Technobabylon is a cyberpunk adventure game set in the future in the city Newton, which is governed by an artificial intelligence known as Central. The game focuses on three different characters, each of which can be controlled by the player in a different part of the game: two police officers and a young woman who is addicted to the Trance (a kind of virtual reality based internet). These three become involved in a case involving a mindjacker, who steals information from peoples brains.