An RPG with a story so finely crafted I'm not even sure I want to replay it to 'see all the other bits' as I normally would. Very content to just enjoy this one run as my story, and that's that.

Citizen Sleeper is arriving at a perfect time because despite its minimalist presentation, it evokes so much emotion. The writing is so excellent, so evocative, that it pulls more feelings out of you than 90% of painstakingly crafted 3D environments and characters in triple A games. Not to say CS's presentation isn't beautiful though; the character portraits and humming score are wonderful partners to the writing. But it's the characters and the script that really sing here. The opening hour makes you feel suitably isolated and desperate. Options are limited and most interactions serve to educate you about how dire your situation is. The people you meet while trying to survive will genuinely change the way you view the setting and make you question what your goal really is beyond just 'survive!' and 'escape!' The forks at the conclusion of some quests will be a struggle not because of what reward you get, or because of some tedious GOOD GUY/BAD GUY meter ticking up - but because you are truly invested in what happens.