Minds Beneath Us

Item: Minds Beneath Us
Rating: 92
Author: VaporLens

Last updated: 2025-05-05

Summary

Meaningful choices with impactful consequences.
Excellent art style and immersive world.
Compelling cyberpunk atmosphere and visuals.
Narrative-focused gameplay with simple mechanics.
Rushed, unsatisfying ending; unresolved plots.
Excessive dialogue and repetitive QTEs.

Categories

Visual Novel Choice-based Narrative Single-player Story Investigative Gameplay Moral Decision-Making Walking Simulator

Reviews (sample size): 2000
Helpful reviews: 85%
Unhelpful reviews: 14%
Protest reviews: 1%

92%
Helpful reviews with positive sentiment
8%
Helpful reviews with negative sentiment

Positive points: 4993
Negative points: 1801
Gameplay points: 439
Perf. points: 31
Rec. points: 1234
Misc points: 298

Point	Description	Importance
Meaningful choices, impactful consequences Description Player choices have meaningful consequences, influencing character relationships and unlocking alternative paths. The game presents difficult moral dilemmas, prompting reflection on personal values and the weight of decisions. This creates a highly immersive and engaging experience for players. Importance 54%	Player choices have meaningful consequences, influencing character relationships and unlocking alternative paths. The game presents difficult moral dilemmas, prompting reflection on personal values and the weight of decisions. This creates a highly immersive and engaging experience for players.	54%
Excellent, immersive art style Description The game boasts a stellar art style, with detailed environments and fluid animations that enhance the overall experience. The visual presentation is cohesive and complements the story's themes, creating a captivating and immersive world. This point is consistently highlighted as a major strength of the game. Importance 44%	The game boasts a stellar art style, with detailed environments and fluid animations that enhance the overall experience. The visual presentation is cohesive and complements the story's themes, creating a captivating and immersive world. This point is consistently highlighted as a major strength of the game.	44%
Strong immersion, detailed world Description The game creates a strong sense of immersion through its rich narrative, detailed world-building, and well-developed characters. Exploring the game world and engaging with the story enhances the player's investment and creates a captivating experience. This point is frequently mentioned in reviews. Importance 34%	The game creates a strong sense of immersion through its rich narrative, detailed world-building, and well-developed characters. Exploring the game world and engaging with the story enhances the player's investment and creates a captivating experience. This point is frequently mentioned in reviews.	34%
Thought-provoking philosophical, moral themes Description The game explores complex philosophical and moral themes, prompting players to reflect on their own values and beliefs. The writing avoids being preachy, instead presenting multiple perspectives and leaving the weight of decisions to the player. This point highlights the game's intellectual depth and thought-provoking nature. Importance 33%	The game explores complex philosophical and moral themes, prompting players to reflect on their own values and beliefs. The writing avoids being preachy, instead presenting multiple perspectives and leaving the weight of decisions to the player. This point highlights the game's intellectual depth and thought-provoking nature.	33%
Immersive world, realistic NPCs Description The game world feels alive and immersive due to detailed NPC interactions and world-building elements. Characters have their own stories and motivations, creating believable interactions and enhancing the overall experience. This point highlights the game's attention to detail and its ability to create a convincing world. Importance 27%	The game world feels alive and immersive due to detailed NPC interactions and world-building elements. Characters have their own stories and motivations, creating believable interactions and enhancing the overall experience. This point highlights the game's attention to detail and its ability to create a convincing world.	27%
Compelling cyberpunk atmosphere, visuals Description The game blends beautiful visuals with a disturbing dystopian backdrop, creating a compelling and immersive cyberpunk atmosphere. The game explores themes of humanity in a dehumanizing world, with well-developed characters facing personal struggles. This point highlights the game's unique aesthetic and its exploration of relevant themes. Importance 24%	The game blends beautiful visuals with a disturbing dystopian backdrop, creating a compelling and immersive cyberpunk atmosphere. The game explores themes of humanity in a dehumanizing world, with well-developed characters facing personal struggles. This point highlights the game's unique aesthetic and its exploration of relevant themes.	24%
Well-fitting soundtrack, polished elements Description The game features a well-fitting soundtrack that enhances the atmosphere and complements the story. The game's elements are polished and work well together, indicating a knowledgeable development team. This point highlights the game's overall quality and attention to detail. Importance 23%	The game features a well-fitting soundtrack that enhances the atmosphere and complements the story. The game's elements are polished and work well together, indicating a knowledgeable development team. This point highlights the game's overall quality and attention to detail.	23%
