Fit check
Is Chicago Project worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Players who want a linear cyberpunk story with integrated puzzles
- RPG fans interested in memory-based narrative shifts and conspiracy plots
- Players who prefer keyboard-controlled hacking, stealth, and chase sequences
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players seeking an open-ended RPG with branching progression rather than a linear story
- Players who want combat-centered gameplay instead of puzzles, stealth, hacking, and chases
- Players looking for a light tone rather than war guilt, grief, nihilistic music, and brutalist presentation
Our take on Chicago Project
Players seeking broad RPG freedom may bounce when the linear structure limits their ability to shape the investigation. Others may hit a wall during the shifts between memories and reality, where narrative interpretation sits alongside puzzles, hacking, stealth, and chase sequences.
What is Chicago Project?
A linear cyberpunk RPG puzzle game follows a seasoned female engineer dealing with wartime guilt and the loss of her mentor while investigating a conspiracy involving those in power.
Puzzles are woven into the narrative, with play shifting between memories and reality. The game also includes hacking, stealth, and chase sequences. Its presentation uses a minimalist brutalist art style, a dark industrial soundtrack, and a user interface described as stylish. A geopolitical simulation forms part of the setting. Movement uses the arrow keys, while Enter or Z handles interaction and dialogue, Shift enables running, and Esc or X opens the menu.
How Chicago Project plays
- 01Narrative puzzles
- Puzzle sequences are tied to the game's story rather than presented as separate challenges.
- 02Memory shifts
- The protagonist moves between remembered events and present reality during the investigation.
- 03Stealth and hacking
- Progression includes hacking sections and stealth gameplay alongside intense chase scenes.
- 04Cyberpunk setting
- The conspiracy unfolds in a dark setting incorporating an inferred geopolitical simulation.
- 05Keyboard controls
- Arrow keys handle movement, Enter or Z manages interaction, Shift runs, and Esc or X opens the menu.
Chicago Project compared to similar games
Chicago Project combines a linear cyberpunk conspiracy story with narrative puzzles, memory shifts, hacking, stealth, and chases. Planescape: Torment: Enhanced Edition centers on an unconventional story, characters, soundtrack, and exploration of a strange city, while Back to the Dawn focuses on prison survival, investigation, crime, corruption, and escape. Angels of Death is identified as an RPG Maker title, but the available description does not provide enough functional detail for a fuller comparison.
Chicago Project: platforms & release
Is Chicago Project worth it?
It is worth it if: players who want a linear cyberpunk story with integrated puzzles. Skip it if: players seeking an open-ended RPG with branching progression rather than a linear story.
Where can I download Chicago Project?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens Chicago Project's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is Chicago Project on?
Windows only.
