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Mind's Eye: Secrets of the Forgotten
Developer Anino Games
Follow an enterprising journalist who smells murderous intent behind what everyone assumes was a suicide. From the Steam store page
66 reactions from 3 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Mastodon) · newest Oct 30, 2026 · last updated Oct 31, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
31
Rotten
9 positive · 20 negative
95% range 17–49%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 9 | 20 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 1 | 3 | 20 |
| Mastodon * | 0 | 0 | 13 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Mostly Negative
9 of 29 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
31% recommend · 9 yes, 20 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 29 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Mostly Negative (16 of 50 positive).
Many complain about the dark, grainy graphics making objects hard to see. [1][2][3] Some note the game is short and shows its age with low resolution and technical issues. [4][5][6]
Liked
Representative posts
- [8]
This game has "Mostly Negative" reviews... But only because it's older. >..< The only bug I had with this game is that it crashed. Once. After which it was completely fine. Everything else? Old school H.O.G... Except they actually tried to make it entertaining. OOH! No. Really. First -> Story. It's a mystery! Game might be short, but they have some crazy ass level designs to go along with it! (Dolls...! BRR!) (I …
- [4]
It was a short and enjoyable Hidden Object game. I like the design of the characters and the story had me interested enough to keep playing to the end. It could have used more to it to make it more memorable and it does show its age with the aspect ratio and low resolution, but if you can look past that. Its worth trying if your a fan of Hidden Object games.
- [1]
This game suffers from the same problem as "The Search for Amelia Earhart", with low quality HO scenes and I can't really recommend a game that strains my eyes. Positive - Interesting concept of turning the camera angles to find objects - Nice 2D art between HO scenes Neutral - Story is interestng, but lacks depth and character development. The characters you're supposed to connect with appears a few seconds. The …
- [2]
Get it from a bundle or on some massive sale if you really thirst for it, otherwise don't bother. The game does have charm in story and the visual novel-ish character designs, but it also has some serious issues: - The game is incredibly dark. Like looking at a black corner for a slightly less black item, while having bad resolution and grainy textures-bad. - There are things happening, but no real progression, plot …
- [6]
extremely short (a bit more than one hour) and below average game. i had one bug where i couldn't progress and had to reset the chapter. despite being released in 2010 no need for a detailed review this game is just not worth it.
Summarised from 34 of the 64 public posts collected about this game; every point cites the posts behind it ([n] opens the post) and the split is counted from the posts’ own ratings. Updated Oct 13, 2026. How summaries are made
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Mind's Eye: Secrets of the Forgotten sits at 31% positive across 29 opinionated reactions from 3 sources. Fresh or rotten — where do you land?
Reactions
60 of 66 · most liked firstApparently some awards show named Switch 2 Welcome Tour the "Worst game of the year" Are we really going to ignore Mind's Eye??? Compared to that Welcome Tour is equivalent to Xenoblade lol
negative · AI labelView post →This game suffers from the same problem as "The Search for Amelia Earhart", with low quality HO scenes and I can't really recommend a game that strains my eyes. Positive - Interesting concept of turning the camera angles to find objects - Nice 2D art between HO scenes Neutral - Story is interestng, but lacks depth and character development. The characters you're supposed to connect with appears a few seconds. The story feels rushed and the HO scenes serves as padding. Negative - HO are too…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I bought the game in the bundle and due to the fact that I wanted to see some piece of the history of HOG games. The story of the investigative jounalist is good and logical. The resolution of the screen is "outdated", but pictures and HO scenes are generally of good quality. It is really impossible to compare this game from 2010 (really?) to modern games from this point of view. But the game has all the parts as modern game: minigames, HOG screens (the mechanics of looking for items), puzzles.…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →i do love the design of Blinx immensely tho, and his 2nd game is a bit more interesting. Something about the first game had real early CG / Beyond the Mind's Eye kinda weak aesthetic tho
neutral · AI labelView post →This game has "Mostly Negative" reviews... But only because it's older. >..< The only bug I had with this game is that it crashed. Once. After which it was completely fine. Everything else? Old school H.O.G... Except they actually tried to make it entertaining. OOH! No. Really. First -> Story. It's a mystery! Game might be short, but they have some crazy ass level designs to go along with it! (Dolls...! BRR!) (I didn't say it was a great mystery... But it was still interesting…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →biggest fucking shoutout to @miripirim.art, @chorischia.bsky.social, and @crosstownpubliclibrary.neocities.org for making me fucking love VTM again after Mind's Eye Society made me quit the game and community for years bc of how poorly managed it was, yall are the best
neutral · AI labelView post →Mind's Eye would still be a bad game if the scale was smaller but at least target sales, layoffs and crunch would have been a lot smaller too. Making a high budget AAA game as the first title of your studio is just a bad move.
