Dependent State: The Last Witness

Game premise and structure

Dependent State: The Last Witness is a single-player narrative action-adventure game set in a near-future digital city-state. You play as Chen Yufei, a 24-year-old sleeper operative for a security apparatus. After receiving orders to eliminate tech magnate He Weiguo, Yufei finds herself framed as the prime suspect in a state security case after the authorization chain for her mission is severed. To clear her name, she has 72 hours to recover evidence, witnesses, and deleted mission codes in a city where every record is at risk of being erased.

Investigation mechanics

In the game, you will explore various districts like the Financial High District, Old Harbor Gig District, Urban Village, Neon Relationship District, and Industrial Container Port. You gather clues by observing scenes, understanding the people involved, and comparing different testimonies. Your choices, including what questions to ask and whom to trust, will influence character reactions and the unfolding narrative. Each decision can lead to different outcomes as you attempt to reconstruct a broken chain of events.