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Ghoulboy - Dark Sword of Goblin

PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation Vita, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch • 2017

Should you play it?

Ghoulboy is a retro-inspired action platformer. Explore a magical realm of dungeons, towns, treasures and devious monsters.

What works

  • Fun retro-style platforming
  • Creative spear-platform mechanic
  • Responsive controls
  • Appealing pixel art and music
  • Good value for price

Things to keep in mind

  • Some bugs and glitches
  • Short game length
  • Inconsistent difficulty
  • Clunky menus and ui
  • Lack of replay incentives

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feel the closest overall

  • Cally's Caves 3

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  • Shiro

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  • Odallus: The Dark Call

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Hidden Gems

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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.
  • 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 out and see more games.

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).

Ghoulboy - Dark Sword of Goblin: 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 Expression, Violence. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Story.

Last update: 26/07/2026