Nuclear Drifter is an open world, singleplayer role-playing game with a turn-based combat system. In the game we play the role of a farmer who has to find a new water source. His well has dried up and his animals have nothing to drink. The farmer leaves home and sets off on an adventure in the post-nuclear world, where many dangers await him. The place of play is the mythical continent of Old Zeland. The action of the game takes place in 2289.