Games Like MIND: Path to Thalamus Enhanced Edition

Antichamber is a mind-bending psychological exploration game where nothing can be taken for granted. Discover an Escher-like world where hallways wrap around upon each other, spaces reconfigure themselves, and accomplishing the impossible may just be the only way forward.

Why similar: Surreal 35.3%, Puzzle 31.4%, First-Person 13.7%, Indie 5.7%, Exploration 4.7%

Why You'll Like It: It shares the surreal, non-Euclidean geometry and mind-bending puzzle design that defines the core experience of the seed game.

Perception is reality. In this mind-bending first-person puzzler, you escape a surreal dream world through solving impossible puzzles using the ambiguity of depth and perspective.

Why similar: Surreal 43%, Puzzle 27.7%, First-Person 15.4%, Adventure 8.1%, Exploration 4.6%

Why You'll Like It: It utilizes perspective-based mechanics to create a surreal, dreamlike environment that feels very much in line with the seed game's aesthetic.

Ether One is a first person adventure that deals with the fragility of the human mind. There are two paths in the world you can choose from. At its core is a story exploration path free from puzzles where you can unfold the story at your own pace.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 36.7%, Puzzle 16.7%, Adventure 13%, First-Person 12%, Indie 6.4%

Why You'll Like It: This game features a similar blend of first-person puzzle-solving and a deeply personal, surreal narrative journey.

The Vanishing of Ethan Carter is a first-person story-driven mystery. Purchase this game to get both the original and the Unreal Engine 4 remaster called The Vanishing of Ethan Carter Redux.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 44%, Atmospheric 14.8%, First-Person 10.4%, Puzzle 8.3%, Adventure 7%

Why You'll Like It: It excels at atmospheric, narrative-driven exploration within a hauntingly beautiful environment.

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).

Why similar: Puzzle 43.9%, First-Person 16.1%, Atmospheric 14.7%, Great Soundtrack 11.2%, Adventure 6.2%

Why You'll Like It: This title offers a similarly deep, philosophical narrative paired with complex environmental puzzles in a first-person perspective.

Enter the lost world of Kairo. Explore vast abandoned monuments. Bring strange and ancient machinery back to life. Slowly uncover the true purpose of Kairo and fulfil a great destiny.Kairo is an atmospheric 3D exploration and puzzle solving game.

Why similar: Surreal 24.7%, Puzzle 21.5%, Walking Simulator 13.3%, Atmospheric 10.5%, First-Person 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: It is a minimalist, abstract, and atmospheric puzzle game that relies on exploration and environmental cues.

Rediscover gravity and explore an Escher-esque world of impossible architecture. Witness infinity in first-person and master its rules to solve physics-defying puzzles. Cultivate a garden to open new paths forward, where an eternal expanse awaits.

Why similar: Surreal 38.3%, Puzzle 21.5%, First-Person 12.8%, Atmospheric 10.7%, Adventure 6.4%

Why You'll Like It: Its gravity-defying, abstract world provides a similar sense of wonder and spatial puzzle-solving as the seed game.

NaissanceE is an obscure and magical first person exploration game, a philosophical trip and an artistic experience. The adventure takes place in a primitive mysterious structure and the game mainly consists to explore and feel the deep and strong ambiance of this atemporal world.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.3%, Surreal 21.3%, Atmospheric 10.5%, First-Person 8.6%, Puzzle 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: This title offers a stark, abstract, and surreal exploration experience that emphasizes scale and atmosphere.

The Turing Test is a challenging first-person puzzle game set on Jupiter’s moon, Europa. You are Ava Turing, an engineer for the International Space Agency (ISA) sent to discover the cause behind the disappearance of the ground crew stationed there.

Why similar: Puzzle 43%, First-Person 22%, Atmospheric 12.1%, Adventure 11.5%, Great Soundtrack 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: It combines first-person puzzle mechanics with a thought-provoking narrative that explores human consciousness.

Pneuma: Breath of Life forces you to think outside the box through a narrated story of self-discovery, whilst exploring the ontological mystery of the breath of life. Features award winning voice actor 'Jay Britton' as Pneuma.

Why similar: Puzzle 33.9%, Adventure 21.4%, First-Person 19.4%, Great Soundtrack 13%, Indie 12.4%

Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on philosophical themes and environmental manipulation through a first-person lens.

