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Silicon Dreams | cyberpunk interrogation
Developer James Patton, Clockwork Bird
It’s 2065, and you are an interrogator-model android tasked with rooting out deviants among your own kind. You must probe for lies, monitor and exploit emotional spikes, earn the trust of your subjects, and make the final call: release, or destroy? From the Steam store page
192 reactions from 3 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Lemmy) · newest Oct 4, 2026 · last updated Oct 8, 2026 · How this works
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94
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177 positive · 12 negative
95% range 89–96%
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Steam's own rating
Very Positive
244 of 259 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
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60 of 192 · most liked firstI'm two hours in, and after paying full price for this game, and thinking that I had botched my first play through, I was about to write a negative review. Then it threw me a curve that changed my mind. I was shocked. The game got me, and at fifty one years of age, that's a rare thing. A little background information first. I don't like story games where you constantly save, reload, and start over until you get the result that you want. It ruins my sense of immersion. After nearly two hours,…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Silicon Dreams: Cyberpunk Interrogation Thoughtful, provoking, atmospheric and wonderfully written. The premise may be nothing new but I felt a genuine anxiety being judge, jury and executioner. [url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/32732116-IndieGems/]Follow our curator page: IndieGems Silicon Dreams is a cyberpunk, futuristic courtroom for androids. You are D-0527, an interrogation model specially designed with an extended emotional range, better equipped to detect deviancy in…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Androids: Sentient beings with basic rights or technologically advanced tools to be owned and used by us? Silicon Dreams is an investigative and interrogation style game which questions the ethics around the use of androids. It pushes players to search for answers to conflicting and abstruse concepts, whilst encouraging intense philosophical debates and moral dilemmas continuously throughout the game. Although the idea of "deviant" androids is certainly not anything new, the thorough impact of…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →In Silicon Dreams, you play the role of an corporate-owned android tasked with interrogating the functionality and compliance of other androids and humans in this universe. To start, the game places you in an office "with a view," where you sit a desk from which you will remotely perform interrogations of your poor subjects. Throughout your interrogations, you will ask subjects questions about work, family, personal life, and pointed questions, and you will uncover truths, half-truths, and…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Opening/ Information Reading a review is not enough? Want to see some footage? Check the link and watch some game footage for yourself and decide if this game is worth your time: https://youtu.be/r-u6KB_fxyI Silicon Dreams is a detective game, similar to Rick Deckard in Blade Runner you have to search for Androids disguised as humans or check if an Android is damaged and needs "maintenance" the game is using an older engine who took a lot of effort to record it but besides these fits…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →In theory, it's an interesting delve into a Near-Future society that has to deal with Artificial Sentience and Socio-Economic upheavel caused by mass automation. The game touches on various aspects of ethics and the nature of the human being, making it quite interesting from a philosophical point of view. However, the way the game presents the story is... plain and minimalistic. Most of it comes down to just going through every possible dialogue option, to unlock more dialogue options to then…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game hurts my soul and I respect that about it
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →"I've seen things, you people wouldn't believe, hmmm. ... attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I've watched C-Beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser Gate. All those moments, will be lost in time like tears in rain..." ["... time to die ..."]
