Cyberpunk 2077 is set in the year 2077, as the name suggests. The game takes place in Night City, a fictional city located in the Free State of California, which is part of the United States of America. The Cyberpunk universe has a rich history that spans several decades, with the timeline starting to deviate from our own in the late 1980s. The game is set in a dystopian future where corporations have significant power and technology has advanced to the point where cybernetic enhancements are commonplace.