In Sound Mind

You play as Desmond, a therapist who wakes in a strange building and investigates the stories of patients connected to an experimental chemical. Cassette tapes let him enter their memories, where each unsettling world reflects a patient’s fears and experiences.

Explore each environment, search for clues, and solve puzzles using tools and mechanics introduced along the way. Hostile creatures and story-specific bosses create encounters that call for more than simply shooting your way through.

Return to the building between memories to explore its rooms and access new areas. Finding medication containers improves Desmond’s stats, while equipment gained in each chapter opens new ways to investigate and progress.

Players often praise the patient stories and the way exploration, environmental details, and chapter-specific mechanics help reveal them. The distinct settings, puzzles, characters, and soundtrack are recurring highlights, and some players describe the story as moving. Opinions differ on the horror itself: many find the atmosphere effective but the game less frightening than expected.