Ruins of the Present is centered around a character named pixel who is thrown into an unknown facility that Is under 10,000 ft. of water. The only pieces of information he has, have been given by a sentient-broken robot that believes it is a pony named Lyra Heartstrings and...a few "others". Armed with little information and a familiar companion, they explore the ruins in order to make it to an even worse wasteland.

A mining town gets a rude wake up call and our heroes must prove they have what it takes to survive.