You wake up, alone, on a strange island full of puzzles that will challenge and surprise you.

Why similar: Puzzle 32%, Walking Simulator 21.3%, First-Person 11.8%, Atmospheric 7.9%, Surreal 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: It is a masterclass in environmental puzzle design that encourages deep observation and exploration.

Challenge perception, redefine reality, and reshape the world around you with an instant camera. Viewfinder is a new single player game offering gamers hours of interesting and fun experiences while uncovering the mysteries left behind.

Why similar: Surreal 36.6%, Puzzle 20.5%, First-Person 14.6%, Atmospheric 12.3%, Adventure 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: It features innovative perspective-based puzzles that challenge your perception of reality in a surreal setting.

Explore an abandoned building, encountering puzzles and clues to discover what happened, as you try to escape in both your nightmares and the waking world. Be immersed in the hauntingly beautiful 3D atmosphere in this puzzle exploration mystery game.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 30.4%, Puzzle 18.3%, Atmospheric 14.9%, First-Person 10.6%, Great Soundtrack 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: This game captures a similar sense of isolation and atmospheric mystery through its puzzle-solving and exploration.

CRYNEGINE Indie Game of 2017. Featuring an incredibly detailed ancient world and a breathtaking soundtrack, Aporia: Beyond the Valley takes open world storytelling to new heights of adventure.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.5%, Adventure 17.6%, Puzzle 16.1%, Indie 9.8%, Atmospheric 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: It features a beautiful, atmospheric world filled with environmental puzzles and a non-verbal narrative.

Discover the truth about Quern’s past, unfold the mysteries of its present, and be the explorer who shapes its future. Quern introduces reusable puzzle mechanics to the classic genre, making the player think about the game as a whole, and not just as a series of individual challenges.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 29.2%, Surreal 20.9%, Puzzle 16.6%, Atmospheric 9.9%, First-Person 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: This game offers a classic first-person puzzle experience with a strong emphasis on exploration and mystery.

Empathy: Path of Whispers is an atmospheric and story-driven adventure game where you explore a seemingly abandoned world through the emotions and memories of the people who once inhabited it, trying to restore the world’s lost balance by journeying through its past.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 32%, Adventure 15.3%, Atmospheric 11.1%, Great Soundtrack 10.7%, Surreal 10.4%

Why You'll Like It: It focuses on an emotional, narrative-driven journey through surreal, memory-based environments.

Uncover a story of intrigue, betrayal, and a civilization teetering on the brink of collapse as you solve intricate puzzles to unlock the secrets of Riven. Built from the ground-up and expanded from the award-winning original game released in 1997.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.6%, Puzzle 17.1%, Surreal 17.1%, First-Person 10.4%, Atmospheric 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: This title provides a deeply immersive and complex puzzle-solving experience set in a uniquely atmospheric world.

Relicta is a first-person physics-based puzzle game where you need to creatively combine magnetism and gravity to unravel the secrets of Chandra Base.

Why similar: Puzzle 47.3%, First-Person 34.1%, Exploration 15.9%, Singleplayer 2.7%

Why You'll Like It: This physics-based puzzler requires players to manipulate environmental elements to progress, much like the seed game.

Welcome to Myst: a starkly beautiful island, eerily tinged with mystery and shrouded in intrigue. Built from the ground up to play in 2D & VR, explore Myst in a whole new dimension! Journey to the Ages, unravel puzzles, and be a part of the surrealistic adventure that will become your own.

Why similar: Puzzle 31.3%, Adventure 18.1%, VR 13.5%, First-Person 12.6%, Exploration 9%

Why You'll Like It: It is the foundational experience for atmospheric, first-person puzzle games that rely on environmental storytelling.

INFRA puts you into the boots of a structural analyst on a routine mission. Quickly though, your task turns into a fight for survival, all caused by deep-rooted schemes of the past. Your tools are simple: your camera and the wits to navigate a labyrinth of debris.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 33.4%, Puzzle 18.7%, Atmospheric 12.5%, First-Person 10.7%, Adventure 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: It focuses on industrial exploration and puzzle-solving within a grounded yet atmospheric setting.

