About Beneath a Steel Sky

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Beneath a Steel Sky is a science fiction adventure by Revolution Software, first released in 1994. You are Robert Foster, an outsider who grew up in the wasteland and is taken against his will to Union City, a huge city where ordinary people live and work in towering blocks while the rich live underground. Together with Joey, a robot whose personality lives on a circuit board, Foster has to find out why he was brought there.

The game's comic-book style comes from Dave Gibbons, the artist of Watchmen, and the story mixes a dark future with dry humour. In 2003 Revolution released the game as freeware together with ScummVM, the engine that runs it here in your browser.

How to play

Watch the intro or press Esc to skip it.

Left click to walk, look at things and talk to people.

Right click to use or pick up an object.

Move the pointer to the top of the screen to open the inventory and use items on the world.

Controls

Left click: walk, look, talk

Right click: use an object

Pointer at the top of the screen: inventory

F5: control panel (save, load, options)

Esc: skip a cutscene

Touch screen: tap to click, hold to right-click

Tips

Talk to Joey often: he can reach places Foster cannot.

Save often with F5; your saved games stay in this browser.

If you are stuck, look at everything again and try items on other people.

Devices

Plays on computers; works on phones and tablets with some limits.

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