Mind Scanners
Year: 2021
System: Windows, Mac, Switch, Xbox One, Xbox Series
Developer: The Outer Zone
Players: Single
Genres: Adventure, Puzzle, Management
Link: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1389550/Mind_Scanners/?curator_clanid=40000720
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 retro-futuristic management game in which you diagnose the citizens of a dystopian metropolis. Locate a host of other-worldly characters and use arcade-style treatment devices to help them.
Winner of the Best Narrative award at Spilprisen 2022
Made by just three people. I don’t think I’ll upset anyone by stating that this was probably the most visually and narratively interesting Danish game of 2021. The plot starts with your daughter being taken away for a mental illness and you not being allowed near her. So you join the organisation behind it as one who treats mental illnesses in others to slowly gain the necessary influence to see your daughter again... But not every patient is mentally ill, and the treatments often leave people as empty husks if you're not extremely careful... And you need to make rent And be successful enough to advance in the system so you can get closer to your daughter. If you're getting some Papers, Please vibes, then you're not wrong - but add some discussions about the mental health system on top.
