About This Game

This is the way the world ends

Not with a bang but a whimper.

-- T.S. Eliot

SURVIVE THE BLACKOUT is a narrative survival game set in a dark post-apocalyptic world where a mysterious global power outage sends civilization spiraling into chaos. In this modern-day tribute to the classic Oregon Trail, the player becomes the reluctant leader of a small group of survivors and tries to lead them to a safe haven. On their journey, every step is a choice, and none of them are simple.

• Manage a small team of survivors

• Carefully make your choices as a branching narrative unfolds

• Scavenge for supplies and manage your resources

• Explore the world after the fall of civilization across multiple unique playthroughs

Be the relentless leader the survivors need in the harsh reality of a world in ruins, make all the dramatic choices, and face their consequences. Experience the story unfolding differently each time you play. Find out what YOU are willing to sacrifice to Survive the Blackout!

The world of Survive the Blackout isn’t your average extravagantly stylized, far-fetched post-apo setting. The game presents a plausible scenario of the fall of human civilization. A global power outage caused by factors unknown to the general public is enough for much of the modern world to crumble and for society to collapse. The dire consequences of such an event are powerful enough, without the need to include any supernatural or fantastical elements.

How did the Blackout affect the world? The survivors will travel through different regions, each with its own flavor, local storylines, unique risks, and opportunities. Through their eyes, the player will experience a familiar world reduced to ruin and filled with desperation.

The apocalypse doesn’t make people more interesting than they already are. But it tends to bring out the best, the worst, and the weirdest in people. The story of the post-apocalypse is best told from many different personal perspectives. Anyone who has ever played games like Fallout or other RPG or adventure titles will remember how the world came alive with NPCs telling their stories and adding their own colorful presence to the overall experience.

Preppers. Looters. Orphans. Healers. Murderers. Psychos. Beggars. Loners. Heroes. Opportunists. Thieves. Everyone you meet on the road is a person with their own story, motivation, and personality. Each encounter lets you experience the story of humanity’s fall a little more deeply.

With all the rules gone, without the safety that civilization provides, each decision you make becomes a matter of life and death. Survive the Blackout is a narrative game where you make choices in response to the circumstances your group of survivors faces. It is up to you if you want to base them on morals, a desperate will to survive, or some other ideals. Whatever you decide, you must consider not only the immediate but also the long-term consequences of your actions.

Managing supplies, issuing orders, moving forward, protecting your group, maintaining morale, and giving everyone a sense of purpose is the daily burden of a leader. The group will offer their opinions, but will you listen to them, or try to impose your own ideas? It’s all up to you.

Survive the Blackout is an open-ended, non-linear experience, because we want it to mimic life as well as a small indie game can. But we also want it to be finite and satisfying. Playing the game from start to finish will always provide a full story. A different story in every playthrough, shaped by your decisions and luck, but a complete story nonetheless.

While we hope that the sales of our title provide us with the means and motivation to develop its world and the story even further through future content updates, our main goal is to stay true to how we believe games should be made and sold: as complete products, and not as a “service”.

Mature Content Description

The developers describe the content like this:

The world of Survive the Blackout is a vivid representation of society's downfall after an apocalypse-tier global disaster. It contains detailed written description and low-res pixel-art representation of disturbing scenes. Violence, brutality, harm and mutilation, self-harm, substance abuse, sexual violence, slavery, racism, and hate speech are all a part of the harsh post-apocalyptic reality. The game is recommended for mature audiences.