Beneath a Steel Sky: Remastered

Beneath a Steel Sky: Remastered is a cyberpunk adventure built by British studio Revolution Software, whose visual style was strongly shaped by illustrator Dave Gibbons, best known as the artist behind the Watchmen comic. The story follows Robert Foaracha, who escapes from a slum on the outskirts into the upper tier of a tightly controlled city full of corporate bureaucracy and surveillance technology, accompanied by the robot Joey, whose personality the player can transfer into various machines around them to solve puzzles based on his changing abilities.

The comic-book graphics give the world a distinctive, darkly ironic tone that contrasts with its serious themes of surveillance and corporate power, and the game is still cited today as one of the most striking examples of blending comic-book art with adventure design. The remastered version added improved graphics and full voiced dialogue to the original game, finally giving the characters voices that match their distinctive personalities.

The mobile release for iOS and Android is paid, with no ads, controlled by direct taps on the scene and inventory. The adventure pacing and lack of time pressure make touch controls a natural fit, the port doesn't feel like a compromise compared to the computer version, and the player can put the game down mid-puzzle at any time without losing the thread of the story.

Why play: For lovers of cyberpunk and comic-book aesthetics who will appreciate the unusual pairing of Dave Gibbons with the adventure genre and don't mind an older, slower storytelling pace.