Biopunk is a derivative genre of Cyberpunk which focuses on the implications of biotechnology rather than cyberware and information technology. Biopunk narratives often revolve around hacking biology—altering DNA, creating synthetic life, or merging human and non-human traits.

Common themes in biopunk include:

Visually, Biopunk shares many similarities with Cyberpunk , but may blend dystopian futurism with an organic, often unsettling biological architecture which create environments that feel both advanced and alive. From sprawling neon lit cityscapes where biotech clinics operate like tattoo parlors, to H. R. Giger's biomechanical art, there is often a contrast between cold laboratory sterilization and organic chaos. The color palette incorporates shadowy grays, sickly greens, yellows, and browns, with neon bio-luminescent blues, purples, and pinks piercing inky darkness.

As the aesthetic itself stems from Cyberpunk, so is the fashion surrounding Biopunk. They share Darkwear and Techwear inspiration, with Biopunk putting an emphasis on practical, scientific outfits.

This can include:

Biopunk works span media types, from literature, film ( Super Mario Brothers movie, Pokémon: The First Movie , Repo Men , Gattaca , and even the Cyberpunk classic Blade Runner and its sequel), anime ( Akira , Elfen Lied , Neon Genesis Evangelion ; even the Haruhi Suzumiya series hints at this thanks to the character of Mikuru Asahina), television ( Orphan Black and its Japanese remake in lesser extent), video games ( Bioshock , Half-Life , Parasite Eve , Panzer Dragoon , Prototype , and Resident Evil ), and haunted houses ( Silo X ).

Note: Max Powell inspired on H. R. Giger's Biomechanical art to create the Dream Dioram at 2008, whose one of the pictures was used to illustrate SCP-610, which was changed to a more original illustration, probably because of copyright issues since 2017 like other SCP pictures (i.e. 173 and 682).

Grinders are people who apply the hacker ethic to improve their own bodies with do it yourself cybernetic devices or introducing biochemicals into the body to enhance or change their bodies' functionality. Many grinders identify with the biopunk movement, open-source transhumanism, and techno-progressivism.

Most illustrations of decadent Biopunk-like stories include technologies, architeture and beings made of living skinless flesh. Some examples include Vita Carnis, some Sarkicist SCP's and Dream Dioram.