Mindcop

Adventure· Detective· Hand-drawn· Mystery

Released Nov 2024

Mindcop is a non-linear „whodunnit“ detective game. It mixes a story driven adventure with real-time puzzle gaming. As the infamous Mindcop, you can dive into the minds of your suspects to uncover their secrets and unravel their lies.

93% positive · 454 reviews

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All announced content has been released

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Evaluation

Mindcop launched on November 14, 2024 as a complete, self-contained whodunnit detective game. Shortly after release, the developer held a public AMA session and on November 28, 2024 published a detailed recap of the questions and answers. In that post, the developer explicitly addressed future content twice: when asked about sequels or DLC, they stated "there are no plans to do a sequel or DLC right now," and when asked about story additions, they stated directly "I don't plan to add story content to the game through patches or DLC." The developer has expressed a desire to move on to something new rather than extend this game. Post-launch activity has consisted of two bug-fix and quality-of-life patches (November 21 and December 2, 2024) to polish the released product, with no content additions. There are no unreleased DLC listings on the store. The game launched as a finished product and the developer has confirmed it will remain so.

Evidence

Developer explicitly states 'there are no plans to do a sequel or DLC right now' and 'I don't plan to add story content to the game through patches or DLC.'

news post · Nov 28, 2024 source development ending

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Mindcop launched on Steam on November 14, 2024 as a complete release.

news post · Nov 14, 2024 source content shipped

high

Media

Details

Developer

Andre Gareis

Publisher

Dear Villagers

Achievements

Platform

Windows

Controller

full support

Steam Deck

Verified

Players

Single-player

Adventure Detective Hand-drawn Mystery Time Management Puzzle Nonlinear Noir Match 3 Story Rich 2D Interactive Fiction Casual Supernatural Point & Click

About this game

The quiet hamlet of Merrylin Crater Camp is shaken by a murder!

Uncover the truth in this non-linear „whodunnit“ detective game. As the Mindcop you have 5 days to catch the true killer among Merrilyn Crater Camp’s inhabitants.

Key features

WHODUNNIT DETECTIVE GAME

Use your Mindcop capabilities to uncover secrets and unravel people’s lies to find the true suspect of this town’s murder.

MINDSURF

As the Mindcop you can attempt to sneak into the mind of one of the suspects. This plays out as real-time puzzle game.

Complete it and explore their « Sea of Thoughts » to get clues and topics to use in conversation.

TIME

You have 5 days to solve this murder and every action comes with a time cost. As the Mindcop, make tough decisions on what is worth your time and what will lead you to dead ends. Choose well and discover two different endings!