Mind Scanners on Steam - User reviews, Price & Information

Greetings. Your Mind Scanner request has been approved. Your duty is to diagnose and treat the citizens of The Structure. The patient list is long so don't waste your time. We’ll let you see your daughter soon...

Mind Scanners is a time management, dystopian and political game developed by The Outer Zone and published by Brave At Night.
Released on May 20th 2021 is available on Windows and MacOS in 7 languages: English, French, German, Danish, Russian, Simplified Chinese and Polish.

It has received 1,140 reviews of which 883 were positive and 257 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.4 out of 10. 😊

The game is currently priced at 13.99€ on Steam.

The Steam community has classified Mind Scanners into these genres:

Time Management Dystopian Political Simulation Multiple Endings 2D RPG Futuristic Singleplayer Atmospheric Management Story Rich Choices Matter Pixel Graphics Retro Strategy Political Sim Adventure Choose Your Own Adventure Psychological

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System requirements

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Windows

Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS *: Windows 7 or later
Processor: Intel Core i5
Memory: 2 GB RAM
Graphics: Nvidia Geforce GTX 550/equivalent or higher
DirectX: Version 10
Storage: 500 MB available space

MacOS

OS: MacOS 10.12.6
Processor: Intel Core m3
Memory: 4 MB RAM
Graphics: Intel HD Graphics
Storage: 300 MB available space

User reviews & Ratings

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Feb. 2025

Fun and paced nicely, though I don't think its difficulty scales very well, even on the later days with more difficult mini games and supplementary patient illnesses. There are hard choices to make that suck away your resources, but with enough practice the mini games grow easy, even repetitive. Thus, the weight of your choices don't have a lot at stake. While I appreciate the visual design of Mind Scanners, its gameplay loop isn't quite as meaty as it could be. Nonetheless, the game does not overstay its welcome, so the repetition of what you're doing isn't as hard to swallow. Regarding its story, you are again the sand in the machine of an evil fascistic regime, and the rebels make lots of mistakes that are I guess worth it in the end, but you never really see their interactions with the people of The Structure. You're mostly just told that the ruling class is oppressing everyone, and all you really know is that people get exiled for treason. I wish more games that feature a "movement of the people" showed more people. While I found state-sponsored mental healthcare hilariously the most fantastical piece of the world, it feels like there's a disconnect between what you're doing and the goals of the state. It seems they would rather you erase the personalities of all your patients (who are potential threats to the state) but that also seems to remove their labor potential, which the state also requires to survive. The state doesn't seem to care one way or another if you're erasing personalities, it's just up to you if you want to go the extra mile. Surprisingly, for a game where you're against autocratic regime, there isn't enough conflict. From a gameplay perspective, it's mainly "do I have the ability to play mini games fast and well enough to avoid ruining peoples' lives?" The moral choices aren't weighty enough, probably because the focus is about rescuing your daughter, but a more antagonistic force that's more forthcoming with putting heavy decisions in front of you could've made this story stronger.

Jan. 2025

Fun game and interesting satire of basing mental health care on deviance from normality instead of what a person really needs.

Oct. 2024

A "Papers, please"-esque game, which is also set in a dystopian state with a government that see it's people like individual cogs in a great machine for the greater good. The greater good being "the normality of the mind". Where in papers, please you deal with the bureaucracy of a state with ever changeing directives for you to remember and follow with continues small exceptions to also have in mind, thus being a game of memory and speed. This game is more about minigames, here you get to decide if a person is sane or insane depending on if they are against the state, feeling like they are on a different planet, are an abusive father or a leader of some obscure sect. Depending of your, the good doctor, mind read and diagnosis you later get to try to remove each persons affliction by doing the different minigames. Through out the game you get to upgrade and get different equipment or pills to assist you in your treatment of the mind. I really appreciated this version of a desk based bureaucrat, where not having to memorize the game rules gives it way more avaliability for any player with difficulty in this region. Allowing everybody to experience the dystopian state of the Structure. Also, the game has about 9 different endings to experience depening on your decisions in the game. Choice matter.

Sept. 2024

Mind Scanners does well what Papers Please does. It's a short and fun game for completionists and people who enjoy a feel from atmosphere, along with small details in the world building. Although a different, more hopeful tone than Arstotzka, Mind Scanners takes on a somewhat grim - cog in the machine, post apocalyptic dystopia - society theme. From the whole "robot soldiers" thing to revering an entity as government. The game injects charm through all the character interactions, dialogue and side stories you can participate in. I very much enjoy the entire process. From first meeting a patient, diagnosing and then treating. The game works well to push you to try to help those that need it. I also like that at times it shows you (the player) that despite trying to help, your meddling can sometimes make things worse. In terms of difficulty, I had no problems clearing the game on easy and normal, money is plentiful, there is enough time to unlock all of the tools and on new games you can even time certain events and story paths to min-max your money and time to explore everything there is to see. (although there won't be much) The story is short and to the point, and focuses more on aesthetics and gameplay. There is much enjoyment to be had in trying to beat your times on curing patients and getting more efficient. Sadly, unlike Papers Please, there is no endless mode, and I would very much like to see one. Overall, great game to try, story is short and if you don't like the aesthetics or gameplay - refund it!

July 2024

Rather short, but good. Either the game play will click for you as you zone out and just hit that post dad game vibe, or it absolutely won't. In the same style of games of papers please, but not the same genre, or pace. Give it a shot, or don't. I'm not your mum.

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13.99€

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Developer

The Outer Zone

Publisher

Brave At Night

Release 20 May 2021

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