Neals by YTCracker[184]
- Metropolis series by Janelle Monáe[185]
- Metropolis: The Chase Suite (2007)
- The ArchAndroid (2010)
- The Electric Lady (2013)
- Outside by David Bowie[186]
- Tactical Neural Implant by Front Line Assembly[187]
- Transverse City by Warren Zevon[188][189]
- Year Zero by Nine Inch Nails[190]
- 新しい日の誕生 by 2814[191]
- 2093 by Yeat[192]
- The Protomen trilogy
- The Protomen (2005)
- Act II: The Father of Death (2009)
- Act III: This City Made Us (2026)
- Dead Channel Sky by clipping.[193]
- Leather Temple by Carpenter Brut
Video games
- Imitation City (1987)[194]
- Megami Tensei series (1987–present)[195]
- Metal Gear series (1987–present)
- Akira (1988–2002)
- Akira (1988)[195]
- Akira Psycho Ball (2002)
- Neuromancer (1988)[202]
- Snatcher (1988–1996)[203]
- Genocide (1989)[195]
- Night Striker (1989)
- DreamWeb (1992)[204]
- Flashback (1992)[205]
- BloodNet (1993)[206]
- Gadget: Invention, Travel, & Adventure (1993)[207]
- Hired Guns (1993)[208]
- Shadowrun series
- Shadowrun (SNES) (1993)[209]
- Shadowrun (Sega Genesis) (1994)[210]
- Shadowrun (Sega CD) (1996)[211]
- Shadowrun (2007)[212][213]
- Shadowrun Returns (2013) [214]
- Shadowrun: Dragonfall (2014) [215]
- Shadowrun Chronicles: Boston Lockdown (2015)
- Shadowrun: Hong Kong (2015) [216]
- Syndicate series
- Beneath a Steel Sky (1994)[220]
- Burn:Cycle (1994)[221]
- Hell: A Cyberpunk Thriller (1994)
- Delta V (1994)[222]
- Hagane: The Final Conflict (1994)[195]
- Live A Live (1994)[195]
- Rise of the Robots (1994) [223][224]
- Policenauts (1994)[195]
- Appleseed series
- Appleseed: Oracle of Prometheus (1994)
- Appleseed EX (2004)
- System Shock series
- System Shock (1994)[225]
- System Shock 2 (1999)[226]
- System Shock (2023 video game) (2023)
- CyberMage: Darklight Awakening (1995)[227]
- Johnny Mnemonic: The Interactive Action Movie (1995)[228]
- Road Rage (1995)
- William Shatner's TekWar (1995)
- Osman (1996)[195]
- Blade Runner (1997)[229]
- G-Police (1997)
- Final Fantasy VII (1997)[230]
- Compilation of Final Fantasy VII (2004–2022)
- Final Fantasy VII Remake (2020)[231]
- Ghost in the Shell (1997)[195]
- Einhänder (1998)[195]
- Nightlong: Union City Conspiracy (1998)
- SiN series
- SiN (1998)
- SiN: Wages of Sin (1999)
- SiN Episodes (2006)
- Xenogears (1998)[232]
- The Creed (1999)
- The Nomad Soul (1999)
- Slave Zero (1999)
- Ace Combat 3: Electrosphere (1999)
- deSpiria (2000)
- Fear Effect series
- Fear Effect (2000)
- Fear Effect 2: Retro Helix (2001)
- Fear Effect Sedna (2018)
- Deus Ex series
- Deus Ex (2000)[233]
- Deus Ex: Invisible War (2003) [234]
- Deus Ex: Human Revolution (2011) [235]
- Deus Ex: The Fall (2013)[236]
- Deus Ex: Mankind Divided (2016)
- Perfect Dark series
- Perfect Dark (2000)
- Perfect Dark Zero (2005)
- Oni (2001)[237]
- Anachronox (2001)
- Mega Man Battle Network series
- Mega Man Battle Network (2001)
- Mega Man Battle Network 2 (2001)
- Mega Man Battle Network 3 (2002)
- Mega Man Network Transmission (2003)
- Mega Man Battle Chip Challenge (2003)
- Mega Man Battle Network 4 (2003)
- Mega Man Battle Network 5 (2004)
