The Pixel Hunt, the studio behind the acclaimed narrative experience Bury Me, My Love, has revealed more details about its next project called Ithaca.

The game follows Penelope, an environmental lawyer who has grown disillusioned with the systems meant to hold major polluters accountable.

After joining the Earth Protection Association, she sets off on a journey toward a mysterious destination known as Ithaca.

Things quickly take a strange turn when she discovers a bound and blindfolded petroleum executive in the trunk of her car. The problem? She has no idea how he got there.

Much of the game unfolds from behind the wheel as you travel through procedurally generated landscapes while making decisions that influence the story.

Along the way, you’ll communicate with dozens of voiced characters, uncover clues, build relationships, and determine how far Penelope is willing to go in pursuit of her ideals.

“For some time now, I’ve been struggling with a feeling of disconnect,” said Florent Maurin, creative director on Ithaca. “Science tells us very clearly that we’re destroying the conditions for life on Earth, and yet politically, socially, emotionally — we seem almost incapable of responding at the scale the situation demands. I think a lot of ordinary people carry that contradiction quietly. This feeling of knowing something terrible is happening while continuing to live normal lives anyway.

We’re not making Ithaca to give players answers, or to tell them what to think. We’re making it to explore what that disconnect does to people. How helplessness can turn into denial, exhaustion, radicalization, or the desire to regain some form of control over the future.”

Ithaca is currently targeting a 2027 release on PC via Steam. A Kickstarter campaign is also already underway. Here’s a trailer: