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Cyanide Studio, Black Shamrock · Published by Nacon
Mixed — 49% positive (49 reviews)
Last updated 27 Sept 2026
Lead a team of four Troubleshooters of dubious loyalty, who (mostly) obey orders from Friend Computer, a paranoid and irrational artificial intelligence. Inspired by the classic games of the CRPG genre, experience the first official adaptation of the cult role-playing game!
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Lead your team of Troubleshooters in this 2023 RPG from Black Shamrock and Cyanide Studio, navigating Friend Computer's treacherous commands.
About this game
Paranoia is a CRPG that takes place in humanity's last idyllic refuge, Alpha Complex, which is controlled by Friend Computer. All citizens enjoy a life of joy, cheerfulness and cleanliness. Questioning the benevolence of Friend Computer is an act of treason. Having access to information beyond your security clearance is an act of treason. Refusing to drink your daily dose of Bouncy Bubble Beverage is an act of treason. Treason is punishable by summary execution.
Stay alert! Trust no one!
Traitors are everywhere, plotting to destroy The Computer, Alpha Complex itself, and our precious way of life. Identify them, report them – or eliminate them as the treasonous scum they are. Keep your laser handy!
You lead a team of Troubleshooters with RED security clearance. Your job is to find trouble – and shoot it. Friend Computer monitors your every move, alert for any sign of treason, and will undoubtedly reward you for prompt and heroic action in defence of Alpha Complex – or punish treasonable acts, possibly by assigning you to be used as reactor shielding.
A retro-futuristic world filled with technologies as wondrous as they are deadly
Create and lead a team of four Troubleshooters working for Friend Computer
Choose your specialisations from 9 available skills
Unique character progression through cloning (if you die, you progress!)
Real time tactical combat system with active pause, inspired by classic CRPG games
Original enemies, including malfunctioning robots, aggressive drinks dispensers and defective clones
System Requirements
Will my PC run this? →Minimum
- OS *: Windows 7 64-bit
- Processor: Intel Core i5-2300 or AMD FX-4350
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 or AMD Radeon HD 6870
- Storage: 7 GB available space
- Additional Notes: For 30 FPS @ 720p
Recommended
- OS: Windows 10 64-bit
- Processor: Intel Core i5-7600 or AMD Ryzen 5 1600
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: GRAPHICS CARD: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 or AMD Radeon RX 580
- Storage: 7 GB available space
- Additional Notes: For 40 FPS @ 1080p
Supported Languages
*languages with full audio support
Latest news
Press Coverage
Four years after it was removed from sale, Paranoia: Happiness is Mandatory has returned
Paranoia: Happiness is Mandatory is a CRPG set in an Orwellian nightmare, a sci-fi society overrun by bureaucracy. At one point while playing it I tried to get a broken door fixed so I could get through, and after bouncing back and forth between various repair departments I eventually learned there was a final form I needed to fill out, and that form happened to be on the other side of the broken door. When Paranoia was mysteriously removed from sale weeks after its release with no explanation I tried to find out why, a quest that was just as frustrating as my attempt to get past that broken door... Read more.Read full article on PC Gamer (Jody Macgregor)Press Coverage
Court documents may explain the disappearance of Paranoia: Happiness is Mandatory
Two years ago, Orwellian sci-fi RPG Paranoia: Happiness is Mandatory was removed from sale within weeks of its release. The reason for its delisting has remained a mystery, but a set of court documents unearthed by Gamekult shed light on the situation... Read more.Read full article on PC Gamer (Jody Macgregor)AnnouncementsOfficial
Paranoia: Happiness is Mandatory | Announcement
https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/34825572/3206a89be7292dc255c1544c389b32b098a1aa72.jpg You can follow us Facebook or Twitter for more news about the game. In a show of benevolence, Friend Computer has declared that it is authorising BIGBEN to be part of a project that will make life more perfect for you and your fellow citizens! The company has just joined the ranks of willing servants of Friend Computer alongside Cyanide and Black Shamrock, and together they are announcing the development of Paranoia: Happiness is Mandatory: a darkly humorous CRPG, adapted from the tabletop role-playing game created by Dan Gelber, Greg Costikyan and Eric Goldberg. If you are reading this, Citizen, then you are a person Friend Computer officially trusts. In fact, you must be one of its favourites. And it wants to show you how much it cares – by officially appointing you Troubleshooter with Red clearance! Your mission is to unearth traitors of Alpha Complex and to neutralise them. Friend Computer will definitely maybe reward you for your loyalty! Stay alert! Trust no one! Keep your laser handy because Alpha Complex is not an entirely safe place, despite Friend Computer's unquestionable kindness. During your missions, you will be tasked with fighting Terrorists, treasonous Mutants and Secret Societies. You must deceive and scheme to survive because even members of your own team can be a threat! Be warned, you are constantly being watched and it may be proved necessary to terminate you without notice at any moment. But don't worry! If that happens, at least you have clones available to try your luck again. Just don't expect the new clone to be completely the same as the original... Despite everything you've just heard, be assured that Alpha Complex is and always will be a utopia. Thanks to Friend Computer, you will be happy every day. What's that look? Do I detect some doubt? Are you happy, Citizen? Be warned, not agreeing with Friend Computer is tanta...Read full article on Community Announcements (Nacon)
