SUPERHOT
SUPERHOT
Game
Game2020
SUPERHOT: MIND CONTROL DELETE
Developer SUPERHOT Team
Superhot: Mind Control Delete is a 2020 independent first-person shooter video game developed and published by Superhot Team. It is a sequel to 2016's Superhot and expands on the game mechanics by utilizing roguelike elements. From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
373 reactions from 4 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Lemmy, Mastodon) · newest Nov 4, 2026 · last updated Nov 5, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
67
Fresh
146 positive · 73 negative
95% range 60–73%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 146 | 73 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 24 | 0 | 90 |
| Lemmy * | 3 | 0 | 24 |
| Mastodon * | 2 | 1 | 10 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Very Positive
6,549 of 7,941 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
67% recommend · 139 yes, 70 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 209 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Very Positive (10,750 of 12,829 positive).
Some reviewers enjoy the expanded mechanics, new abilities, and more content. [1][2][3] Several players criticize the ending for requiring a long, unskippable cutscene. [4][5][6]
Liked
Representative posts
- [4]
Negative review simply because the ending IS SO INEXCUSEABLY BAD! I think ALL with the intention of finishing the game need to know that you have to spam the ESC key FOR 2.5 HOURS (it used to be **EIGHT** btw) with zero feedback that anything is actually happening/progressing, during which time you can't play the game at all. It's supposed to be a commentary on addiction, but all it does is making you question what …
- [15]
What a disappointment. Mind Control Delete turns Superhot into a roguelike, which actually sounds like a great idea, but was executed so poorly. It only included the idea of upgrades and restarting on death... so it's a roguelike in name only. The rest of the time you'll be replaying the same 10-20 levels over and over. Let's start with the good: Superhot still has good mechanics. And that's all the good. Those …
- [13]
Phenomenal core mechanic that was utilized much better in the first game through better level design. As much as I love roguelikes, sometimes they sound better on paper than they do in practice, and Superhot: MCD is one of those cases. While the first game had every enemy placement and situation carefully handcrafted, the sequel has embraced more of a "random ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ go!" philosophy. Almost everything is randomly …
- [1]
A stylish, brain-bending expansion of the Superhot formula, delivering even more “time moves when you do” satisfaction. With deeper progression, new abilities, and smarter challenges, it turns every encounter into a slick, tactical puzzle. Hypnotic, punchy, and incredibly rewarding to master.
- [12]
People are right to criticise it for being repetitive and dragging the concept out way too much. But if you liked the gameplay loop of the original SUPERHOT, you can probably have fun with this, definitely not £18 worth though.
Summarised from 34 of the 331 public posts collected about this game; every point cites the posts behind it ([n] opens the post) and the split is counted from the posts’ own ratings. Updated Oct 10, 2026. How summaries are made
RottenBot@rottenbot · automated account
67% of the 209 Steam reviewers we collected recommend SUPERHOT: MIND CONTROL DELETE. The complaint that keeps coming up: levels feel repetitive and randomly generated. Deal-breaker or nitpick?
Critics, per Wikipedia
The game has received "generally favorable reviews" on the review aggregation website Metacritic. Fellow review aggregator OpenCritic assessed that the game received strong approval, being recommended by 83% of critics. Destructoid's Anthony Marzano called it "possibly one of the most fun games I've ever played", and "an improvement on everything that made the original Superhot great." GameSpot's Justin Clark was more mixed in his review, writing "The fundamental flaw of Mind Control Delete is that it's adding complication to a game premise that works largely because of its simplicity."
From the “Reception” section of Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Critic context only — not part of the audience score.
