For context, Disco Elysium is a RPG with more text than gameplay where a amnesiac detective is sent to investigate a murder in a city-state called Revachol, a city recently crushed by an international coalition following an attempted socialist revolution. The detective finds himself caught in conflict between following the institution he represents and siding with the city's people and revolutionaries, all while being coerced by a corrupt, patriarchal union. The things i most like about this work is
-Social Realism
-Light Dystopian ambientation((It doesn't seem like the end of the world or something much worse than what has already been experienced in human history, it closely resembles decadent societies in real life.)
-The progression of a character who represents the working class within the oppressive forces, and who relates to and comes to understand the struggle of the proletariat (my favorite aspect of the work)
-Traitors of the movement (corrupt union)
-Detective
-Psychological aspects of the character (he possesses several personas within his mind that dialogue, coerce, and narrate what is happening, similar to stream of consciousness but personified).
I know that's very specific but the recommendations don't need to match all the aspects that i mentioned
by markinmuito
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One last thing is that within this overarching narrative, the game also manages to address philosophical currents such as existentialism and absurdism, as well as themes like racism and the division within the working class.
Here are some that might be kind of close:
* A Country of Ghosts by Margaret Killjoy
* The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin. The go-to classic for leftist sci fi.
* The Works of Vermin by Hiron Ennes
* Moscow-Petushki by Venedikt Yerofeyev? I have *not* read this, but someone I know recommended it saying it was like Disco Elysium
The City & the City, by China Mieville