Proceeding from the analysis of the poetic characteristics of the dystopian novels, the critical mimetism of the Croatian dystopian novels will be examined in this work from both literary-historical and genre perspective. To start with, dystopian novels as well as their emergence will be described in the world literature and later on in the Croatian literature. The poetics of the dystopian novel and the most important characteristics of the genre will be discussed for an better understanding of the dystopian genre. The term „critical mimetism“ used in this work is defined by Krešimir Bagić who used it first and foremost as a characteristic of the Croatian non-fiction of the 90s. This work will propose an attempt to discuss the presence of the stylistic characteristics of the critical mimetism in dystopian prose which is very often associated with the science fiction genre. This might seem as a contradictory statement if we take into account the fact that fiction presupposes deviation from the mimetic principles. Because of that, the main objective of this work is to demonstrate how critical mimetism functions within dystopian poetics. For that purpose, the central portion of this work is the critical analysis of three contemporary novels, Lomljenje vjetra (2011) by Edo Popović, Planet Friedman (2012) by Josip Mlakić and Što će biti s nama (2015) by Borivoj Radaković. While interpreting the poetic specificities upon which these novels are creating dystopian assumptions regarding the future, the way in which critical attitude towards current reality and social context is stated will also be examined. Even though the visions of the future in the chosen novels might seem different at first, what all three authors have in common is a very critical attitude in regards to global and national collectivity and what follows from that is the logical concern for the future.