Citizen Sleeper release date and platform details Eurogamer.net If you click on a link and make a purchase we may receive a small commission. Read our editorial policy. The promising Citizen Sleeper gets a release date and will be on Game Pass Wakey wakey. News by Robert Purchese Senior Staff Writer Published on 4 Apr 2022 30 comments Citizen Sleeper, the really promising new game by In Other Waters developer Jump Over the Age, will be released 5th May. Excitingly, it'll be available day-one on Xbox Game Pass, on Xbox Series X/S and Xbox One. It'll also be available on PC from a number of stores (Steam, GOG, Epic, Humble), and - this just in - Nintendo Switch. There's no PlayStation version, sadly. Watch on YouTube I played a demo of Citizen Sleeper recently and was impressed. It's a mash-up of a board game and an RPG. There's a lot of descriptive text and dialogue choices, as you'd get in an RPG, and there's levelling up and skills and that kind of thing. But it all plays out in a turn-based, board game kind of way, and quite a lot of what you can do depends on dice you roll at the beginning of each turn. It takes a bit of getting used to. But when you do (and it doesn't take long), Citizen Sleeper starts to stretch out and occupy the deeper parts of your mind. It tells the story of a kind of slave cyborg waking up from the control of its corporate master, which then tries to reclaim it. Freed, you - the cyborg - begin to question all that's around you and your place in it. There's a very definite theme of capitalism here and parallels with the real world. Helping you uncover the secrets of the world are your innate hacking abilities, which allow you to liberate sensitive information for your - and other people's - benefit. But using your mind powers like this isn't always a safe thing to do, and you will soon discover there are things that will hunt you in your mind as well as out of it. It's a fascinating premise, and it was put together with poise and class, which should come as no surprise if you've played Jump Over the Age's previous game, In Other Waters. Citizen Sleeper: keep an eye out for it! Become a Eurogamer subscriber and get your first month for £1 Get your first month for £1 (normally £3.99) when you buy a Standard Eurogamer subscription. Enjoy ad-free browsing, merch discounts, our monthly letter from the editor, and show your support with a supporter-exclusive comment flair! Support us View supporter archive More News Atari will hold RollerCoaster Tycoon rights for another decade Ups and downs. 7 Lady Dimitrescu will be a tad smaller in Resident Evil Village's Mercenaries DLC Level the playing field. 1 Overwatch 2 suffers another DDoS attack and character roster bugs Mei Mei. 8 Nintendo Switch firmware update lets you take screenshots in the Switch Online app The app on your console, not your phone. 7 Latest Articles Genshin Impact Path of Gleaming Jade dates, login event rewards Including other anniversary rewards and how to claim them. Atari will hold RollerCoaster Tycoon rights for another decade Ups and downs. 7 Jelly Deals Logitech's G Pro X gaming headset is its lowest-ever price during Amazon's Early Access sale Prime Members can get it for just £52. Jelly Deals Save over £500 off the retail price on this beefy ASUS TUF Dash gaming laptop from Amazon Under £1080 for an RTX 3070 laptop. Supporters Only Premium only Off Topic: Take a minute to appreciate Cookin' with Coolio's incredible scallops recipe. What a great book. Premium only Off Topic: Reading City of Glass in comic form "Where exactly am I going?" Premium only Off Topic: Il Buco is a transporting film about a really big hole Underlands. Off-Topic Netflix handled Sandman brilliantly It was Dreamy. 9 Buy things with globes on them And other lovely Eurogamer merch in our official store! Explore our store