In a near future, in a unnamed city of the western world,you play Susan Gant, young and curious newspaper reporter.
After a slow start, she will begin to unravel a plot with several "factions" involved on a search for a power that may totally change society.
The Uncertainty Machine is a point-and-click adventure game which takes place in the near future. The big cities where middle and upper class citizens live are separated from the run-down "off-limits" areas, which are home to the poor. Life in the city is perfect, with no crime whatsoever. Then one day, Susan Gant, a reporter, is given a simple assignment to investigate a robbery of a prestigious politician for a story. Then she realizes that not everything is what it seems.