The Last Worker Preview: Dystopian Amazon's Robo-Scape
The Last Worker is an upcoming first-person, dystopian game developed by Oiffy and Wolf & Wood Interaction Ltd and published by Wired Productions. Screen Rant received an early, hands-on build of early levels in The Last Worker's storyline, experiencing its gameplay mechanics, comedic narration, and quirky characters. Oiffy and Wolf & Wood Interaction Ltd plan to release The Last Worker on numerous platforms, including PC (Steam, Epic Games, GOG), Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and Meta Quest 2, ensuring accessibility to many player bases.
The Last Worker focuses on humanity's uphill struggle against increasing automation in everyday life and the job market. When humans and natural life are considered less valuable than machines who cannot make mistakes and don't need paychecks, organic life must face its inevitable obsolescence. Players control Kurt, the last human worker at Jüngle, a (not-so-subtle) dystopian parallel of Amazon. Despite working at the company for over 25 years, a malfunctioning assistant droid called Skew restarts his career from Day 1. However, as players re-navigate through Kurt's «first day» it quickly becomes apparent that something in the facility has gone wrong, with the autonomous workforce suddenly far more hostile than usual.
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The Last Worker's gameplay is a first-person adventure where players control a forklift operator in an otherwise automated facility. Since robots occupy most of Jüngle's workforce, the available levels feature a noticeably cold and distant atmosphere. In the preview's first chapter, players navigate through Jüngle's delivery services and transport their «first» package. While the dialogue
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