The Low Road

The Low Road is a point-and-click graphic adventure set in the 1970s automobile industry. You play as corporate spies working to protect and appropriate game-changing industry secrets. The story follows Noomi Kovacs, an eager graduate of the LeCarre Institute for Exceptional Spies (L.I.E.S.), as she starts her first job in Penderbrook Motors’ Division of Outside Intelligence. Confined to an office and underestimated by her gruff supervisor Turn, a disgraced former government agent, Noomi uses her colleagues and surroundings to pursue her dream of becoming a globetrotting secret agent.

Once Noomi and Turn go into the field, they discover that their company’s pursuit of its rivals is driven by something more sinister than “healthy competition.” They must reconsider the paths they have chosen, relying on lying, blackmail and emotional manipulation as they work together.

Puzzles and choices

You solve intricate puzzles, including branching conversation puzzles that test deduction and intuition, and more than 15 first-person puzzle sequences. The story also presents branching moral dilemmas.

Characters and style

You play from the perspectives of two corporate espionage agents. The game features more than 32,000 words of fully voiced dark comedic dialogue from a cast of characters. Its hand-painted 2D illustrations draw on 1970s television, while the original score blends swirling psychedelia with dusty Americana.

The point-and-click gameplay takes inspiration from LucasArts and Sierra classics, combining traditional storytelling with puzzles and character interactions.