Lethal Running

Lethal Running is set in a dystopian future where most people live in poverty under an oppressive government. The Lethal Running game show promises its winners rich rewards and seems to offer the only hope of a better life. As a contestant, you fight off relentless bounty hunters in city ruins and survive the harsh conditions of the wasteland, while trying to win over the audience and become its star. Permadeath is always a threat.

Explore and survive

Procedurally generated levels make each run different. You explore urban districts and the wasteland, looting weapons, tools and food, then repairing and modifying what you find. At workbenches in industrial sectors, you can repair broken equipment; you can also pick locks or blow doors open. Energy stations recharge armor, lamps, lasers and other equipment that uses power. Hacking computer systems can provide door keys or blueprints for crafting loot at 3D printers.

You need more than combat skills to survive. Upgrade your gun handling, melee fighting and engineering skills, find clean water and treat diseases. Dig edible roots out of the wasteland soil and cook them, make a warming campfire at night, and use mysterious herbs to treat illnesses. A gift drone drops supporting loot, while finding a safe place to sleep helps you avoid being robbed or attacked in your sleep.

Fight and improvise

You can buy and implant stims to upgrade your skills. Talk to people who may help you, buy useful gear from black-market traders, or beware of those who rob you while you sleep. Use a laser gun against the Knight's armor, a cloak device to sneak past enemies and a baseball bat in close combat. A mind controller can persuade opponents to work and fight for you; flashbangs can stun them before you rob them, and a silencer helps keep hunters from hearing you. Dynamite can open loot chambers, though you first have to get past their heavily armed guards.