Deponia

With ‘LOTR’ in Hand, Daedalic Entertainment Envisions a Bright Future

14 Jun 2019

Long-known as one of the only studios in the world still making quality point-and-click adventure games in the LucasArts tradition, the German developer and publisher Daedalic has come a long way since the release of the first “Deponia” back in 2012.

Join the PC Gamer Club and get a Steam key for Deponia

25 Apr 2019

We're giving PC Gamer Club Legendary members the gift of a trash-filled adventure. Daedelic's Deponia won't be sending you on a heroic quest, instead tasking you with conning your way out of the garbage dump where you live and into a better life in a city in the clouds. It's good to have aspirations. Legendary membership will net you lots of other benefits along with the Steam key for Deponia. You'll get an ad-free site, a digital magazine subscription, gifts and a digital copy of the excellent PC Gamer RPG handook. 148 pages of RPG features! It's a treat. You can join the PC Gamer Club as a Legendary member for a mere $5 a month.

Released 07 Aug 2012

Storyline

Rufus is not a pleasant guy. Ill-tempered and entirely too convinced of his own greatness, he lives at the edge of a small settlement somewhere in the most remote sector of the garbage-covered planet Deponia. He dreams of a better life in the floating cities of wealth and beauty high above the planet surface. When the angelic Goal falls from these privileged spheres down into a neighboring trash heap, Rufus sees his chance. He decides to bring the unconscious beauty back to her home. Only a vague hope of making it off Deponia at first, he soon formulates an unscrupulous plan, as he learns that he is a dead ringer for Goal’s upper-class husband. The planned handover is only the beginning of a wild chase across Deponia full of twists, turns and mystifying mix-ups…