In Sound Mind

In Sound Mind

Worth it · Shooter · 2021

Steam Deck Playable

The verdict

BUY IT.

Winter Sale 2026 Dec 17
cut in 8 of 8 sales

Worth it at $24.99, a BANGER if it drops to $11.92.

Cost per hour▼
$2.43/hr
ReviewsS
95% of 7,042
Critics
75 players 20 higher
Genre rank
Top 12% Shooter

Holding it back: Cost per hour

Why
It needs 52% off ($11.92) to be a BANGER.
Watch this gameOne alert at $11.92 or less.

Time and effort

Main story
10.3h
To 100%
15.6h 1.5x the story
Achievements
32

Price and sales

Sales
55 on record
Typical cut
89% off
Steam low
$2.49 October 2026
Sale every
30d last October 2026
Lowest now $4.99 at GOGall-time low $0.69 on IsThereAnyDeal

Players and genre

Online
25 now
Recent reviews
91% 30 days
Cheaper than
13% of its genre
Better reviewed
95% of its genre
Price and player charts

The drop-off

64% start to 10% rarest
050100rarestfirst achievement

This site could not identify an ending achievement for this game, so there is no finish rate. Steam global achievements

The value story

The value story

Across all 55 discounts in the 5 years tracked, the median cut is 89 percent, about 4 weeks apart. The math puts its BANGER price at $11.92. The record reaches that level 48 times.

Its score sits in the top 12 percent of its genre. It is pricier than 87 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 95 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Resident Evil 7 Biohazard ($19.99, scores 74) beats it on value, while it beats MADiSON ($34.99, scores 47).

More about In Sound Mind

75 from critics against 95 percent from players, and the player number comes from people who own the game.

This site sampled 578 of its Steam-purchase reviews; 10 were written by buyers who refunded it, sampled from reviews written September 2021 to October 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 67 percent of the 297 reviews written there were positive, against 95 percent overall, and those are 5 percent of everything written about it.

Buy now or wait

Buy now or wait

Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last discount ended 3 days ago.

Next sale
Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4

Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.

What drives the score

Grades: S best, D weakest

S is the best grade and D the weakest, judged as a buyer. ▲ raises the score, ▼ lowers it, ? is an input we do not have, • is a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work

Raising the score
Reviews
Gates the score. Weak reviews cap it, and nothing reaches BANGER without strong ones
MonetizationNone
Checked: no in-game purchases or loot boxes. That earns a small credit unless Steam lists in-app purchases
Holding it back
Cost per hour$2.43/hr
Price per hour of game. It moves the score inside the ceiling reviews set
For context
Refunds10 of 578 reviews
Steam-purchase reviews sampled whose writer refunded the game. Nothing is docked
AI contentNone disclosed
From the developer's own Steam disclosure. No disclosure is not proof of none, so it does not move the score

What players say

If you want something different, play it. It's really a terror game? Mmm not so much, but it has a nice history. Good ambitation and a charismatic evil character... he's so loveable that in a point you start to like him. If you are a psychology student you'll enjoy it more. Tonia best cat, with patience and grace.
viyoriaRecommendedafter 16h1 found this helpfulRead on Steam
2 more reviews
Fantastic psychological horror game and I can't believe I had never heard of it until a few days ago. I enjoyed the variety of equipment you unlock as you progress through the story, although some items felt a bit useless after awhile. The cannon fodder enemies scattered around don't pose much of a threat, but I like their design, albeit a little generic. The bosses are the clear highlight of this experience and...
RtogoRecommendedafter 12h4 found this helpfulRead on Steam
An amazing game with an amazing soundtrack. Definitely recommended for anyone who can stomach some psychological horror!
Lokith NevermoreRecommendedafter 12h1 found this helpfulRead on Steam

Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.

About the game

In Sound Mind is an imaginative first-person psychological horror with frenetic puzzles, unique boss fights, and original music by The Living Tombstone. Journey within the inner workings of the one place you can’t seem to escape—your own mind.
Description from the Steam store page.
Minimum specs

Minimum on the Steam store: 8 GB of memory, Nvidia GeForce GTX 960 / AMD Radeon R9 280, 20 GB of storage. Windows only.

Cite this score

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In Sound Mind scores 71/100 on the BANG Score (worth it) as of Nov 8, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/1119980/in-sound-mind
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Reviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Oct 15, price as of Nov 7. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.

Critics vs players+20
Critics75
Players95
Player favorite. The critics underrated it.
Metacritic critics · 7,042 Steam player reviews

Details

DeveloperWe Create Stuff
PublisherBlack Lantern Collective
GenreShooter
Released2021
Players750Kowners, SteamSpy estimate
Achievements32