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Innovative genre mashup (first-person immersive sim puzzler FPS RPG) with emphasis on problem-solving and creativity. Unique vibes and original mechanics that you won't have experienced before. One of the best games of 2022 according to various credible sources!

Ctrl Alt Ego is a immersive sim, puzzle and sandbox game developed and published by MindThunk.
Released on July 22nd 2022 is available only on Windows in 9 languages: English, Russian, Turkish, German, Portuguese - Brazil, Portuguese - Portugal, Spanish - Spain, Spanish - Latin America and Ukrainian.

It has received 698 reviews of which 653 were positive and 45 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.8 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 18.99€ on Steam.

The Steam community has classified Ctrl Alt Ego into these genres:

Immersive Sim Puzzle Sandbox Physics Stealth Philosophical Dark Comedy FPS RPG Sci-fi Robots Hacking Nonlinear Immersive Indie Retro First-Person Singleplayer Action Programming

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System requirements

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Windows
  • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
  • OS *: Windows 7+
  • Processor: x86, x64
  • Memory: 2 GB RAM
  • Graphics: 2016+
  • DirectX: Version 10
  • Storage: 17 GB available space

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Jan. 2025
I have just finished chapter 4 out of 8, and I think I might be tapping out, but I think the game is ultimately not to blame, it might just not be for me. One of my favorite games was Murdered: Soul Suspect, and I saw the gameplay loop of being an ego without a body as being somewhat similar to the loop of possessing people in order to complete tasks. However, while that game featured occasional out-of-body moments, this game runs on that as the sole feature, which might just not be for me. Something about the level design and upgrades also bumped for me. Instead of being a fun adventure, where each upgrade provided new options or strategies, each change was so minute that it never mattered. Gaining the ability to train ego off of hostile bots from a distance seems like a game-changer, until you realize it drains juice at such a rate that you can use this once or twice at best before you are drained, at which point it will cost 3 times what you just absorbed in order to refill the juice meter enough to use it again. I did go through each level to get every worm and memory chip, and in the end, it did not make me appreciate level design more. This is not an instance where I got to the end of the level and realized that I could have used stealth to go through a fully different way, or explored a whole new area. Anyway, I realize this reads like a bad review; someone put a lot of effort into this game, it has a lot of detail in the thoughts of the bots you are inhabiting, and the pads you find. The art design of the game is much better than I expected every time I saw the logo. I am marking it as a good review because I can think of people this game might be for, I am just not one of them.
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Dec. 2024
I agree with other reviewers that the game overstays it's welcome. I got bored of the primary possession mechanics. I also think the Immersive Sim has been boiled down and deconstructed too far, into something that only an academic could enjoy. Too much overthinking reduced it into a puzzle game. Because there is very spartan set dressing to the level's obstacles, the solutions your tools provide become obvious. Not that much room for deception and trickery. Nevertheless, the game has dork charm even if the art and writing and music isn't captivating. I did enjoy the beginning of the game. The developer/s still support it in 2024 and they are clearly passionate about it.
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Sept. 2024
This game is what happens when you strip down the classic immersive sims to their core and build a game purely around that. The quintessential immersive sim.
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Sept. 2024
Being a huge fan of the type of games now called "immersive sim", (since the days of Thief and System Shock 2 and even going back to Ultima Underworld), I got to say I am really glad I found Ctrl Alt Ego . While I wouldn't directly compare this game to any other in the genre, I will say that it definitely belongs to it. Sure, it's not a looker (though visuals do have consistent style, and that is sometimes more important) and sure, it has some problems with physics sometimes (some can be tuned with options), but... well, I really felt like the game world provided multitude of ways to approach given situation or a problem AND without if feeling like a token feature -- included there just because some design document or executive said it's got to be! And that's what really sold me on it. All in all -- very strong recommendation on that one, especially if gameplay and refreshing takes on a genre are more important to you than polygon count and fancy filters! ;)
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Aug. 2024
This is a great little immersive sim. It doesn't do anything too crazy, but it is consistently fun the whole way through. This game is very fun and I suggest it if you have even a passing interest in the genre. The main mechanic of controlling (ctrling) tech is well utilized. The game makes it seem like it's going to be disorienting but it's not really, I'm not sure where that came from. Any enemy costs ego to control, which you always have way more than you need, or are completely out of. This can be problematic and I think it is possible to softlock yourself and I did have to reload a save at one point. The fun thing about ego is that if you are careful when you use it and save it, you can just take over all the enemies in the room and walk through without any problem. This can make some parts a little too easy, especially when you can almost always win a 1v1 when ctrling an enemy. The game does suffer from a lack of unique things to ctrl, you will have seen just about everything the game has to offer in terms of hosts about a quarter of the way through. There are really only 2 real enemies throughout the whole game. However they are often placed in clever places and they are used to their fullest potential. The games controls can be kind of janky sometimes but somehow it makes that a good thing. If I'm remembering correctly there's only 3 or 4 things to ctrl that actually move, but they all feel very unique in how you get around. Your main robot you'll control is the Bug, which you upgrade through the game. Upgrades are non linear and are unlocked through collectibles across the maps, and drastically change how you thing through the game. Some of them are much more useful then others, like download, which lets you create pretty much anything you'd need on the fly, or fault which makes any item extremely unstable and explosive. Making a rolling mine by faulting a pup will never not be fun. The game has a fun and unique style, as well as a great soundtrack. It really nails the inside a computer aesthetic in a way I've never seen before. The story is pretty simple, a mcguffin chase combined with an immoral science corporation that is seemingly a requirement of the genre. all of the writing and voice acting is really good. The delivery from the doctor is good and I always was excited to see a new exposition station. This is a very fun emergent puzzler that has lots of tools to work with but starts to run out of things to do with them as it goes on. It is a lot longer than it seems, but that's not necessarily a bad thing. I easily see this becoming one of those games that every game design youtuber will reference at some point. 6.5/10
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Frequently Asked Questions

Ctrl Alt Ego is currently priced at 18.99€ on Steam.

Ctrl Alt Ego is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 18.99€ on Steam.

Ctrl Alt Ego received 653 positive votes out of a total of 698 achieving a rating of 8.75.
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Ctrl Alt Ego was developed and published by MindThunk.

Ctrl Alt Ego is playable and fully supported on Windows.

Ctrl Alt Ego is not playable on MacOS.

Ctrl Alt Ego is not playable on Linux.

Ctrl Alt Ego is a single-player game.

There is a DLC available for Ctrl Alt Ego. Explore additional content available for Ctrl Alt Ego on Steam.

Ctrl Alt Ego does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

Ctrl Alt Ego does not support Steam Remote Play.

Ctrl Alt Ego is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.

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Ctrl Alt Ego
18.99€
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Release 22 Jul 2022
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