room6 announced at the INDIE Live Expo Winter 2022 DAY2 broadcast that the Mindhack visual novel by Japanese creative circle VODKAdemo? will be available for Early Access on Steam starting April 6, 2023.
Although the Steam page has an English description and screenshots, localizations for the game will come at a later date, meaning the game will support both Japanese and English during its Early Access.
In Mindhack, the player plays as a genius hacker from the first-person perspective who can penetrate and destroy other people’s minds. Hack into the brain of various dangerous prisoners and rewrite their personalities by either erasing with your mouse or typing the necessary word with your keyboard to make them as candid as a cute sheep.
▍Mindhack Trailer
▍Mindhack Gameplay
Mindhack is a visual novel where the player turns evildoers’ minds into a flower garden. You’re a genius hacker who can penetrate and destroy other people’s minds. Hack into the brain of various dangerous prisoners and rewrite their personalities to make them as candid as cute sheep. Enjoy the pleasure of mental destruction!
The gameplay alternates between discussion and typing sequences. During the discussion sequences, you learn about this dystopian world and interact with the characters around you by choosing various options.
In the typing sequences, you hack and rewrite the prisoner’s mind by entering the specified words. Some segments might also require that you slide your mouse in order to erase their old personality – an urchin gang leader, a fanatic from a dangerous cult, a monster from another planet, a Demon King willing to destroy the world… a nice cast of unique villains.
