Somebody at both developer Construct a Rocket Boy or writer IO Interactive hasn’t given up on MindsEye, as a result of a number of high-profile content material creators are nonetheless being sponsored to play the sport following its December 2025 patch. As noticed by FRVR, YouTube creator and Twitch streamer Criken, whose channel at the moment boasts over 1 million subscribers, not too long ago uploaded a sponsored video of their MindsEye playthrough on January 14. Whereas Twitch and YouTube are stuffed with sponsored online game playthroughs, Criken’s video has folks scratching their heads since MindsEye has barely peaked above 30 concurrent gamers on Steam since its disastrous June 2025 launch. A number of commenters on Criken’s video had been shocked to find that the creator isn’t simply taking part in the sport as a joke. “Oh I believed you had been taking part in this as a result of it’s mainly a meme at this level, I can’t consider they’re nonetheless sponsoring folks,” wrote Didorial. “They’re nonetheless sponsoring? I’m impressed that the corporate desires to maintain this recreation alive. (7 present gamers on steam btw),” wrote Dazcoolman.
Stranger nonetheless, he’s not the one high-profile creator who appears to be getting paid to supply new movies for the awful open-world shooter in the mean time. A fast flick through the #MindsEyePartner tag on YouTube exhibits that YouTubers like SweeetTails, Blue Thunder Gaming, and Willyrex (the latter of whom has over 17.2 million subscribers) have all been sponsored to play the sport within the final month following its model 6.1 patch on December 18. Based on Blue Thunder Gaming, the PR group that reached out with the sponsorship even agreed up entrance to let creators “say no matter [they] need” in regards to the recreation. YouTube / Kotaku Sponsored streams had been additionally part of the advertising technique round MindsEye‘s unique launch, however ended up leading to viral moments that solely additional solidified the shooter’s repute for being boring and busted. Twitch streamer CohhCarnage was even requested to cancel his sponsored livestream of the sport mere minutes after he’d simply instructed his viewers it was about to start.
This all results in the inevitable query: why? To be frank, I don’t have a solution for you, because the sponsored movies and streams don’t appear to have made a lot distinction to the participant numbers on Steam. Possibly issues are going higher on console. Admittedly, the sport does look to be in a greater state now than it was at launch, however I believe the harm has already been finished. A Cyberpunk 2077 turnaround story this isn’t. A minimum of for now.
