MindsEye Releases Second Update for June 2025

Build a Rocket Boy has released the second post-launch update for MindsEye, as the developer says it is continuing to listen to community feedback and refine the overall gameplay experience. The June 18 MindsEye update is available to download now on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC via Steam and the Epic Games Store. The size of the patch will vary depending on the platform of choice, with the update ranging between 1.6 GB and 5.4 GB.

Today’s update comes less than a week after the first post-launch MindsEye patch was released, which included new memory optimizations, improvements to CPU and GPU performance, and also made a handful of bug fixes and stability improvements. While the second update is now live, Build a Rocket Boy has promised the community a third patch by the end of the month. The studio says it will include ongoing performance and stability improvements, rebalancing the game’s “hard” difficulty setting, animation fixes, and AI improvements.

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After MindsEye had a disastrous launch last week, Build a Rocket Boy has now released the game’s second update in an attempt to continue rectifying some of its most prominent issues. According to the official patch notes, which can be found further down this article, patch 2 includes continued performance improvements related to CPU, GPU, and memory use. There are also fixed related to AI vehicle collisions, game crashes, and more. Build a Rocket Boy also says it will be continuing to release regular updates and work closely with the game’s community to improve the experience. “We are fully committed to doing everything possible to action your feedback,” the studio said.

Build a Rocket Boy is clearly committed to improving the overall gameplay experience, but that hasn’t stopped MindsEye from becoming the worst-reviewed game of the year. The unfortunate record was previously held by Ambulance Life: A Paramedic Simulator, which held an abysmal Metacritic score of 44. Now, however, after reviews slowly began trickling in from media outlets, MindsEye has become the worst-reviewed game of 2025 with an even lower Metacritic score of 37. Although most of the criticism is due to the large number of bugs, stability issues, and glitches, reviews have also referenced the “lack of substance” and “poorly designed mission scenarios” as some of the many other reasons that MindsEye resonated so poorly with players.

Despite the overwhelmingly negative reviews, MindsEye still appears to be selling well, at least in the UK. In its first week on the market, MindsEye managed to climb to the number four position in physical game sales in the UK. Although the charts were dominated by heavy hitters such as Mario Kart World and EA Sports FC 25, MindsEye‘s unexpected appearance put it above the likes of Cyberpunk 2077: Ultimate Edition, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, and more. But only time will tell if MindsEye can hold its position in the charts for more than a week.

MindsEye Update 2 Patch Notes for June 18

ALL PLATFORMS:

Continued performance improvements related to CPU, GPU, and memory use.
Fixed an issue with AI vehicle collisions.
Fixes to some issues that caused the game to crash.
Resolved the situation where players could get a mission fail during the cinematic in the “Doxxed” mission.
The Red Sky Car can no longer be destroyed during a cinematic.
The Buggy springs contract correctly, and the tires spin during driving with Motion Blur off.
Removed an invisible collider that blocked progress in the “A New Companion” mission.
Fixed an issue with vehicle de-spawning at the objective in “A New Companion” mission.
Fixed an issue where DPR and Delta.45 weapons were becoming attached to each other.
Addressed VFX sparks appearing too bright on damaged drones.
Rectified AI characters holding weapons at a 90-degree angle.
Corrected visuals of some male character models’ deformations when hit by vehicles.

PC:

Build.MindsEye: Editor camera can now clip through the map and static props.
Added an alert for AMD CPU users who have not updated to a version of Windows with branch prediction performance improvements.