Games like Mind Over Magnet
If Mind Over Magnet is your kind of game, the closest matches are Carestia, ElecHead and Indirection — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its accessible for younger players, developer commentary adds depth and chill. 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 →Mind Over Magnet is a 2024 indie puzzle platformer developed and published by Game Maker's Toolkit. Players navigate a factory environment using magnetism-based mechanics to solve environmental puzzles and progress through a story-driven experience. The game features checkpoint-based progression, a commentary track that explains design choices, and includes a level editor for user-created content. Players describe the experience as chill, cozy, and relaxing, with magnet-based mechanics that feel novel and satisfying. Reviewers highlight the developer commentary for adding depth, and note the game is accessible for younger players. Verified for Steam Deck and designed for short play sessions, the game holds an 89% positive review score from 1,135 Steam reviews and is priced at $9.99.
About Mind Over Magnet: An attractive puzzle platformer where you use magnetism to escape a factory. Meet a cast of magnet characters and work together to solve logical conundrums.
Players who liked Mind Over Magnet also play
Steam players who put hours into Mind Over Magnet 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.
Indirection
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Third-strongest match for Mind Over Magnet fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Mind Over Magnet.
A challenging puzzle platformer where you can only move in one direction.
Project TERRA
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Ranked #4 for Mind Over Magnet fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Mind Over Magnet.
In a strange and hostile world, Raka, an exploration robot, finds themselves alone and separated from their friends. Help them reunite with their companions and unravel the mysteries hidden within this new world.
Blocks That Matter
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Shares puzzle platforming, level editor and a whimsical mood with Mind Over Magnet.
Ranked #5 for Mind Over Magnet fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Mind Over Magnet.
When indie game developers Alexey and Markus are in trouble, their only hope comes from their creation.
Kozomo: The Smoldering Ember
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Ranked #6 for Mind Over Magnet fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Mind Over Magnet.
KOZOMO: The Smoldering Ember is a puzzle-platformer following a teen who feels a deep emptiness despite lacking nothing in life. Overcome intricate puzzles through logic and accompany Kozomo on this journey where he might uncover a reason to keep going.
Two Souls
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Ranked #7 for Mind Over Magnet fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Mind Over Magnet.
Two Souls is a gripping 2D platformer that pushes the boundaries of skill and precision. Immerse yourself in a world, offering an intense and challenging gaming experience. Prepare to face the ultimate platforming challenge!
Braid, Anniversary Edition
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Shares a contemplative mood with Mind Over Magnet.
Ranked #8 for Mind Over Magnet fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Mind Over Magnet.
Control the flow of time to solve puzzles in this new version of the indie classic, featuring fully repainted artwork, a new world of puzzles, and seriously in-depth commentary.
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The Talos Principle
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Shares a contemplative mood with Mind Over Magnet.
Reviewers of Mind Over Magnet cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Mind Over Magnet.
The Talos Principle is a first-person puzzle game in the tradition of philosophical science fiction. Made by Croteam and written by Tom Jubert (FTL, The Swapper) and Jonas Kyratzes (The Sea Will Claim Everything).
Portal
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Shares physics based puzzles and a contemplative mood with Mind Over Magnet.
Reviewers of Mind Over Magnet cross-mention this title as a similar play.
Portal™ is a new single player game from Valve. Set in the mysterious Aperture Science Laboratories, Portal has been called one of the most innovative new games on the horizon and will offer gamers hours of unique gameplay.
Baba Is You
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Shares level editor and a whimsical mood with Mind Over Magnet.
Reviewers of Mind Over Magnet cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Mind Over Magnet.
Baba Is You is a puzzle game where the rules you have to follow are present as blocks you can interact with. By manipulating them, you can change how the game works, repurpose things you find in the levels and cause surprising interactions!
Superliminal
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Reviewers of Mind Over Magnet cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Mind Over Magnet.
Perception is reality. In this mind-bending first-person puzzler, you escape a surreal dream world through solving impossible puzzles using the ambiguity of depth and perspective.
Patrick's Parabox
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Reviewers of Mind Over Magnet cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Mind Over Magnet.
A mind-bending recursive puzzle game about boxes within boxes within boxes within boxes. Learn to use infinity to your advantage as you explore a deep and elegant system.
Sokoban 3D
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Reviewers of Mind Over Magnet cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Mind Over Magnet.
Move the cubes to their correct locations and solve the levels.
Seaside Cafe Rush Hour
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Reviewers of Mind Over Magnet cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Mind Over Magnet.
Seaside Cafe Rush Hour is a challenge-based single-player game about cooking.
BoxIsland: Sokoban
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Reviewers of Mind Over Magnet cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Mind Over Magnet.
On the enigmatic Box Island, an ancient civilization has left behind puzzle-filled ruins. Players take on the role of a young explorer, yet the island is shrouded in a mystical force - only by pushing boxes can one unravel the island's secrets and escape this challenging labyrinthine world!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Mind Over Magnet at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
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Priced ~50% under Mind Over Magnet on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Mind Over Magnet.
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.
Vampire Survivors
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Priced ~50% under Mind Over Magnet on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Mind Over Magnet.
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!
Cookie Clicker
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Priced ~50% under Mind Over Magnet on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Mind Over Magnet.
An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.
WEBFISHING
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Priced ~50% under Mind Over Magnet on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Mind Over Magnet.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
POSTAL 2
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Priced ~90% under Mind Over Magnet on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Mind Over Magnet.
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?
Buckshot Roulette
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Priced ~70% under Mind Over Magnet on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Mind Over Magnet.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
Brotato
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Priced ~50% under Mind Over Magnet on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Mind Over Magnet.
Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.
Your Only Move Is HUSTLE
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Priced ~50% under Mind Over Magnet on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Mind Over Magnet.
Master your technique, execute flashy combos, and outsmart opponents across the world, frame-by-frame. Slow down the clock to fine-tune your fighting style in this innovative, turn-based combat simulator. Pulverize your friends and choreograph spectacular fight scenes. No training mode required.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Mind Over Magnet.
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.
Bongo Cat
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Mind Over Magnet.
Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?
ENA: Dream BBQ
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Mind Over Magnet.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Mind Over Magnet.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Mind Over Magnet.
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
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Mind Over Magnet.
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 Over Magnet
- Is Mind Over Magnet verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — Mind Over Magnet is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
- How much does Mind Over Magnet cost?
- Mind Over Magnet is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Mind Over Magnet?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Mind Over Magnet are Carestia, ElecHead, Indirection.
- Who developed Mind Over Magnet?
- Mind Over Magnet was developed by Game Maker's Toolkit.
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