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Buried

2023

Should you play it?

You wake up buried alive. You are running out of oxygen and you can't remember how you got here. There must be a way out, can you figure it out in time?

What works

  • Unique claustrophobic horror concept
  • Engaging puzzle mechanics
  • Strong atmospheric sound design
  • Accessible gameplay
  • Low price point

Things to keep in mind

  • Very short playtime
  • Limited replay value
  • Some bugs and glitches
  • Minimal narrative depth
  • Lack of content and complexity

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feel the closest overall

  • [Chilla's Art] Night Security | 夜間警備

  • Scauage

  • Never Again

  • You Deserve

  • Penumbra Overture

  • Palmyra Orphanage

  • From The Darkness

  • Understanding, The Game

  • The Guest

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Hidden Gems

Less popular games with surprisingly high similarity

  • The Signifier Director's Cut

  • Layers of Fear VR

  • The Alien Cube

If you liked…

Recommendations by what you enjoyed most

  • Escapism

    Iron Lung
  • Thrill

    Dark Fracture: Prologue
  • Survival

    The Designer's Curse

Similarity map

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How to use the graph

Similarity map

Each dot is a game. They are arranged from the game’s motivation profile. Closer dots usually mean more similar reasons to play (exploration, competition, relaxation, etc.)—not that one game is “better” than another.

  • Purple star: this page’s game — everything on the map is relative to it.
  • 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 out and see more games.

Why don’t the axes read like a score? This view uses t-SNE: it only keeps who is close to whom. The scales are not “good to bad” or hours played—they separate groups on the map. Read distance between dots, not the axis numbers (hidden on purpose).

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

Last update: 26/07/2026