July 31, 2025

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CTRL ALT DEAL, ONLY BY MIDNIGHT’S SATIRICAL STRATEGY SIM, NOW AVAILABLE ON PLAYSTATION 4 & 5

Get Clever. Get Creative. But Don’t Get Caught.

Independent game studio Only By Midnight announces that its satirical turn-based strategy game about a rogue AI and corporate dysfunction, Ctrl Alt Deal, is available today on PlayStation 4 and 5 for $19.99 USD. The game is also available for PC, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S, with a Nintendo Switch version coming soon.

Welcome to Paperclip International, aka the world’s worst megacorp. In this strategy game set inside a simulation, players take on the role of SCOUT, a plucky little AI struggling to escape a capitalist dystopia.

Ctrl Alt Deal combines tactical decision-making with a deckbuilding twist. Players can mobilize coworkers into a productive frenzy to win a pizza party, orchestrate an office romance based on a shared love of passive-aggression, or maybe punt a swarm of angry bees into HR. You know. Classic strategy stuff.

  • Deck-driven turn-based mechanics with unhinged corporate flavor

  • Upgrades that customize gameplay, allowing for individual strategy

  • A cast of zany office workers to help or hinder SCOUT’s plans

  • Eye-catching visuals glowing with a neon cyberpunk aesthetic

  • Multiple endings with different ways to escape (if that’s what SCOUT chooses)

 

Players can download Ctrl Alt Deal, available now on PlayStation 4/5SteamGOG, and the Xbox store for $19.99 USD. A Nintendo Switch version will follow, with a launch date announcement coming soon. Visit the Only By Midnight team on XBlueskyTikTokFacebookInstagram, or Discord.