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Death's Door

PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Android, Xbox Series X|S, iOS • 2021

Should you play it?

Reaping souls of the dead and punching a clock might get monotonous but it's honest work for a Crow. The job gets lively when your assigned soul is stolen and you must track down a desperate thief to a realm untouched by death - where creatures grow far past their expiry.

What works
  • Beautiful art style and music
  • Engaging and fluid combat
  • Exploration with rewarding secrets
  • Charming characters and story
  • Well-polished indie experience
Things to keep in mind
  • Lack of map makes navigation difficult
  • Some combat mechanics frustrating (dodge roll)
  • Game length is relatively short
  • Limited enemy and weapon variety
  • Performance issues on some hardware

What to play next

Similar games, hidden gems, and fresh directions from this game.

Top picks

Games that feel the closest overall

  • Angeline Era

  • Mandragora: Whispers of the Witch Tree

  • Blood Spear

  • Sands of Aura

  • BLACKTAIL

  • Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon

  • ANNO: Mutationem

  • Kristala

  • Lost in Random™

Hidden Gems

Less popular games with surprisingly high similarity

  • Angeline Era

  • Sands of Aura

  • Kristala

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Each dot is a game. They are arranged from the same motivation profile as in the “Why this game works” section below. Closer dots usually mean more similar reasons to play (exploration, competition, relaxation, etc.)—not that one game is “better” than another.

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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).

Death's Door: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Fellowship, Violence, Survival, Cooperation. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Relaxation, Fantasy. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Leadership.

Why this game works

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