Wayne searches for his wife Shannon and daughter Lydia after a 1986 outbreak, with no gender or sexuality alterations to the character or his mission. The narrative follows his journey through ruined Seattle, allying briefly with a small group including Ben Parker, police officer Sam Powell, and twin sisters Stella and Karla Patterson, while confronting the undead "Shadows" and the authoritarian "New Law" militia.

The 1980s setting and gameplay serve as a direct homage to classic platformers like Prince of Persia, emphasizing pure survival mechanics and atmosphere without any contemporary social justice themes. Themes revolve around survival, isolation, guilt, and personal loss, with plot twists revealing Randall's role in his family's fate. There is no LGBTQ+ representation, pronoun options, DEI consultancy, or developer activist statements of any kind. The complete absence of identity politics or systemic oppression narratives keeps the focus tightly on individual struggle and classic genre conventions, delivering an uncompromised experience free of ideological messaging.