Dream is an exploration game that takes place within the subconscious mind of Howard Phillips, a young man whose waking hours are tedious and dull, but whose dreams are lucid and powerful.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 30.4%, Adventure 9.9%, Puzzle 8.3%, Atmospheric 7.7%, VR 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: This title is a surreal, dream-like exploration game that emphasizes atmosphere and narrative discovery.

Q.U.B.E. 2 is the sequel to the hit first-person puzzle game Q.U.B.E. You are Amelia Cross, a stranded archaeologist who has awoken among the ruins of an ancient alien landscape. With the distant help of another survivor you must solve the puzzles of this mysterious world and find a way back home.

Why similar: Puzzle 32.5%, Adventure 27.1%, Indie 15%, First-Person 13%, Great Soundtrack 5.8%

Why You'll Like It: It provides a polished first-person puzzle experience set within a mysterious, atmospheric environment.

Conarium is a chilling Lovecraftian game, which follows a gripping story involving four scientists and their endeavor to challenge what we normally consider to be the ‘absolute’ limits of nature. Inspired by H.P. Lovecraft’s novella "At the Mountains of Madness", but largely set after the original story.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 42%, Adventure 16.4%, First-Person 12.1%, Atmospheric 9.3%, Puzzle 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: This game blends Lovecraftian horror with atmospheric exploration and puzzle-solving.

A humorous adventure set in a 3D parody of the internet. Diverse puzzles, beautiful worlds, friends, experiences, upgrades and more, await those who 'log on'!

Why similar: Surreal 32.1%, Walking Simulator 29.2%, Adventure 9.6%, Indie 6%, Great Soundtrack 5.8%

Why You'll Like It: This game offers a surreal, satirical, and highly stylized exploration experience.

MirrorMoon EP is a game about mystery and exploration set in outer space. These space travels begin on a red planet and its unique moon and extend across galaxies. The single player part of MirrorMoon EP blends adventure and exploration with navigation-based puzzle solving.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.2%, Surreal 16.9%, Puzzle 15.6%, First-Person 8.4%, Beautiful 7.7% ★

Why You'll Like It: It is an abstract, surreal exploration game that encourages players to solve puzzles through observation.

Check-in to The Spectrum Retreat for a stay you won’t forget. Manipulate your way to the truth in this captivating narrative-driven puzzler.

Why similar: Puzzle 38.4%, First-Person 24.8%, Adventure 17.4%, Indie 10%, Strategy 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: It features a narrative-heavy, first-person puzzle experience set in a mysterious, high-concept environment.

Imagine a world where death is no longer final, where precious memories are saved to enjoy forever, where your soul is immortal. Master Reboot is a haunting first-person sci-fi adventure.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.9%, Surreal 22.2%, Puzzle 12.7%, Atmospheric 10.9%, Adventure 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: This game features a surreal, psychological narrative set within a digital, memory-based world.

Find a way through the towers and dungeons of TRI by solving puzzles, climbing impossible ascents and reflecting light-rays. The mystical TRI will let you create your own paths in this strange world – just try not to lose your mind when you're falling upside down!

Why similar: Surreal 30.1%, Puzzle 18.4%, First-Person 11.1%, Adventure 9.9%, Atmospheric 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: It combines first-person puzzle mechanics with a unique, abstract art style.

N.E.R.O. is a wonderful journey in a world of incredible beauty, a story driven first-person game with puzzles and intuitive controls where the environment is connected to the characters and their past. The world of N.E.R.O. is magical and varied, making exploring an ongoing challenge.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 39.3%, Puzzle 20.3%, Adventure 14.4%, Atmospheric 12.7%, Indie 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: It is a narrative-driven, atmospheric experience that focuses on emotional storytelling.

In Rise of Insanity, as a doctor of psychology you will explore the darkest recesses of the human mind. Overcome your fear to find the truth behind the tragedy that has befallen your family.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.8%, Surreal 15.8%, Beautiful 10.3% ★, Puzzle 10.1%, Adventure 8%

The Old City: Leviathan is an experiment in first person exploration that focuses entirely on story. All that exists is you and the world. Set in a decaying city from a civilization long past, The Old City: Leviathan puts the player in the shoes of a sewer dwelling isolationist.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 40.7%, Surreal 17.6%, Atmospheric 11.9%, Adventure 9.3%, First-Person 8.1%

A slow burn walking sim with an interactive soundtrack and horror vibes. You explore abstract locations and create your own unique sound for each of them by moving around and using Monoliths.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 35.7%, Surreal 29.6%, Atmospheric 10.2%, First-Person 7.5%, Adventure 4.8%

A surreal puzzle platformer that's as beautiful as it is challenging – discover two beings entwined by fate, a girl and her soulmate, left to travel through a hauntingly elegant world...

