Woman-Led Games showcase debut – Ministry of Order Announcement | popgeeks.com

As part of Brackey’s Game Jam 2025.1, husband-and-wife dev team VoltekPlay created a game about matching babies to their parents. That game was then stolen, marketed under a false name, and turned into a viral TikTok hit. Now, after fighting back, VoltekPlays are back in control, and Ministry of Order is here, better than ever. 

Featured as part of the Women Led Showcase during Summer Game Fest, Ministry of Order is a narrative puzzle game set in a totalitarian, 1920s-themed world. In it, birth records have been burned to ashes, and it’s your task as Custodian of Bloodlines to match babies to their rightful parents. Much like the game itself has been reunited with its original developers.

With gameplay similar to Paper’s Please, adorable hand-drawn artwork, and some interesting twists thrown in (such as making sure certain babies are delivered to certain parents, regardless of their genetics), Ministry of Order is definitely one to watch for fans of both puzzles and mysteries alike. 

Matching babies to their parents is just the tip of the iceberg, though. Other features of Ministry of Order include the ability to shape the story through dialogue choices, even going as far as romancing colleagues and causing real-life changes to the following day’s headlines. You can merely choose to survive, or take part in a full-scale revolution in New Albion, depending on how well you abide by the rules of the regime. 

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There’s a whole story hidden behind the facade of a light-hearted baby-matching. 

Ministry of Order has no set release date as of yet, but it’s available to wishlist through Steam right now. If you want to get a taste of gameplay and a hint of the story that’s yet to come, you can try the Prologue on both Google Play and the App Store.