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Sharing a stranger’s body in near-future Taipei, guide an office worker through AI exploitation, workplace intrigue, and moral choices.
Released 31 Jul 2024
Share a Borrowed Body
Navigate Rival Office Teams
Search Scenes for Clues
MINDS BENEATH US is an emotional sci-fi narrative game. Through the eyes of a humble individual, experience a mad world where humans are exploited as computing devices for AI. Listen to the concerns of those you meet and offer guidance. Together, face challenges and confront an uncertain destiny.
Developed by BearBoneStudio · Published by BearBoneStudio
In a near-future Taipei automated by AI, you awaken in the body of office worker Dai Shijie, alongside the subconscious of its original owner. As human brains become a source of computing power, a conspiracy takes shape around the industry and the people caught up in it.
Explore workplaces and city locations, talk with colleagues, and make choices about what to say and do. You encounter rival company teams with competing views of their work, while your decisions shape relationships and influence how the story unfolds.
Pay attention to conversations and inspect scenes for clues that can reveal information or unlock dialogue options. The story is presented through 2D characters in 3D environments, with dialogue choices at its center and occasional quick-time events; different choices lead to different story paths and endings.
In this selected set of reviews, players often enjoy the carefully written dialogue, layered characters, and difficult choices that connect ethical conflicts to personal relationships. Reviewers also praise the grounded near-future Taipei setting and its visual and musical presentation. Some find the discussions too dense or repetitive, the ending rushed, or the active gameplay limited; translation and autosave concerns also appear.
Embark on a thrilling sci-fi journey in a futuristic Asian city with MINDS BENEATH US. In a society fully automated by advanced AI, you find yourself trapped in a foreign body, alongside the subconscious of its original owner.
As society evolves, a new industry emerges that replaces the hardware needed to operate AI-automated systems with human brains. Consequently, the most disadvantaged citizens have had no choice but to sign up one after another. Against the backdrop of this mad society, a conspiracy gradually unfolds.
Players can make their own dialogue choices and shape the relationships between characters throughout the journey. The combination of dialogue choices and actions will continually affect the story.
Observe environments, pay attention to the dialogue, and then look for hidden clues in every scene. This way, you can even unlock new dialogue choices.
With hand-drawn animation and smooth camera movement, a unique cinematic experience is created.
The game combines 2D characters and detailed 3D environments to present the streets of a near-future Taipei.
| Platforms | Windows |
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| Achievements | 21 |
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| Controller support | PlayStation, Xbox |
| Controller required | No |
| DLC / extras | 1 listed on Steam |
