Detroit: Become Human is a 2018 adventure video game developed by Quantic Dream. The plot follows three androids: Kara (Valorie Curry), who escapes her owner to explore her newfound sentience and protect a young girl; Connor (Bryan Dechart), whose job is to hunt down sentient androids; and Markus (Jesse Williams), who devotes himself to releasing other androids from servitude. Wikipedia
Research exclusive to this game
Dehnert, Marco, and Rebecca B. Leach. “Becoming human?: Ableism and control in ‘Detroit: Become human’ and the implications for human-machine communication.” Human-Machine Communication 2 (2021): 137-152.
Holl, Elisabeth, and André Melzer. “Moral minds in gaming: A quantitative case study of moral decisions in Detroit: Become human.” Journal of Media Psychology: Theories, Methods, and Applications, 34(5), 287–298. https://doi.org/10.1027/1864-1105/a000323
Leach, Rebecca, and Marco Dehnert. “Becoming the other: examining race, gender, and sexuality in Detroit: Become Human.” Review of Communication 21, no. 1 (2021): 23-32.
Schubert, Stefan. ““Liberty for Androids!”: Player Choice, Politics, and Populism in Detroit: Become Human.” European journal of American studies 16, no. 16-3 (2021).
Research that includes this game in its sample
Chen, Lei, David Dowling, and Christopher Goetz. “At the nexus of ludology and narratology: Advances in reality-based story-driven games.” F1000Research 12 (2023).
Deshbandhu, Aditya. “Ludic Prognostication. Games as Sites for Simulating the Future.” gamevironments 16 (2022): 1-32.
Pallavicini, Federica, Alessandro Pepe, Chiara Carmela Caragnano, and Fabrizia Mantovani. “Video games to foster empathy: a critical analysis of the potential of Detroit: Become Human and the Walking Dead.” In Universal Access in Human-Computer Interaction. Applications and Practice: 14th International Conference, UAHCI 2020, Held as Part of the 22nd HCI International Conference, HCII 2020, Copenhagen, Denmark, July 19–24, 2020, Proceedings, Part II 22, pp. 212-228. Springer International Publishing, 2020.