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Minds Beneath Us

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2024

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Quick resume

MINDS BENEATH US is an emotional sci-fi narrative game. Through the eyes of a humble individual, experience a mad world where humans are exploited as computing devices for AI. Listen to the concerns of those you meet and offer guidance. Together, face challenges and confront an uncertain destiny.

Global score

96/100

Genres

Adventure, Indie, Role-playing (RPG), Visual Novel

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    Pros

    • Deep and engaging story
    • Complex moral choices
    • Immersive cyberpunk world-building
    • Well-developed characters
    • Atmospheric art and music

    Cons

    • Minimal gameplay mechanics
    • Some translation typos
    • Linear story with limited branching
    • Lack of manual save system
    • Some unresolved plot threads

    Motivations

    • Autonomy

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    • Competence

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    • Competition

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      "Focus is on personal story progression and moral choices without competitive elements or player comparison."

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    • Continuation

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      "Players express strong attachment to characters and story, with desire to replay for different outcomes."

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    • Cooperation

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    • Creativity

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      "Players experiment with dialogue choices and item usage to unlock different story paths and endings, encouraging creative problem solving."

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    • Domination

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    • Escapism

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    • Expectation

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      "Players engage voluntarily out of intrinsic interest in story and moral dilemmas, not due to obligation or external pressure."

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    • Experimenting

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    • Exploration

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    • Expression

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      "Players express themselves through dialogue choices affecting character relationships and endings."

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    • Fantasy

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    • Fellowship

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      "Strong community engagement and shared emotional experiences, though gameplay is single-player."

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    • Growth

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      "Players develop understanding of story, character motivations, and moral consequences."

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    • Health

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      "No physical activity or health-related gameplay elements; typical sedentary text-based game."

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    • Idle

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      "Requires focused attention on dialogues and story; minimal background or idle play."

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    • Intimacy

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      "Players build meaningful relationships with characters through dialogue and story, fostering emotional connections."

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    • Leadership

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      "Player does not lead others; role is individual decision maker within a bureaucratic system."

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    • Progression

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      "Progression occurs through narrative advancement and unlocking endings rather than item or power accumulation."

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    • Relaxation

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      3

      "Emotional engagement balanced with narrative pacing; some tension but also catharsis."

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      "Narrative pacing balances tension and calm moments, providing emotional engagement without sustained stress."

    • Sensation

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      "Atmospheric music and sound effects provide stimulating sensory experience enhancing immersion."

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    • Status

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      "Focus is on personal story experience rather than social recognition or popularity."

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    • Story

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    • Strategy

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    • Thrill

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    • Value

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    • Violence

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    • Survival

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    Analysis

    A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Intimacy, Survival, Violence, Competition. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Survival, Fellowship, Thrill.

    How to use the graph
    Similar games map

    Each dot is a game. They are arranged from the same motivation profile as in the “Motivations” section below. Closer dots usually mean more similar reasons to play (exploration, competition, relaxation, etc.)—not that one game is “better” than another.

    • Larger dot with a light outline: the game you are viewing.
    • Colour: groups of games with comparable motivation patterns (statistical clusters).
    • Hover a dot to see the game name; click to open its page.
    • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom out and see more games.

    Why don’t the axes read like a score? This view uses t-SNE: it only keeps who is close to whom. The scales are not “good to bad” or hours played—they separate groups on the map. Read distance between dots, not the axis numbers.

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    Last update: 30/04/2026