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Games like MIND: Path to Thalamus Enhanced Edition

If MIND: Path to Thalamus Enhanced Edition is your kind of game, the closest matches are Lucid Dream Simulator, The Solus Project and Narcosis — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its contemplative mood enhances immersion, atmospheric and contemplative. 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: Path to Thalamus Enhanced Edition: MIND: Path to Thalamus is a First Person Puzzler that throws you into a fantastic and surreal environment. You will bend the natural elements to your will in order to progress in this emotive, mindbending tale. Now also in Virtual Reality!

2014StrategyIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedMetacritic 75Windows · macOS · Linuxby Pantumaca Barcelona, @CarlosGameDev, Dani Navarro, Luka Nieto
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Steam players who put hours into MIND: Path to Thalamus Enhanced Edition 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. Lucid Dream Simulator

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for MIND: Path to Thalamus Enhanced Edition fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with MIND: Path to Thalamus Enhanced Edition.

    A very trippy escape room like game filled with puzzles, enemies, and many areas waiting to be explored!

    2021StrategyIndieAdventure4.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. The Solus Project

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with MIND: Path to Thalamus Enhanced Edition.

    Second-strongest match for MIND: Path to Thalamus Enhanced Edition fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with MIND: Path to Thalamus Enhanced Edition.

    The Solus Project is a single player exploration adventure with survival elements. The adventure is set on a mysterious planet and is the spiritual successor to The Ball - 2010 PC Gamer Action/Adventure Game Of The Year...

    2016IndieAdventureSimulation19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Narcosis

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with MIND: Path to Thalamus Enhanced Edition.

    Third-strongest match for MIND: Path to Thalamus Enhanced Edition fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with MIND: Path to Thalamus Enhanced Edition.

    Survival, horror at the sunless depths of the Pacific Ocean: Stranded on the seafloor with low light and few tools, an industrial diver takes desperate steps to surface before his oxygen — and sanity — give out.

    2017IndieAdventure14.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Euclidean

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with MIND: Path to Thalamus Enhanced Edition.

    Ranked #4 for MIND: Path to Thalamus Enhanced Edition fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with MIND: Path to Thalamus Enhanced Edition.

    Euclidean; a game of geometric horror; a slow descent into the dark, into madness, futility, and despair, where Things greater than you watch and wait and dream. Struggle for every second of life you have left… Even knowing you’re better off dead.

    2015ActionIndieCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Obduction

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with MIND: Path to Thalamus Enhanced Edition.

    Ranked #5 for MIND: Path to Thalamus Enhanced Edition fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with MIND: Path to Thalamus Enhanced Edition.

    A new sci-fi adventure from Cyan, the creators of Myst. Abducted far across the universe, you find yourself on a broken alien landscape with odd pieces of Earth. Explore, uncover, solve, and find a way to make it home.

    2016IndieAdventure29.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Dead end Exit 8

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for MIND: Path to Thalamus Enhanced Edition fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with MIND: Path to Thalamus Enhanced Edition.

    This is a thriller game based on memory puzzles that supports PC play and VR mode. The theme is inspired by people's depression and tension while waiting in the hospital.In an infinite loop space, one must carefully observe all abnormal information and strive to escape from the infinite space

    2024IndieAdventureSimulation3.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Hyperbolica

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with MIND: Path to Thalamus Enhanced Edition.

    Ranked #7 for MIND: Path to Thalamus Enhanced Edition fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with MIND: Path to Thalamus Enhanced Edition.

    Hyperbolica is a whimsical Non-Euclidean adventure with mind-bending worlds full of games, puzzles, mazes, and secrets! Immerse yourself in reality-warping geometries where lines can never be parallel, horizons are curved, and space grows exponentially.

    2022IndieAdventure12.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Transference™

    WHY THIS

    Shares puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with MIND: Path to Thalamus Enhanced Edition.

    Ranked #8 for MIND: Path to Thalamus Enhanced Edition fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with MIND: Path to Thalamus Enhanced Edition.