Progressive themes, LGBTQ+ inclusivity Description The game handles LGBT themes naturally and portrays them as normal aspects of life without being forced or gratuitous. The game emphasizes the importance of expressing oneself, defending one's beliefs, and finding one's identity. This point highlights the game's progressive themes and its commitment to inclusivity. Importance 16%	The game handles LGBT themes naturally and portrays them as normal aspects of life without being forced or gratuitous. The game emphasizes the importance of expressing oneself, defending one's beliefs, and finding one's identity. This point highlights the game's progressive themes and its commitment to inclusivity.	16%
Relatable Taiwanese setting, culture Description The game's background design uses a near-future Taiwan setting, making the game world relatable and immersive for players familiar with the region. The game incorporates uniquely Taiwanese cultural references, which adds to the humor and authenticity for Taiwanese players. This point highlights the game's unique setting and its appeal to a specific audience. Importance 15%	The game's background design uses a near-future Taiwan setting, making the game world relatable and immersive for players familiar with the region. The game incorporates uniquely Taiwanese cultural references, which adds to the humor and authenticity for Taiwanese players. This point highlights the game's unique setting and its appeal to a specific audience.	15%
Authentic dialogue, human relationships Description The dialogue between characters is authentic, well-thought-out, and human, evoking a variety of emotions. The game excels in its handling of interpersonal relationships within the narrative, creating a relatable and emotionally engaging experience. This point emphasizes the game's strength in character interactions and realistic dialogue. Importance 12%	The dialogue between characters is authentic, well-thought-out, and human, evoking a variety of emotions. The game excels in its handling of interpersonal relationships within the narrative, creating a relatable and emotionally engaging experience. This point emphasizes the game's strength in character interactions and realistic dialogue.	12%
Explores AI ethics, social issues Description The game explores social and ethical issues arising from the rapid development of AI technology, grounding it in contemporary real life. The game makes you think about the direction we're going and provokes thought and reflection. This point highlights the game's exploration of relevant themes and its ability to prompt critical thinking. Importance 11%	The game explores social and ethical issues arising from the rapid development of AI technology, grounding it in contemporary real life. The game makes you think about the direction we're going and provokes thought and reflection. This point highlights the game's exploration of relevant themes and its ability to prompt critical thinking.	11%
Challenges player's sense justice Description The reviewer was able to influence a character to pursue a constantly changing sense of justice. The game challenges the player to consider the cost of justice and the complexities of moral choices. This point highlights the game's ability to engage players in meaningful decision-making and its exploration of complex themes. Importance 11%	The reviewer was able to influence a character to pursue a constantly changing sense of justice. The game challenges the player to consider the cost of justice and the complexities of moral choices. This point highlights the game's ability to engage players in meaningful decision-making and its exploration of complex themes.	11%
Relatable work environment, colleagues Description The reviewer enjoyed the work environment depicted in the game, finding the colleagues' minor flaws and overall good nature appealing. The game creates an immersive atmosphere where you get used to the work and feel like you've spent a day in the office. This point highlights the game's ability to create a relatable and engaging experience. Importance 10%	The reviewer enjoyed the work environment depicted in the game, finding the colleagues' minor flaws and overall good nature appealing. The game creates an immersive atmosphere where you get used to the work and feel like you've spent a day in the office. This point highlights the game's ability to create a relatable and engaging experience.	10%
Excellent sound design, immersive music Description The sound design is perfectly synchronized with the experience, enhancing immersion. The game's soundtrack perfectly complements the atmosphere, world-building, and story. This point highlights the game's attention to detail and its ability to create a cohesive and engaging experience. Importance 10%	The sound design is perfectly synchronized with the experience, enhancing immersion. The game's soundtrack perfectly complements the atmosphere, world-building, and story. This point highlights the game's attention to detail and its ability to create a cohesive and engaging experience.	10%