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Games like Minds Eyes

If Minds Eyes is your kind of game, the closest matches are Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs, Outlast and Slender: The Arrival — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its eerie, melancholic and tense. 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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Mind's Eyes is a free-to-play first-person horror escape game released in 2016 by Stanislaw Truchowski and published by TurnVex. Players navigate a nightmarish mental maze, solving puzzles while evading a relentless pursuer through stealth-avoidance mechanics. The gameplay includes point-of-no-return pursuits and hidden collectibles, with teddy bears offering additional objectives. Reviewers find the psychological horror premise intriguing, and players describe the house layout as claustrophobic and immersive. Jumpscares are described by players as effective and frequent, and reviewers note that the relentless pursuit creates constant tension. The experience is solo-only, short in length, and presents a challenging difficulty. The game holds a 66% positive rating from 1,096 Steam reviews.

About Minds Eyes: You venture through your mind, trying desperately to wake up from your nightmares. Will you make it out?

2016ActionIndieAdventureFree To PlayFree to playWindowsby Stanislaw Truchowski
Minds Eyes — Steam game cover
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House layout feels claustrophobic and immersiveJumpscares are effective and frequentPsychological horror premise is intriguingEerieMelancholicTense

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Steam players who put hours into Minds Eyes 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. Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Minds Eyes fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Minds Eyes.

    From the creators of Amnesia: The Dark Descent and Dear Esther comes a new first-person horrorgame that will drag you to the depths of greed, power and madness. It will bury its snout into your ribs and it will eat your heart.

    2013ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Outlast

    WHY THIS

    Shares a tense mood with Minds Eyes.

    Second-strongest match for Minds Eyes fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Minds Eyes.

    Hell is an experiment you can't survive in Outlast, a first-person survival horror game developed by veterans of some of the biggest game franchises in history. As investigative journalist Miles Upshur, explore Mount Massive Asylum and try to survive long enough to discover its terrible secret... if you dare.

    2013ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Slender: The Arrival

    WHY THIS

    Shares a tense mood with Minds Eyes.

    Third-strongest match for Minds Eyes fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Minds Eyes.

    Slender Man returns more terrifying than ever. You're on your own. No one to help you. No one to hear you scream. Relive the horror all over again with cutting edge visuals for the 10th Anniversary Update and experience survival horror at its finest.

    2013ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Emily Wants To Play

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Minds Eyes fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Minds Eyes.

    It’s 11pm and the last house on your route. The windows are boarded up, the yard is overgrown, but the lights are on and the front door is open… strange place to deliver a pizza. You’re getting soaked from the rain, so you hesitantly step inside the house. You shouldn’t have done that.

    2015ActionStrategyIndie4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Dark Deception

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Minds Eyes fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Minds Eyes.

    Death awaits you in Dark Deception, a story-driven first-person horror maze game. There's nowhere to hide & nowhere to catch your breath. Run or die - it's your choice. Trapped in a realm of nightmarish mazes with a mysterious woman, your only hope of survival is to find a way to escape.

    2018ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Passing Pineview Forest

    WHY THIS

    Shares an eerie mood with Minds Eyes.

    Ranked #6 for Minds Eyes fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Minds Eyes.

    Passing Pineview Forest is a free mini-prequel set in the universe of Pineview Drive. Behind the abandoned house on Pineview Drive lies ominous Pineview Forest...

    2014ActionIndieAdventureFreeSteam ↗
  7. Visage

    WHY THIS

    Shares an unsettling mood with Minds Eyes.

    Ranked #7 for Minds Eyes fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Minds Eyes.

    Visage is a first-person psychological horror game. Explore a mysterious ever-changing house in a slow-paced, atmospheric world that combines both uncannily comforting and horrifyingly realistic environments, and enjoy a genuinely terrifying experience.

    2020ActionIndieAdventure34.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. MADiSON

    WHY THIS

    Shares puzzle solving and a tense mood with Minds Eyes.

    Ranked #8 for Minds Eyes fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Minds Eyes.

