The Great Smog

The Great Smog is a co-op survival game for you and up to three friends. You are Commissioned Officers of the United Africa Company, known as Smog Runners, scavenging mutant-infested London for salvage and trying to make it back alive. The city lies in the ruins of an Empire on the brink of technological and political revolution, and you can uncover the secrets of the Great Smog that devastated it.

Explore the ruins

You explore London landmarks such as St Paul's Cathedral and the Tower of London, where mutants twisted by the Smog prowl the streets. Each run has random loot locations and mutants, so you cannot know exactly what you will encounter. You can hide, run or fight, using stealth, the environment and traps; fighting requires you to be well stocked.

Scavenge anything you can break down into materials for weapons and traps, or take contracts to recover lost trinkets and old-world relics for profit. You can also search for treasure deep in the city, whether to survive or to craft a decoration for your home.

Keep your airship running

Your airship is your mobile base in the sky, and it needs fuel recovered from the surface. You can customize it with decorations, furniture and storage, and choose cosmetic options for your Smog Runner. Keep your rusty pipe in good condition, fit your gas mask properly and make sure you have enough supplies for each expedition.

Choose a faction

The factions that survived the catastrophe are fighting over the Empire's future, and you can align yourself with them. You might recover the Crown Jewels to help the Aristocracy crown a new king, scrap them for metal to make explosives for the revolutionary Trade Union Congress, or keep them as decoration.

Survive and improve

You begin poorly prepared, and death may come from a monster in London's alleys, running out of oxygen too far from your bathysphere or leaving your airship without fuel. With ingenuity and perseverance, you and your friends can overcome these dangers and eventually face foes that once seemed insurmountable.