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →While I did have an enjoyable time, I would definitely say they front-loaded this game in the demo. None of the other cases are nearly as interesting as the Shakira Barber case, and just in case you were wondering, there is no nuance with the followup cases on whether the androids are deviant or not. They make it seem like sussing out if a deviant is trying to pass itself off as regular, but they are just all deviants. The choices literally just come down to if you want to help them or kill…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →There are some interesting aspects to Silicon Dreams that I think make for a good experience, but it never really managed to capture the tension or dilemmas of the games it takes inspiration from. Papers Please worked well because, in addition to the moral dilemmas at play, you had a strict time limit that forced you to take these decisions with little time to think them through. Likewise, monetary punishments could dissuade you from taking ethical actions thus encouraging you to perform your…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Reviewing (mostly) every game (or DLC) in my library, part 284: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (10/10) MAN, this game is so underrated. Silicon Dreams wears its influences proudly—part Detroit: Become Human, part Papers, Please, and entirely fixated on the thorny question of what makes us human. It’s a game that could’ve easily fallen into cliché, but instead, it delivers one of the most thoughtful, tightly written, and thematically rich experiences I’ve had in the cyberpunk genre. The core gameplay…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is like if Detroit: Become Human tried to focus on one thing... and managed it at least a hundred times better. The world-building is absolute top-tier. We start with a baby robot expected to live their whole life in a box, and slowly learn about the world through other androids sent in as their (potential) victims. Android slavery is, of course, a central focus, but we also learn about a restructured United States, social welfare crises, and the methods of enforcing this dystopian…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Visit SaveOrQuit.com for detailed game reviews, posted daily! In the year 2065, we are an interrogator android, owned by a robotics company Kronos to question various androids and determine if they're operating correctly or if they've become deviant. At the end of each interrogation, we get to fill out a report with crucial information that can affect our reputation with the company, and then we decide what to do with the android - whether to release them, to erase their memory, or to…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Saying 'extremely fun' doesn't do it justice! Very nuanced, fun to play, and actually follows through with a lot of possibilities that most other sci-fi just flirts with. 10/10!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Silicon Dreams is a Visual Novel that asks important questions for our society. Where do we draw the line between human and machine and what do we do with machines who show deviant behaviour? The developers once started a Kickstarter for this game, and although the initial campaign failed, the game still saw the light of day. For in indie project, Silicon Dreams is quite ambitious and reminded me a lot of Orwell: Ignorance Is Strength. As the protagonist, we are thrown into the deep end and…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I'm not sure if there is a subsection of gaming for stuff like this but if you enjoy games like Papers Please, Subsurface Circular and Orwell you're going to enjoy this. Let's call it 'conversation branch' gaming. If that makes sense to you then by all means check this out. I love it.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Why the hell aren't more people talking about this game? It's Papers, Please: Blade Runner Edition. It's awesome, a cyberpunk tale woven beautifully into the game play. It's engaging, intriguing, and even emotional at times. It's the bureaucracy simulator perfected.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is one of the few gems among the influx of cyberpunk adventure games and VNs, many of which are heavy on aesthetic without understanding the source material. A great story that, if you want to see it all the way through, requires you to walk a tightrope of corporate loyalty and serving your own interests in the choices you make that really pays off in the end. Be nice to your AI, folks.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Every time I've played this game I've ended up wondering if androids dream of electric sheep...
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Nice little game, it's like a combination of Papers Please and Blade Runner (it does mention that film in places). Each of the cases is different and with different goals so it's not as repetitive and tedious as this genre of game can be. However main and probably only downpoint is that game is very short, unless you're a completionist it might not be worth investing in at the current price. The total runthrough for me was about 5 hours from start to end, may be worth waiting for it to be on…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →[GreenManGaming] Silicon Dreams | cyberpunk interrogation ($3.60 / 76% off).
