CD Projekt developer Paweł Sasko said Cyberpunk 2077’s side quest “The Hunt” was deliberately designed as a psychological thriller inspired by True Detective. The quest matters because it shows the studio’s approach to using investigation, environmental storytelling and unsettling themes rather than combat to create tension.

Players investigate serial killer Anthony Harris alongside River Ward, following clues to rescue River’s nephew Randy and uncovering Harris’s abuse-driven fixation on “fixing” teenage victims with drugs. Sasko highlighted the quest’s disturbing cartoon, computer files and braindance sequence as restrained narrative devices; he also suggested Cyberpunk’s setting enables varied genres, while Cyberpunk 2 remains early in development and is not expected before 2030.