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El 39

Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac • 2025

Should you play it?

Constitución, CABA. 3 AM. You leave a party, feeling defeated because the girl you liked didn't even look at you. You go to wait for the last "39" bus of that night. You try to stop it, but it goes straight away. Tomorrow you have the exam that defines whether you graduate or not. Good luck.

What works

  • Strong cultural and local identity
  • Well-executed retro ps1 aesthetic
  • Immersive atmospheric sound design
  • Humorous and relatable dialogue
  • Short and focused experience

Things to keep in mind

  • Very short gameplay duration
  • Limited interactivity and mechanics
  • Some bugs and technical issues
  • Lack of meaningful story depth or multiple endings
  • Underutilized gameplay elements (e.g. camera)

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feel the closest overall

  • Deer Man

  • Bonbon

  • Titan Station

  • Tiny Echo

  • Uncanny Tales: Cold Road

  • Brno Transit

  • Project LUX

  • Homeless

  • The Swine

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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.
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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).

El 39: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Strategy, Experimenting, Competence, Survival. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Idle, Value, Continuation.

Last update: 26/07/2026