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CROSS†CHANNEL: Steam Edition

2018

Should you play it?

"This is the Gunjo Broadcasting Club. Is there anyone left out there?” CROSS†CHANNEL is now available to the whole world for the first time ever. Eight students relive an eternally looping week as tensions rise. Can they mend their broken friendships, or are they too far gone to salvage...?

What works

  • Deep, complex narrative with psychological themes
  • Strong character development and emotional depth
  • Multiple story routes and endings
  • Atmospheric soundtrack enhancing mood
  • Cult classic status with lasting impact

Things to keep in mind

  • Poor english translation and localization
  • Tedious repetition and slow pacing
  • Unlikable and abrasive protagonist
  • Dated visuals and censored content
  • Complex story may be confusing or inaccessible

What to play next

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Hidden Gems

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  • SeaBed

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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).

CROSS†CHANNEL: Steam Edition: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Survival, Violence, Competition, Thrill. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Fellowship, Intimacy. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Expression.

Last update: 26/07/2026