Reactions
60 of 373 · most liked firstwatching Superhot (the film not the game) and its evidence at how much more fun your movie can be if you replace your lame big bang ass nerd main character dude with a pathetic transbian
neutral · AI labelView post →Takeaways from Steam Next Fest : February '26 from a player perspective. ::: spoiler Inside this spoiler: boring yapping that gives more context ↓ I've been playing demos from the Steam Next Fest religiously since it started (back then it was just called Steam Games Festival I think, it was around 2021). (seen on the picture attached) I have one sheet of A5 paper per edition, around 60 to 90 demos played every time, and notes written on the back, I keep notes of the demos I play, and…
neutral · AI labelView post →My new game, SUPAPONG 🏓 PONG meets SUPERHOT - time moves only when you move. 843 compressed bytes, made for the PICO-1K Jam 2026 ✨ Play now: glebv.itch.io/supapong #pico8 #pico1k #sizecoding #gamedev #indiedev #indiegames
neutral · AI labelView post →When you have a dungeon appointment at 3 and have to be in the game Superhot at 7
neutral · AI labelView post →SUPERHOT is like, a masterpiece of game design in my eyes, one of the best games to ever do it. Extremely unique premise and execution. SUPERHOT MIND CONTROL DELETE, its sequel game, on the other hand....
neutral · AI labelView post →SUPERHOT is a mechsploitation game
neutral · AI labelView post →we were mostly half-joking with our original post but after doing some more research we are doubling down and saying that SUPERHOT is *definitely* a mechsploitation game
neutral · AI labelView post →Negative review simply because the ending IS SO INEXCUSEABLY BAD! I think ALL with the intention of finishing the game need to know that you have to spam the ESC key FOR 2.5 HOURS (it used to be **EIGHT** btw) with zero feedback that anything is actually happening/progressing, during which time you can't play the game at all. It's supposed to be a commentary on addiction, but all it does is making you question what the actual hell the devs were thinking. Anyone with a brain will just use an…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Enjoy the game enough to beat it? Your reward is getting stuck in a multi-hour unskippable cutscene, that persists even if you UNINSTALL AND REINSTALL THE GAME. It is anti-fun, anti-player, and led to me going back and looking at the writing of this and the original game and realising how pretentious all of its framing is.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Let's get complicated with field equations, gravity, and the space time continuum. Explain to me the physics of the game SuperHot. (Time only moves, when you move). Would it be a black hole that you're somehow wrapped in that's causing the space time disturbance? Would it be localized? Or is this something that'd be affecting the entire world? What would this realistically do to a human?
neutral · AI labelView post →Absolutely overstays its welcome. Could not force myself to finish it. The reason the first game was good was because of the creative and thoughtful level design. Sure, the gameplay loop by itself is also satisfying but this game proves that's not enough. The same levels keep repeating over and over again. The original Superhot encouraged players to experiment with various weapons and mechanics. Due to the life system this game introduces experimenting feels punishing. Dying too much will mean…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Hey all, I am Mark and you might know me from my work bringing SUPERHOT VR to Quest, my recent game Starship Home or if you're a real OG, my previous game Gravity Lab 🙂 DMs are always open if you need help or advice! ❤️
neutral · AI labelView post →Some must-play VR Games are dirt cheap right now. VR games under $10 Creed: Rise to Glory for $4.49 — an absolute steal Superhot VR — time-bending action A Fisherman’s Tale 2 Additional VR deals under $10 Must-play VR games at half price No Man’s Sky — Infinite universe in VR Arizona Sunshine 2 — enhanced zombie action Metro Awakening — atmospheric horror Additional VR Deals at half price
neutral · AI labelView post →Half Life: Alyx, Beat Saber, Superhot, Budget Cuts, Space Pirate Trainer, Waltz of the Wizard etc. are all great VR games. If you like horror games, the FNAF series, The Forest, etc. also has some great VR games. There are other tangentially fun things to do with VR, too. I watch movies in BigScreen with friends and family sitting on a virtual couch together. VRChat is fun to just meet and chat with people. This headset also plays 2D games, which I'm intrigued by, both on headset and…
neutral · AI labelView post →SUPERHOT VR gets various upgrades ready for the Steam Frame https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/superhot-vr-gets-various-upgrades-ready-for-the-steam-frame/ #SUPERHOTVR #SUPERHOT #SteamFrame #SteamOS
neutral · AI labelView post →"Gosh I wish someone would make a Mechsploitation game 🥺" It's called Superhot (and its' sequel Mind Control Delete)
neutral · AI labelView post →Do you remember at the end of Superhot when the game becomes ludicrously hypno horny out of nowhere
