Ministry of Order (Narrative Puzzle Game from VoltekPlay)

Factsheet
 
Developer: VoltekPlay
 
Platform: PC (Steam)
 
Wishlists: 11,000+
 
Prototype Players: 68,000+
 
Genre: Narrative Puzzle
 
Release: Q4 2025 - Q1 2026
 
Price: $11,99 - $17,99 (TBA)

History
 
Our team (VoltekPlay) made an indie game for a Brackeys Game Jam 2025.1 at February 23. It features simple gameplay that involves choosing a baby that matches the visual traits of two pictured parents with a little bit of «Papers, Please» authoritarian styling to boot. Then our game was stolen, went viral on TikTok under a fake name and climbed to #1 in the App Store, netting an estimated US $40–60k before takedown.
 
But we fought back, learned lessons, and now turning this chaos into something bigger! Now we have approved page on Steam with 11,000+ wishlists, Google Play page with 25k+ downloads and Apple Store page with 76k+ downloads! And we’re keep working on this game and making it even better.
 
Finally, we excited to share that Ministry of Order will be part of the Women-Led Games Showcase Summer Game Fest Edition (7 June 2025, 10:00 PT)

Description
 
Ministry of Order is a narrative logic-puzzler where you reunite newborns with the right parents inside a 1920s-era totalitarian maternity ward, while a branching conspiracy threatens your survival.

Key Features
 
• Match Newborns
 
Match newborns to their parents using eye-colour and blood-type clues. Accuracy buys food, mistakes earn state penalties.
 
• Shape the Story
 
Befriend, oppose, or romance colleagues while the dialogue system remembers every choice and rewrites tomorrow’s headlines.
 
• Face the Consequences
 
Multiple endings range from quiet survival to full-scale revolution, depending on how you bend (or break) the regime’s rules.
 
• Survive… or Thrive
 
Stretch a modest salary, spy for secret factions, double-cross friends, or feed the flame of rebellion.
 
The future of New Albion is yours to decide.
 

Steam page
 
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3572310/Ministry_of_Order/

Videos
 
Official Reveal Trailer

Exclusive premiere in the Woman-Led Games 2025 Summer Showcase.

Screenshots (1920x1080)

Selected Articles
 
«We Made a Game. Someone Else Got Rich: The Full Story of How Our Game Was Stolen» - VoltekPlay, itch.io
 
«We've rarely seen a case of alleged game theft as blatant as the one surrounding recent iOS App Store hit My Baby or Not!, which appears to cross the line from mere cloning into outright code theft of recent indie web game»
 
- Kyle Orland, Ars Technica

Additional Links
 
Awards & Showcase
 

• Official Selection in «Woman-Led Games Showcase 2025» (premieres 7 June, 10:00 PT), youtube

 

• Top 3-Rated Game out of 2,200+ entries at «Brackeys Game Jam 2025.1» (prototype Diapers, Please!), itch.io

 
Influencers Coverage
 

• Prototype played by «The Frustrated Gamer» (96k+ views), Bijuu Mike (70k+ views), Bob Lennon (67k+ views), and others

 

• TikTok / Instagram features by «Cozy Tea Games» (286k followers), Game Diary (130k followers)

About VoltekPlay
 
VoltekPlay is a wife-and-husband indie studio based in Almaty, Kazakhstan.
 
Ministry of Order Credits

Polina Antsiferova
 
Co-Founder / Visual style / Character design / Illustration
 
Ivan Antsiferov
 
Co-Founder / Game design / Programming / Marketing
 
Additional contributions
 
Alexandra Lapina
 
UI polish
 
Irina Drozdova
 
Animation
 
Anton Isaev
 
Audio / Video editing

Contact
 
Press contact: Ivan Antsiferov
 
voltekgames@gmail.com

https://x.com/VoltekPlay

https://www.youtube.com/@VoltekPlay
 
 TikTok
 
https://www.tiktok.com/@VoltekPlay

https://voltekplay.itch.io

https://store.steampowered.com/developer/VoltekPlay

https://play.google.com/store/apps/dev?id=6050601470323143525