Beneath a Steel Sky (1994)
Released Jul 2020
After being abducted by brutal soldiers and his kinfolk butchered, Robert Foster finds himself in Union City - a vast metropolis under the tyranny of a fascist AI. Alone, save for the circuit board of his best friend, Foster must discover the sinister truth - and why they specifically came for him.
89% positive · 600 reviews
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
Where to get it
Free on Steam
Evaluation
Beneath a Steel Sky is a classic 1994 point-and-click adventure game by Revolution Software, re-released on Steam on July 27, 2020 as a free-to-play title. It is a fully self-contained game that shipped as a complete product — the store description focuses entirely on the game's original story and there is no indication of any post-launch content planned or delivered for the game itself.
The only developer news post (September 30, 2020) is focused on promoting the sequel, Beyond a Steel Sky, and announcing updates to that separate game (achievements, French and German voiceovers, a bundle). It was posted on the Beneath a Steel Sky store page as a cross-promotion. This post does not announce any new content for Beneath a Steel Sky itself.
The game has no DLC listings, no season pass, no roadmap, and no developer statements suggesting ongoing development. It launched as a complete, finished product — a re-release of a 26-year-old game — and has received no post-launch content updates of its own.
Evidence
Store description describes the original 1994 game's story and features with no mention of post-launch content, DLC, or ongoing development plans
Developer post on September 30, 2020 promotes updates to the sequel Beyond a Steel Sky and a bundle, with no new content announced for Beneath a Steel Sky itself
Media
Details
Developer
Publisher
Revolution Software Ltd
Achievements
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Platform
Windows, Linux
Controller
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Steam Deck
Playable
Players
Single-player
About this game
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.
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.
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