    Imagine an escape room set in a deranged mind. Experience a first-person exploration game in a chilling new dimension. Shift between three perspectives of a family and unravel the mystery hiding in this mind-bending psychological thriller.

    2018IndieAdventure4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to MIND: Path to Thalamus Enhanced Edition

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. Portal

    WHY THIS

    Shares a contemplative mood with MIND: Path to Thalamus Enhanced Edition.

    Reviewers of MIND: Path to Thalamus Enhanced Edition 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.

    2007Action9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. The Talos Principle

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with MIND: Path to Thalamus Enhanced Edition.

    Reviewers of MIND: Path to Thalamus Enhanced Edition cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with MIND: Path to Thalamus Enhanced Edition.

    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).

    2014ActionIndieAdventure29.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. XING: The Land Beyond

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with MIND: Path to Thalamus Enhanced Edition.

    Reviewers of MIND: Path to Thalamus Enhanced Edition cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with MIND: Path to Thalamus Enhanced Edition.

    You died. Welcome to XING: The Land Beyond, an atmospheric first-person puzzle adventure for desktops and virtual reality. Enjoy your peaceful escape from the chaotic world of the living, and travel the lands of the dead.

    2017IndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below MIND: Path to Thalamus Enhanced Edition at current Steam store prices.

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under MIND: Path to Thalamus Enhanced Edition on Steam right now. Shares Indie with MIND: Path to Thalamus Enhanced Edition.

    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 ↗
  2. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under MIND: Path to Thalamus Enhanced Edition on Steam right now. Shares Indie with MIND: Path to Thalamus Enhanced Edition.

    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 ↗
  3. PEAK

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under MIND: Path to Thalamus Enhanced Edition on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with MIND: Path to Thalamus Enhanced Edition.

    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 ↗
  4. Sid Meier's Civilization® V

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under MIND: Path to Thalamus Enhanced Edition on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with MIND: Path to Thalamus Enhanced Edition.

    Create, discover, and download new player-created maps, scenarios, interfaces, and more!

    2010Strategy7.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Slay the Spire

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~58% under MIND: Path to Thalamus Enhanced Edition on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with MIND: Path to Thalamus Enhanced Edition.

    We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!

    2019StrategyIndie6.24 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Inscryption

    WHY THIS

    Shares puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with MIND: Path to Thalamus Enhanced Edition.

    Priced ~47% under MIND: Path to Thalamus Enhanced Edition on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with MIND: Path to Thalamus Enhanced Edition.

    Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...

    2021StrategyIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under MIND: Path to Thalamus Enhanced Edition on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with MIND: Path to Thalamus Enhanced Edition.

    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.

    2021StrategyIndieSimulation4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. WEBFISHING

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under MIND: Path to Thalamus Enhanced Edition on Steam right now. Shares Indie with MIND: Path to Thalamus Enhanced Edition.

    WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)

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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: Path to Thalamus Enhanced Edition.

    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: Path to Thalamus Enhanced Edition.

    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: Path to Thalamus Enhanced Edition.

    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: Path to Thalamus Enhanced Edition.

    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: Path to Thalamus Enhanced Edition.

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

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. 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: Path to Thalamus Enhanced Edition.

    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 ↗
  7. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.

    2024ActionFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. The Looker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with MIND: Path to Thalamus Enhanced Edition.

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

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about MIND: Path to Thalamus Enhanced Edition

Is MIND: Path to Thalamus Enhanced Edition verified for Steam Deck?
Yes — MIND: Path to Thalamus Enhanced Edition 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: Path to Thalamus Enhanced Edition cost?
MIND: Path to Thalamus Enhanced Edition is listed on Steam at 14.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to MIND: Path to Thalamus Enhanced Edition?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside MIND: Path to Thalamus Enhanced Edition are Lucid Dream Simulator, The Solus Project, Narcosis.
Who developed MIND: Path to Thalamus Enhanced Edition?
MIND: Path to Thalamus Enhanced Edition was developed by Pantumaca Barcelona, @CarlosGameDev, Dani Navarro and published by Talking About Media.

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: Path to Thalamus Enhanced Edition.

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