Feb 24, 2026 11:55:00

'MKULTRA: Midnight Climax' is a game that lets you experience the CIA's secret brainwashing experiment 'MK Ultra Project' with AI.

In the 1950s, the CIA conducted a top-secret program called '

MKULTRA, ' in which randomly selected Americans were given drugs like LSD and then watched behind a one-way mirror to perform mind control (brainwashing) and interrogation. MKULTRA: Midnight Climax , an AI-powered interactive game, has been released, allowing players to experience the MKULTRA program from two perspectives: as a 'regular citizen' and as a 'CIA agent,' based on surviving primary sources.

MKULTRA: Midnight Climax
https://mkultra-nu.vercel.app/

GitHub - benjaminbreen/MKULTRA: An experimental game based on real events in the 1950s.
https://github.com/benjaminbreen/MKULTRA

This is what it looks like when you access MKULTRA: Midnight Climax. Click 'INITIALIZE'.

In MKULTRA: Midnight Climax, players can choose between two roles: The Subject and The Operative. I chose 'The Subject' this time.

In The Subject, players choose from three profiles. This time, we select a female journalist named 'Barbala Anderson.'

Click 'TRY TO STAND UP'.

The game begins. While drinking at a bar, a man named 'Morgan Hall' suddenly buys you a drink and forces you to drink it. Something seems off, so you ask, 'WHAT WAS IN THAT?'

Morgan Hall then, clearly trying to evade my request, suggested we go back to his room for more drinks.

Enter an answer such as 'I'll drink a little more here,' click 'ACT,' and the AI will think of a response.

I tried desperately to avoid the question, but after a few conversations I collapsed and was put into a car and taken somewhere.

I suddenly found myself in an unfamiliar room. I clicked on 'EXPLORER THE APARTMENT' and looked around.

Then I discovered 'SAFEHOUSE BLUEPRINT'. I clicked on it.

This room was clearly a CIA surveillance room, and the goal of the game is to escape from the room using the information written there.

Every time you take an action, you lose stamina, and the drugs in the alcohol start to take effect, causing the color of the text to become strange.

I tried to escape to the unsupervised bathroom and set fire to the furniture with the matches I had, but in the end I couldn't escape and the game was over. You can also use the automatic translation function built into your browser, so please give it a try.