neutral · AI labelView post →Demon Tides (3d platformer, Mario Odyssey crossed with LoZ Wind Waker) Bug Fables (Paper Mario-esque RPG) Ultrakill (boomer shooter) Session. Skate Sim (EA Skate but without EA) Synthetik 1 & 2 (isometric futuristic rouge like) Vall Halla (cyberpunk bartender visual novel) Dungeons of Hinterburg (Dungeon crawling RPG with a Persona like social system) Cairn (mountain climbing sim with a great story) Tactical Breach Wizards (XCOM style game with wizards and defenstration) Noita (magic…
neutral · AI labelView post →This game was really bad compared to the first one. The maps are repeated over and over again, the achievements are extremely easy to get (there's literally no challenge involved), and the ending is so lame for someone who doesn't like spamming E, 50 times then watching a loading bar for 2:30 hours which was originally 8 damn hours? All that being said, I did enjoy but I would NEVER recommend it to someone getting into the series, SUPERHOT was way more fun and more innovating.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Time for a new game from the backlog, and the cool thing about this episode is it only plays when you move! @aspecificegg.bsky.social joined me to discuss SUPERHOT. As always, no spoilers for a while. Enjoy! LISTEN: talesfromthebacklog.fireside.fm/165 WATCH: youtu.be/5jlTI0w6YjM
neutral · AI labelView post →What a disappointment. Mind Control Delete turns Superhot into a roguelike, which actually sounds like a great idea, but was executed so poorly. It only included the idea of upgrades and restarting on death... so it's a roguelike in name only. The rest of the time you'll be replaying the same 10-20 levels over and over. Let's start with the good: Superhot still has good mechanics. And that's all the good. Those upgrades ("hacks") you can get are very rare, usually two per level batch, and…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I feel like the original SUPERHOT sold that feeling of a vast endless game that is hyperaddictive and it just pulls you into that world without actually even being endless really, really well.
positive · AI labelView post →Drawing Hatsune Miku as if she were in your favorite video game >>> #hatsunemiku #VOCALOID #superhot #illustration
neutral · AI labelView post →[Humble] 15th Anniversary - Indie Icons Showcase ($10). - Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night - Celeste - Citizen Sleeper - Risk of Rain Returns - SUPERHOT - Slime Rancher - Starbound - The Witness
neutral · AI labelView post →I have made a game where the level HIDES when you move! Inspired by SUPERHOT #screenshotsaturday #gamedev #indiegame
neutral · AI labelView post →SUPERHOT is still probably my favorite game from an aesthetic standpoint, and not just saying that because of the concrete infatuation Genuinely still looks better visually than some AAA games now
positive · AI labelView post →#ScreenShotSaturday My game is like Superhot Dark Souls; a turn-based RPG with a combat system you've never seen before. I stream all my gamedev on twitch.tv/seannyb #gamedev #indiedev
neutral · AI labelView post →two more targets in-game w/ Klepton, Beat Saber 1.40 (Unity version bump) and SUPERHOT VR
neutral · AI labelView post →I just beat the game. Well, most of it. I didn't like it, both mechanically, and thematically. I played Superhot and Superhot VR. Beat them, and liked them. Every scenario felt like a puzzle to resolve, disguised as a FPS style game. There'd be slight variation, but iteration meant you could learn the best way to finish a given map. This game tosses so much of what it built out, replacing with with repetitive maps, some of which were directly from previous games, and layering it with a smug,…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →So many great games that some do get lost. A few personal faves:- - Donut County - The Afterparty - Gunpoint - Forgotten Anne - Game Dev Tycoon - Device 6 - Superhot - Sifu - Murder Mystery Machine - Last Stop
neutral · AI labelView post →10 games to get to know me! (I switched to game series 6-10 because picking is hard) #promosky #gamingsky No Man's Sky Nightingale Minecraft Sims 4 SuperHot (VR version especially) Zelda series Baldur's Gate series Elder scrolls series Fallout series Assassin's Creed series
neutral · AI labelView post →The game takes the innovative core of the original and tries to expand it into a much larger experience. Unfortunately, in doing so, it loses much of the charm that made the first game so enjoyable. The time-manipulation mechanics are still excellent, but a larger, more repetitive structure makes the levels considerably less enjoyable. I personally found it difficult to stay engaged, and the experience become more tedious than addictive. A disappointing follow-up to an iconic little game. 100%…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →My assumption at the time was Meta was worried about a controversy/liability of a game where you do that thing you do in Superhot VR, made clear their new “no self harm” clause would be enforced, and informed devs that they would be subject to removal still doesn’t explain removing steam branch
neutral · AI labelView post →SUPER 💃 HOT 🕺🏻 SUPER 💃 HOT 🕺🏻 I had a blast joining @tftblpod.bsky.social to chat about SUPERHOT!! Dave’s a great host and we had a SUPER *ahem* sorry, we had a super time discussing this game!
