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Aka

2022

Should you play it?

Find inner peace in a small, open-world game. On these carefully handcrafted islands, you can take a nap on a giant monster, feed baby dragons, take care of the fauna and flora... ...but demons from your past might come back to remind you what you want to forget.

What works

  • Beautiful art style and music
  • Emotional and touching story
  • Relaxing and cozy atmosphere
  • Varied activities including farming, crafting, and mini-games
  • Encourages exploration and reflection

Things to keep in mind

  • Clunky controls and some bugs
  • Short game length with limited post-story content
  • Some ui and inventory management issues
  • Lack of multiplayer or social features
  • Some quests and mechanics feel unfinished or underdeveloped

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Snufkin: Melody of Moominvalley

  • Locomoto

  • Lost Nova

  • Summer in Mara Prologue

  • Fruitbus

  • Wanderstop

Less idle-friendly

Games that feels like Aka but with less of an idle filler feel

  • The Last Campfire

  • Super Lucky's Tale

  • Castle of Illusion

  • Cozy Caravan

  • Summer in Mara

  • Mineko's Night Market

More continuation-driven

Games that feels like Aka but with an even stronger pull to keep playing

  • STORY OF SEASONS: Grand Bazaar

  • Garden Paws

  • DORAEMON STORY OF SEASONS

  • Fae Farm

  • Moonlight Peaks

  • Cozy Grove

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Similarity map

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Each card is a nearby game on the similarity map, compared with Aka. Swipe sideways to move between games. Titles already listed in What to play next are left out.

  • Cover and title: open that game’s page.
  • What works / keep in mind: the same highlights as the desktop comparison panel.
  • Bars: the main motivational differences versus this game.
How to use the graph

Similarity map

Each dot is a game placed from its motivation profile relative to this page’s game. Direction shows which motivation differs most; distance along that axis shows how large the gap is.

  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
  • Direction: each axis is a main motivational difference vs this game (e.g. more / less competitive).
  • Distance on an axis: how large that difference is (ring scales show +/− points).
  • Coloured chips: click to highlight games that mainly differ on that motivation; click again to reset.
  • Dotted line: link between this page’s game and the one selected for comparison.
  • Hover a dot to preview that game in the panel on the right; click to keep that comparison.
  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom.

How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

Swipe to compare nearby games with Aka. These titles are not in What to play next.

Aka: Less representative of its motivational profile, with noticeable differences. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Survival, Violence, Competition, Thrill. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Idle, Fellowship. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Continuation.

Last update: 21/08/2026