Mindcop aims to bring a new angle to the detective game genre by giving the player complete control over the investigation and providing them with the option to "surf the brainwaves" of suspects to find out more about them.

This completely nonlinear detective game lets the player take over a murder case as the infamous mindcop. A grumpy police investigator with the ability to surf people's brainwaves to acquire otherwise hidden information. To do this, the player must complete a tetris-style puzzle game. Some suspects minds are easy to access but others might be more resistant.

To solve the case and find the killer, players can move freely and visit any house in the neighborhood and question, mindsurf or even arrest anyone they meet. All of this will cost them time, which is the game's main resource and it is limited! Players are forced to make their own decisions and deductions and follow their own personal trail.

After 6 years in development (announced in 2020), Mindcop is almost ready and will bring interesting fresh ideas into the detective game genre.

“Mindcop is my first commercial game project, a detective game in which players really become the detectives and make all the choices. My aim was to create a small world with fleshed-out characters, a captivating mystery and a lively, unpredictable gameplay experience. The most interesting aspect of the game is its time management system: every action costs time, and the total time you have to find the murderer is limited. This gives weight to every decision and makes each game unique. Mindcop has been my main creative outlet for six years, and I hope it will become someone's favourite game for some time to come. - Andre Gareis, Mindcop developer

Interested fans can check out a playable PC demo on Steam.

Mindcop is coming to PC (Steam), Nintendo Switch and PS5 in Q4 2024.