Look, let's be honest—indie game developer Alex has just dropped a free demo of Parcel Inspector Simulator onto Steam for PC. Set during a rather grim night shift at a relay post office back in 1962, this first-person inspection simulator tasks you with sorting and inspecting parcels. The full release is slated for November 13.

Stepping into the boots of a rookie inspector, you will find yourself checking parcels sliding down the conveyor belt. You get to play with a proper set of tools, from weighing packages and peering inside with an X-ray scanner to scanning them under UV light. Using the terminal to check sender and receiver details against the rulebook before slamming down the right stamp is all done by hand, mate.

During the inspection process, you face five distinct choices: approval, return to sender, hold for customs and security, confiscation, and tossing the item down the disposal chute. After the first day, direct feedback on mistakes vanishes into thin air, meaning a dodgy judgment call hits your wallet, damages your reputation, and counts as a regulation breach. With fresh rules dropping every single work shift, you have to deal with everything from return scams and fragile goods to outright counterfeits.

The wages earned from accurate work can be poured back into upgrading the inspection station with gear like a digital scale indicator, an HD X-ray tube, and a terminal reference database. The demo gives you five nights to mess about with, while the full version packs a 20-night story campaign featuring multiple endings. It supports a total of 13 languages, including Korean.