MIND: Path to Thalamus Enhanced Edition

MIND: Path to Thalamus Enhanced Edition

Released Aug 2014

MIND: Path to Thalamus is a First Person Puzzler that throws you into a fantastic and surreal environment. You will bend the natural elements to your will in order to progress in this emotive, mindbending tale. Now also in Virtual Reality!

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Evaluation

MIND: Path to Thalamus Enhanced Edition launched on November 3, 2015 as a full rebuild of the original game in Unreal Engine 4, adding VR support, new puzzles, redesigned levels, and new endings. Post-launch, the developer shipped VR compatibility improvements in April 2016 and then added a Halloween-themed bonus level on October 28, 2016 — the last piece of new content for the game. Since October 2016, all developer news posts associated with this Steam page have been announcements for the developer's other, separate games — Horror Tales: The Beggar (2024) and Together: Moon Escape (2025). No new content, patches, or development updates have been communicated for MIND itself since October 28, 2016. The game has no unreleased DLC listed on the store, and the developer has never announced any future content for it. The game shipped as a complete, self-contained puzzle experience with a full narrative, and the developer's post-launch activity — a few patches and one content addition — concluded nearly a decade ago. This is a finished product with no outstanding commitments.
Evidence
Developer released a Halloween-themed bonus level — the last piece of new content added to the game.
news post · Oct 28, 2016 source content shipped
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Enhanced Edition launched with VR support, new puzzles, redesigned levels, four hidden areas, and a new ending.
news post · Nov 3, 2015 source content shipped
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Details

Publisher
Talking About Media
Achievements
23
Platform
Windows, macOS, Linux
Controller
full support
Steam Deck
Verified
Players
Single-player

About this game

Change the entire environment!

Wrapped in a mind-bending tale, the gameplay of “MIND” focuses on changing the very weather in order to solve puzzles: the player will cycle between day and night, modify the levels of fog and rain and even travel in time between seasons, changing the environment to advance the gameplay-driven story —indeed, the mechanics are directly related to who the protagonist is, what has happened to him and everything he is doing: a man trapped in his own mind, he must use all the tools at his disposition to escape to reality. Accompanied by the snarky yet heartfelt narration of this comatose patient, the player will guide him through fantastical forests, dark caverns and deceptive worlds of water and ice that directly relate to his emotional state at each point in his journey.

Enhanced Edition Features

  • Play the game in Virtual Reality for a full immersive experience. VR support only for motion controllers (HTC VIVE and Oculus Rift + Oculus Touch).

  • Powerfull new Unreal Engine 4 engine gaining even 70% more performance in almost every level.

  • Steam controller, keyboard, gamepad and VR controllers 100% supported and configurable.

  • 4 secret levels, redesigned interactive ending, narration and also an alternative ending.

  • More than 40 different, creative puzzles seamlessly integrated into the environment.

  • 6 ways to affect the environment in order to solve the puzzles.

  • More than 25 distinct landscapes into with which you will be able to interact.

  • Turn day to night, make it so everything is covered by a blinding fog, summon incredible storms, travel to the past and make use of even more as of yet unknown mechanics.

  • More than an hour of voice acting that, while integrated into the gameplay itself, will tell you a whole story that is not about saving the world but about living through the pain of a father broken by his mistakes.

  • Face down imposing enemies by using your creativity and everything you have learnt along the way.

  • 22 achievements full of Easter eggs and references.

  • OST and Artbook included.

Last evaluated Jun 28, 2026
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