Aberration Analyst

Aberration Analyst is a point-and-click simulation with roguelike elements. You work as an analyst for a secretive underground organization, investigating supernatural threats to citizens’ safety and sanity. Each play-through takes about a couple of hours, and progress resets when you finish, whether you mitigate all the aberrations or run out of resources. Only lore carries over between play-throughs.

Investigate reports

You search tabloid headlines, police reports and coroner reports for signs of monster activity. Tabloids can offer leads on sightings and attacks, but are almost entirely unreliable and should not be trusted on their own. Only ten headlines are released each day.

Police and coroner reports are more reliable and available for each city, but cost money to access. They provide factual information without mentioning monsters or anything that might threaten the reporter’s credibility.

Prepare your team

Choosing the right specialists is an important part of researching monsters. You need to identify the type of monster you are pursuing and assign an appropriate specialist; otherwise, your team may not be properly prepared. You also have various tools at your disposal to pursue your goals.

Carry lore forward

Each attempt to take down a monster gives you small but useful hints for identifying possible monster activity. Lore builds as you play and is the only progress preserved between runs, helping you learn to identify aberrations successfully.