System Under Surveillance

System Under Surveillance is an indie stealth game with adventure and puzzle elements, set in an old-school isometric world. Its story is told through an interactive comic book with hand-drawn pixel-art illustrations. You switch between Adam, a resourceful boy, and TURBO, a clumsy, slow cleaning robot, to evade enemies, solve puzzles and uncover the truth about a car crash and a desolate city.

Story in New Eden

Adam remembers only running from the burning car his mother crashed into a building. Alone in the dystopian city of New Eden and pursued by mysterious robots, he meets TURBO. Together, they try to escape and learn what happened in the accident and why robots are following them.

New Eden’s narrow, maze-like streets are under a strict government curfew and information is tightly controlled. Automatic drones patrol for people who defy the curfew, while AI-controlled surveillance cameras watch the streets. As Adam explores, he collects Data Cubes, encryption keys that let him decrypt information the local government wants to conceal. His search may lead to a darker path than he first expects.

Follow the comic

The interactive comic’s illustrations tell the story as you progress. You can recover missing pages to piece together the truth behind the accident and the deadly robots pursuing Adam and TURBO.

Evade and outsmart enemies

Adam and TURBO cannot fight their enemies, leaving stealth as their means of survival. You scan the surroundings and use them to your advantage, drawing on each character’s abilities to trick enemies, sneak past them and stay undercover. Puzzles also include minigames that Adam solves with clever gadgets.

The game uses a threat level instead of a health bar. Staying undetected keeps it low; being detected makes enemies follow you, which you can use to trick them into letting you enter restricted areas. Hiding lowers the threat level, but you cannot stay hidden forever.

Switch between Adam and TURBO

You can switch between the two characters at any time. TURBO can hover over holes to reach new areas, turn into a metallic ball to roll up pipes and down narrow alleys, and spin to produce an electric shock that temporarily disables nearby electronics. Adam can remotely control enemies, open doors and disable security systems, as well as create diversions with everyday objects.