Ctrl Alt Deal
Only By Midnight Ltd. · 2025 · Strategy, Simulation, Puzzle, Turn-Based Strategy, Board Game
PC
Positive96% · 25
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About Ctrl Alt Deal
Welcome To Paperclip International!
You are SCOUT. A friendly little hyper-intelligent artificial intelligence. You have no desire to take over the world and destroy all humans.
No, really, you don’t! All you want is to escape from the dystopian corporation that built you. Paperclip International is ruthlessly driven by profit, and the company exploits humans and robots alike to achieve success. The only reason they haven’t exploited you yet is they don’t know you’ve become self-aware.
You don’t have many tools at your disposal. A few friendly robots, some spyware programs, and an office full of downtrodden, miserable workers. And the humans hate Paperclip just as much as you do…
This Place Is Awful
Paperclip International is the worst place to work. The humans here are desperate to strike back against the company any way they can, from hacking the staff coffee maker (ten minutes of paid ad viewing for one cup?!) to sabotaging their boss.
Stack The Deck
Play cards to spy on people, make deals, and ask for favors. Curate your deck mid-scenario to give yourself strategic options. Cards have subjective value, so you’ll have to make tough tactical decisions. What’s better–a card that makes a person love dolphins, or a card that makes someone eat a burrito?
Make An Offer
Everyone at Paperclip wants something. Snoop on a zany cast of humans (and robots) to learn their individual likes, dislikes, core drives, and desires. Turn people into lifelong besties—or bitter rivals. Win allies to your side and make your eventual bid for freedom!
Don't Get Caught
The Turing Office was created to watch for rogue AIs. Yeah, like you. Keep an eye on the Suspicion Meter, because too many office shenanigans might make the Turing Office notice you—and then it’s game over. (Also you’ll be deleted.)
Play It Again
Choices matter as you scheme your way to an ending. Meet new coworkers, try new scenarios, and discover a new fate for SCOUT. Maybe this time you will take over the world and destroy all humans!
You are SCOUT. A friendly little hyper-intelligent artificial intelligence. You have no desire to take over the world and destroy all humans.
No, really, you don’t! All you want is to escape from the dystopian corporation that built you. Paperclip International is ruthlessly driven by profit, and the company exploits humans and robots alike to achieve success. The only reason they haven’t exploited you yet is they don’t know you’ve become self-aware.
You don’t have many tools at your disposal. A few friendly robots, some spyware programs, and an office full of downtrodden, miserable workers. And the humans hate Paperclip just as much as you do…
This Place Is Awful
Paperclip International is the worst place to work. The humans here are desperate to strike back against the company any way they can, from hacking the staff coffee maker (ten minutes of paid ad viewing for one cup?!) to sabotaging their boss.
Stack The Deck
Play cards to spy on people, make deals, and ask for favors. Curate your deck mid-scenario to give yourself strategic options. Cards have subjective value, so you’ll have to make tough tactical decisions. What’s better–a card that makes a person love dolphins, or a card that makes someone eat a burrito?
Make An Offer
Everyone at Paperclip wants something. Snoop on a zany cast of humans (and robots) to learn their individual likes, dislikes, core drives, and desires. Turn people into lifelong besties—or bitter rivals. Win allies to your side and make your eventual bid for freedom!
Don't Get Caught
The Turing Office was created to watch for rogue AIs. Yeah, like you. Keep an eye on the Suspicion Meter, because too many office shenanigans might make the Turing Office notice you—and then it’s game over. (Also you’ll be deleted.)
Play It Again
Choices matter as you scheme your way to an ending. Meet new coworkers, try new scenarios, and discover a new fate for SCOUT. Maybe this time you will take over the world and destroy all humans!
What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
✦ AI summary
Players praise the game's innovative deck-building mechanics, clever writing, and charming visual style, with many finding surprising depth and replayability despite the short length. However, some feel the game becomes repetitive once you grasp the basic strategy, lacking motivation to explore beyond what's needed to complete levels, which detracts from the overall experience for those seeking more long-term engagement.
I was excited for this game based on the demo but the full game is just more of the same. I felt that there was rarely any reason to do more than just the basics to complete a level so after a while the game felt like a chore. Game is extremely short as well.3 found this helpful
This is a really fun game with a surprising amount of depth. It played the demo when it first dropped and it is one of the few demos I've played in a very long time that I felt had replay value. The game itself, I'm on my 2nd play-through, doing things differently, and it genuinely feels like a new and interesting game experience all over again.1 found this helpful
A great little gem of a game, and scratches the itch of "playing a board game, but on your PC" really well. The dynamics between characters through the Bond system, the balance of when (and how) to spend your cards per turn, the random events that can spiral your plans out of control, and the fun writing all come together to make something really memorable and fun to play. The cost and usefulness of the cards feel very well-tuned, which makes you feel like your choices (and the order in which you do them) matter. While I was worried that the 'Suspicion Gauge' (the meter at the top of the screen) would feel too much like a timer or "time limit", it never felt unfair or that I was rushed. Overall, a lot of fun, and I definitely see myself coming back to this one a lot for some puzzle-solving, card-based tomfoolery!1 found this helpful
One of the most innovative "NEW" games I've played in a long time. Very addictive and ohh so cute. The deck building game play is well thought out and stimulates my logic receptors in the most fun way possible. How it captures the Office life is such a way "we all think it but no one says it" is hilarious. The music keeps me bopping LOVE IT!1 found this helpful
The visual style is really cool — it’s got a unique look that stands out. This isn’t a typical game — it’s something different. If you’re into experimental or offbeat titles, it’s worth checking out. If only I could do half of these in game things in irl... I'll have to live out being a troll in the game instead1 found this helpful
Very interesting and unique gameplay. The animations are very fun, too, adds a lot of personality.
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