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BELOW

2018

Should you play it?

BELOW is a solitary journey through the haunted depths of a forbidden isle. Explore. Survive. Discover.

What works

  • Immersive atmosphere and sound design
  • Deep exploration and discovery
  • Challenging but fair gameplay
  • Minimalist ui and storytelling
  • Rewarding progression and shortcuts

Things to keep in mind

  • Punishing permadeath and backtracking
  • Steep learning curve with little guidance
  • Slow pacing and repetitive early levels
  • Limited character customization
  • Some technical issues and bugs

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Spark in the Dark

  • Endoparasitic 2

  • Rain World

  • Wick

  • Skautfold: Shrouded in Sanity

  • WarriOrb: Prologue

More expressive

Games that feels like BELOW but with more self-expression and customization

  • Darkwood

  • Sands of Aura

  • Mandragora: Whispers of the Witch Tree

  • D'LIRIUM

  • BLACKTAIL

  • Hell is Us

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Similarity map

How to compare these games

Compare nearby games

Each card is a nearby game on the similarity map, compared with BELOW. 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 BELOW. These titles are not in What to play next.

BELOW: Less representative of its motivational profile, with noticeable differences. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Violence, Survival, Fellowship, Intimacy. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Expression, Relaxation, Leadership.

Last update: 21/08/2026