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Games like Mind Diver

If Mind Diver is your kind of game, the closest matches are Dahlia View, The Flower Collectors and Ashes of Holloway Bay — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, contemplative and emotional. 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.

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About Mind Diver: Investigate a broken mind to unravel a twisted case. Deduce the truth. Restore lost memories. Listen to private conversations. Draw your own conclusions. Mind Diver is a murder mystery, where the victim is love.

2025IndieAdventure17.99 USDDeck PlayableWindowsby Indoor Sunglasses
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Emotional narrative about love and memory lossPhotogrammetry visuals feel like diving into a dreamPuzzles serve the story not the playerAtmosphericContemplativeEmotional

Players who liked Mind Diver also play

Steam players who put hours into Mind Diver also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.

  1. Dahlia View

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Mind Diver.

    Top pick for Mind Diver fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Mind Diver.

    A child is missing. The police are failing. And you're a retired detective with a bit too much time on your hands. Time to throw out the rules & do whatever it takes to bring the child home. From the developers of I AM RIPPER, The Occupation & Ether One.

    2021IndieAdventure24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. The Flower Collectors

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Mind Diver.

    Second-strongest match for Mind Diver fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Mind Diver.

    Barcelona, 1977. An ex-cop in a wheelchair witnesses a murder, and teams up with a young ambitious journalist to bring the truth to light. With camera, binoculars and transmitter in hand, uncover the town’s secrets from your balcony in this soul-searching detective mystery.

    2020IndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Ashes of Holloway Bay

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Mind Diver fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Mind Diver.

    Immerse yourself in a chilling, interactive cold-case investigation. Review crime scene photos, decrypt restricted hard drives, compare evidence, and deliver your final report in Ashes of Holloway Bay, a dark, atmospheric detective experience where every detail matters.

    2026IndieAdventureSimulation8.49 USDSteam ↗
  4. The Posthumous Investigation

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Mind Diver.

    Ranked #4 for Mind Diver fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Mind Diver.

    A dead man hired you to solve his own murder. You have one day. Fourteen suspects. And as many attempts as it takes. A hand-drawn noir mystery set in 1937 Rio de Janeiro, where every suspect has a life, a schedule, and something to hide.

    2026IndieAdventureCasual19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Blake: The Visual Novel

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Mind Diver.

    Ranked #5 for Mind Diver fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Mind Diver.

    Graphic Novel meets Visual Novel in this story-rich, choice-driven thriller. Experience Blake’s journey as he encounters a clandestine nemesis, sparking a series of events that force him to choose between losing his sanity or rising to the challenge. Make the right decisions and save New Stone.

    2021IndieCasualFreeSteam ↗
  6. The Séance of Blake Manor

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Mind Diver.

    Ranked #6 for Mind Diver fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Mind Diver.

    The Séance of Blake Manor is a supernatural detective mystery, set in 1897 Ireland, where you investigate the disappearance of Evelyn Deane in a remote hotel full of secrets and other-worldly occurrences.

    2025Adventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Still Life

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Mind Diver.

    Ranked #7 for Mind Diver fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Mind Diver.

    Still Life 2 also now available!

    2011Adventure7.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Post Mortem

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Mind Diver.

    Ranked #8 for Mind Diver fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Mind Diver.

    After returning to the quiet streets of Paris to pursue a life of painting, Gus Macpherson could not escape his true art…

    2011Adventure7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to Mind Diver

Surfaced from review text: when other players write 'if you liked X, try Y', we catch the name and resolve it back to a Steam game.

  1. Return of the Obra Dinn

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Mind Diver.

    Reviewers of Mind Diver cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Mind Diver.

    Lost at sea 1803 ~ The good ship Obra Dinn.

    2018IndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. To the Moon

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Mind Diver.

    Reviewers of Mind Diver cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Mind Diver.

    A story-driven experience about two doctors traversing backwards through a dying man's memories to artificially fulfill his last wish.

    2012IndieAdventureRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Her Story

    WHY THIS

    Shares a mysterious mood with Mind Diver.

    Reviewers of Mind Diver cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Mind Diver.

    A woman is interviewed seven times by the police. Search the video database and explore hundreds of authentic clips to discover her story in this groundbreaking and award winning narrative game.

    2015IndieAdventureSimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Eternal Threads

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Mind Diver.

    Reviewers of Mind Diver cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Mind Diver.

    Eternal Threads is a single-player, first-person story-driven puzzle game of time manipulation, choice and consequence.

    2022IndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Mindcop

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Mind Diver.

    Reviewers of Mind Diver cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Mind Diver.

    Mindcop is a non-linear „whodunnit“ detective game. It mixes a story driven adventure with real-time puzzle gaming. As the infamous Mindcop, you can dive into the minds of your suspects to uncover their secrets and unravel their lies.

    2024IndieAdventureCasual14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Mind Diver at current Steam store prices.

  1. Terraria

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~44% under Mind Diver on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Mind Diver.

    Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!

    2011ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~72% under Mind Diver on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Mind Diver.

    Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.

    2006IndieSimulationCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Lethal Company

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~44% under Mind Diver on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Mind Diver.

    A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. People Playground

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~44% under Mind Diver on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Mind Diver.

    Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.

    2019ActionIndieSimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Portal 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~44% under Mind Diver on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Mind Diver.

    The "Perpetual Testing Initiative" has been expanded to allow you to design co-op puzzles for you and your friends!

    2011ActionAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Undertale

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~44% under Mind Diver on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Mind Diver.

    UNDERTALE! The RPG game where you don't have to destroy anyone.

    2015IndieRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~72% under Mind Diver on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Mind Diver.

    Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!

    2022ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. PEAK

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~56% under Mind Diver on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Mind Diver.

    PEAK is a co-op climbing game where the slightest mistake can spell your doom. Either solo or as a group of lost nature scouts, your only hope of rescue from a mysterious island is to scale the mountain at its center. Do you have what it takes to reach the PEAK?

    2025ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Doki Doki Literature Club!

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Mind Diver.

    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.

    2017IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Mind Diver.

    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.

    2015ActionAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Mind Diver.

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Mind Diver.

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  5. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Mind Diver.

    Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. 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 Diver.

    Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Mind Diver.

    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.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. The Looker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Mind Diver.

    You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.

  1. Dahlia View

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Mind Diver.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Mind Diver.

    A child is missing. The police are failing. And you're a retired detective with a bit too much time on your hands. Time to throw out the rules & do whatever it takes to bring the child home. From the developers of I AM RIPPER, The Occupation & Ether One.

    2021IndieAdventure24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. The Séance of Blake Manor

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Mind Diver.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure with Mind Diver.

    The Séance of Blake Manor is a supernatural detective mystery, set in 1897 Ireland, where you investigate the disappearance of Evelyn Deane in a remote hotel full of secrets and other-worldly occurrences.

    2025Adventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Post Mortem

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Mind Diver.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure with Mind Diver.

    After returning to the quiet streets of Paris to pursue a life of painting, Gus Macpherson could not escape his true art…

    2011Adventure7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Mind Diver

Does Mind Diver run on Steam Deck?
Mind Diver is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
How much does Mind Diver cost?
Mind Diver is listed on Steam at 17.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Mind Diver?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Mind Diver are Dahlia View, The Flower Collectors, Ashes of Holloway Bay.
Who developed Mind Diver?
Mind Diver was developed by Indoor Sunglasses and published by PLAYISM.

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 Diver.

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