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Buder Games · Published by Buder Games
Mostly Positive — 71% positive (14 reviews) · 14 achievements
Last updated 28 Sept 2026
Observe. Patrol. Report. Spot anomalies with your team in tense, bite-sized rounds. Wrong votes trigger chaotic punishments and unexpected consequences.
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Indie, Simulation · 2026 · More £5 - £15 games
As a member of The Anomaly Department, observe and patrol to spot anomalies. Your votes can lead to unpredictable consequences and chaotic punishments in this intense, bite-sized simulation experience from Buder Games.
About this game
Observe. Patrol. Report.
Welcome to the Anomaly Department.
Work alone or with up to four players to patrol strange environments and detect anomalies. Each shift, your team must decide: Did something change?
Too many wrong votes and your run ends early.
Objects move. Items disappear. New things appear. Some changes are subtle. Others are obvious. Every decision matters.
As shifts progress, tension builds and wrong calls trigger chaotic consequences that make future decisions even harder.
With multiple environments, large anomaly pools, and short, high-pressure shifts, every run keeps your team guessing.
Features
1–4 player co-op or solo play
Short, bite-sized rounds
Multiple environments
Large anomaly pools
Chaotic punishments
Easy to learn, hard to master
High replayability through random anomaly selection
System Requirements
Will my PC run this? →Minimum
- OS: Windows 10, Windows 11
- Memory: 4096 MB RAM
- Storage: 8 GB available space
Supported Languages
*languages with full audio support
Latest news
AnnouncementsOfficial
Mini Contracts Now Available!
I'm excited to announce the first round of mini contracts are live. These are smaller, non-progressive levels in new environments. For the initial batch we have released one easy, one medium and one high difficulty level. Go find some anomalies!Read full article on Community Announcements (buder)Patch NotesOfficial
A few minor fixes/tweaks
Fixed a desync issue with bread in the bakery Fixed a race condition where the trophy cases in the lobby would not display properly for everyone Fixed a potential issue where landmines could go off when you were visually further away than expected More minor localization changesRead full article on Community Announcements (buder)Patch NotesOfficial
Custom Key binds, new interaction display and small bug fixes
Added custom key bindings in settings Added new interaction display text. Instead of being text on the bottom of your screen the interactions will show up near the whatever you are trying to use. Fixed an issue where the Graveyard hat could not be equipped for some players Reviewed and removed/modified some anomalies that felt unfair More anomaly cam fixes. The main issue was graffiti on the Back Alley levels. I will continue to refine this but It is already much better than it was a few days ago. Potentially fixed an issue where if you had two monitors you could have some awkward mouse interactions As far as the potentially fixed it's because this is hard for me, even with 3 monitors, to reproduce reliably. There was a most likely cause and I haven't been able to repeat it at all since I made the adjustment but let me know if you still have it happen. These types of bugs are the most annoying for everyone. Thanks for the bug reports and feedback. I hope the constant updates lets you know that I take them seriously and very much appreciate the help making the game better!Read full article on Community Announcements (buder)Patch NotesOfficial
Backalley fixes
Fixed a bug where on the last level of Back Alleys your teammates could spawn outside of the spawn room Enhanced the anomaly camera. This affected the Back Alley the level most but it should make it much better on the Graveyard levels as well. Thanks for all the feedbacks and bug reports. I am still making improvements that will go live in the next week or two. This will include a few more maps as well. :)Read full article on Community Announcements (buder)Patch NotesOfficial
Added graphics quality setting and a few fixes
Added Graphics Quality setting. This should help quite a few people.Fixed an issue where trophies wouldn't always show up for all playersFixed an issue where the Slippery punishment wouldn't always be removedFixed a few localization issues. Thanks for the bug reports and feedback. We are monitoring them and getting them fixed ASAP. We are also adding a audio settings but that will take a week or so.Read full article on Community Announcements (buder)
