Hydrophobia is set in the near future when the world has become massively over-populated, and takes place onboard the "Queen of the World", a city sized ship which sails the globe and is home to the wealthy elite. As systems engineer Kate Wilson, you must use every tool at your disposal to survive and escape the flooding lower decks of the great vessel. In epic back story reveals the rise of Malthusian politics as all eyes look to NanoCell, one of the Founding Fathers of the great vessel, who has vowed to develop the technology which will feed the burgeoning human population.