Games like Mind Games
If Mind Games is your kind of game, the closest matches are Knight Swap, Knight Swap 2 and Checkers & Pawns — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its nostalgic 90s style graphics, challenging 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.
Get personalized picks →About Mind Games: Mind games is a great set of extremely hard brain twisting puzzles! Warning: this game is for smarties! Only one out of ten people can solve the first puzzle!
Players who liked Mind Games also play
Steam players who put hours into Mind Games 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.
Knight Swap
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Mind Games.
Top pick for Mind Games fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Mind Games.
One chess piece, the mighty knight. One simple concept: exchange the knights from one colored square to another. One hundred hand-crafted levels in a beautiful minimalist set. Can you swap the knights?
Knight Swap 2
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Mind Games fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.
The sequel of the successful Knight Swap, with more levels, more gameplay mechanics, and even more fun. The goal in each level is to move the opposing knights to where the others are placed (and vice versa) using the features of the board.Can you swap the knights?
Checkers & Pawns
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Mind Games fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Mind Games.
Checkers & Pawns is a minimalist and relaxing puzzle game that combines elements of checkers and chess. With more than 50 challenging levels, unique mechanics, and a balanced difficulty curve, it's perfect for casual players looking for a relaxing and challenging experience.
Puzzle Checkers: The Rooks
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Ranked #4 for Mind Games fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Mind Games.
Elegant fusion of checkers and chess in 50+ challenging levels. Relaxing strategy in minimalist design. Reinventing the classics, challenge your mind!
Puzzle Light: Rotate
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Ranked #5 for Mind Games fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Mind Games.
Rotate the pieces to form the circuit and turn on the lights in this puzzle game.
SokoChess
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Mind Games.
Ranked #6 for Mind Games fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Mind Games.
SokoChess is a minimalistic puzzle game about pushing chess pieces. Use your pieces to push the black figures to their destination, but be careful! The opposing pieces will capture yours if you give them the chance!
Chess Morph: The Queen's Wormholes
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Ranked #7 for Mind Games fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Mind Games.
An original puzzle game inspired by chess. Control a lonely Queen with shapeshifting abilities and defeat the enemy army. Move wisely, explore the wormholes on the board, take the enemy shape and kill them all.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Mind Games.
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?
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Mind Games.
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.
Our Life: Beginnings & Always
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Mind Games.
A twenty-dollar bill, four summers, fifteen years, and a one of a kind life. Create an experience that’s all your own in this near-fully customizable visual novel where you grow from childhood to adulthood with the lonely boy next door.
Travellin Cats in Paris
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Mind Games.
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!
Virtual Cottage
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Mind Games.
Virtual Cottage gives you a comfy place to rest and be productive without any distractions. Open the game, set yourself a goal and enjoy the atmosphere.
Iron Snout
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Mind Games.
Iron Snout is a fast, colorful and brutal fighting game in which you will be helping a piglet fight for its life against hordes of wolves.
Coloring Pixels
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Mind Games.
A relaxing coloring by numbers game. Enjoy completing a variety of images with differing themes, complexity, and sizes.
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Frequently asked about Mind Games
- How much does Mind Games cost?
- Mind Games is listed on Steam at 0.49 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Mind Games?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Mind Games are Knight Swap, Knight Swap 2, Checkers & Pawns.
- Who developed Mind Games?
- Mind Games was developed by AK Games and published by My Way Games.
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