Blind Boris will have players working their way through darkened halls using Boris’ memory, his sense of smell, and his hearing to extrapolate what’s near him.

As a result, Lost and Hound is one of these games created for “an entire global community exclusively producing its own content.” Lost and Hound will be released on Steam for PC on August 17.

Game designers in Japan, in fact, have been using gesture- and scent-based board games in recent research to help people suffering with dementia stay engaged with and connected to the people ...