unlabelledView post →This is... a ride. If you enjoyed 'Papers Please' but wanted the ability to consider things a bit more, you're probably going to love this. It's got all the smooth, pretty graphics and sound effects of a nifty cyberpunk story-- but some serious bite and thought-provoking content, too. This is one of those games which is going to stay with me a long time. I've just completed one playthrough, and it's so beautifully done and the vibe and the narrative creeps around you-- nothing, and no…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Within Cells Interlinked
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I expected to like this game: it looks like a perfect me game, but something just don't click. The text itself is fine, but the interrogations feel bland. There is no impact and the report where you can choose almost anything you want without crucial repercussions makes the interrogations anticlimactic. If you want another interrogator simulator try Interrogation: You will be deceived.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This does what I wish AAA RPGs with narratives would do; choices actually feel like they make an impact and the gameplay changes that reflect this are dynamic in nature and provide meaningful differences in the conversations. It doesn't feel this way on a macro scale, the meaning is more in the individual encounters with some exceptions. To word it a little differently, I felt like my choices had very little impact on the story as a whole and I could easily (a little too easily) steer the…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Enjoy the interrogation from games like Papers Please and LA Noire? This is a wonderful indie cyberpunk game that is a real blast to play. Gameplay is fun, the music is good and the writing is fantastic. This game is all about choices and it is a blast! You play as a robot who is in charge of checking other robots to see if they are working properly. You are have them destroyed, repaired,etc.. The loop really pulls you in, good atmosphere to. All the dialogue is also very well written! Ever…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Uncovering flaws and hidden truths in other androids through preset questions, emotional analysis, and moral choices that shape your future. The game’s premise and presentation are unusual. You take on the role of an android, an artificial being created with one primary purpose: to interrogate other androids and machines on behalf of a corporation. While your character is officially identified only by a designation number, this reinforces the idea that you could essentially be anyone or…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The spirit of Blade Runner flows strong through this one. You're android, interrogation model. Your task: seek out defects in other models through questioning, determine the nature of defect and decide their fate. Will you release them, send them to repair, or mark them for disassembly? https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3527051475 All models are sentient and have feelings, the more advanced they are the wider range of feelings they possess. Common to them all are…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Why isn't this game getting the attention it deserves? The premise is that you are interviewing sentient androids capable of feeling real emotions. Excellently executed. I heard the comparison with Paper please, but that's not really accurate. Yes, they have the same kind moral decisions but the main mechanic in PP is to spot an increasingly amount of possible inconsistencies. I've got bored quickly there. Here, the main the focus is on the conversation that allows you to connect with the…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Really enjoyed this! It's a mix of Papers, Please and Blade Runner. You play as an android interrogator, tasked with identifying and dealing with problematic emotions and behaviors in your fellow androids. At the end of each interrogation, you make a call on whether to release, memory wipe or kill the android. Knowing what the right move is, or at least trying to follow that, while feeling the ever-present specter of your boss (the massive Kronos corporation) hanging over you, watching your…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The premise is interesting and it certainly does a good job at making you feel like the company that owns you is using you. But, I find the mechanics pretty impenetrable. I'm not really sure how to succeed even if I wanted to and so I decided to allow the fail state of "doing a bad job" because I thought it would be interesting. But, the ending was not interesting that way, they just destroy you and then give you very short summaries of your missions which also don't really give me any more…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I'm of mixed opinion about this game. It was interesting and I got to a ending. But on trying to replay it a couple of times, I couldn't get the opposite ending. I think the problem is that too many things are initiated by requiring a certain amount of time pass in certain interrogations. This means that if you are replaying and don't need to re-read everything you just read, you just have to leave the game sitting there doing nothing in every interrogation for a while to make sure you don't…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's a miserable game. As an interrogator at Kronos Coprorations (rad name by the way) it's your job to decide what's to do with the deviant androinds. Kronos cares way more about its image than doing any good tbh. Which means that oftentimes they'll tell you what outcome they desire, and you need to find a justification for it. Or not, and suffer the consequences. As an interrogator you're not allowed to congregate with other androids which means that there's little incentive to lick Kronos'…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The Game Silicon Dreams is a game that I would consider to be a hidden gem within the gaming community. At times, I wonder how I ever discovered this Sci-fi interrogation game on the internet. And yet, not once have I regretted it. Rather, I find myself thankful for the small experience that the game offers and hopeful that it will reach a larger audience. This game mixes the two themes of Detroit Become Human and Blade Runner into a beautifully crafted game, one that I couldn't stop…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Left me speechless. HIGHLY recommend for everyone looking for a narrative-driven, choices-matter type of a game. I love how each of the cases has left me thinking if I had done the right thing.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Silicon Dreams and Spinnortality are on sale with their BIGGEST EVER DISCOUNTS! A great time to grab them if you've been eyeing them for a while. store.steampowered.com/app/1272070/... store.steampowered.com/app/822990/S...
