Disco Elysium has really caught my eye as a game I might end up buying, as it swept the BAFTA awards, which is pretty much the only legitimate game awards that still remain (at least as of 2019). However, my eyebrow was raised as I read about how the creators are from Estonia, which is a post-soviet country, from what I’ve read up on. This discussion on Reddit and this dialogue chain from the game are enough for enough for one to calmly call this a “Marxist game”.
Will I still buy it? Probably. In my eyes, this game is a literal “leftist game”, not the “SJW” pandering that we see from the likes of The Last of Us 2 and Mass Effect: Andromeda. Thoughts? Any are welcome :)
Disco Elysium isn't a political game in the sense that it beats you over the head with the developers' personal politics. It doesn't try to tell you what's right or wrong. It just presents the world as-is and you can make of it what you will. It's also worth noting that they go pretty hard on every political faction in the game, from the right-wingers to the fence-sitters to the communists. Everyone gets mocked.
The real meat of the game is the story, and that is squarely focused on the protagonist and his personal demons. To say more than that would spoil a lot of what makes the game great. It's also an RPG in the true sense of the term. It's in the vein of Planescape: Torment, and even rivals it in a lot of ways. I wouldn't pass up this game because the writers have different beliefs than me. Especially when it's this well-made.