The Last Worker is a warehouse fulfilment sim on the finish of capitalism

End-stage capitalism is right here, and automation has change into so rampant that just one human being nonetheless has a job. Fortunately, that one human being nonetheless is you, shuffling bins for robots in The Last Worker.

You are Kurt, the final human employee at a Manhattan-sized Amazon (sorry, Jüngle) fulfilment heart, carrying crates round together with your irritating robotic pal. It’s all in a day’s work till it is not, whenever you’re recruited by an activist group attempting to disrupt the all-consuming company.

Still in your little floating forklift, you start to delve into the stomach of the company beast, in a narrative that asks Kurt to sabotage his employers at the same time as he feels delight within the work he does, reframing your labour in stealthy shenanigans. Expect a great quantity of rib-poking at our personal company hellscape, too, with screenshots giving us a peek at CEOs with horrible fashion espousing the values of being part of one huge household.

The Last Worker sports activities a classy comic-book world designed partially by Judge Dredd co-creator Mick McMahon, and boasts a cast together with Zelda Williams, Jason Isaacs and extra. The game is because of launch over on Steam later this 12 months, and you’ll strive it out in a free demo now.