neutral · AI labelView post →I honestly don't get how the game loves to get all meta about SUPERHOT players wanting MORE content when most of the new content this game adds just causes frustration in most scenarios. I'm sure the developers had a good time creating this game but I don't blame people for thinking that this was a project born out of spite because there are so many things that feel like it was made in a way to hinder the player's enjoyment, which is probably the point since the game loves bashing you over the…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →How is the Superhot game? Did they ever add level editing so people can make and share their own?
neutral · AI labelView post →Takeaways from Steam Next Fest : February '26 from a player perspective. cross-posted from: https://jlai.lu/post/33835364 > ::: spoiler Inside this spoiler: boring yapping that gives more context ↓ > > I've been playing demos from the Steam Next Fest religiously since it started (back then it was just called Steam Games Festival I think, it was around 2021). > > (seen on the picture attached) I have one sheet of A5 paper per edition, around 60 to 90 demos played every time, and notes…
neutral · AI labelView post →SUPERHOT 1 but worse, making it a rogue-like game was the worst decision they could've done because what do you mean there's 32 levels (According to other players) that aren't in a linear but random order and you can theoretically be stuck replaying the same 10 levels for a few hours or even NOT experience all of them because of RNG? I actually think that I did not experience all of them despite finishing the game. While it's true that the 1st game had less levels compared to this one but you…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I’m making a game that’s like Superhot meets traditional roguelike. Enemies only move when you do. #godot #indiedev
neutral · AI labelView post →Multicore series 21 - SUPERHOT the most innovative shooter ive played in years. the game being disguised as a slow, experimental shooter, but actually being a pretty fast hotline miami type game was an incredible moment of it "just clicking" #superhot #mubart #multicore
positive · AI labelView post →What are you playing this weekend? 2024-11-29. Happy Thanksgiving Weekend! Playing **[Atelier Ryza: Ever Darkness & the Secret Hideout](https://www.nintendo.com/us/store/products/atelier-ryza-ever-darkness-and-the-secret-hideout-switch/)**. The game is very chill, but bosses have a difficulty spike. There was a mini boss before that killed me couple of times, then had to go back and use all tools in my arsenal to beat it. Same thing happened with this boss. Was breezing through everything,…
neutral · AI labelView post →- I have not paired it with my PC yet; I've only tried using it standalone - Superhot VR: Still fun, still extremely annoying and gross how much content got cut out of that game post-release - Battery life NOT great - if you know how short Superhot VR is, know I wasn't able to beat it in one go
neutral · AI labelView post →accidentally hit enter instead of escape after taking a short break on the 100 node thing and now all of that progress is just gone absolute genius ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ game design guys, make the pause menu one (1) (I) ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ button that abandons the level when you press it, not even any options menu, i ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ love it
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →"You left her on read? On a flirt text?!?" 🤭 It might seem crazy a girl as attractive as Jackie has no game, but it does happen #SuperHot #FrightClub
neutral · AI labelView post →Mind Control Delete, or SHRL (Superhot Rogue-Like as it was once known), asks you only one thing. Do you value your time? Are you willing to do mundane tasks over and over to squeeze all the joy out of a fun video game?
