Cyberpunk Games, Books and Shows in Order: Release Order and Story Order

Cyberpunk started as a tabletop role-playing game. Mike Pondsmith's R. Talsorian Games published the first edition in 1988, set in 2013, and every later edition moved the clock forward: 2020, then 2045 in Cyberpunk RED. CD Projekt Red's Cyberpunk 2077 jumped to 2077 and built on that tabletop history, and the anime, novel and comics all sit in the same world. This page lists everything in release order, then in story order, matching the Cyberpunk timeline. (Cyberpunk; Cyberpunk 2020; Cyberpunk RED; Cyberpunk 2077)

Release order: the tabletop game#

The R. Talsorian books are the foundation. Each edition is set in a different year, so the setting has a long recorded history before 2077. (Cyberpunk; Cyberpunk 2020; Cyberpunk RED)

1. Cyberpunk, 1988, R. Talsorian Games. A boxed set designed by Mike Pondsmith, set in 2013 and now usually called Cyberpunk 2013. It introduced Night City and the rockerboy Johnny Silverhand. (Cyberpunk)
2. Cyberpunk 2020, 1990. The second edition moved the setting seven years on and gave the world its detailed history, from the Collapse of the 1990s to the corporate wars. Revised printings followed in 1992 and 1993. (Cyberpunk 2020)
3. Firestorm: Stormfront and Firestorm: Shockwave, both 1997. Two campaign books that started the Fourth Corporate War between Arasaka and Militech and led to the 2023 attack on Arasaka Tower. (Firestorm: Stormfront; Firestorm: Shockwave)
4. Cyberpunk V3.0, 2005. The third edition jumped to the 2030s. Much of it was later set aside when Cyberpunk RED and Cyberpunk 2077 rebuilt the timeline, so treat it as an alternate history. (Cyberpunk V3.0; Cyberpunk RED)
5. Cyberpunk RED Jumpstart Kit, August 2019. A starter box that confirmed the Fourth Corporate War, the crash of the Net and the Arasaka Tower nuke as part of the current timeline. (Cyberpunk RED Jumpstart Kit)
6. Cyberpunk RED, November 2020. The fourth edition, set in 2045 during the rebuilding after the war. It's the bridge between Cyberpunk 2020 and Cyberpunk 2077. (Cyberpunk RED)
7. Cyberpunk Edgerunners Mission Kit, June 2024. A Cyberpunk RED box based on the anime, with background on Night City in the 2070s. (Cyberpunk Edgerunners Mission Kit)

Release order: games, shows and the novel#

1. Cyberpunk 2077, 10 December 2020, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Windows and Stadia. Native PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X and Series S versions followed on 15 February 2022, a Nintendo Switch 2 edition on 5 June 2025 and a macOS version in July 2025. The mercenary V ends up with Johnny Silverhand's mind on a chip in their head. See the Cyberpunk 2077 story and endings. (Cyberpunk 2077)
2. Cyberpunk: Edgerunners, 13 September 2022, Netflix. Ten episodes from Studio Trigger, directed by Hiroyuki Imaishi, about the street kid David Martinez and the netrunner Lucy. See Edgerunners explained. (Cyberpunk: Edgerunners)
3. Cyberpunk 2077: No Coincidence, 8 August 2023, Orbit. The first Cyberpunk 2077 novel, by the Polish author Rafał Kosik: a crew of strangers blackmailed into robbing a Militech convoy. (Cyberpunk 2077: No Coincidence)
4. Phantom Liberty, 26 September 2023, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X and Series S, and Windows. A spy story in the walled district of Dogtown, with the netrunner Songbird and the agent Solomon Reed. The free update 2.0 came out five days earlier, on 21 September 2023, and changed a lot of the base game. See the Phantom Liberty story. (Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty)
5. Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2, 20 October 2026, Netflix. A new standalone 10-episode story with new characters, again from Studio Trigger, directed by Kai Ikarashi. See Edgerunners 2. (Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2 premiere date announced alongside new trailer; Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2 is now in production)
6. Project Orion (Cyberpunk 2), no date. CD Projekt Red announced the sequel on 4 October 2022 and moved it into preproduction in May 2025. (CD Projekt strategy update; CD Projekt Q1 2025 results)

