State of Mind

About

State of Mind is an adventure game that splits its story between a crumbling real world and a glitchy digital afterlife. You play as Richard Nolan a journalist struggling to piece together why his family’s consciousnesses were uploaded while his remained trapped in a failing body. The gameplay alternates between investigating physical locations and navigating a surreal virtual space solving puzzles that mirror the fractured state of Richard’s mind. Choices you make in one realm often break or fix elements in the other creating a puzzle-box narrative that leans into its themes of identity and fragmentation. The game’s most memorable moments come from its tight integration of story and mechanics. Players juggle dual perspectives to uncover secrets about a shadowy corporate project while grappling with personal loss. Community data shows 34 achievements with the rarest "Worst Dad Ever!" locked by just 2.9% of players likely tied to a late-game moral misstep. Available on PlayStation 4 PC Xbox One Switch and Linux/Mac the game splits its focus between atmospheric exploration and brainy puzzles. While not a puzzle purist’s dream its narrative risks and split-screen design stick out in a genre often stuck on repeat.

Storyline

You are Richard Nolan, a father and journalist from Berlin who discovers that he and his wife and son have been subjects to mind uploads. Richard’s upload, however, has gone wrong. As a result, he is still living in real-life reality, but an incomplete second version of his self also exists in a secret Virtual Reality project. Upon realizing that he is literally a torn man, Richard sets out on a dramatic and dangerous search for salvation. He aims to reunite with his family, as well as with his own split self. On his way, he soon realizes that this journey isn’t only about him, but about the future of mankind.