Games like In Sound Mind

First-person psychological horror game with puzzle-solving and boss fights. Explore unsettling memories with a cat companion.

95% positive from 3,145 · 2021 · Steam Deck Playable · Lowest ever $0.69 (2024-09-02)

Horror Psychological Horror Story Rich PuzzleActionSingleplayer

Six games like In Sound Mind

Sally Face - Episode One

97% positive from 9,673 reviews2016Deck Verified

This is a story-driven adventure game where players interact with a dark mystery and nightmares. It features a unique mechanic of speaking with the dead using a handheld device.

What players likedPlayers praise its unique, unsettling atmosphere, deep storytelling, memorable characters, and captivating soundtrack, often comparing it to a classic, immersive mystery.

The catchThe story loses its way after the early chapters and the ending disappoints.

Both are tagged Psychological Horror, Story Rich and Horror.

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Detention

96% positive from 2,855 reviews2017Deck Verified

This is a 2D atmospheric horror side-scroller where players solve puzzles and hide from monsters in a cursed 1960s Taiwanese high school. It features point-and-click exploration and a focus on East Asian cultural horror elements.

What players likedPlayers praise its deep, heartbreaking story and unsettling atmosphere, comparing it to Silent Hill for its psychological horror.

The catchThe enemies and tension vanish around the halfway mark, leaving thin puzzle clicking.

Both are tagged Psychological Horror, Story Rich and Horror.

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Zero Escape: Zero Time Dilemma

82% positive from 4,829 reviews201647% finish itDeck Verified

Nine people wake in an underground facility and are told the exit opens only after six of them die. Search 3D rooms for escape puzzles and jump between fragments of a splintered timeline.

What players likedPlayers praise its hard puzzles and weird sci-fi story, comparing it to "Saw" and "Resident Evil 1 Remake."

The catchA weak twist and unresolved plot threads make the trilogy's finale a letdown.

Both are tagged Psychological Horror, Story Rich and Puzzle.

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Cube Escape Collection

97% positive from 1,918 reviews201914% finish itDeck Verified

Point-and-click puzzle adventure anthology. Solve environmental puzzles to uncover a mystery.

What players likedPlayers praise its solid puzzles and intriguing lore, comparing it to escape rooms and classic point-and-click adventures.

The catchPuzzle logic is arbitrary, so progress means clicking everything with every item.

Both are tagged Psychological Horror, Story Rich and Horror.

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The Complex: Expedition

90% positive from 2,555 reviews20256% finish itDeck Unsupported

Psychological horror exploration game with VHS filter. Navigate a maze, investigate a lifeform, experience atmospheric tension with multiple endings.

What players likedPlayers praise its Kane Pixels-style Backrooms experience, offering an immersive, terrifying, and atmospheric walking simulator akin to Bioshock.

The catchMostly walking with no real threats or puzzles

Both are tagged Psychological Horror, Story Rich and Horror.

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Garten of Banban 7

83% positive from 1,623 reviews2024Deck Playable

Survival horror game. Explore monster-filled kindergarten levels, solve puzzles, and evade enemies to find a missing child.

What players likedPlayers praise its expanded story and increased horror with more puzzles and good scares, building on previous installments.

The catchScripted chase sequences fail to work as intended

Both are tagged Psychological Horror, Horror and Puzzle.

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More about In Sound Mind

What players liked

Players praise its unique psychological horror, engaging story, atmospheric world-building, and clever environmental storytelling, often comparing it favorably to other survival horror games.

The catch

The strong opening gives way to repetitive levels and unsatisfying gunplay.

Reviews: 95% positive from 3,145
Released: 2021
Steam Deck: Steam Deck Playable
Price: Lowest ever $0.69 (2024-09-02)
Play: Single-playerFull controller support

It is here because it sits in the band this site looks at: well reviewed at 95% positive, but with 3,145 reviews, far fewer than the household names carry.

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