    MADiSON is a first person psychological horror game that delivers an immersive and terrifying experience. With the help of an instant camera, connect the human world with the beyond, take pictures and develop them by yourself. Solve puzzles, explore your surroundings and most importantly, survive.

    2022ActionIndieAdventure34.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

More from Stanislaw Truchowski

Other recommendable Steam games by Stanislaw Truchowski, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.

  1. Suite 776

    WHY THIS

    Shares an unsettling mood with Minds Eyes.

    Another title from Stanislaw Truchowski, the studio behind Minds Eyes. Shares Action and Indie with Minds Eyes.

    A pure terror with a twisted backstory; jumping straight into the horrors surrounding Suite 776.

    2019ActionIndieAdventure3.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Is Simon There?

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Stanislaw Truchowski, the studio behind Minds Eyes. Shares Indie and Adventure with Minds Eyes.

    A few months have passed since the death of my son, Simon. Ever since that tragic day, I find myself falling into the darkest emotions I could ever imagine. I am haunted everyday with what I have done; But sometimes, I am haunted by more than just my emotions...

    2022IndieAdventureCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Within Skerry

    WHY THIS

    Shares puzzle solving and an unsettling mood with Minds Eyes.

    Another title from Stanislaw Truchowski, the studio behind Minds Eyes. Shares Action and Indie with Minds Eyes.

    The Accumulation of Evil is an ancient book stating that if enough evil energy is concentrated in a single area, a dark force may be born.Humans can sometimes be very horrible creatures - but sometimes, it is taken a bit too far.

    2022ActionIndieAdventure4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Inside Depth 6

    WHY THIS

    Shares an eerie mood with Minds Eyes.

    Another title from Stanislaw Truchowski, the studio behind Minds Eyes. Shares Action and Indie with Minds Eyes.

    There are 6 depths to descend; the further you go, the more terror you will experience. Uncover mysteries, solve puzzles, and immerse yourself in a dark storyline that Inside Depth 6 has to offer. Journey through all 6 depths to uncover the secrets buried within.

    2021ActionIndieAdventure4.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. A Girls Fabric Face

    WHY THIS

    Shares puzzle solving and an unsettling mood with Minds Eyes.

    Another title from Stanislaw Truchowski, the studio behind Minds Eyes. Shares Indie and Adventure with Minds Eyes.

    A brutal murder has taken place. To that, you find yourself investigating what has happened through cameras set up in the house. Upon investigating you find yourself determining that not everything is as it seems. In the end, you are faced with an important decision to truly understand what happened to the girls with the fabric face.

    2017IndieAdventure2.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Money Maker

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Stanislaw Truchowski, the studio behind Minds Eyes. Shares Action and Indie with Minds Eyes.

    Stuck in a simulation with only two hours to complete the game. Failure will result in the exit closing forever...

    2018ActionStrategyIndieFreeSteam ↗
  7. Snafu

    WHY THIS

    Shares hidden collectibles and an eerie mood with Minds Eyes.

    Another title from Stanislaw Truchowski, the studio behind Minds Eyes. Shares Action and Indie with Minds Eyes.

    Alibaba, the caretaker of the Medieval Grow your Business Game notices a Glitch or Virus of some sort called Snafu has infiltrated the game files. NPCs begin to act strangely, textures look off, and I think - I think something is trying to hunt me down?

    2023ActionIndieAdventure4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Night at the Office

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Stanislaw Truchowski, the studio behind Minds Eyes. Shares Indie with Minds Eyes.

    You work late at the office not long after the death of a colleague. Throughout the night, all sorts of phenomenon begin to terrorize you, slowly uncovering the death of a fellow colleague. Who killed Joseph Anadam and why must you go through this trial to find out?

    2024IndieCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Minds Eyes

Is Minds Eyes free to play?
Yes — Minds Eyes is a free-to-play title on Steam. You can install and play it without buying anything, though some games include optional in-app purchases.
What games are most similar to Minds Eyes?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Minds Eyes are Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs, Outlast, Slender: The Arrival.
Who developed Minds Eyes?
Minds Eyes was developed by Stanislaw Truchowski and published by TurnVex.

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