specialmind's adult visual novel Mind Control: Twisted Thoughts is made in Ren'Py with 3D CG visuals. You play a young man whose household includes his parents and sister, while he attends school and spends time with friends. After discovering mental powers, he can influence personal relationships among young adults, and the ethics of mind control raise the stakes. The game is a dating sim centered on choices, corruption, and cheating.
The current build is v0.292, dated August 14, 2026, and development is ongoing. It runs on Windows, Linux, Mac, and Android. English, French, Spanish, German, Brazilian, Dutch, Hinglish, Turkish, Italian, and Russian are available. The game is uncensored. The changelog's latest content entry, v0.285, added scenes, images, videos, and experimental Russian language support; v0.286 later fixed a Spanish translation bug.
Developer's description
Mind Control: Twisted Thoughts
is an adult visual novel that narrates the journey of a young man who discovers his mental powers.
As a young man living with his parents and sister, you lead an everyday life attending school and socializing with friends.
Despite being a virgin, your newfound abilities might offer new opportunities.
In the ever-changing world of young adults personal relationships are a challenge. Add that the ethics of controlling another's mind moves the stakes even higher.
Will you succeed?
v0.292
N/A
v0.286 (2026-05-28)
Quick fix (bug with spanish translation)
v0.285 (2026-05-28)
3 new scenes (end of day 7 and 2 scenes of day 8)
423 new images
51 new videos
Russian language added (experimental - work in progress)
bugs fix and adjustments
v0.27
New choice: Skip the visit to Rosie on Day 1
New choice: Stay with Elise and go to the cinema with her on Day 2
Added "No Power" choices for Jay, Marc's party, and Emilie
New choice: Go with Elise to Rosie on Day 5
Extensive dialogue updates and additions to accommodate new branching paths
~600 new renders for the new story branches
+350 video animations added (optional)
Italian language support now available
Translations corrections
Bug fixes
Optimized images file size
v0.26
New scene with 511 new images "Return to home"
Translations correction
Bugs fix
v0.25
Fixed a bug that activated the no-incest mode for some players
v0.25beta
New scene
v0.243d
Correction of translations error
v0.243c
Fixed a bug wich occuring error during Marc and Joyce interractions while starting from the beginning
v0.243b
Fixed a bug preventing some players from starting the game.
v0.243:
bugs fix
translations corrections
Added Dutch, Turkish and Hinglish as new language option
v0.241&0.242 :
bugs fix
v0.24
The game is now officially titled “Mind Control: Twisted Thoughts.”
Added Brazilian Portuguese as a new language option.
Implemented the full Seventh Heaven game scene.
Added a persistent name customization menu.
v0.23
Transition Scene
: Added a short transition scene to tease the upcoming major scene, setting the stage for what’s to come.
Dialogue Display Improvements
: The dialogue display has been revamped, with new customization options now available in the menu.
Bug Fixes
: Squashed several bugs.
Scene Gallery Enhancements
: More modifiers are now available when launching scenes from the gallery. (password "letmein123" to unlock all scenes)
Translation Corrections
: Fixed some translation issues to improve clarity and immersion, with thanks to the community for their input!
v0.225
New Scene with Joyce
Scene Gallery: new feature that allows you to directly access scenes you’ve already played.
Bug Fixes
German Translation
Translation corrections: Thanks to Farpoint68 and Cutestarr65 !
Dialogue Box Opacity Slider
Music: New music for day 7
v0.22 (2025-03-29)
Added additional scenes (230 new images):
First scenes of a new day
Improvements:
Improved dialogues and translations.
Correction of bugs.
v0.21b (2025-02-16)
Bug fix + UI toggle
v0.21a (2025-02-15)
Bug fix
v0.21 (2025-02-15)
Added additional scenes (270 new images):
Possible scene with the mother on the last day.
New endings for the party at Marc's.
Improvements:
Improved dialogues and translations.
RNG system tied to player stats for menu choice validation is now deactivated by default (reactivatable in the game menu).
New statistics panel:
Accessible via the STATS button that appears after the first scenes.
Contains information about the player and love/arousal gauges for each girl appearing during the game.
Correction of several bugs.
v0.2
Added an additional day (over 2000 new images)
General improvement in image quality
Added extra choices
Improved dialogues and translations
v0.13
Added Spanish language
Optimized file size.
v0.12
Corrections to English translation
Dialogue modifications
Thoughts are now in blue italics
Numbers on gauges are more readable
Acceleration of masturbation scenes
Addition of extra choices (mainly affecting dialogues)
v0.10
Initial Release
Player reviews
Player rating5.0 / 5 · 20 ratings
Written reviews20 · avg 4.9★
Positive (4–5★)100%
Latest review2026-04-12
What players say
Players overwhelmingly rate it highly, with seventeen five-star and three four-star reviews.
5★17
4★3
3★0
2★0
1★0
Players like
Meaningful choices and player agency
Mind-control premise drives the story
Good visuals and animations
Characters feel distinct and believable
Common complaints
AI-generated visuals are off-putting to some
Stat mechanics could feel deeper
Slow development and update pace
Best for players who enjoy mind-control, corruption, choices, and dominant power fantasy.
Summarised from 20 written player reviews.
Draakaap232026-04-12★★★★★
I like this game, let me explain why. characters have their own personalities. I do not particularly like MC, but I do like the girls and women. The whole mind-controling and basically the sex/stamina/management mini-games that come with that are…
razor19772026-04-05★★★★★
So, I am not going to beat around the bush, this game is tits, interesting story line for the path i chose, which was dominant of course, lots of content, have to give this 5 stars, if there was 1…
Takimura2026-04-03★★★★★
Won't be making an in depth review since it's not my style and i normally don't make them. So i don't know how to. But i have to make an exception for this game Knew about it because i've played…