Why similar: Surreal 46.6%, Puzzle 20.1%, Atmospheric 13.4%, Indie 9.8%, Adventure 8.9%

Featuring a beautiful, detailed open-world and a haunting soundtrack, Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture is non-linear storytelling at its best.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 58.3%, Atmospheric 11.4%, Great Soundtrack 10.6%, Adventure 6%, First-Person 5.9%

Explore the mysterious Hotel Norwood in this surreal first-person adventure. Curious characters, forgotten secrets, and head-nodding music await your arrival.

Why similar: Surreal 27%, Walking Simulator 23.7%, First-Person 9.8%, Great Soundtrack 9.3%, Atmospheric 8%

REVEIL is a narrative first-person psycho-thriller game that focuses on story, puzzles and exploration. Find out what’s going on inside Walter Thompson and what his dark past at the Nelson Bros Circus has to do with it.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 28.8%, Surreal 22.3%, Puzzle 11.5%, First-Person 9%, Atmospheric 7.9%

Cylne is a first person surreal exploration game having a poetic and philosophical side. Explore and feel unreal worlds filled with environmental enigmas to try to achieve the chapter called "The Choice"...

Why similar: Puzzle 16.2%, Adventure 13.3%, Walking Simulator 12.7%, Surreal 12.6%, First-Person 11.5%

A fever-dream-like puzzle horror game. Descend to the depths of a sleeping curse, survive every floor and find your way out of the never ending nightmare.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 32.3%, Surreal 24.7%, Puzzle 15.4%, Atmospheric 10.1%, First-Person 9.1%

Be prepared to be transported to a reality of dreams and nightmares. What will you discover about yourself in this journey through the subconscious?

Why similar: Walking Simulator 22.3%, Adventure 16.8%, Puzzle 12.2%, VR 10.7%, First-Person 9.6%

Doorways is an immersive horror adventure, featuring a complex story and deep atmosphere.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 23.4%, Adventure 17.2%, First-Person 14.5%, Puzzle 13.3%, Atmospheric 11.8%

A short and surreal meta-narrative experience. Explore the gallery and find a way to push The Button...

Why similar: Walking Simulator 26.9%, Surreal 24.4%, Adventure 12.1%, Puzzle 11.7%, Great Soundtrack 8.9%

Caligo is the darkness everyone descends into one way or another, and to each of us it's something different. For some it's a short but exciting adventure, some will see it as a place to relax. Yet others will be reminded of their worst nightmare, while for a few, it might come as a revelation.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 45.7%, Adventure 13.9%, Atmospheric 11.3%, Great Soundtrack 10.6%, First-Person 9.3%

The Sojourn is a first-person puzzle game set in an immersive colour-drenched world of light and darkness. Think your way through dozens of puzzles as you traverse parallel worlds, awaken mysterious artifacts and overcome challenging obstacles on an unforgettable journey.

Why similar: Surreal 22.7%, Walking Simulator 21.5%, Puzzle 14.5%, Atmospheric 9.8%, First-Person 9.7%

In Drizzlepath you are set on a journey to the top of the Mountain of Fire. It aims to be an atmospheric, relaxed and enigmatic experience. Downloadable soundtrack included.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 36.6%, Atmospheric 11.4%, Great Soundtrack 10.9%, First-Person 10.6%, Beautiful 10.3% ★

You're stranded at a cathedral-like train station in the near future, searching for a ticket out of town. Explore the secret passageways, interact with strangers, dig for records, and get hypnotized by the soundtrack – a batch of original music courtesy of the band, Archie Pelago.

Why similar: Surreal 35%, Walking Simulator 31.8%, Great Soundtrack 7.6%, Adventure 7.1%, First-Person 6.3%

Relax, empty your mind, activate your senses and step into the hypnotic adventure of the Path to Mnemosyne in the quest for the lost memories.

