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MIND: Path to Thalamus Enhanced Edition
Give it 4 hours
Gets good by 4h then rated almost like by veterans
Started playing 60% of owners
Steam reviews 66% positive of 1,427
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (57%); after 4h it's 1 in 5 (21%).
- The opening is criticised more than in 86% of games we track.
- Only 60% of owners have even the first achievement — the rest barely played.
When it gets good
Share of positive reviews by how many hours the reviewer had played when writing the review.
before it gets good opening up fully opened up
Based on all 1,429 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 294 reviews: 5.2h for positive, 3h for negative. Almost every game is rated lower in the first 2–3 hours: that window includes refunds and quick first impressions. What matters is how deep the dip is and how fast the game recovers.
Where players quit
Share of players who started the game and reached each story milestone. 100% is the most common achievement (59.5% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
Story milestones aren't labeled yet; all achievements are listed below.
All achievements (23)
- Nívola Discover Fog. 100%
- Night Shift Discover Night. 66%
- The tree motif Glimpse the Thalamus for the first time. 45%
- I wanna know...! Discover Rain. 42%
- Wheel of time Discover Time. 27%
- Ready to fight Face your memories. 23%
- Family Matters Defeat the Colossus. 22%
- The Dark Tower Access the Skyscraper. 22%
- Nevermind Turn all four mirrors to get to Sophia. 20%
- Aftermath Find the remains of the bed in the cave 18%
- Trolldev Finish the second level at the woods in less than 60 seconds. 13%
- Aftermath II Find the remains of the closet in the forest 12%
- Ninja At the hospital, avoid the Evil Balls of Death. 11%
- Walking in the fog Go through the whole "Badlands 2" level at night. 9.9%
- Cinco Jotas Worship the sacred jam at the rocks. 9.2%
- Antelope Find the antelope and solve the puzzle. 6.1%
- Clear night in Uyuni Find the blue coral and solve the puzzle. 4.9%
- Meaningful nonsense Discover the meaning of the picture in the hall. 4.9%
- Holy cow! Spot the magic flying cow. 4.7%
- Mind: Path to Amsterdam Find the mushroom and solve the puzzle. 4.4%
- Zehn moment Finish the level at the shallow sea with 4 mirrors under 90 seconds. 4.2%
- Blissy moment Throw the ball in the cave and cry with it's delicious sound. 4.2%
- The garden in the temple. Unlock the secret ending. 4.2%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-20.