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MindSeize

Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch • 2020

Should you play it?

MindSeize is a 2D Metroidvania game set in a Sci-Fi-universe. Transfer your mind to a robot and rescue your beloved one!

What works

  • Engaging exploration and secrets
  • Challenging and varied boss fights
  • Tight controls and satisfying combat
  • Immersive sci-fi pixel art and music
  • Meaningful progression and upgrades

Things to keep in mind

  • Some frustrating difficulty spikes
  • Bugs and glitches reported
  • Limited map guidance and markers
  • Story and dialogue can be shallow
  • Some clunky platforming mechanics

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feel the closest overall

  • Hollow Knight

  • Chronicles of the Wolf

  • Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment

  • Zombotron

  • The Mummy Demastered

  • Dead Cells

  • Voidwrought

  • Angry Video Game Nerd II: ASSimilation

  • Cally's Caves 3

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Hidden Gems

Less popular games with surprisingly high similarity

  • Dunjungle

  • Frogmonster

  • Volkolak: The Will of Gods

If you liked…

Recommendations by what you enjoyed most

  • Competence

    Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment
  • Escapism

    Haiku, the Robot
  • Exploration

    Castle In The Darkness

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Similarity map

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

  • Purple star: this page’s game — everything on the map is relative to it.
  • Coloured chips: click to highlight games that mainly differ on that motivation; click again to reset.
  • Dotted line: link between this page’s game and the one selected for comparison.
  • Hover a dot to preview that game in the panel on the right; click to keep that comparison.
  • 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 (hidden on purpose).

MindSeize: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Survival, Violence, Fellowship, Intimacy. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Expression, Relaxation, Leadership.

Last update: 26/07/2026