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Ethel

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2024

Should you play it?

Welcome to my first game! Where you'll Immerse yourself in a unbelievable, story-rich mystery, packed with jaw-dropping plot twist, horror, and multiple endings.

What works

  • Strong atmosphere and sound design
  • Engaging psychological horror story
  • Well-placed jump scares
  • Multiple endings and lore depth
  • Impressive for a solo developer's first game

Things to keep in mind

  • Short game length
  • Limited save points
  • Some bugs and technical issues
  • Slow movement speed
  • Minimal interactivity and puzzle variety

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Lost Luminosity

  • Dead Take

  • Rise of Insanity

  • Father's Day

  • Root Of Evil: The Tailor

  • [Chilla's Art] The Radio Station | 深夜放送

More survival-focused

Games that feels like Ethel but with a stronger survival pressure

  • Night Pump

  • Nightmare Shift

  • From The Darkness

  • Coincidences?

  • Blasfemia

  • Infliction

Choose your own criteria ->

Similarity map

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Each card is a nearby game on the similarity map, compared with Ethel. 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.
How to use the graph

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 Ethel. These titles are not in What to play next.

Ethel: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Expression, Fellowship, Cooperation, Leadership. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Exploration. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Survival, Expression.

Last update: 22/08/2026