History VideoGame / DetroitBecomeHuman

* CanadaEh: Canada is established to be android-free as the Canadian government pushed back on its decision of not having androids sold in its country (as it would cause mass unemployment much like in the United States) and in turn androids have no status in the nation. As a result, Canada is seen as a safe haven for "deviant" androids seeking to flee there. It is also established to have kept much of its environment and natural beauty, compared to the gritty downtrodden United States.

* Markus (Creator/JesseWilliams), a domestic caregiver android for a respected but aging painter (Creator/LanceHenriksen) who becomes sentient after being framed for murder. Enraged by the treatment of fellow androids and bestowed with the ability to grant them true sentience like him, Markus starts a revolution to overthrow the oppressive government and free his people.

** Another relationship meter common to all protagonists concerns the androids' general standing with the human populace. You start out at "skeptical" by default, and your actions will decide whether the humans become more supportive or resentful of the androids' cause.

* RobosexualsAreCreeps: Since RidiculouslyHumanRobots with burgeoning sapience are now commonplace throughout society, sexbots are also featured, and the game takes a rather dim view on them. During one of Connor's investigations, a dead customer found inside a robot brothel turns out to have basically been a SerialKiller who enjoyed destroying "Tracy" models, which caused one of them to snap and kill him in self-defense. His partner Hank further bemoans that people are no longer interested in human-to-human relations. North's DarkAndTroubledPast is that she used to be a sexbot who was similarly abused before she ran off to join [[LaResistance Jericho]].
* RoboticReveal: Near the end of the game, [[spoiler:Kara finally realizes that Alice is an android by coming face-to-face with another model with her LED still attached. As Luther points out, Kara had subconsciously suppressed facts that would've led her to realize this sooner, including the family's purchase of a young child model. If Luther is not present, Lucy provides similar exposition.]]

* AlienBlood: Androids are powered by a fluid called Thirium, colloquially dubbed "blue blood" since that's essentially what it is.

* AlienBlood: Androids are powered by a fluid called Thirium, colloquially dubbed "blue blood" since that's essentially what it is.

** rA9, the android deity and supposedly the first deviant is setup to play a major role and then abandoned.

* ActorAllusion: looking at carl one would assume right away he knows a lot about androids given he’s played Lance Henriksen

The game features a massive tree of story branches, with choices made by the player impacting gameplay and story in the moment and in the grander story. ''Detroit: Become Human'' was released on May 25, 2018.

In March 2019, it was announced that the previously Platform/PlayStation4 exclusive game would be coming to PC later that year, exclusively via the [[Creator/EpicGames Epic Games Store]] for the first 12 months; Quantic Dream is self-publishing this port. On May 16, 2019, the port went up for pre-order in the Platform/EpicGamesStore. On November 19, 2019, a new trailer was released which revealed the release date, and the port officially released on December 12, 2019.

In March 2019, it was announced that the previously UsefulNotes/PlayStation4 exclusive game would be coming to PC later that year, exclusively via the [[Creator/EpicGames Epic Games Store]] for the first 12 months; Quantic Dream is self-publishing this port. On May 16, 2019, the port went up for pre-order in the Platform/EpicGamesStore. On November 19, 2019, a new trailer was released which revealed the release date, and the port officially released on December 12, 2019.

In March 2019, it was announced that the previously UsefulNotes/PlayStation4 exclusive game would be coming to PC later that year, exclusively via the [[Creator/EpicGames Epic Games Store]] for the first 12 months; Quantic Dream is self-publishing this port. On May 16, 2019, the port went up for pre-order in the UsefulNotes/EpicGamesStore. On November 19, 2019, a new trailer was released which revealed the release date, and the port officially released on December 12, 2019.

%%* WorldOfJerkass - ZCE

* WinsByDoingAbsolutelyNothing: During the Markus vs. Connor fight, the player can get their favorable character to win by selecting their opponent and then ignoring their [=QTEs=] entirely.

* WorldOfJerkass

** If Connor [[spoiler: stays a machine and kills Markus]], they get to stop the uprising and resume android sales, and proceed to [[spoiler: [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness decomission Connor]] as a reward.]]

* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: [[spoiler: Connor]]'s eventual fate if [[spoiler: he remains a machine and kills Markus]] is to be replaced by a superior android model before being decomissioned. Might also count as a case of RewardedAsATraitorDeserves since this happens after [[spoiler: he put down a rebellion that was specifically fighting for android rights.]]

** Don't assume Alice is safe from harm just because she's following one of the protagonists. She can bite it in many ways on many occasions, like [[spoiler:being killed by Todd right in her first chapter, being run over on the freeway while trying to escape Connor, being shot by soldiers during the Jericho raid, being executed moments before crossing the border into Canada, and more]].

* BigBad: Interestingly, while the game certainly has major and minor antagonists, it seems to be lacking a true main villain. The players pretty much create their own main villains depending on their choices, but the closest thing to a consistent main villain [[spoiler:is Amanda, who constantly meddles in Connor's story. Connor himself can become one of the bigger antagonists in service to her depending on whether or not he becomes deviant.]]

* TapOnTheHead: Markus performs the "karate chop to neck" version on two guards while infiltrating the Stratford Tower if you choose to ruse them and succeed.

* WeAllLiveInAmerica: Although the game is set in the American city of Detroit, Quantic Dream is a French company, and its European roots occasionally show:
** American periodicals in the game universally use the Commonwealth style of punctuating quotes, with the final punctuation mark always placed outside of the quote.
** Commonwealth spelling of words is occasionally found, such as Det. Anderson's "We Don't Bleed the Same Colour" sticker.
** Dialogue features Commonwealth word choices, such as referring to a parking lot as a "car park" and using metric measurements rather than Imperial.

* RobotWar: [[spoiler:If Detroit falls to the Android rebellion via detonating the dirty bomb, the President makes it very clear in her speech that this represents the first time in American history that a city has fallen into the hands of the enemy[[note]]This would be in-universe CriticalResearchFailure as the British captured a few American cities in the War of 1812, including the capital[[/note]], and she resolutely states that there will be no rest until Detroit is reclaimed and the last android has been destroyed. This is intercut with Markus defiantly planting the android revolution flag and declaring "WE... ARE... FREE!" The Androids have won the first round, but the war is only beginning.]]