‘Your duty is to diagnose and normalize anomaly citizens’

Mind Scannersis a point-and-click simulation game about “treating” the populace of a retro-futuristic megacity built in a crater, and it’s worth watching if you’ve been meaning to fill thePapers, Pleasevoid with something fresh. At a glance, two things about this low-key creepy game stood out to me.

The first – as shown throughout the trailer – is that your physical interactions in the world are playful and tactile in a way that looks fun. You’re using “arcade-style devices” to treat patients in The Structure.

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Second, Steam has a few intriguing bullet points about how you can report or join a resistance group, and how you need to “gain the trust of The Structure if you want to see your daughter again.”

There’s some cool stuff brewing in here. The Outer Zone is aiming for an early 2021 release ofMind Scanners, but before then, the team will have a limited-time Steam demo on October 7.

The ghost at the end of the hallway

“Welcome to The Structure, get to work” is such a 2020 mood.

Picking up the smiley face post-it off the broken mirror

John and Molly sitting on the park bench

Close up shot of Marissa Marcel starring in Ambrosio

Kukrushka sitting in a meadow

Lightkeeper pointing his firearm overlapped against the lighthouse background

Overseer looking over the balcony in opening cutscene of Funeralopolis

Edited image of Super Imposter looking through window in No I’m not a Human demo cutscene with thin man and FEMA inside the house

Looking at the ghost of Jackie inside the lighthouse