This game is available only on Mac with Apple silicon.

Two exits stand before you: Pick the correct one to move to the next room; choose poorly and your run will be cut short by a falling chandelier (or worse!). You’ve got a few tools to boost your odds in the inventive puzzler Mind The Door, though eventually your luck will run out. How many rooms can you reach?

What we love: The tension. A creepy narrator adds dread to pulse-pounding decisions. And even when a friendly wreath, light poking through a keyhole, and other clues promise a door is safe, you never know for sure that it’s the right choice, as some signs are fake-outs. Yikes!

Quick tip: Need help spotting subtle clues? Turn on Visual Assist in the game’s settings, which lets you zoom in more closely on each door to make out smaller tells like checkmarks and muddy fingerprints.

Meet the creator: Mind The Door is the first release from Mind Wasted, a one-man indie studio based in Galena, Illinois.