Its kind of live action, and you do roleplay whatever you want to be. But yeah I agree it’s not the perfect use of the word.

Cyberpunk is a role-playing game in that you have a role to play, but it is not a role-playing game where you determine your own destiny and have significant impact on the outcome.

I don’t know if there’s better ways to express that thinking, ARPG versus CRPG? But that lacks nuance as well