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4.7 out of 5
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About Beyond a Steel Sky
About this game
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’.
You are Robert Foster. A child has been abducted in a brutal attack. You have vowed to bring him home. The trail has led you to Union City, one of the last remaining mega-cities in a world ravaged by shattering wars, and political meltdown.
Union City is a utopia, its people loving life under the control of an altruistic AI: ever-attentive androids, designer living, piazzas and bars. What’s not to love? But this City has a dark underbelly...
‘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.
Features:
The World
- An adventure set within a dynamic world, populated by wilful characters driven by motivations that the player can subvert. In combination with a unique hacking tool, multiple solutions to puzzles emerge from player choices.
The Story
- Unravel dark conspiracies, defeat a terrifying antagonist in this dramatic, humorous, cyberpunk thriller, which explores contemporary themes: social control, AI, and total surveillance.
The puzzles
- Intelligent puzzles are interwoven with an intriguing dramatic narrative to deliver a compelling gameplay experience.
The Look
- A beautifully detailed, comic-book styled world, from the mind of legendary comic artist Dave Gibbons.
Game Details
- Platform:
- steam
- Release Date:
- July 16, 2020
- Developer:
- Revolution Software Ltd
- Publisher:
- Revolution Software Ltd
- Supported Languages:
- English
- Steam Controller Support:
- Xbox
- Link:
- Play Style:
- Choices Matter
- Features:
- Singleplayer
Steam achievements
Full controller support
Steam trading cards
Commentary available
Family sharing
Product Requirements
Minimum:
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS: Windows 10
- Processor: Intel Core i3-2100 (3.1GHz) or AMD Phenom X4 945 (3.0GHz)
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: Nvidia GeForce GTX 650 2GB or AMD Radeon HD 7770 2GB
- DirectX: Version 11
- Storage: 20 GB available space
- Additional Notes: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
Recommended:
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS: Windows 10 64-bit
- Processor: Intel Core i5 3470, (3.20 Ghz) or AMD FX-8350, (4.00 Ghz)
- Memory: 6 GB RAM
- Graphics: Nvidia GeForce GTX 970 4GB or AMD Radeon R9 280X 3GB
- DirectX: Version 11
- Storage: 20 GB available space
- Additional Notes: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
Product Requirements
Minimum:
- OS: 18.04.4 LTS + SteamOS (latest)
- Processor: Intel Core i3-2100 (3.1GHz) or AMD Phenom X4 945 (3.0GHz)
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: Nvidia GeForce GTX 650 2GB or AMD Radeon HD 7770 2GB
- Storage: 20 GB available space
- Additional Notes: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
Recommended:
- OS: 18.04.4 LTS + SteamOS (latest)
- Processor: Intel Core i5 3470, (3.20 Ghz) or AMD FX-8350, (4.00 Ghz)
- Memory: 6 GB RAM
- Graphics: Nvidia GeForce GTX 970 4GB or AMD Radeon R9 280X 3GB
- Storage: 20 GB available space
- Additional Notes: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
Beyond a Steel Sky Statistics
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6.25% of players played this game for >= 80 Hours!
6.25% of players played this game for >= 80 Hours!
Difficulty Statistics
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Relax & enjoy! 57.89% of players consider this game to be Just Right
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Conquered It
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Completionist! 22.22% of players have Conquered It
Beyond a Steel Sky User Reviews
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Biostrain
Verified purchase
I bought Beyond a Steel Sky for one reason and one reason only: nostalgia. I played Beneath a Steel Sky back in the day and remembered it fondly, even if most of the details had long since been evicted from my memory to make room for more important things, like where I left my car keys. As an adventure game, this is a solid effort. The puzzles are generally fair and of moderate difficulty. Once you understand the game's core mechanics, most solutions become reasonably logical, which is refreshing in a genre that occasionally mistakes insanity for puzzle design. The soundtrack is probably the strongest part of the experience, doing a great job of carrying the atmosphere while you're wandering around trying to remember why you came into this room. The story, unfortunately, is a bit cliché. Not bad, just familiar. The graphics are decent too, although my PC seemed to believe it was rendering the next Mars landing. I had to lower the graphical settings because my machine was getting so hot that it started sounding like it was preparing for takeoff. Nothing ruins immersion quite like wondering whether the next thing to crash will be the protagonist or your CPU. In the end, I enjoyed the game. But the funniest thing is that after finishing this modern sequel, my first reaction wasn't "I should play this again." It was "You know what? I kind of want to replay the 1994 original." I'm not entirely sure whether that's a compliment to Beyond a Steel Sky or a testament to how good Beneath a Steel Sky still is.
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Asura
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While the world is beautiful and the voice acting is great, the writing outside of the main plot is annoying. Talking to characters is like talking in circles, a lot of repetition.
Maybe it was made to hammer in important info to remember but a simple notebook with quests would have made it so much easier to keep track of tasks.
Walking and running is very slow, yet if they were optimized we would soon realize that the maps are very small as is the game.
It can be completed in 10+ hours where most of it is wasted on slow running or listening to repetitive time-wasting padding.
If you ignore all the typical genre flaws, lack of 3D experience of the devs and recognize that it is not a triple-A title,
you will find a pretty decent game with nice characters and story.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Somewhere in the middle. 26% of GameFAQs users said Beyond a Steel Sky is Simple or Easy. 58% of GameFAQs users said the difficulty is Just Right. 16% of GameFAQs users said Beyond a Steel Sky is Tough or Unforgiving.
Yes, Beyond a Steel Sky is Steam Deck Verified. Valve’s testing indicates that Beyond a Steel Sky is Verified on Steam Deck. This game is fully functional on Steam Deck, and works great with the built-in controls and display.
- All functionality is accessible when using the default controller configuration
- This game shows Steam Deck controller icons
- In-game interface text is legible on Steam Deck
- This game's default graphics configuration performs well on Steam Deck
Minimum:
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS: Windows 10
- Processor: Intel Core i3-2100 (3.1GHz) or AMD Phenom X4 945 (3.0GHz)
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: Nvidia GeForce GTX 650 2GB or AMD Radeon HD 7770 2GB
- DirectX: Version 11
- Storage: 20 GB available space
- Additional Notes: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
Recommended:
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS: Windows 10 64-bit
- Processor: Intel Core i5 3470, (3.20 Ghz) or AMD FX-8350, (4.00 Ghz)
- Memory: 6 GB RAM
- Graphics: Nvidia GeForce GTX 970 4GB or AMD Radeon R9 280X 3GB
- DirectX: Version 11
- Storage: 20 GB available space
- Additional Notes: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
The average playtime for GameFAQs users is 19 hours. 81% of users played Beyond a Steel Sky for over 12 hours.
74% of Fanatical users recommend Beyond a Steel Sky. The average review score is 4.3/5
Beyond a Steel Sky was released on July 16, 2020
Yes, Beyond a Steel Sky supports Linux.
Beyond a Steel Sky is published by Revolution Software Ltd
Beyond a Steel Sky was developed by Revolution Software Ltd
Fanatical users tagged Beyond a Steel Sky as Adventure, Action, Story Rich, and Puzzle
Fanatical users tagged Beyond a Steel Sky as Cyberpunk, Thriller, Comedy, and Dystopian
Yes, Fanatical users tagged Beyond a Steel Sky as Adventure
Yes, Fanatical users tagged Beyond a Steel Sky as Action
Yes, Fanatical users tagged Beyond a Steel Sky as Story Rich
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