Ctrl Alt Ego

Innovative genre mashup (first-person immersive sim puzzler FPS RPG) with emphasis on problem-solving and creativity. Unique vibes and original mechanics that you won't have experienced before. One of the best games of 2022 according to various credible sources!

Ctrl Alt Ego is a immersive sim, puzzle and sandbox game developed and published by MindThunk.
Released on July 22nd 2022 is available only on Windows in 9 languages: English, Russian, Turkish, German, Portuguese - Brazil, Portuguese - Portugal, Spanish - Spain, Spanish - Latin America and Ukrainian.

It has received 673 reviews of which 631 were positive and 42 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.8 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 18.99€ on Steam.

The Steam community has classified Ctrl Alt Ego into these genres:

Immersive Sim Puzzle Sandbox Physics Stealth Philosophical Dark Comedy FPS RPG Sci-fi Robots Hacking Nonlinear Immersive Indie Retro First-Person Singleplayer Action Programming

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Requirements

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Windows

Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS *: Windows 7+
Processor: x86, x64
Memory: 2 GB RAM
Graphics: 2016+
DirectX: Version 10
Storage: 17 GB available space

Reviews

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Sept. 2024

This game is what happens when you strip down the classic immersive sims to their core and build a game purely around that. The quintessential immersive sim.

Sept. 2024

Being a huge fan of the type of games now called "immersive sim", (since the days of Thief and System Shock 2 and even going back to Ultima Underworld), I got to say I am really glad I found Ctrl Alt Ego . While I wouldn't directly compare this game to any other in the genre, I will say that it definitely belongs to it. Sure, it's not a looker (though visuals do have consistent style, and that is sometimes more important) and sure, it has some problems with physics sometimes (some can be tuned with options), but... well, I really felt like the game world provided multitude of ways to approach given situation or a problem AND without if feeling like a token feature -- included there just because some design document or executive said it's got to be! And that's what really sold me on it. All in all -- very strong recommendation on that one, especially if gameplay and refreshing takes on a genre are more important to you than polygon count and fancy filters! ;)

Aug. 2024

This is a great little immersive sim. It doesn't do anything too crazy, but it is consistently fun the whole way through. This game is very fun and I suggest it if you have even a passing interest in the genre. The main mechanic of controlling (ctrling) tech is well utilized. The game makes it seem like it's going to be disorienting but it's not really, I'm not sure where that came from. Any enemy costs ego to control, which you always have way more than you need, or are completely out of. This can be problematic and I think it is possible to softlock yourself and I did have to reload a save at one point. The fun thing about ego is that if you are careful when you use it and save it, you can just take over all the enemies in the room and walk through without any problem. This can make some parts a little too easy, especially when you can almost always win a 1v1 when ctrling an enemy. The game does suffer from a lack of unique things to ctrl, you will have seen just about everything the game has to offer in terms of hosts about a quarter of the way through. There are really only 2 real enemies throughout the whole game. However they are often placed in clever places and they are used to their fullest potential. The games controls can be kind of janky sometimes but somehow it makes that a good thing. If I'm remembering correctly there's only 3 or 4 things to ctrl that actually move, but they all feel very unique in how you get around. Your main robot you'll control is the Bug, which you upgrade through the game. Upgrades are non linear and are unlocked through collectibles across the maps, and drastically change how you thing through the game. Some of them are much more useful then others, like download, which lets you create pretty much anything you'd need on the fly, or fault which makes any item extremely unstable and explosive. Making a rolling mine by faulting a pup will never not be fun. The game has a fun and unique style, as well as a great soundtrack. It really nails the inside a computer aesthetic in a way I've never seen before. The story is pretty simple, a mcguffin chase combined with an immoral science corporation that is seemingly a requirement of the genre. all of the writing and voice acting is really good. The delivery from the doctor is good and I always was excited to see a new exposition station. This is a very fun emergent puzzler that has lots of tools to work with but starts to run out of things to do with them as it goes on. It is a lot longer than it seems, but that's not necessarily a bad thing. I easily see this becoming one of those games that every game design youtuber will reference at some point. 6.5/10

Feb. 2024

A proper immersive sim with an intriguing concept. You play as a "consciousness" that can hop between different electrical devices, taking control of save stations, enemy robots, turrets, and so on. With the ability to upgrade your host robot in many ways, Ctrl Alt Ego is sort of a cross between an action-RPG and a puzzle game, and its central conceit is very fun, allowing for lots of different solutions to problems. What sets this game back is two things really: one is that the game is stiflingly linear in parts, especially in chapter two which was basically a procession of corridors populated by turrets, and boxes to use as cover. The other is that the balance (at least on Normal difficulty) is slightly off: this game completely overdoes the level of security to the point where seemingly every room has some form of enemy - no respite. Other immersive sims such as Thief and Deus Ex had areas where you could take stock for a while and plan your next move. Nonetheless this game is an impressive achievement for a very small team, with nice graphics, a decent control scheme, and intermittently inspired level design.

Jan. 2024

Possibly the best hidden gem I've every found. Puzzles that would make Portal blush, a charming retro-future aesthetic, and a story that was surprisingly deep and engaging. If you're on the fence, go for it, and go in blind.

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18.99€

8.8

631

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Developer

MindThunk

Publisher

MindThunk

Release 22 Jul 2022

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