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Hostil

Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac • 2017

Should you play it?

Hostil is a short emotional interactive tale about a young astronaut who has crashed on a extremely dangerous planet. No one will come to rescue him and his only hope is to move forward.

What works

  • Beautiful hand-drawn art
  • Atmospheric music and sound design
  • Engaging sci-fi narrative
  • Accessible and easy puzzles
  • Low price point

Things to keep in mind

  • Very short gameplay duration
  • Minimal puzzle challenge
  • Lack of replayability
  • Linear progression with no backtracking
  • Some minor bugs and lack of save options

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feel the closest overall

  • Echoed World

  • Tiny Echo

  • Caligo

  • The Savior From Above

  • Monolith

  • The Old Tree

  • Enigmatis 2: The Mists of Ravenwood

  • Eventide 2: The Sorcerers Mirror

  • Senza Peso

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Hidden Gems

Less popular games with surprisingly high similarity

  • Planet of the Eyes

  • Down the Rabbit Hole

  • Beasts of Maravilla Island

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    Ghost Song
  • Story

    Monolith
  • Escapism

    Monolith

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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).

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

Last update: 25/07/2026