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#BLUD

2024

Should you play it?

Save your friends, fight off the vampire apocalypse, and survive the horrors of freshman field hockey practice in #BLUD, a delightfully zany animated dungeon crawler that blurs the line between action RPGs and hyperkinetic 90s cartoons.

What works

  • Gorgeous animation
  • Engaging story
  • Nostalgic art style
  • Fun character interactions
  • Frequent updates

Things to keep in mind

  • Combat can be frustrating
  • Hitbox issues
  • Some quests are time-gated
  • Repetitive gameplay
  • Minor bugs

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Mina the Hollower

  • KUNAI

  • Mayhem Brawler

  • Princess & Conquest

  • LumenTale: Memories of Trey

  • RPG World - Action RPG Maker

Less social

Games that feels like #BLUD but with less teamwork and cooperation

  • HorrorVale

  • Ittle Dew 2+

  • Shooty Shooty Robot Invasion

  • Zueirama

  • Super Daryl Deluxe

  • Catmaze

Less dominating

Games that feels like #BLUD but with less domination over others

  • South Park™: The Stick of Truth™

  • Lucky Tower Ultimate

  • Ikenfell

  • Pizza Tower

  • South Park™: The Fractured But Whole™

  • Knuckle Sandwich

Less wellness-oriented

Games that feels like #BLUD but with less physical activity or wellness

  • Bad Bitch Blasters

  • Bug Fables: The Everlasting Sapling

  • Treasure Hunter Claire

  • OFF

  • Turnip Boy Robs a Bank

  • Athenian Rhapsody

More social

Games that feels like #BLUD but with more teamwork and cooperation

  • Castle Crashers®

  • BattleBlock Theater®

  • Full Metal Furies

  • Son of a Witch

  • River City Girls 2

  • Secrets of Grindea

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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 #BLUD. 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 #BLUD. These titles are not in What to play next.

#BLUD: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Violence, Survival, Fellowship, Intimacy. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Relaxation. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Leadership, Growth.

Last update: 21/08/2026