Mind Scanners
- Developer
- The Outer Zone
- Publisher
- Brave At Night
- Released
- 20 May 2021
- Age rating
- PEGI N/A
- UK price
- £13.49
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PC, macOS, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Genres: point and click , role playing rpg , simulator , strategy , adventure
Mind Scanners is a retro-futuristic management game in which you diagnose the citizens of a dystopian metropolis. Locate a host of other-worldly characters and use arcade-style treatment devices to help them. Manage your time and resources to keep The Structure in balance. Remember, you take full responsibility for your patients.
Best gaming PC for Mind Scanners in 2026
Full buyers guide →Below are the four PC tiers we'd actually recommend for Mind Scanners today. These are our 2026 hardware picks, not the dated publisher minimums you'll find on Steam.
Budget
1080p · 60fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 5 7600
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 8GB
- RAM
- 16 GB
- Storage
- 1TB NVMe SSD
Mid-tier
1440p · 60fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 7 7700
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Super 12GB
- RAM
- 32 GB
- Storage
- 2TB NVMe SSD
High-end
1440p · 144fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti 16GB
- RAM
- 32 GB
- Storage
- 2TB NVMe SSD
Enthusiast
4K · 60fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 32GB
- RAM
- 64 GB
- Storage
- 4TB NVMe SSD
Official system requirements
These are the minimum and recommended specs as published by Brave At Night on Steam. They tend to be conservative — usually "what ran the game at 1080p when it shipped". For what you should actually buy in 2026, see the tier cards above.
| Minimum | Recommended | |
|---|---|---|
| OS | Windows 7 / later | Windows 10 |
| CPU | Intel Core i5 | High-range Intel Core i5 |
| RAM | 2 GB | 3 GB |
| GPU | Nvidia Geforce GTX 550/equivalent or higher | Nvidia Geforce GTX 760/equivalent or higher |
| Storage | 0.5 GB | 3 GB |
| DirectX | 10 | 11 |
Verified 16 July 2026 against the Steam store page.
Can your PC run Mind Scanners?
If your CPU is roughly equivalent to High-range Intel Core i5 and your GPU is at or above Nvidia Geforce GTX 760/equivalent, you'll hit recommended settings at 1080p/60. For 1440p or higher, see the tier picks above.