This sits outside the game itself, which is exactly why it is hard to find a straight answer about it.

Short answer

It exists, it is official, and it is not required to understand the game — but it does fill in the parts the game only gestures at.

Licensed soundtracks are the most likely part to be missing from a re-release. Fan work is frequently better than official work and is not the same thing. Screenshots age faster than text, which is why this describes rather than shows.

Where it fits with the game

Official art books contain material that never appears in the game itself. Assets circulated online are often ripped rather than released, which affects what you can legally do with them. Where something depends on your platform or region, that is called out rather than glossed over. Canon status is decided by the developers rather than by the adaptation's writers.

Release order and chronological order are different, and both have their advocates. It helps to understand why a step exists, because then you can adapt it when your situation is slightly different. Adaptations take liberties, and the interesting ones take them deliberately.

Whether it is worth your time

There is usually a fast way and a reliable way, and it is worth knowing which one you are choosing. Treat anything stated without a version number as provisional. Do the cheap check before the expensive one — that ordering alone saves most of the frustration.

  • Check whether something is official before treating it as canon.
  • Buy from the publisher's own store where one exists.
  • Expect one number in every guide to be out of date; the method is what matters.
  • Play first if you mind spoilers — adaptations rarely respect them.
  • Expect licensed music to be missing from re-releases.

What is fan-made

The developers have changed their mind about this at least once, which explains the older advice. Nothing here assumes a particular playstyle beyond wanting the thing to work. Patch notes move numbers around constantly; the shape of the answer holds even when a specific value shifts. What follows assumes you are on a current install and have not modified it.

Anything that behaves differently on console than on PC is flagged where it matters. A single check up front replaces a lot of guessing later. If a step reads as obvious, do it anyway — the obvious ones are the ones people skip and then wonder about.

Where to find it legitimately

Half the pages on this topic were written for a build that no longer exists, which is why they stop matching what you see. None of this needs a paid tool, a third-party launcher or an account on a site you have never heard of. There is no hidden trick here that the game is keeping from you.

Everything below is framed around the current state of Cyberpunk 2077 rather than a launch-week impression. The short version is near the top on purpose; the reasoning is there if you want to know why. Most of the disagreement you will find online is two people describing different builds.

What exists officially

Where two approaches both work, the one with fewer moving parts is the one to keep. The awkward part is rarely the step itself, it is knowing which step comes first. Cyberpunk 2077 is not shy about hiding useful information two menus deep, so some of this is simply knowing where to look.

Where people go wrong

  • Ignoring the platform-specific note and then wondering why the steps do not line up.
  • Changing five things at once and then not knowing which one helped.
  • Downloading a helper tool for something the game already does in its own menu.

Cyberpunk FAQ

Is this still accurate after the latest Cyberpunk 2077 update?

The method is; individual numbers may not be. If a value on your screen differs, trust the screen and keep the sequence.

Is it canon?

Where the developers have said so, yes. Adaptations produced under licence are frequently their own continuity.

What if none of this works for me?

Then something in your setup differs from the assumption — version, region or platform. Check those three before anything else.

How long does this take?

Minutes if it goes cleanly, an evening if you hit the edge case in the caveats list. Neither is unusual.

Bookmark it if you like, but honestly, once you have done it once you will not need to come back.