Why similar: Surreal 32%, Beautiful 19.5% ★, Puzzle 18.8%, Adventure 11.4%, Atmospheric 10.7%

A serene first person exploration game in a surreal, organic world that reacts to your presence. Journey through a psychedelically colorful ecosystem of flourishing flora, rambling waterfalls, burgeoning mountains, glowing monoliths and graceful creatures. A 1-3 hour escape from work, anxiety and stress.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 29.8%, Surreal 27%, Atmospheric 10.6%, First-Person 8.6%, Great Soundtrack 7.8%

The Talos Principle 2 is a thought-provoking first-person puzzle experience that greatly expands on the first game's philosophical themes and stunning environments with increasingly mind-bending challenges.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 45%, Puzzle 30.5%, First-Person 17.5%, Exploration 7%

Among the Sleep: Enhanced Edition is a new and improved version of the award winning first person horror adventure. In the game you play as a small child trapped in a weird nightmare where you go looking for your mom.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.3%, Atmospheric 18%, First-Person 16.3%, Adventure 13.3%, Puzzle 10.5%

There is one rule in the game. And it needs to be broken. There is one goal. And when you attain it, you die.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 47.3%, Surreal 25.7%, Adventure 7.4%, Atmospheric 6.5%, Indie 5.3%

A virtual reality fantasy adventure set in a surreal realm between the real world and the afterlife. Meet mischievous spirits and gods. Solve magical puzzles. Restore ancient structures. Explore a gorgeous and vibrant world.

Why similar: Adventure 18.5%, VR 16.1%, Puzzle 15.9%, Beautiful 14.3% ★, Indie 10.4%

Rememoried is an independent video game, a virtual place where memories change to dreams and the only possible way is forgetting, which becomes a mechanism for proceeding to the next layer of dreams. The Surrealist explorative first-person adventure game.

Why similar: Surreal 27.5%, Walking Simulator 20.7%, Adventure 13.4%, Puzzle 10.8%, First-Person 8.2%

Nevermind ushers you into dark and surreal worlds within the minds of trauma patients. When played with supported biofeedback technology, Nevermind picks up on indications of fear—lashing out if you allow your feelings of anxiety to get the better of you.

Why similar: Surreal 37.2%, Puzzle 20.8%, Adventure 18.1%, Indie 9.6%, Atmospheric 8.5%

FRACT is a musical exploration game. You arrive in a forgotten place and explore the vast and unfamiliar landscape to discover the secrets of a world built on sound. You rebuild its machinery by solving puzzles and bring the world back to life by shaping sound and creating music in the game.

Why similar: Puzzle 25.2%, First-Person 14.1%, Walking Simulator 12.3%, Great Soundtrack 9.8%, Indie 9.1%

Downward is a first-person open-world parkour based platform adventure set in the medieval ruins of a post-apocalyptic planet Earth. Make your way through breath-taking landscapes, face ancient guardians and unravel the deep mystery that lies behind the disappearance of humanity.

Why similar: First-Person 21.5%, Puzzle 17.4%, Adventure 14.5%, Great Soundtrack 12.5%, Atmospheric 12.4%

Bend and twist reality in A Fisherman's Tale, the mind-bending VR puzzle adventure game in which being turned upside down and inside out is not merely a play on words.

Why similar: Surreal 37.1%, Puzzle 22%, VR 17.1%, Adventure 11.3%, Strategy 7.8%

Lucid Cycle offers a set of short but unique experiences.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 37.6%, Surreal 21.1%, Atmospheric 11.1%, Adventure 9.4%, First-Person 8.7%

Released in 2014, experience one of the first 3D adaptations of the renowned puzzle-adventure game Myst! Each discovery you make, every puzzle you solve, will bring you closer to reversing a wrong that has gone unchecked for ages.

Why similar: Puzzle 28.8%, Adventure 17.5%, Walking Simulator 11%, First-Person 10.8%, Beautiful 8.1% ★

Explore your surroundings as the protagonist of your own horror story as you immerse yourself in this tense VR thriller set in America’s Deep South. Navigate your way through your memories, piecing together the clues and puzzles, to solve the mystery of how you have awoken in the sinister Greenwater Institute, known only as Patient No.

Why similar: VR 28.4%, Puzzle 20.8%, Adventure 15.6%, Great Soundtrack 14.6%, Indie 9.1%