- Mega Man Battle Network 6 (2005)
- Uplink (2001)[238][239]
- Breath of Fire: Dragon Quarter (2002)[240]
- .hack series
- .hack//IMOQ (2002–2003)
- .hack//G.U. (2006–2007)
- .hack//Link (2010)
- Neocron series
- Neocron (2002)[241]
- Neocron 2: Beyond Dome of York (2004)
- The Matrix
- Enter the Matrix (2003)[242]
- Matrix Online (2005)
- The Matrix: Path of Neo (2005)
- The Matrix Awakens (2021)
- P.N.03 (2003)
- Cy Girls (2004)
- Æon Flux (2005)
- Dystopia (2005)[243]
- System Rush (2005)[244]
- Mirror's Edge series
- Mirror's Edge (2008)
- Mirror's Edge (mobile) (2010)
- Mirror's Edge Catalyst (2016)
- Halo 3: ODST (2009)
- NeoTokyo (2009)
- MindJack (2011)
- Gemini Rue (2011)[245]
- Hard Reset (2011)
- Cypher (2012)[246]
- Blacklight: Retribution (2012)
- Binary Domain (2012)
- Primordia (2012)
- Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead (2013)
- Remember Me (2013)[247]
- Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon (2013)
- Alien: Isolation (2014)
- Jazzpunk (2014)
- Transistor (2014)
- Watch Dogs series:
- Watch Dogs (2014)[248]
- Watch Dogs 2 (2016)
- Watch Dogs: Legion (2020)
- 2064: Read Only Memories (2015)
- Call of Duty: Black Ops III (2015)[249]
- Dex (2015)[250]
- Technobabylon (2015)
- Soma (2015)
- Satellite Reign (2015)
- Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth (2015)[251]
- Invisible, Inc. (2016)
- Superhot (2016)
- VA-11 HALL-A (2016)[252]
- Girls' Frontline (2016–present)[253]
- Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth – Hacker's Memory (2017)[251]
- Dreamfall Chapters (2017)[254]
- Observer (2017)
- Ruiner (2017)[255]
- Tokyo 42 (2017)[256]
- The Red Strings Club (2018)[257]
- Exapunks (2018)
- Ion Fury (2018)
- State of Mind (2018)
- Tales of the Neon Sea (2018)[258]
- Astral Chain (2019)[259]
- Katana Zero (2019)
- Punishing: Gray Raven (2019)[260]
- Dohna Dohna (2020)[261]
- Cyberpunk 2077 (2020)
- Ghostrunner (2020)
- Incredibox
- V8: Dystopia (2020)
- Cloudpunk (2020)
- Huntdown (2020)
- The Ascent (2021)
- Cruelty Squad (2021)
- Necromunda: Hired Gun (2021)[262]
- Citizen Sleeper (2022)
- Stray (2022)
- SIGNALIS (2022)
- Bomb Rush Cyberfunk (2023)
- RoboCop: Rogue City (2023)
- Dystopika (2024)
- Nobody Wants to Die (2024)
- Mullet MadJack (2024)
- Zenless Zone Zero (2024)
- Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector (2025)
- MindsEye (2025)
- Split Fiction (2025)
- Screamer (2026)
- Replaced (2026)
- Spine (2026)
- .45 Parabellum Bloodhound (2026)
- Last Sentinel (TBA)
- The Last Night (TBA)[263]
Tabletop games
- Cyberpunk (1988)
- Cyberpunk 2020 (1990)
- Cyberpunk V3.0 (2005)
- Cyberpunk Red (2020)
- Shadowrun (1989)
- GURPS Cyberpunk (1990)[264]
- Necromunda (1995)
- Infinity (2005)
- Corporation (2009)[265]
- Deadzone (2013)
- Carbon 2185 | A Cyberpunk RPG (2019)
Related nonfiction
- A Cyborg Manifesto (1991), by Donna Haraway
- Storming the Reality Studio: A Casebook of Cyberpunk & Postmodern Science Fiction (1992), edited by Larry McCaffery (contains both fiction and nonfiction)[32]
- No Maps for These Territories (2000), documentary about William Gibson[266]