negative · AI labelView post →Mind's Eye, the new game from former Rockstar producer Leslie Benzies is launching on June 10th 🔥
neutral · AI labelView post →Just learning about Mind's Eye now and already disappointed that it's not a game based on this
neutral · AI labelView post →First five #TTRPG in the order I played them: 1. D&D 3.0/3.5 2. Lone Wolf: The Roleplaying Game (Mongoose Publishing) 3. All Flesh Must be Eaten (Revised Edition) 4. Time Lord (Virgin Publishing) 5. Mind's Eye Theatre: Laws of the Night
neutral · AI labelView post →"This game is based upon the film Star Wars and the novel 'Splinter of the Mind's Eye'." - that'll show 'em.
neutral · AI labelView post →Get it from a bundle or on some massive sale if you really thirst for it, otherwise don't bother. The game does have charm in story and the visual novel-ish character designs, but it also has some serious issues: - The game is incredibly dark. Like looking at a black corner for a slightly less black item, while having bad resolution and grainy textures-bad. - There are things happening, but no real progression, plot change, or character development. It's like a teen detective story, in a…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I'm making npc sheets for the VTM game I'm running and oh my god I remember now why Mind's Eye banned abominations SKFNSNNDDJ
neutral · AI labelView post →Requires setting compatibility mode to allow it to play on Windows 10.A lot of the scenes are quite dark making some of the objects difficult to find. This is compounded by the game's low resolution.There is very little in terms of gameplay, it's mainly a collection of still images with objects to find, and not that many objects per scene. They've tried to add depth to some objects i.e. requiring finding other objects to interact with, but it is so weak it feels like an afterthought. There is a…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I absolutely love the hidden object scenes in this game. The 3D aspect where you have to actually move around the scene is something I wish I saw more in games like this. I also like the animation style between scenes with dialogue, though the text was a bit unfortunate. But.. people are on point when they say that the graininess and resolution make this game difficult to handle. I felt a little motion-sick after playing because I was focusing so hard on details that just simply weren't there.…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →wont even start, says running on steam, but nothings running.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →https://youtu.be/_jZ7iR8sp-M Age is the biggest detractor for this title as the 4:3 aspect ratio and stability issues detract a bit too much away from what is otherwise a stronger hidden object title.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Thumbs down. This game has an interesting gimmick, but that’s not enough to overcome the negatives. The gimmick is that the hidden object scenes are not limited to 2D. The perspective can be shifted slightly, giving a 3D appearance. Some objects only appear if you look at the correct angle. Unfortunately, this was pretty much the only positive aspect about this game. Here are the negative aspects. Some hidden objects were not hidden fairly and are almost entirely hidden no matter which angle…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The reduced colour palette and low resolution hidden object scenes make this game a chore to play. I end up getting bored and clicking Hint just to get and game over as quickly as possible. The 2.5D hidden object scenes are an interesting metric, but can get tedious after a while. Especially when every beat of the game is story, HO, story, HO... What puzzles there are are trivial and also low resolution. Game play is very linear. There is no exploration required. Ultimately, there are…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →And there's one other, though its not in a nice Internet Archive playlist, Computer Animation Festival. Helmed by Odyssey Productions(the Mind's Eye series, not that shitty game), a great catalogue of the early days of CG animation. archive.org/details/comp...
neutral · AI labelView post →It was either that or the Batman way (lets expand the movie rogue's gallery) and they weren't gonna Spirit of the Mind's Eye for a Star Wars Famicom game.
neutral · AI labelView post →going forward i will be part of Monster Moon, a two person indie game development studio. our first game is Mind's Eye Macrogolf, a multiplayer fantasy minigolf game out TODAY for free
neutral · AI labelView post →extremely short (a bit more than one hour) and below average game. i had one bug where i couldn't progress and had to reset the chapter. despite being released in 2010 no need for a detailed review this game is just not worth it.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →no... you can hardly see a lot of the objects. The only way to play the game would be to use hints a lot rather than just being able to work through it.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Follow our [url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/36214917/]Curator Group for more reviews Mind's Eye: Secrets of the Forgotten is a hidden object game that has aged horribly. In a genre that is notorious for every game playing the same, Mind's Eye does almost nothing unique. There are a few puzzles that are interesting enough, but the story and object finding are mind-numbingly generic. Maybe it will appeal to die-hard fans of the genre, but for someone that only enjoys the higher…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Short but fun HOG. Sometimes the controls for some of the "trick" hidden objects were kind of clunky - but I liked the "tricks."
