There's Always a Madman: The MacGuffin
Secret agent Franklin Benjamin's former-mentor-turned-rogue-agent Dustin MacGuffin has resurfaced to kidnap the one you care about most. In this single-player interactive spy novel, play as secret agent…
There's Always a Madman: The MacGuffin is an adventure developed by Sunny Demeanor Games, released 6 February 2026 on PC (Microsoft Windows).
What There's Always a Madman: The MacGuffin is
There's Always a Madman: The MacGuffin is an adventure game developed by Sunny Demeanor Games and released in 2026. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only. It runs on Unity.
The premise, in the publisher's words
It was supposed to be the rarest of all things - a day with no mission for secret agent Franklin Benjamin. That is, until you woke up to find Virginia gone and a note left behind telling you she had been taken. That note was left behind by your old partner, Dustin MacGuffin, who's since gone rogue. Now he's up to something and using her as leverage to keep you from getting involved. Time to use your particular set of skills. Time to get the MacGuffin!
How it plays
It is played from a text perspective. Its themes are action, comedy and thriller. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
There's Always a Madman: The MacGuffin launched on 6 February 2026, within three weeks of Resident Evil Requiem, Reanimal, Cairn and Mewgenics.
Released around the same time: Resident Evil Requiem, Reanimal, Cairn, Mewgenics.
Official trailer
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