Detroit: Become Human
Detroit: Become Human is an interactive narrative adventure game developed by Quantic Dream and released in 2018. Set in a near-future Detroit where androids serve humans, the story follows three android protagonists—Kara, Connor, and Markus—who shape the city’s fate through their choices. Gameplay combines exploration, dialogue interactions, and quick-time events, with branching storylines and multiple endings. The narrative explores themes of artificial intelligence, freedom, and morality.
Heavy-handed in its message but stunning in how much it branches.Kit · Sadkitty Games
Loved
- Huge branching paths you can actually see
- Connor's chapters are great
- Looks incredible
Not so much
- Its themes are blunt
- Lots of slow, walking scenes
Play it if choice-game fans who love replaying for different outcomes.
Skip it if players who hate quick-time events and slow pacing.
No cheat codes
Detroit: Become Human doesn't have cheat codes. The tips and secrets below are the next best thing.
Play it better
- Check the flowchart after each chapter to see paths you missed.
- Reconstruct crime scenes fully as Connor; it opens better options in conversations.
- Software instability shows when an android is close to breaking free; watch it rise and fall.
- Characters can die permanently and the story keeps going without them.
- Read the magazines you find for world-building and a few hints.
Hidden in plain sight
Tap a secret to reveal it.
Trivia
- Bryan Dechart plays Connor, Valorie Curry plays Kara and Jesse Williams plays Markus.
- David Cage wrote and directed it.
- It began as an expansion of the Kara tech demo.
- The PC version came to the Epic Games Store and then Steam.
