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Hidden Paws Mystery

PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch • 2018

Should you play it?

What is this cat doing here? And where are his friends? Explore strange and beautiful islands to find all the little kittens hidden there.

What works

  • Relaxing and charming atmosphere
  • Beautiful and varied handcrafted island environments
  • Accessible gameplay suitable for all ages
  • Innovative 3d hidden object mechanics with audio cues
  • Affordable price with positive value

Things to keep in mind

  • Clunky and sometimes frustrating camera controls
  • Short overall gameplay length
  • Minimal narrative or story depth
  • Repetitive mechanics with limited evolution
  • No multiplayer or social features

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feel the closest overall

  • Hidden Paws

  • Beasts of Maravilla Island

  • Omno

  • Conbunn Cardboard

  • Project Shoreline

  • Garden of the Sea (VR)

  • Kinoko

  • Gecko Gods

  • SCARF

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Hidden Gems

Less popular games with surprisingly high similarity

  • Hope Lake

  • XING: The Land Beyond

  • Eventide 2: The Sorcerers Mirror

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  • Relaxation

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Similarity map

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).

Hidden Paws Mystery: Less representative of its motivational profile, with noticeable differences. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Survival, Violence, Competition, Thrill. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Story, Intimacy, Thrill.

Last update: 26/07/2026