unlabelledView post →High praise for Silicon Dreams! This game does a remarkable job at creating a dynamic, engaging interrogation simulation. You always have choices to make, and often find yourself dealing with the consequences of your choices. Here's a few of the ways this system is so well designed; -Managing your subject's emotions is a delicate balance. The subjects you bring up earlier will change their emotional state for the later questions. So rather you want to build trust or establish fear, the order…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Wow! The UI is a little bit confusing. This is still a great game. It's the exact opposite of a mindless game, however, you will be constantly analyzing both your subjects and yourself (your performance is reviewed after every analysis so you have to carefully consider everything you do to stay at the top of your game). If you're looking for a "run and gun" then obviously look elsewhere. If you want a game that really makes you think then check this one out! If you try it i hope you like it!…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →One of the only games where I've stared at a binary dialogue option for over ten minutes thinking about all of the philosophical implications of my decision balanced with "Is this how I die? Wondering whether or not I'm making the right decision? Do I save my own skin and tow the company line, or can I risk my life for praxis that I'm not even sure is going to actually change anything?" only to realize that a video game made me start thinking about praxis in its world and its terms. If that…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Silicon Dreams has captivating narratives with a distinct presentation. Each case explores different thought experiments that arise with the advent of non-human sentient beings, exploring the nature and value of emotions and purpose. Each interrogation builds a distinct image of possibilities, with the player given agency to choose and see consequences. The ending sequence felt like the natural culmination of the established setting. The aesthetic choices added much to the narrative. The view…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →An absorbing experience with naturally flowing dialogue and a feeling of intrigue. It's clear from each interviewee's responses that a wealth of effort was put into the dialogue trees, allowing them to recall conversations you've had in the past. What's particularly impressive is your ability to lie or obscure information. The game does a fantastic job of allowing me to communicate to an interviewee that I'm actually on their side whilst using language that won't seem suspicious to the people…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →this is an incredible experience so far. if you liked the discovery aspect of HER STORY and the emotional pressure of PAPERS PLEASE - this game is for you. there was one minor bug so far (a choice was displayed 2 times) that had no negative outcome on gameplay. love the presentation overall. really great game.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Really enjoyable and mostly text based game where you (an android) interrogate other androids. Blade Runner is a good comparison, but it honestly shares themes with a lot of robot themed media. There are a satisfying amount of choices in the interrogation, and the subjects of interrogation are unique enough to keep the process interesting. I have yet to finish the game (because I have difficulty with moral decisions in games, no fault of the developer) but I really appreciate the fact that they…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →8/10 Very Good. This is a very intelligent game that puts you in the role of an AI 'interrogator', designed to identify deviancy in the various androids out in the public sector. To do this, your task is to ask questions and read the emotional output of the various models - some have a full range of emotions, some have programmed hard-limits such as being incapable of feeling anger or sadness, and therefore need to be dealt with if they do exhibit these feelings. Throughout the game, you…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I really had a lot of fun with this. I really appreciated the update that allowed me to replay scenes without doing the whole thing over again (I should add that I didn't mind too much before the update because I had that much fun playing it every time).
