{"id":69181,"date":"2026-07-03T23:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=69181"},"modified":"2026-07-03T17:21:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T08:21:13","slug":"dark-psychological-otome-game-cyber-paranoia-has-you-undergoing-experimental-therapy-sessions-with-a-beautiful-android","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/dark-psychological-otome-game-cyber-paranoia-has-you-undergoing-experimental-therapy-sessions-with-a-beautiful-android\/","title":{"rendered":"Dark\u00a0psychological\u00a0otome\u00a0game Cyber Paranoia\u00a0has you\u00a0undergoing\u00a0experimental therapy sessions with a\u00a0beautiful\u00a0android\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fans of\u00a0otome\u00a0games\u00a0might want to\u00a0keep an eye\u00a0on\u00a0<strong>Cyber Paranoia<\/strong>, a psychological\u00a0medical romance\u00a0adventure title set in a psychiatric treatment facility. As a patient diagnosed with a unique mental contagion, you\u00a0take part in\u00a0over 40\u00a0\u201ctreatment sessions\u201d alongside a\u00a0beautiful, pink-haired android.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The sessions have you doing&nbsp;different&nbsp;tasks, ranging from&nbsp;patting the&nbsp;android\u2019s&nbsp;head to&nbsp;\u201cpunishing\u201d him by repeatedly striking his neck. Depending on the actions you perform,&nbsp;certain values will change. While your character only has their Mental&nbsp;Energy&nbsp;and Stamina to contend with, the android has values like Mental Energy, Stamina, Treatment Efficiency, Joy Level, Suffering Level, and Treatment Score&nbsp;that require&nbsp;careful monitoring.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1467\" height=\"827\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1467px) 100vw, 1467px\" src=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/20260703-69181-001.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-69183\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/20260703-69181-001.jpg 1467w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/20260703-69181-001-380x214.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/20260703-69181-001-768x433.jpg 768w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Aside from&nbsp;participating&nbsp;in sessions, you also manage your daily routine. This includes&nbsp;submitting&nbsp;progress reports to your handlers, taking breaks, participating in romantic encounters with your android, and upgrading him.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">How you upgrade the android\u00a0depends\u00a0on your\u00a0personal\u00a0preferences.\u00a0Improving\u00a0his Humanity and Infatuation can make him more attracted to you, while an increase\u00a0in\u00a0his Obedience will make him less likely to\u00a0disobey your orders.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1463\" height=\"820\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1463px) 100vw, 1463px\" src=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/20260703-69181-002.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-69185\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/20260703-69181-002.jpg 1463w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/20260703-69181-002-380x213.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/20260703-69181-002-768x430.jpg 768w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Your decisions and upgrade choices&nbsp;don\u2019t&nbsp;just&nbsp;determine&nbsp;which of the 30+ endings you will get. They also shape the android\u2019s personality and the direction of the story, the&nbsp;latter of which can&nbsp;be&nbsp;as wholesome or&nbsp;as&nbsp;dark as you want it to be&nbsp;(the developer warns that some routes feature graphic content, including&nbsp;violence, psychological abuse, medical procedures, and adult themes).&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cyber Paranoia&nbsp;takes&nbsp;roughly over&nbsp;10 hours to fully complete&nbsp;and is targeted towards fans of psychological science fiction thrillers, android romance, and yandere characters.&nbsp;The game features over 300,000 words of story content supported by a unique, CG hand-drawn art style&nbsp;(you can&nbsp;even&nbsp;choose the&nbsp;android\u2019s&nbsp;clothes from one of six outfits).&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Developed and published by\u00a0a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ParanoiaCy81004\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">solo indie developer<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ParanoiaCy81004\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a>, Cyber Paranoia is currently in development for Windows (<a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/3126170\/Cyber_Paranoia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Steam<\/a>). A\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/4045130\/Cyber_Paranoia_Demo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">free demo<\/a>\u00a0is also available.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cyber Paranoia is an indie dark otome game coming to PC (Steam), with a free demo out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":69184,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","autoblue_enabled":true,"autoblue_custom_message":"","autoblue_shares":[{"did":"did:plc:uzrrhkfyjrfdsynj2voztcf2","date":"2026-07-03T14:00:05+00:00","uri":"at:\/\/did:plc:uzrrhkfyjrfdsynj2voztcf2\/app.bsky.feed.post\/3mpqpfrquhn2j","response":"{\"uri\":\"at:\/\/did:plc:uzrrhkfyjrfdsynj2voztcf2\/app.bsky.feed.post\/3mpqpfrquhn2j\",\"cid\":\"bafyreiacz4cv2vyz2qz2d25ucvrhpnj5bnmfem7bnpokefuxwa6mhpw5mu\",\"commit\":{\"cid\":\"bafyreifhibd3uepzuyy7o23aqn44a4m4okrs75wa2fwmdqjwcfcst3auja\",\"rev\":\"3mpqpfrqyen2j\"},\"validationStatus\":\"valid\"}"}],"autoblue_post_url":"","autoblue_publish_document":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[62,3],"tags":[18],"class_list":["post-69181","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-indie-games","category-news","tag-global-news"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - 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