
In spite of a remastered edition being put onto multiple current generation machines, fans still clamored for more. Suddenly more people, who clearly had missed it’s initial launch due to being younger and unaware, could now embark on a fascinating post-apocalyptic story set against the Australian alternate world of The Gap, Union City and LINC. Already acclaimed and well received back during it’s 199X release window, the decision of Revolution Software to make it freeware in 2003 was stunningly apt.

Intelligent puzzles are interwoven with an intriguing dramatic narrative to deliver a compelling gameplay experience.Ī beautifully detailed, comic-book styled world, from the mind of legendary comic artist Dave Gibbons.Developer & Publisher Revolution Software Genre: Action Adventure Nintendo Switch Also On: PlayStation, Xbox, iPhoneīeneath a Steel Sky was a fascinating point and click adventure that, incredibly, only seemed to gain more attention and attraction the longer it lived. Unravel dark conspiracies, defeat a terrifying antagonist in this dramatic, humorous, cyberpunk thriller, which explores contemporary themes: social control, AI, and total surveillance.

In combination with a unique hacking tool, multiple solutions to puzzles emerge from player choices. ‘Beyond a Steel Sky’ is a dramatic, humorous, cyberpunk thriller in which engaging puzzles drive a fast-paced narrative set in a dynamic gameworld that responds to – and is subverted by – the player’s actions.Īn adventure set within a dynamic world, populated by willful characters driven by motivations that the player can subvert. But the trail has led you from your community of desert wasteland dwellers, to Union City, one of the last remaining mega-cities in a world ravaged by shattering wars, and political meltdown.įortified and impenetrable, it is a utopia in which people live happily under the surveillance and control of a benign AI. A child has been abducted in a brutal attack. From Charles Cecil, creator of the Broken Sword series, with art direction by Dave Gibbons, legendary comic book artist behind ‘Watchmen’, comes ‘Beyond a Steel Sky’, the long awaited sequel to the cult classic ‘Beneath a Steel Sky’.
