Next Patient

Next Patient is set in the Republic of Valdoria on January 1st, 1981, as anti-government protests spread through President Harlan's regime and the Morven Pandemic breaks out. The pandemic claims 200,000 lives in its first 21 days. After six years unemployed, you take a government job as a checkpoint officer at the country's first and only safe zone. You must survive 26 days on the job to escape your stepfather's house.

Checkpoint duty

You decide how to handle people at the checkpoint, and following the rules does not always keep you safe. You can help a bureaucrat's nephew through the system, for example, while sending an innocent woman back to a husband who will kill her, or make the opposite choices. Every action has a cost, and a small decision can help topple the government or land you in jail.

A changing story

The Harlan regime, the protesters, your family and the Morven Pandemic shape the choices before you. Citizens at your window share conspiracy theories, but you cannot know which ones are true. What you believe affects your decisions, and those decisions determine how your story ends. You can play it safe, take a radical stance, resist corruption or become part of it.