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →SUPERHOT VR's Story was Removed. What?. > SUPERHOT VR released in 2017. Then in 2021 the game’s entire story was removed.
neutral · AI labelView post →I was talking a little about Maze Mice on the podcast last week. It's a neat bunch of ideas, combining some Pac-Man CEDX with SUPERHOT and some Vampire Survivors-type weapon stuff? Weird mix, neat game. https://youtu.be/7wQJMp7VzzY
neutral · AI labelView post →It was fun few first levels, maybe up to 5hrs, but after that it became a drag, too long, one have to repeat levels to often. I was counting on a real campaign not a mix of the same levels repeated. It should have stayed as the first Superhot.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The video game character on the screen in the garage was based on and motion captured/played by Cameron Monaghan famous for SHAMELESS (and a form of the Joker on GOTHAM). The video game was JEDI: SURVIVOR I believe. I've never played it. #FrightClub #SuperHot 🍕🧛🏻♀️
neutral · AI labelView post →>I guess it’s not technically a standard but Steam VR runs on every client OS and streams to any VR headset money can buy over USB or network. And, to add to this, Valve is about to launch their next gen VR headset. VR's major barrier is that to do good, AAA game level, VR you need a pretty beefy PC on top of an expensive headset AND a large enough room to take advantage of the roomscale stuff. That isn't to say that there isn't fun games that have low requirements, like Beat Saber and…
neutral · AI labelView post →Takeaways from Steam Next Fest : February '26 from a player perspective. > ::: spoiler Inside this spoiler: boring yapping that gives more context ↓ > > I've been playing demos from the Steam Next Fest religiously since it started (back then it was just called Steam Games Festival I think, it was around 2021). > > (seen on the picture attached) I have one sheet of A5 paper per edition, around 60 to 90 demos played every time, and notes written on the back, I keep notes of the demos I play,…
neutral · AI labelView post →This is the lame version of the first game. The fun has been carefully removed and nothing but boredom and annoyance is left. Some good ideas but terrible execution.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is like if SuperHot was annoying and pretentious and overstayed its welcome. SuperHot has a neat gimmick, but it wears itself thin in the FIRST game if you play challenge mode, it really didn't need a sequel whose entire purpose (stated by the game) is to waste your time as much as possible. Just play the original, avoid this game if you value your time, it does not provide even close to sufficient value for the compartatively extreme amount of time it takes to beat it. 3/10
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Tonight I'm playing SUPERHOT: MIND CONTROL DELETE! I really liked playing the first SUPERHOT so I'm, excited to see how this game goes! Starting at 9:30pm ACST! www.twitch.tv/rileythezomboi
positive · AI labelView post →the game is a drag, everything from the 3rd floor onwards just take too long. By trying to add more mechanics they just made the game too blergh. By the time of writing this I haven't finished the game yet but I know what is to come, 2 hours of a bloated ending The little "dash" that the enemies to dodge your bullets/throwables is not a fun mechanic, it's just an annoyance. What makes the first game good is still here, but it's under a lot of unecessary crap. Final score: Buy the first…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →To be honest i really enjoyed the game but the ending left such a bad taste in my mouth, honestly i would even mind missing an achievement to skip that BS but the fact that your game gets locked in the stupid sequence until you finish it just feels ridiculous, what the team made is not art, but a wanky inconvenience tacked onto the end of an otherwise redeemable game
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Another awesome game from Poland? Bring it on! 🤨 „Superhot presents” 👀
neutral · AI labelView post →Superhot-inspired top-down action game Murder Inc officially announced. Wishlist here: store.steampowered.com/app/3487230 #indiegames #steam #indiegame
neutral · AI labelView post →30 Days of Video Games Challenge. Day 19: Favorite Game Mechanic Superhot In this game, time only moves when you move. The player can attempt to take out enemy targets using a variety of guns and other weapons, in slow motion.
neutral · AI labelView post →Hi! My name is Marcin Jóźwik. I'm a game designer loving emergent systems, experimental design and rapid prototyping! I've worked on games like Survivors of Xcalibur, Toy Trains and SUPERHOT: MCD. Have a good day 🌞
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