D-topia: In This New Sci-Fi Adventure, an AI Runs the World

In the puzzle adventure D-topia, you play as a Facilitator on an alien planet, helping an AI project pursue its ultimate goal: maximizing human happiness. But this sterile paradise of well-being has a dark side—quite literally.

While AI is busy changing the real games industry forever, the newly released D-topia has already handed it control over every aspect of human life. Within the Utopia project, anyway.

The project’s goal is to maximize human happiness and comfort. To make that happen, an artificial intelligence known as the “Optimization System” manages housing, work, essential services, and even the artificial weather.

Sounds creepy, right? At first glance, the game’s unnamed alien planet looks harmless enough. Unless, like me, you find gleaming white visions of the future, with every surface polished to perfection, deeply unsettling. Either way, something feels off—and sure enough, behind the spotless façade lies a world full of glitches and emotional turmoil.

D-topia isn’t as perfect as it looks

In this far-future setting, you step into the role of the Utopia facility’s newest Residential Facilitator. The job title sounds highly technical, but your duties go well beyond repairing faulty equipment. You also have to keep the residents happy. That’s where things get complicated: broken machines are easy enough to fix, but dealing with the test subjects’ desires and existential crises calls for the delicate touch of a therapist.

The residents include:

• Tot, whose emotions and appetite are regulated by technology
• Eebie, who wants to express herself through unconventional fashion in a highly standardized society
• Nora, a four-armed resident who—despite the name—has never dated former Modern Talking star Thomas Anders

A puzzle adventure across two layers

D-topia splits its world into two layers: the pristine public reality and a hidden digital realm known as the “Block Side.” This visibly darker side of the world reveals technical structures, secrets, and optional content. It’s also where you solve technical problems through grid-based, numerical, sliding, and connection puzzles. This is a puzzle adventure, after all.

Most of the time, you explore D-topia freely from a third-person perspective. Individual logic puzzles, however, switch to dedicated full-screen views.

Conversations mostly take place in the squeaky-clean public world. Your dialogue choices affect the residents’ well-being and shape how their stories unfold. There’s also a relationship system, optional activities, “overtime shifts,” furniture and decorative items, and hidden collectibles to track down.

The launch trailer below shows D-topia in action. The Utopia project is available not only on PC, but also on PS5, Xbox Series X/S, Switch 2, and Switch. It costs $20 on every platform.