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Mind Scanners
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...
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
“The game lacks the synergy of gameplay and narrative that "Paper, please" had, but it compensates it by having more and more engaging timed mini-games!”
— a player, Steam review · 5 hrs played“Really cool premise, like many other indie games but the tools mechanics are creative and feel engaging to play with. 7/10”
— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs played“I really wanted to like this game, but damn is it boring...”
— a player, Steam review · 0 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 13:36 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.
Price tracking
US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.
Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.
Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-07-24). Relative comparison only.
Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Grab Mind Scanners for $1 and celebrate the anniversary with us! 🔥
Happy Birthday, Mind Scanners!Five years ago, we asked you to serve The Structure, scan the minds of your neighbours, and make impossible choices - all in a day's work. To celebrate this wonderful ann
Mind Scanners is joining PixElated Adventures Festival!
PixElated Adventures Festival is live now on Steam, and to celebrate alongside hundreds of other pixel art developers and players, we have launched a very special deepest-ever discount on Mind Scanner
Mind Scanners turns 1! 🥳 Let's celebrate
Happy Birthday, Mind Scanners! The Structure turns 1 this Friday and we prepared some really cool things for you. It has been a full year since we released Mind Scanners and thanks to you it has been
Localization improvements
We recently added Russian to the console ports together with a new crisp Russian font. This patch brings the new font to the PC version together with some other minor localization improvements.
Mind Scanners update + console launch 🥳
Fellow Scanners, It's been a wild journey with our favourite dystopian psychiatry sim and we are very excited! Here's why: FIRST THINGS FIRST 🤩 We have a new update for you to snatch! - Expanded endin
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | Adventure, RPG, Simulation, Strategy |
| Player tags | Time Management · Dystopian · Political · Simulation · Multiple Endings · 2D · RPG · Singleplayer · Futuristic · Atmospheric · Management · Choices Matter (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Remote Play on Tablet · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English, French, German, Danish, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Polish |
| Achievements | 14 |
| Estimated owners | 0 – 20,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | https://www.braveatnight.co.uk/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: 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