This upcoming sci-fi RPG looks like Call of Matrix: Mindseye 2077, and I have no idea what to think of it

A lot of games come out each year. Some are unique, others are more generic. But rarely do we see a game trying to be everything all at once, and Sony is pushing precisely one like that at us. Enter: Neo Berlin 2087.

With a new trailer unveiled at Gamescom 2025, Neo Berlin 2087 showed off its various sci-fi vibes, which include, among others, a cyberpunk city, a Matrix-like narrative, both third- and first-person combat (akin to many similar games, primarily CoD and Killing Floor and Max Payne), robots, zombies, and so much more.

It’s the ultimate everything game, trying its hardest to encapsulate any and all genre conventions. Hell, it even has 2087 in its name, similar to CDPR’s RPG, while Neo Berlin evokes Akira and Neo Tokyo, to name a couple.

What’s the most confusing bit is that this isn’t some venture-capital-backed project or overambitious dream of a former executive like Mindseye was (and trust me, there are a lot of those vibes here as well). No, it’s a game being helped by Sony, which makes one think it’s a serious, real deal. However, from how it is presented, whether it’s its lack of identity or appalling voice acting, I find it hard to believe this will be anything but another Unreal Engine asset flip.

Neo Berlin 2087 is being developed by German-based Elysium Game Studio, and it appears to be its first title. It’s being marketed as a “detective thriller,” with dual combat perspectives and a story characterized by “Justice, Friendship, Love, Guilt, Sacrifice, and Betrayal.” Society is divided by class, cyberpunk corporations run the world, while you’re fighting to unravel a “far-reaching conspiracy.”

It does sound interesting when put into writing, but given the trailer, we’ll see how that’ll turn out in the end.

But, honestly, I won’t be holding my breath.