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Games like A Mind Apart

If A Mind Apart is your kind of game, the closest matches are Touhou: Beyond Gensokyo, Rich Flavors and Fishbowl — 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.

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About A Mind Apart: A narrative puzzle adventure about a girl lost in a fragmented wonderland where memories become places and reality shifts without warning. Explore surreal spaces, meet strange companions, and uncover a personal story about trauma, healing, and finding a way forward.

IndieAdventureRPGCasualWindowsby Tiny Purple Cat
A Mind Apart — Steam game cover

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Steam players who put hours into A Mind Apart 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. Touhou: Beyond Gensokyo

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for A Mind Apart fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Casual with A Mind Apart.

    Discover the mysteries of Gensokyo through the lens of Shin, a photographer from the outside world. In this immersive visual novel, join forces with the shrine maiden Reimu Hakurei to unravel the truth behind this incident and stop the enigmatic Kurohana.

    2026AdventureCasual8.49 USDSteam ↗
  2. Rich Flavors

    WHY THIS

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

    Rich Flavors is a game in which you deliver "goods" to "customers" and get paid in "coupons". Can you collect enough to buy your dream cake before your contract ends?

    2026IndieAdventureRPGSteam ↗
  3. Fishbowl

    WHY THIS

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

    Fishbowl is a narrative game about dreams, grief, and hope. Rediscover your memories and find your way into the present in this intimate experience where slice-of-life meets surreal.

    2026IndieRPGCasual9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Scarlet Hollow

    WHY THIS

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

    Your aunt’s dead, your cousin hates you, and you’re stuck in the dead-end town of Scarlet Hollow. Choose your path through a branching narrative so dense that you'll see less than 1/5 of the game on a single playthrough. You won't be able to save everyone. Good luck, and welcome home.

    2021IndieAdventureRPG24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Elisa: the Innkeeper

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for A Mind Apart fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with A Mind Apart.

    Inspired by the Italian culture and taking place in a western Fantasy setting, our visual novel introduces the story of Elisa, a beautiful owner of an inn, struggling with the amorous proposal of honorable Knights, high born Princes and rich Merchants.

    2017IndieAdventure6.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Evan's Remains

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for A Mind Apart fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with A Mind Apart.

    Years after a boy genius named Evan disappears, a bizarre letter arrives. Evan wants a girl named Dysis to come find him. As Dysis, you’ll need to solve an intricate series of puzzles to unravel the entire mystery—and bring Evan home.

    2020IndieAdventureCasual6.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. outside the door

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for A Mind Apart fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with A Mind Apart.

    Outside the door is a mystic visual novel set within one office. You are about to figure out the stories of a few visitors without having a single memory of yourself.

    2024IndieCasual1.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. BAD END

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for A Mind Apart fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with A Mind Apart.

    It's rumored that those who play 'BAD END'- a Visual Novel will die in REAL LIFE if they make the wrong decision in the game itself.

    2015IndieAdventureCasual5.99 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 and Casual with A Mind Apart.

    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 A Mind Apart.

    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 A Mind Apart.

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

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

    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?

    2025IndieSimulationMassively MultiplayerFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  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 A Mind Apart.

    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 and Casual with A Mind Apart.

    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 A Mind Apart.

    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 A Mind Apart.

    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. Fishbowl

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and RPG with A Mind Apart.

    Fishbowl is a narrative game about dreams, grief, and hope. Rediscover your memories and find your way into the present in this intimate experience where slice-of-life meets surreal.

    2026IndieRPGCasual9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Scarlet Hollow

    WHY THIS

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

    Your aunt’s dead, your cousin hates you, and you’re stuck in the dead-end town of Scarlet Hollow. Choose your path through a branching narrative so dense that you'll see less than 1/5 of the game on a single playthrough. You won't be able to save everyone. Good luck, and welcome home.

    2021IndieAdventureRPG24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Evan's Remains

    WHY THIS

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

    Years after a boy genius named Evan disappears, a bizarre letter arrives. Evan wants a girl named Dysis to come find him. As Dysis, you’ll need to solve an intricate series of puzzles to unravel the entire mystery—and bring Evan home.

    2020IndieAdventureCasual6.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. BAD END

    WHY THIS

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

    It's rumored that those who play 'BAD END'- a Visual Novel will die in REAL LIFE if they make the wrong decision in the game itself.

    2015IndieAdventureCasual5.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about A Mind Apart

What games are most similar to A Mind Apart?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside A Mind Apart are Touhou: Beyond Gensokyo, Rich Flavors, Fishbowl.
Who developed A Mind Apart?
A Mind Apart was developed by Tiny Purple Cat.

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 A Mind Apart.

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