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I once played the actual Dionysus during a Christmas game of Mage: The Awakening for a LARP group of about 50 people. Because this game was in the LARP fan club called the Camarilla/Mind's Eye Society, I needed to get approval of a chain of storytellers going all the way up to the national level.
neutral · AI labelView post →Ladies and gentlemen, here's the story of the craziest bug I worked on during the late stages of shipping #MindsEye. The final fix went in exactly one week before release, just in time for the day 1 patch. I wish I had the opportunity to do a full post mortem of that project, but this will probably never happen. That bug was a gem though. The world needs to know about it before my memory fades away. #GameDev #GameAI #Programming 1/n
neutral · AI labelView post →I could only recommend it to the true HOG fanatic, and even then I would suggest to look elsewhere. The age of this game clearly shows: the biggest issue of course being the grainy images, which makes finding items in HOG screens a chore. As far as content goes, the game consists of 4 'acts' that each consist of a number of Hog screens chained together, with a few puzzles in between to keep things fresh. In my opinion, the story was subpar at best, with some pretty significant logic flaws. To…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →As far has hidden objects go I would give this a C+ maybe a B-. This is almost entirely a hidden object game but the objects are very specific from scene to scene. Some don't select very easily and others need you to have a very specific camera angle. Over all the game is good but very short and the graphics are rather poor. Cinematics are alright and if you care about the story they fill in some blanks. The graphics of each scene are a bit grainy making it difficult to identify some…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →... SO... Up until now, the game tends to use the tell-tale vibrate function to inform the player they're in a psychic hotspot, a cue to set up their Mind's Eye and enter Detective Mode. Well. I can't help but notice, last hour... in both the main quest line and various side quests...
neutral · AI labelView post →Build A Rocket Boy staff are reportedly planning a protest over an all-expenses-paid MindsEye fan event, amid layoffs, union action, and scrutiny following the game’s troubled launch. https://0x5f.sh/5QG2S4 #MindsEye #BuildARocketBoy #GameDev #GamingNews
neutral · AI labelView post →Maybe you know of it somehow but there's actually a much better game called "Mind's Eye", a freeware adventure game. The developer is no longer with us I think. It's pretty old, but it's probably more playable even now than Mindseye..
positive · AI labelView post →Cutting more peole without actually admitting they fucked up! MindsEye Dev Reportedly Laid Off 170 Of 250 Employees https://www.gamespot.com/articles/mindseye-dev-reportedly-laid-off-170-of-250-employees/1100-6539796/?ftag=CAD-01-10abi2f #MindsEye #BuildARocketBoy #Layoffs #Labor #Gaming
neutral · AI labelView post →Now I don't pay for Game Pass, I haven't for years now, so the games I play have to be cheap enough for me not to hate or I have to do research into them before spending my money. I don't have the money for bad games like Mind's Eye or the new Call of Duty.
negative · AI labelView post →The escape room: The Mind's Eye entertheimaginariumpgh.com The table top card game: Space Team playspaceteam.com
neutral · AI labelView post →Helena Adams (The Mind's Eye) from the hit game Identity V!!! S Tier Skin: Maria's Axiom
neutral · AI labelView post →Unfortunately I wouldn't be able to recommend this one. This game aged in a rather bad way where it was actually eye-straining. It was rather glitchy in that I couldn't use the in-game cursor and several of the games were very hard to complete due to glitchy movements. The story itself was rather interesting, however. And the way the hidden-object scenes were was rather unique! You can scroll to the sides a little bit and the backgrounds would move more than the foregrounds...some objects…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Artwork is not great, puzzles are repetitive.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →So outside of Magic there was this concept in World of Darkness for a meta-group called "Mind's Eye Theater" that would run a thing referred to as The Camarilla iirc (named for an in game faction) and you would be able to load your character to their site and play irl larps across the US and Europe
neutral · AI labelView post →MindsEye Developer Build A Rocket Boy Enters Administration Build A Rocket Boy, the studio behind MindsEye, entered administration on 23 September. Companies House now lists Build A Rocket Boy Ltd as “In Administration”, with the appointment of administrators filed today, 25 September. That backs up reports last week that the company was shutting down after another wave of staff departures. Several departing employees said their time at the studio was ending, while Kotaku reported that sources…
neutral · AI labelView post →Build A Rocket Boy has entered administration after confirming insolvency, leaving MindsEye’s future uncertain and raising questions around layoffs, creditors, and the studio’s next steps. https://0x5f.sh/BLzz8s #MindsEye #BuildARocketBoy #GamingNews #GameDev
neutral · AI labelView post →Fresh Build A Rocket Boy layoffs have renewed reports about MindsEye’s future, with sources divided on whether the studio faces dissolution. https://0x5f.sh/XAK2dB #MindsEye #BuildARocketBoy #GamingNews #GameDevLayoffs
neutral · AI labelView post →Mind's Eye Macrogolf is free on itch: monstermoongames.itch.io/minds-eye-ma...