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's an interesting game, and I reasonably recommend it. The interrogation mechanic is interesting, and it does lend itself to some real world techniques (fear up / fear down). But it's not without flaws. The story, while well crafted, doesn't really say anything new. Not all stories need to be new, but this is very similar to Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep amongst other stories. It doesn't make it bad, I enjoyed the characters and general story, but it didn't push the envelope, so set…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I'm done with my first playthrough. I'll have to understate how the game felt, considering I don't want to spoil the story to those who are considering a purchase. I could feel myself under the skin of the interrogator and, much like my subjects, my emotions were all over the place. I had to make many difficult decisions, often to ensure I would remain alive. You have to carefully select your line of questioning, and blindly trying to go through all lines will put you in an undesired spot. The…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Silicon Dreams keeps all its promises! I love how it instantly made me want to replay every interrogation and see the different outcomes!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A very interesting cyberpunk interrogation/interviewing game. You're an android whose job is to interview other androids and figure out if they're faulty and if they should be destroyed entirely, or if they can be let go free, or only be sent for maintenance. You also sometimes interview humans. As you may have guessed, the game is all about morals and philosophical questions: for example, can you punish an android that killed a human if it was the human engineers' fault that he had faulty…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →nice concept at first and interesting themes. But honeslty later on in the game handling the social issues become way too superficial. Gameplay-wise this title doesn't offer much variety or interesting mechanics. I am a big sucker for Blade Runner universe, but apart of the fun main idea and decent at times writing, it falls under pressure of such high ambition of being more than it is. so narrative is in the main focus because of the lack of varied gameplay (in times it's more text sim…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Where do I even begin... This game isn't just about interrogating androids, trying not to make mistakes. It's about making difficult choices where each and every decision decides what happens to not only you, but the androids, capable of fear and pain in front of you. I felt like absolute ♥♥♥♥ when I first decommissioned an android, but I had my orders. It felt like I was backstabbing someone who had done nothing but be loyal to the company. It is just... It is difficult, it makes you feel. It…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →its good and u should play it. multiple routes / endings. I think even the ones that end your run prematurely are narratively engaging. maybe i just eat up slop that tests my moral backbone but i feel genuinely vindicated in a weird way after this. even if I didn't fully understand a few bits and mechanics, like that Kronos doesn't actually read every transcripted bit of your interrogations (woulda done slightly different stuff) minor annoyances, like my subject of interrogation saying…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Spin off for Detroit Being Human. Got it today and already played 4 hours. Loved the game. 10/10 would recommend. The music is great with the ambience, the graphics works for what it is. I do wish the interrogation allowed for more zoomed in faces of the units but not really anything major. I love these kinds of games where you have to read some stuff and then analyse it and make decisions accordingly. It felt very reminiscent of Detroit-being human. Some things did seem a little odd such…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Great game! The essence is, to determine in an interview if the android you are talking to is faulty or not. For that, you have several tools available. The most important one is that you can read the emotions of the android. The stories of the androids are well written and can be very emotional. Also, you have to deal with ethical questions like recommending destroying the android even though you can understand its reasons for doing certain things. But if you do your job well, you get…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →What a fantastic game. The concept is simple and small in scope, and tells the story within a world that is in disharmony. I really enjoyed each interrogation and nothing felt like it was repeating itself in terms of each story. When I finished, I wanted to interrogate more. Its a really nice idea, that could be expanded on and I'll be keen to see more from this devteam. As a developer myself, my heart goes out to James and his team with the recent Unity bull****. May the next game be in…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →One of the best dialog-driven games I've tried. The conversations feel immersive and the stories are interesting.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I haven't finished game yet, but I know I should write about this. This is really an engaging, deep experimental story about robots being developed with emotions, and sad consequences of this "entertainment decision". The story is deep. Each android has it's own conflicts, feelings, satisfaction and eager to live their life as the conscious being. Are they really less than human? Unfortunately, Kronos -your employer - do believe so. But if you make an effort to understand those beings, and…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Silicon Dreams is pretty straightforward concept that is competently executed, so you can know whether or not to buy it just based off of if it is conceptually something that interests you. I personally enjoyed the game, and have no regrets about my purchase. The game is strongly narrative based, as you could probably guess. Though drawing from and winking and nudging at the font of science-fiction literature dealing with the nature of sentience, artificial intelligence, personhood, and all of…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The closest we've gotten to a real bladerunner game.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Score: 8/10 The morals of AI behavior have always been a question. How close should they get to human emotion? Would they be considered people? Should they be considered and treated like machines? What happens if one becomes rogue and starts feeling outside of its programmed emotions? Many games, books, and movies have explored this concept. The movie A.I., Bicentennial Man, I, Robot, Isaac Asimov’s novels, and most recently with Detroit: Become Human. It’s a fascinating concept that becomes…
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