Mind Scanners

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7.1

Mixed or average reviews- based on 8 Ratings

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  • Summary: 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...

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 6
  3. Negative: 0 out of 6
  1. TheSixthAxis
    May 18, 2021
    90
    Mind Scanners is perfectly paced, creative and engaging, striking a skilful balance between satisfying play and storytelling. I finished in a couple of evenings, but they were some of the most consistent and enjoyable evenings I’ve spent gaming this year.
  2. CD-Action
    Dec 7, 2021
    85
    At first I looked at Mind Scanners as a copy, but as the story progressed, the game distanced itself from Papers, Please and developed its own identity. It’s rather short, but gives reasons to try different approaches, while the varied array of patients along with some random elements make every playthrough different. [07/2021, p.75]
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  3. Slant Magazine
    May 24, 2021
    80
    The choices you make throughout the Outer Zone’s engrossing cyberpunk therapy adventure may just keep you up at night.
  4. PC Gamer
    May 25, 2021
    70
    A compelling cyberpunk story told in an imaginative way, and one that will really test your moral compass.
  5. Eurogamer Italy
    May 20, 2021
    70
    Mind Scanners is a narrative, dystopian game with some management elements. Aesthetically among the most apt on the subject. Unfortunately, its many timed minigames reduce the amount of writing elements and narrative gameplay.
  6. RPG Fan
    May 24, 2021
    69
    For dystopian enthusiasts and those who don’t mind getting lost in repetitive minigames, Mind Scanners may be a suitable distraction. I’m sure some people are going to adore everything about this title, but I simply can’t recommend it for most people. It breaks my heart, because I had been keeping an eye on Mind Scanners for a while and had high hopes. After all, I’m a psychologist who loves stories about grim futures, but the execution here just didn’t make the landing. In fact, I might even need a mind scanner myself after binging this one.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 4
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 4
  3. Negative: 1 out of 4
  1. Rnoviok
    Dec 4, 2021
    8
    a game with a lot of potential and a good storyline that sucked me in for 16 hours, even though it takes about 3/4 hours to complete the gamea game with a lot of potential and a good storyline that sucked me in for 16 hours, even though it takes about 3/4 hours to complete the game
    contains interesting endings and difficult choices    … Expand
  2. DonldTrump_45Th
    Jan 26, 2023
    8
    Hello, this is a default review because i'm forced to use 75 characters. I'll edit this review in the future talking about the game, don'tHello, this is a default review because i'm forced to use 75 characters. I'll edit this review in the future talking about the game, don't worry ;)

    My final rate is: 8    … Expand
  4. Za_Uvek
    Feb 9, 2022
    6
    Not a bad management sim overall. Interesting and original premise, but does become a little repetitive once you have the mechanics down.Not a bad management sim overall. Interesting and original premise, but does become a little repetitive once you have the mechanics down.

    The story in this one is pretty cool, trying to save your daughter by taking a job as a mind scanner. And that job consists of diagnosing people and determining if they are sane or not. If insane, then treatment is administered and that's where the game-play really begins. Treatment comes in the form of different mini games while trying to juggle time and the patients well being. This all culminates in multiple ending depending on how you play and choices you make, lending a little replay value. The visuals and sound might be a little bland, even for some cool images. But at least the game-play is fresh enough for one run through.

    Not bad for an indie title, however, once I got the hang of all the mechanics, things ran dry. Still, it's a good price for what it is and worth playing if you like management sims.    … Expand
  5. BulgarianCritic
    May 27, 2021
    4
    This was a pretty disappointing experience. The story and the world they tried to show was pretty flat but the most annoying part were theThis was a pretty disappointing experience. The story and the world they tried to show was pretty flat but the most annoying part were the tedious mini games that you had to play they pretty much ruined whatever fun this game was supposed to give. Art and music was good.
    The issue with trying to replicate Papers, please is that you will need to have at least some sort of interesting mechanic, story or choices and sadly this game didn't had any of those.    … Expand

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