Beneath a Steel Sky (1994)

Developer: Revolution Software Ltd
Released: Jul 27, 2020
Steam reviews: 89% of players recommend it, from 600 reviews — Steam calls that “Very Positive”
Tags: AdventureIndieFree To Play

On Linux, Steam Deck and Steam Machine

Deck PlayableSteam Machine: PlayableSteamOS Compatible

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Features

Single-player
Family Sharing

From the game's Steam store page.

Languages

English · full audio
French
Italian
German
Spanish - Spain
Swedish

Steam lists 6 languages, 1 with full audio.

Age rating & content

DEJUS 14 · Violência fantasiosa Violência MedoThe rating board's own rating, as Steam relays it
IGRS 18 · Kekerasan Horor Rokok dan/atau rokok elektronik, minuman beralkohol, narkotika, psikotropika, dan/atau zat adiktif lainnyaThe rating board's own rating, as Steam relays it
General Mature ContentSteam's content descriptors, as the developer answered them
Infrequent cartoon violence Use of tobaccoThe developer's note on the content, from Steam

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About this game

The developer's description, from the game's Steam store page.

After being brutally abducted from his village in the wasteland, his village obliterated, and his kinfolk butchered, Robert Foster escapes a helicopter crash and finds himself alone save for the circuit board of his best friend, Joey, the AI he built as a child. Foster soon resurrects Joey and together they find themselves in Union City, where oppressed citizens live and work in soaring tower blocks, under the strict control of a brutal, fascist, AI dictatorship – whilst the corrupt, covetous and rich live below, shielded from the choking pollution.

In the melting pot of Union City, a not so impossible future, mankind’s worse nightmares are waiting to emerge from beneath the steel sky. It's Man against Man. Man against Machine. Man against Time.

Strangers in a strange land, Foster and Joey must survive long enough to discover the sinister truth behind his abduction - why they specifically came for him - and defeat the evil before it’s too late. It’s a terrifying threat that only you can liberate… Maybe.

Featuring Revolution's Software innovative Virtual Theatre system, Beneath a Steel Sky is a gripping cyberpunk science fiction point and click adventure game. Art directed by award-winning comic book artist Dave Gibbons (Watchmen), Beneath a Steel Sky is widely considered as one of the best point and click adventures ever written.