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Games like Mind Match

If Mind Match is your kind of game, the closest matches are Match! The 12 CZ Wars, Kingdom of Ashes - Fallen Era and Sin Hunter — 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 Mind Match: Not your usual Match-3. Trapped in your own imagination, match ideas to fuel abilities that upgrade every fight. Beware, Dark Ideas cloud your board and force you to rethink. Place relics that twist the rules. Face Monsters that fight back, and climb a tower built from your own creative blocks.

StrategyIndieWindowsby MindGame Studio
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Players who liked Mind Match also play

Steam players who put hours into Mind Match 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. Match! The 12 CZ Wars

    WHY THIS

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

    "Match! The 12 CZ Wars" is a roguelike strategy game blending match-3 and buff-building. Partner with 12 Zodiac Maidens to repel ancient primordial beasts. Navigate random events, battles, and upgrades. Carefully choose paths, manage resources, and empower your Maidens to secure victory.

    2026StrategyIndieRPG4.79 USDSteam ↗
  2. Kingdom of Ashes - Fallen Era

    WHY THIS

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

    A single-player roguelike deck-builder set in a fallen kingdom. Draft cards, chain elemental resonances, fight through procedural maps of battles, shrines, and bosses. Spend Ash at the Forge for permanent upgrades. Eight heroes, brutal Ascension tiers.

    2026StrategyIndie8.09 USDSteam ↗
  3. Sin Hunter

    WHY THIS

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

    Sin Hunter is a two-dimensional fantasy style Rougelike card-building combat game. Players take on the role of a sin hunter who helps the demon managers in Hell suppress the rebellion of the Primordial Abyss and uncover the secrets of Hell's origins.

    StrategyIndieSteam ↗
  4. Pemkie Island

    WHY THIS

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

    Pemkie Island is a monster taming RPG adventure, in a roguelite format. Travel across the 5 different regions while discovering and taming unique creatures called Pemkies. Master their traits, choose the right skills and build the best team possible to restore balance!

    StrategyIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  5. Dicebinder

    WHY THIS

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

    A dark fantasy roguelite card battler where every roll becomes mana. Spend dice to cast creature skills, shield, save for combos, or bind defeated enemies into your party.

    StrategyIndieRPGSteam ↗
  6. ANTHEM#9

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Mind Match fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Mind Match.

    Combine gems to form combos! In the Strategic Gem Match roguelite "Anthem#9", you’ll fight thrilling and puzzle-like combo battles. Assume the role of an agent of the secret organization known as Anthem#9 and confront powerful foes! Strategic deck construction is the key to unleashing lots of combos

    2026StrategyIndie10.34 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Hunter's Moon: A Sovereign Syndicate Adventure

    WHY THIS

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

    A Victorian Steampunk Roguelite Deckbuilder. Choose from four characters with unique cards and abilities. Customize your deck and character as you investigate a mysterious plague. Battle corrupted beasts and bosses in turn-based combat to unlock powerful relics and enchanted tarot cards.

    2025StrategyAdventureRPG15.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Dream of Corpse Lady

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Mind Match fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Mind Match.

    Cards, battle! Someone woke up the sleeping Corpse Lady... Perhaps, the world needs to pay a price for the awakening... In this game, you will play the role of the awakened Corpse Lady, try various strange construction combinations, discover powerful opponents, and then knock them all down!

    2026StrategyIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

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

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  3. The Looker

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Travellin Cats in Paris

    WHY THIS

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

    Find 100 cats hidden in Paris, France in this cute hand-drawn hidden object game by Travellin Cats - the original viral hidden cat game creator!

    2023IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Grimm's Hollow

    WHY THIS

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

    A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.

    2019IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Magic Archery

    WHY THIS

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

    Train a commoner to become the greatest archer in this short incremental game! Increase your stats, gather wealth from quests, buy upgrades, and infuse your arrows with magic.

    2024IndieSimulationRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Coloring Pixels

    WHY THIS

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

    A relaxing coloring by numbers game. Enjoy completing a variety of images with differing themes, complexity, and sizes.

    2018IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeSteam ↗
  8. Eternal Senia

    WHY THIS

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

    Thoughts and expectations ARPG

    2015ActionIndieRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Mind Match

What games are most similar to Mind Match?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Mind Match are Match! The 12 CZ Wars, Kingdom of Ashes - Fallen Era, Sin Hunter.
Who developed Mind Match?
Mind Match was developed by MindGame Studio.

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 Match.

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