Players assume the role of the Sleeper, a digital human consciousness who has escaped the clutches of Essen-Arp, a ruthless space conglomerate, via an artificial body and landed smack dab on Erlin’s Eye. Image: Jump Over The Age/Fellow Traveller

Set on a derelict space station named Erlin’s Eye, Citizen Sleeper’s cast consists of a ragtag group of outcasts, hackers, mercenaries, and everyday folks trying their best to escape from out of the long pernicious shadow of interplanetary capitalism and build a world where something better might be possible. A second trailer (and release date) for Elden Ring! Bethesda’s Starfield! Arkane’s Redfall! But of all the games shown during this year’s biggest gaming news event, the game that’s stuck in my mind the most is a little indie title whose trailer was tucked into the back half of the PC Gaming Show: Citizen Sleeper.ĭeveloped by Gareth Damian Martin, aka Jump Over The Age, Citizen Sleeper is a slice-of-life narrative RPG inspired by tabletop roleplaying games.

A lot of flashy and exciting games got announced during E3 earlier this month.

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