Looking for a Cyberpunk Genre Game

[MGibster]

I used to love Cyberpunk 2020 back in the day and was exciting to jump on Cyberpunk Red. Unfortunately my players and I were disappointed with Cyberpunk Red and resolved that we had no interest in playing it ever again. I've got an idea for a cyberpunk campaign but thought I might expand my horizons a bit instead of going back to 2020. Maybe it's time I move on, right?

Shadowrun: I love the setting quite a bit but I am never, ever going to run this game because of the abominable rules. I don't object to mixing magic and cyberpunk and I think my players might be into it as well.

Sprawlrunners: This is a toolkit for Savage Worlds that I've heard is basically Shadowrun with the serial numbers filed off. My group and I love Savage Worlds. Anyone have any opinion on this?

Interface Zero: I understand there are rules for this setting for Pathfinder, Savage Worlds, and it's own system. Anyone have any experience with this one? The setting technology might be a bit more advanced than I'm used to but I won't discount it yet.

Cy-Borg: I don't really know anything about this one.

Any of you have any suggestions?

 

[Autumnal]

Neon City Overdrive lays out a pretty classic framework and is easy to tweak.

Hard Wired Island is an alternate present with the pace of tech shoved ahead a bit, set in an orbital habitat that could pay the one in Neuromancer.

 

[MuhVerisimilitude]

If I were you I would look into Runners In Shadows. It's basically Blades In The Dark + Shadowrun. It looks pretty interesting, but I have not had time to play it yet.

 

[Reynard]

If you like PbtA games, The Sprawl is a pretty good cyberpunk game.

 

[Dbudzik]

For PBtA, The Sprawl is very good.
Cy_Borg is excellent, if you’re looking for an OSR style cyberpunk game.

 

[MGibster]

I've only played one PbtA game. As a GM, I think I prefer more traditional RPGs. The Sprawl does look pretty good though. I might pick up Cy_Borg. The rules seem simple enough at least.

 

[Thomas Shey]

If you don't mind the SR sort of urban fantasy/cyberpunk hybrid, there's a couple of recent attempts to fish in that pond that might be worth a look: Vault and (more overtly) Sinless. For more traditional (though as you note, high tech) cyberpunk I probably would go with the most recent version of Interface Zero or just cook my own with the upcoming version of the Savage Worlds SF Companion. (Sprawlrunners is functional but a little minimalist for me).

(This is assuming a trad approach is desirable; I'm not competent to properly assess the more narrative focused games).

 

[Thomas Shey]

Oh, and how do you feel about when it bleeds into transhumanist stuff? I was trying to figure out whether to even bring up Eclipse Phase. Do you want near-future?

 

[jdrakeh]

Carbon 2185 is a beautiful RPG and, if you're not wanting to drift too far from 5e, it has you covered (so the learning curve is very low). That said, it's very much a traditional cyberpunk RPG and not High Fantasy + Cyberpunk like Shadowrun.

 

[MGibster]

Oh, and how do you feel about when it bleeds into transhumanist stuff? I was trying to figure out whether to even bring up Eclipse Phase. Do you want near-future?

I'd describe myself as preferring more traditional 1980s style cyberpunk, but like I said in the OP, it's time for me to expand my horizons a bit. So, sure, a little transhumanism never hurt anyone and Blue Planet has it in spades.