I found the first two-thirds of Citizen Sleeper much more engaging than the last third. It's true that after a certain point if you've been smart with your decision-making the game becomes significantly easier, losing a lot of the oppressive tension that pervades the opening hours. And I never really found an ending that felt right with the way I was approaching the story.

All that being said, for the majority of my playtime I was enthralled with Citizen Sleeper. It's tense, brutal, cathartic, and warm all at once. I was completely absorbed for the 8 hours or so that I spent on the Eye, always pushing for just one more cycle when a session was coming to an end. Just one more cycle.