Citizen Sleeper: Helion Collection

Genre: Compilation / Visual Novel / RPG

Players: 1

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Review:

Citizen Sleeper: Helion Collection, released in 2025 on PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and Nintendo Switch, is a Compilation of the first two games in the Citizen Sleeper series, both games that combine RPG and Visual Novel elements.

I have separately reviewed these games. Here is what I thought of each of the games in this collection:

Game	Genre	# of Players	Score
Citizen Sleeper	Visual Novel / RPG	1	B-
tl;dr Citizen Sleeper is a game that combines elements of Visual Novels, Graphic Adventure games, and tabletop RPGs, telling a story set on a space station in a dystopian future and putting players in the role of a Sleeper, an artificial person trying to survive after running away from their corporate masters. This game’s presentation is cold and detached, and the majority of your interaction with its world will be through text (and through dice rolls). However, if you’re not turned off by these elements, you’ll find this game to have an interesting story with rich worldbuilding, and fairly unique gameplay. This is not a game for everyone, but I suspect those who like this game will really like it.
Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector	Visual Novel / RPG	1	B-
tl;dr Citizen Sleeper 2, like its predecessor, is a game that combines elements of Visual Novels, Graphic Adventure games, and tabletop RPGs, telling a story set in a dystopian future and putting players in the role of a Sleeper, an artificial person fleeing from someone seeking to control them. This game’s presentation is cold and detached, and the majority of your interaction with its world will be through text (and through dice rolls). If you’re not turned off by these elements, you’ll find this game to have an interesting story with rich worldbuilding, and fairly unique gameplay. This is not a game for everyone, but I suspect those who like this game will really like it.

As you can tell, I have pretty similar feelings about both of these games. Citizen Sleeper 2 does make changes and additions to the formula established in the first game, but I don’t think these amount to a change so profound that it’s likely to win over anyone who hated the original, nor turn off those who liked the original.

So really, the question of whether this bundle is worth getting is really going to come down to the question of value. Well, individually these games will cost a total of $45, while the bundle costs about $40.50. When looking at sale prices, the separate releases can be purchased for under $25, with the bundle’s lowest sale price as of this writing coming in at under $23.

That’s not much in the way of savings, especially for a pair of games that’s going to be a “love it or hate it” sorta’ thing. You might be spending a few dollars more to buy these games separately, but I think that’s probably going to be the preferable route when there’s a strong possibility that you just won’t like these games. At least in that case you’re not out the price of both games. As such, since the savings present in Citizen Sleeper: Helion Collection are so minimal, I recommend skipping it and just playing the first game unless you somehow know you’ll enjoy these games.

tl;dr – Citizen Sleeper: Helion Collection is a Compilation containing Citizen Sleeper 1 and 2, both games that blend RPG and Visual Novel elements set in a cold dystopian future. These aren’t games that everyone will enjoy, and I believe that the minimal savings present in this bundle aren’t worth taking the risk that you might not enjoy these games. You’re better off trying one first to see if this series is to your liking.

Grade: C+

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