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Mindlock - The Apartment

Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac • 2024

Should you play it?

Colin’s apartment maze has puzzles, dialogues, and some dry humor waiting for you. A surreal adventure of a special kind.

What works

  • Deep and emotional story
  • Unique hand-drawn art style
  • Excellent voice acting
  • Thought-provoking psychological themes
  • Well-designed puzzles with logical solutions

Things to keep in mind

  • Some control and inventory management frustrations
  • Limited game length
  • Repetitive backtracking due to confined setting
  • Lack of quality-of-life features like fast travel or undo
  • Some puzzles can be obtuse or require trial and error

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How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

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Mindlock - The Apartment: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Survival, Violence, Competition, Thrill. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Growth. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Relaxation, Fellowship.

Last update: 25/08/2026