MindsEye, a single-player game associated with the company Build a Rocket Boy, is facing challenges upon its recent release on Steam.
Reviews on Steam for MindsEye show a 'mixed' rating with players criticizing clunky controls, performance issues, and lackluster gameplay.
Players are encountering bugs in the game, including NPCs behaving erratically by flying through the air or transforming in strange ways.
Before its launch, MindsEye had received negative feedback about its unfinished state, leading co-CEO Mark Gerhad to suggest that some negative remarks were financially motivated by those who do not want the game's success.
Hakan Abrak, CEO of IO Interactive, attempted to downplay the speculation of negative feedback being sponsored, indicating that players will judge the game for themselves.
The game caught attention due to its association with the Everywhere games builder tool, which was meant to come with MindsEye under the name Build.MindsEye, although player focus has primarily been on criticizing the game itself rather than utilizing the tool.