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Alternative systems for running Shadowrun games

Shadowrun: Anarchy is an official “lighter rules” version. (Cue)
Dragons Cast a Long Shadow¤ attempts to adapt the system of Technoir for use in a Shadowrun-like setting. (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)
Runners in the Shadows. (FitD)
Neon City Overdrive - a “fast-playing RPG of cyberpunk action” with a _Psion_ supplement to cover the supernatural. (closed system)
Nuyen Stories – a seven-page system based on Dime Stories.
Spellrunners. (Tricube Tails)
Leverage 2072 provides some quick details to run in the setting using Leverage. (Cortex)
Shadowrun in the Sprawl. (PbtA)
Pink Mohawks. (Fiasco)
Psi-punk - combines Fudge with “a futuristic setting where psychics and cyberware are both commonplace”. (Fudge)
Running in New Orleans. (PbtA)
Shadow Runner hacks the rules of the Blade Runner RPG to support the Shadowrun setting. (Year Zero Engine)
Sinless - a ”cyberpunk tabletop role-playing game with magic, integrated domain play, and giant pools of d6s”. (closed system)
Sprawlrunners. (Savage Worlds)
The Savage World of Shadowrun. (Savage Worlds)
shadow-hack. (Old School Hack)
ShadowCore – in German. (Fate)
ShadowFate. (Fate)
ShadowGuard – John Harper’s never-to-be-finished light hack of Mouse Guard.
Shadowrun Genesys v2. (Genesys)
Shadowrun in Cypher System. (Cypher)
Sixth World. (PbtA)
SR4E – using the tactical approach of D&D 4e with the premises of Shadowrun.
Subversion.
Vault - ”designed to combine relatable near-future cyberpunk elements with the mysterious and heroic nature of fantasy”.
Wetwired!.
World of Shadows – a minimalist approach. (PbtA)
A blog post discusses how to use the setting with InSpectres.

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 * [https://wordmanward.itch.io/dcals Dragons Cast a Long Shadow]¤ attempts to adapt the system of [http://www.technoirrpg.com/ Technoir] for use in a ''Shadowrun''-like setting. ([https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ CC BY-NC-SA 4.0])
 * [https://markcleveland.itch.io/runners-in-the-shadows Runners in the Shadows]. ([https://bladesinthedark.com/licensing FitD])
+* [https://www.perilplanet.com/neon-city-overdrive/ Neon City Overdrive] - a “fast-playing RPG of cyberpunk action” with a _Psion_ supplement to cover the supernatural. (closed system)
 * [https://drive.google.com/file/d/118PBUsFeRFvlhBMYG8nUgqyDfgXnQTMS/view Nuyen Stories] – a seven-page system based on [https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/119422/Dime-Stories-Aint-Nothin-for-Free Dime Stories].
 * [https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/417495/Spellrunners-Tricube-Tales-OnePage-RPG Spellrunners]. ([https://fari.games/en/srds/zadmargames/tricube-tales/genre-rules Tricube Tails])
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 * [https://stuh42l.itch.io/shadowrun-in-the-sprawl Shadowrun in the Sprawl]. ([http://apocalypse-world.com/pbta/policy PbtA])
 * [http://fiascoplaysets.com/home/pink-mohawks Pink Mohawks]. ([https://bullypulpitgames.com/games/fiasco/ Fiasco])
+* [https://www.accessiblegames.biz/our-games/psi-punk/ Psi-punk] - combines Fudge with “a futuristic setting where psychics and cyberware are both commonplace”. ([https://www.fudgerpg.com Fudge])
 * [https://feyhaven.com/running-in-new-orleans/ Running in New Orleans]. ([http://apocalypse-world.com/pbta/policy PbtA])
 * [https://tothedicecave.wordpress.com/2025/03/23/shadow-runner-a-shadowrun-hack-of-blade-runner/ Shadow Runner] hacks the rules of the [https://freeleaguepublishing.com/games/blade-runner-rpg/ Blade Runner RPG] to support the Shadowrun setting. ([https://freeleaguepublishing.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/YZE-Standard-Reference-Document.pdf Year Zero Engine])
+* [https://sinlessrpg.com/about Sinless] - a ”cyberpunk tabletop role-playing game with magic, integrated domain play, and giant pools of d6s”. (closed system)
 * [https://peginc.com/savage-worlds-guild-highlight-sprawlrunners/ Sprawlrunners]. ([https://www.peginc.com/licensing/ Savage Worlds])
 * [https://wrathofzombie.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/savage-worlds-of-shadowrun-final.pdf The Savage World of Shadowrun]. ([https://www.peginc.com/licensing/ Savage Worlds])
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 * [https://swse.neocities.org/#sixth-world Sixth World]. ([http://apocalypse-world.com/pbta/policy PbtA])
 * [https://sr4e.wordpress.com SR4E] – using the tactical approach of ''D&D 4e'' with the premises of ''Shadowrun''.
+* [https://www.fraggingunicorns.com/subversion Subversion].
+* [https://www.teamrexgames.com/aboutvaultrpg Vault] - ”designed to combine relatable near-future cyberpunk elements with the mysterious and heroic nature of fantasy”.
+* [https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/444344/wetwired Wetwired!].
 * [https://sentientgames.wordpress.com/2012/07/05/world-of-shadows/ World of Shadows] – a minimalist approach. ([http://apocalypse-world.com/pbta/policy PbtA])
 * A [https://bankuei.wordpress.com/2013/11/01/shadowrun-via-inspectres/ blog post] discusses how to use the setting with [https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product_info.php?products_id=17891&manufacturers_id=548&it=1& InSpectres].