neutral · AI labelView post →Former Build A Rocket Boy workers and IWGB supporters protested outside a MindsEye fan playtest, highlighting allegations over layoffs, surveillance software, crunch, and leadership after the game’s troubled launch. https://0x5f.sh/67c882 #MindsEye #BuildARocketBoy #GameDev #GamingNews
neutral · AI labelView post →IMAGINE IMAGINE IF JAMES HARDEN DRIBBLED IT OFF HIS FOOT AND THEN FELL DOWN JUST PICTURE IT IN YOUR MIND'S EYE AND THEN PICTURE IT HAPPENING IN GAME ONE OF THE FINALS
neutral · AI labelView post →A new update for #MindsEye has been released that adds new story content, as well as a general patch release Details: https://www.maxi-geek.com/con/mindseye-releases-the-blacklisted-update-today-as-the-game-gets-a-price-drop #news #pc #ps5 #xsx
neutral · AI labelView post →MindsEye is now self-published as Build A Rocket Boy takes over publishing after IOI Partners ended its collaboration, while the planned Hitman crossover mission is no longer happening. #MindsEye #BuildARocketBoy #GamingNews #PCGaming #PlayStation5 #XboxSeriesXS https://www.fixgamingchannel.com/mindseye-site-and-current-positioning-build-a-rocket-boy/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social
neutral · AI labelView post →Its pretty short and has big problems on running on full screen, but still pretty nice. Especially due to the moveable screen that adds a bit of a challenge to it. The story is also pretty nice, could have a bit more elaborated though. It was too soon over that i was confused if i missed some major gameplay parts. Still nice. I can recommend it
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Homie is all over the place with his nonsense. MindsEye boss addresses “worst launch in history" as he says studio will share "evidence of sabotage" in-game https://www.eurogamer.net/the-worst-launch-in-history-admits-mindseye-boss #MindsEye #Studio #Sabotage #Evidence #Gaming
neutral · AI labelView post →After watching blight club and hearing the super chat about the guy who worked on Mind's Eye and Space Ace, I couldn't help but look at the rest of his resume and it sure is a trip. www.mobygames.com/person/64556... @grubb.wtf @tolkoto.com @danryckert.com
neutral · AI labelView post →IO Interactive Parts Ways with MindsEye Developer https://fullcleared.com/news/io-interactive-parts-ways-with-mindseye-developer/ #gaming #gamingnews #videogames #ioi #mindseye
neutral · AI labelView post →IO Interactive washes its hands of MindsEye — it handed all publishing rights back to Build a Rocket Boy on March 16 after the game's disastrous PS5 launch. The Hitman crossover is canceled and layoffs followed. Can the studio salvage the game and its reputation? #MindsEye https://playswave.com/news/15b86fd41949fdca
neutral · AI labelView post →Build A Rocket Boy announced another round of layoffs while co‑CEO Mark Gerhard again blames “organised espionage and corporate sabotage” around MindsEye — says it’s “moving toward prosecution.” The game barely has players; the studio’s future looks uncertain. #MindsEye https://playswave.com/news/fcb8879f5fee03e4
neutral · AI labelView post →Sorry if you dont think my WoD experience isn't up to snuff I'm much more of a Bloodlines and various other WoD game fan but also all my knowledge is probably super out of date too!! But then again I was hanging with Mind's Eye theatre Larpers when you were 9 years old so that also changes things!
neutral · AI labelView post →This game cured me from hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia. The fact this was the precursor to the hit video game MindsEye made by Built a Rocket Boy, released on June 10, 2025 for the Playstation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC. This legendary title shows it's strength in its missions, calling for it's players to have a keen eye, dare I say.. opening your MindsEye to things you've never thought of eyeing before in your mind. would recommend.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →this game with the silva robots does not have very strong character design. Mind's Eye I guess.
neutral · AI labelView post →Needs a HD update and optimization for modern systems till then I can not recommend this
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Very basic gameplay, but the story was much more interesting than I expected. Not bad when on sale.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This HOG was actually quite fun; considering how simple it was.
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