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Ctrl Alt Ego

Xbox Series X|S, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5 • 2022

Should you play it?

Innovative genre mashup (first-person immersive sim puzzler FPS RPG) with emphasis on problem-solving and creativity. Unique vibes and original mechanics that you won't have experienced before. One of the best games of 2022 according to various credible sources!

What works

  • High player freedom and creativity
  • Multiple solutions to puzzles
  • Engaging immersive sim gameplay
  • Long playtime and replayability
  • Active and responsive developer

Things to keep in mind

  • Simple and unpolished visuals
  • Some physics and control jank
  • Performance issues in busy scenes
  • Story secondary to gameplay
  • Potential motion sickness for some

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Deus Ex: Human Revolution - Director's Cut

  • Skin Deep

  • Deus Ex: Game of the Year Edition

  • ADACA

  • Prey

  • Scavenger SV-4

Less expressive

Games that feels like Ctrl Alt Ego but with less self-expression and customization

  • We Went Back

  • The Turing Test

  • THE MULLER-POWELL PRINCIPLE: Foreword

  • Deliver Us The Moon

  • Spirits of Xanadu

  • High Entropy: Challenges

More intense

Games that feels like Ctrl Alt Ego but with a more intense feel

  • Haydee

  • Cosmodread

  • System Shock® 2 (1999)

  • Haydee 2

  • Anger Foot

  • Haydee 3

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

Ctrl Alt Ego: Less representative of its motivational profile, with noticeable differences. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Violence, Survival, Fellowship, Intimacy. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Exploration, Relaxation. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Leadership.

Last update: 21/08/2026