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Endless Monday: Dreams and Deadlines

PC (Microsoft Windows), Nintendo Switch, Linux • 2023

Should you play it?

"Endless Monday: Dreams and Deadlines" - In this short story from the Endless Monday, Penny, a mild-mannered corporate grunt, spends a weekend at the office in an effort to finish her project on time while overcoming distractions from coworkers, space aliens, imaginary friends, and herself.

What works
  • Charming art and music
  • Relatable and heartfelt story
  • Multiple endings and replayability
  • Humorous and whimsical tone
  • Free content update (overtime)
Things to keep in mind
  • Short gameplay length
  • Mini-game can be repetitive
  • Some narrative elements feel rushed
  • Minor ui quirks
  • Limited complexity in gameplay

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Hidden Gems

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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.

  • Purple star: this page’s game — everything on the map is relative to it.
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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).

Endless Monday: Dreams and Deadlines: A very typical example of its motivational profile. 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, Expression.

Why this game works

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