The Empathy Algorithm
Are you an android? Two university students volunteer for a paid experiment, rating an android's humanity—except Erin Cole isn’t told she might be the test subject. Their conversations about love, free will…
The Empathy Algorithm is an adventure developed by ZeitgeistLabor, released 13 February 2026 on PC (Microsoft Windows).
What The Empathy Algorithm is
The Empathy Algorithm is an adventure game developed by ZeitgeistLabor and released in 2026. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only. It runs on Ren'Py.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Are you an android? Two university students volunteer for a paid experiment, rating an android's humanity—except Erin Cole isn’t told she might be the test subject. Their conversations about love, free will, and death challenge what it means to be human in this thrilling, melancholic visual novel.
How it plays
It is played from a text perspective. Its themes are science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
The Empathy Algorithm launched on 13 February 2026, within three weeks of Resident Evil Requiem, Reanimal, Marathon and Cairn.
Released around the same time: Resident Evil Requiem, Reanimal, Marathon, Cairn.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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