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Minds Beneath Us

BearBoneStudio · 2024-07-31

Steam

AdventureIndieRPG

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jul 31, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

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.

42
playing now
96%
positive of 6.3k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
88/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
90/100
IGDB user rating (8 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

42 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 02:00 UTC (census sample)

Minds Beneath Us is an adventure about a guy and a data ghost who lived in his head and controlled his body. After society has become fully automated with AI, a new industry has emerged that replaces the hardware needed to operate the internet with linked human brains. As a result, the most disadvantaged of citizens have had no choice but to put in their bid to sign up, one after another. Against the stage of this mad society, a mysterious conspiracy gradually unveils.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Healthy
  • · 42 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 1,304 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~163/week).
  • · Review velocity down 1% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 11% of 11,362 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 126k–284k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 6,315 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $13.99 at Steam (2026-08-03)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 8 of 16 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.0k1.0k20242026Week of 2024-07-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1,001 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 326 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 214 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 211 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 255 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 260 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 262 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 226 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 174 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 142 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 328 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 199 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 138 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 151 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 181 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 190 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 191 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 142 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 145 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 173 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 231 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 10 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

372212026-08-07 00:00 — 53 players2026-08-07 08:00 — 121 players2026-08-07 16:00 — 193 players2026-08-08 00:00 — 73 players2026-08-08 08:00 — 212 players2026-08-08 16:00 — 257 players2026-08-09 00:00 — 74 players2026-08-09 08:00 — 301 players2026-08-09 16:00 — 258 players2026-08-10 00:00 — 84 players2026-08-10 08:00 — 236 players2026-08-10 16:00 — 257 players2026-08-11 00:00 — 89 players2026-08-11 08:00 — 177 players2026-08-11 17:00 — 181 players2026-08-13 00:00 — 49 players2026-08-14 08:00 — 121 players2026-08-15 15:00 — 203 players2026-08-16 23:00 — 38 players2026-08-18 07:00 — 82 players2026-08-19 15:00 — 159 players2026-08-20 22:00 — 24 players2026-08-22 06:00 — 75 players2026-08-23 13:00 — 148 players2026-08-24 21:00 — 39 players2026-08-26 05:00 — 52 players2026-08-27 13:00 — 89 players2026-08-28 19:00 — 36 players2026-08-30 02:00 — 42 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$13.992024-07-312026-08-102024-07-31 — best price $17.992024-08-14 — best price $19.992024-09-18 — best price $17.992024-09-30 — best price $19.992024-11-03 — best price $17.992024-11-12 — best price $19.992024-11-27 — best price $17.992024-12-04 — best price $19.992024-12-20 — best price $16.992025-01-02 — best price $19.992025-01-26 — best price $16.992025-02-09 — best price $19.992025-03-13 — best price $16.992025-03-20 — best price $19.992025-05-01 — best price $15.992025-05-08 — best price $19.992025-06-26 — best price $16.992025-07-10 — best price $19.992025-07-30 — best price $14.992025-08-13 — best price $19.992025-09-29 — best price $14.992025-10-06 — best price $19.992025-10-21 — best price $15.992025-10-28 — best price $19.992025-12-18 — best price $14.992026-01-05 — best price $19.992026-02-12 — best price $14.992026-02-25 — best price $19.992026-03-19 — best price $14.992026-03-26 — best price $19.992026-04-27 — best price $14.992026-05-05 — best price $19.992026-06-25 — best price $14.992026-07-09 — best price $19.992026-08-03 — best price $13.992026-08-10 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

21
achievements tracked
88.5%
earned "Prove yourself"
48.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

7 supported languages: Traditional Chinese, English, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Italian, Russian, Spanish - Spain

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)71218%21

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

2DRPG2.5DAdventureCinematicCyberpunkDystopian Hand-drawnStory RichAtmospheric

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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