Release order: the comics#

All but one of these are Dark Horse Comics releases set around the events of Cyberpunk 2077. Edgerunners Madness began in Japan with Kadokawa. Dates are for the first issue or first edition. (Cyberpunk 2077: Trauma Team; Cyberpunk 2077: Chrome)

• Where's Johnny?, 2020, first released as a promotional comic, then collected in print by Dark Horse in 2021. The reporter Thompson goes looking for Johnny's body after the Arasaka Tower nuke. (Cyberpunk 2077: Where's Johnny?)
• Trauma Team, September 2020, four issues. A paramedic is the only survivor of a Trauma Team call that goes wrong. (Cyberpunk 2077: Trauma Team)
• Your Voice and Big City Dreams, December 2020, both first given away digitally with the game, then printed by Dark Horse. (Cyberpunk 2077: Your Voice; Cyberpunk 2077: Big City Dreams)
• You Have My Word, April 2021, four issues. (Cyberpunk 2077: You Have My Word)
• Blackout, June 2022, four issues. (Cyberpunk 2077: Blackout)
• Ten of Swords, 26 September 2023, a digital one-shot prequel to Phantom Liberty released on the expansion's launch day. (Cyberpunk 2077: Ten of Swords)
• XOXO, October 2023, four issues. (Cyberpunk 2077: XOXO)
• Kickdown, July 2024, four issues, written by Phantom Liberty's lead writer Tomasz Marchewka. (Cyberpunk 2077: Kickdown)
• Cyberpunk: Edgerunners Madness, December 2024, a manga prequel to the anime about Rebecca and her brother Pilar, serialised digitally first, with Dark Horse's English print edition following in February 2026. (Cyberpunk: Edgerunners Madness)
• Psycho Squad, February 2025, four issues, about the unit that became MaxTac. (Cyberpunk 2077: Psycho Squad)
• Chrome, January 2026, four issues. (Cyberpunk 2077: Chrome)

Story (chronological) order#

1. Cyberpunk (1988), 2013. Johnny Silverhand's raid on Arasaka to rescue Alt Cunningham. Cyberpunk 2077 replays this in a memory. (Cyberpunk; Cyberpunk 2077)
2. Cyberpunk 2020, 2020. (Cyberpunk 2020)
3. Firestorm: Stormfront and Shockwave, 2022 to 2023. The Fourth Corporate War and the Arasaka Tower nuke of 20 August 2023, also replayed from Johnny's side in Cyberpunk 2077. (Firestorm: Stormfront; Firestorm: Shockwave; Cyberpunk 2077)
4. Cyberpunk RED, 2045, during the Time of the Red. (Cyberpunk RED)
5. Cyberpunk: Edgerunners Madness, before the anime. (Cyberpunk: Edgerunners Madness)
6. Cyberpunk: Edgerunners, 2075 to 2076. (Cyberpunk: Edgerunners)
7. Cyberpunk 2077, prologue in 2076, main story in 2077. (Cyberpunk 2077)
8. Phantom Liberty, 2077, in the middle of the main story. One of its endings has an epilogue set two years later, in 2079. (Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty)
9. Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2, after David's death. CD Projekt Red hasn't given a year. (Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2 is now in production)
10. Project Orion, setting not announced. (CD Projekt strategy update)

The comics and No Coincidence are side stories in Night City around the 2070s, mostly without fixed dates. Ten of Swords leads straight into Phantom Liberty. (Cyberpunk 2077: Ten of Swords; Cyberpunk 2077: No Coincidence)

Where to start#

Most people should start with Cyberpunk 2077 and Phantom Liberty. The game explains its own history through Johnny's memories, and update 2.0 means the version you play today is the best one. Play Phantom Liberty during the main story, not after it, because it adds an extra ending. (Cyberpunk 2077; Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty)

If you want something shorter, Edgerunners is ten episodes and tells a complete story. It's set just before the game, it shares Night City, Maelstrom and Adam Smasher, and it's the natural lead-in to Edgerunners 2. (Cyberpunk: Edgerunners)

The tabletop books are for people who want the whole history. Cyberpunk RED is the easiest way in: it covers the world from the 1990s to 2045 and is the most up to date with the game. Read the Cyberpunk 2077 story for the plot without playing. (Cyberpunk RED)