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Menial Alien Ed is a 2D office platformer where you play as Ed, an alien trying to pass as a human employee and climb the corporate ladder from the mailroom all the way up to the penthouse. Each of the 20 floors is a new department with new tasks to complete, coworkers to impress, and rivals racing you to the next promotion. You're juggling three stats at once: performance, reputation, and suspicion. Keep the first two up and the last one down, and the elevator opens.

The twist is that Ed has a few tricks his coworkers don't. You can hack into a rival's terminal and corrupt their progress, mind-control a coworker into finishing your tasks for you, or just vaporize someone who's getting in the way. On competitive floors, you can plant alien tech in a rival's office and let the Men in Black drag them out of the building. It sounds easy until you realize the MIBs also show up when your own suspicion gets too high, and suddenly you're the one being chased around the office.

Ed also has his own private office on most floors where he can check in with the mothership. You can request a resupply of alien tech or send a calming frequency down to the building to knock your suspicion back. Beyond the abilities, the game is full of random NPC encounters where coworkers confront you about something and you pick how to respond. A benefits coordinator notices your medical forms list an organ nobody's heard of. A board member points out you haven't aged since the mailroom. Most situations have a right answer, but not always the one you'd expect. It's a game about surviving the workplace when you really, really don't belong there.

⚠ Some games may affect photosensitive individuals. Player discretion advised.