Games like Mind Shadows
If Mind Shadows is your kind of game, the closest matches are Cheap Screamer, Trails of the Black Sun and LIMINALITY — picked from the ranked list below. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Get personalized picks →About Mind Shadows: Mind Shadows is the first standalone game that my friend and I have made since graduating. It is a short psychological horror experience set in the 1980s. You will see multiple cinematic locations in First Person as you slowly gather hints to what is going on.

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Cheap Screamer
WHY THIS
Top pick for Mind Shadows fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Mind Shadows.
Try to survive the experiments being conducted on you while you attempt to uncover the truth about why you are there.
Trails of the Black Sun
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Mind Shadows fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Mind Shadows.
Trails of the Black Sun is a first-person shooter and platformer hybrid, set in a digital simulation, where you, an Initiate, will have to find hidden artifacts and forbidden meanings. Use your acrobatic skills and defeat the Templars, fulfilling your Ultimate Quest 🔥
LIMINALITY
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Mind Shadows fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Mind Shadows.
After his daughter disappears under mysterious circumstances, Liam Henderson takes matters into his own hands to find, investigate and safely bring her back from the depths of a multi-faceted cacophony of rooms known as "The Complex". Will he find her? Only time can tell, but it's unreliable here.
GILLES
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Mind Shadows fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.
GILLES shows the Journey of a Theater Director's 10 years exile to create his Great Work, his Theater Play named The Klown. On this first episode, join him and SamPath on their Journey to show the Great Premiere. GILLES is a story exploration game from Infiniti Studio.
Deadly Desire
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Mind Shadows fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Mind Shadows.
An FPS shooter story game set in the Haluwa at the beginning of the Calculus pandemic. Answering the question "What if they were right?"
Pine Creek: The Book of Judith
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Mind Shadows fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Mind Shadows.
A cozy-thriller adventure game focused on exploration, story, and following clues. Have friends, think about life, think about death, eat tasty food, and play games in the arcade!
Lucky Pikinini - Advanced Killer Cyborg
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Mind Shadows fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Mind Shadows.
Nathan Kennedy a U.S. Military Advanced Futuristic Cyborg must race against time to complete sophisticated U.S. Military Super Soldier courses in Nevada as part of The Pentagon's Project-X, A Project Being Monitored And Pending Full Approval by the White House.
IN CELL
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Mind Shadows fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Mind Shadows.
IN CELL is a kinetic visual novel (linear, no choices) about the epidemic of sexless, nationless, and friendless men. Gender dynamics are currently not functional, sustainable, or beneficial to either men or women. IN CELL is uncensored conversation between the sexes.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Mind Shadows at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Mind Shadows on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Mind Shadows.
Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Mind Shadows on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Mind Shadows.
A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.
shapez
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Mind Shadows on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Mind Shadows.
shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!
Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Mind Shadows on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Mind Shadows.
"Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad?" is a fast paced shower-simulation where you shower with your 8-bit dad.It's good, clean fun!
Bit Blaster XL
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Mind Shadows on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Mind Shadows.
Bit Blaster XL is a fast-paced, retro arcade shoot 'em up (shmup) inspired by the classic quarter-munchers of the ‘80s. Easy to pick up, hard to put down, boost, dodge, shoot, and chase high scores in this addictive, old-school action game!
Dictators:No Peace Countryballs
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Mind Shadows on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Mind Shadows.
Dictators : No Peace Countryballs is a war simulation and dictator game. This is a fun,simple and some say a funny countryballs game. If you like simulation games, you will love playing Dictators : No Peace. Play as a dictator of your favourite country and colonize the world.
TYRONE vs COPS
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Mind Shadows on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Mind Shadows.
Awaken the latent power of your melanin and kill cops in this thought-provoking game on police brutality in America.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Mind Shadows.
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Mind Shadows.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Mind Shadows.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Mind Shadows.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Mind Shadows.
Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.
The Looker
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Mind Shadows.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
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Frequently asked about Mind Shadows
- How much does Mind Shadows cost?
- Mind Shadows is listed on Steam at 2.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Mind Shadows?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Mind Shadows are Cheap Screamer, Trails of the Black Sun, LIMINALITY.
- Who developed Mind Shadows?
- Mind Shadows was developed by AMPro and published by AM Productions.
imho.run ranks Steam game alternatives using a mix of collaborative filtering (ALS / iALS / EASE / LightGCN), content scoring over genres, categories, Steam tags, developers, and publishers, plus AI-extracted vibes mined from review text. The page above is generated in seed mode anchored on Mind Shadows.
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