The cue comes from Prey, the 2017 first-person game by Arkane Studios set aboard the Talos I space station. Players use the Psychoscope to scan Typhon aliens, learning their weaknesses and unlocking new abilities, so the beep became closely tied to identifying disguised Mimics. Clips of the scan later spread into gaming edits and memes as a generic detection sound, a role also played by Enemy Spotted in shooters. It remains popular because the short, clinical tone instantly signals analysis and hidden danger without needing any dialogue.
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The scanning target sound effect from Prey (2017), a short electronic scan beep used in gaming edits for detecting, locking onto or analysing something.
This is the short electronic scanning cue from Prey, played when a target is being analysed through the Psychoscope. It is a clean, rising series of digital beeps and data tones that lasts just over a second, with no voice or music underneath. The sound feels clinical and high-tech, like a machine quickly reading a living creature and filing the result. Viewers instantly understand it as detection in progress, which makes a normal shot feel tense, especially because in the game a scan can reveal something that is not what it first appeared to be.
