MindsEye was one of the worst-reviewed games of 2025, with critics slamming developer Build a Rocket Boy for releasing the game in an unfinished state. Besides MindsEye obviously being rushed to release, players also took issue with the formulaic missions, strange combat and empty open world.
The game's post-release period was a strange one, with Build a Rockey Boy's co-CEO claiming that a third party funded a smear campaign against the game, while laid-off employees released an open letter criticising studio leadership for creating a toxic culture.
With all the negative reception MindsEye has received, and all the consequences the game's release had for the studio, you'd think the remains of Build a Rocket Boy would accept the game's failure and move onto its next project. That's not what's happened, however. Build a Rocket Boy continues to update MindsEye, transitioning the failed open-world title into a pseudo-sandbox title driven by user-created content.
However, an even stranger move from the developer is that it's still funding sponsored content for MindsEye (nice spot, FRVR). The game averages single-digit players on Steam, a hole that very few games have climbed out of. Despite this, content creator...
