[5][6] The player controls surveillance cameras in the fictional totalitarian state or corporate republic of République in order to monitor Hope's actions, as well as hack into various electronic devices.

[7] The interface that the player must use is the "OMNI View" software, which allows them to lock and unlock doors, distract patrolling enemies, and obtain information.

[8] République takes place in an unnamed totalitarian state (similar to George Orwell's 1984), led by its sinister "Overseer"/"Headmaster" named Treglazov (Dwight Schultz), a powerhouse technology and security mogul with an insane ideology he has peddled most of his life, mostly through books.

[11] Hope and the player receive assistance from Cooper (James Holloway), an American who works as a Prizrak in Metamorphosis, and has grown a strong hate for it.

[11][13][14][15] Ryan Payton, founder of Camouflaj, initiated the project because he wanted to "stop complaining about the lack of real games on mobile and start making one".