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HUMANITY

2023

Should you play it?

A unique blend of puzzle-solving and action-platforming. Play a lone Shiba Inu charged with commanding massive, marching crowds to the goal in Story Mode, or create your own via the in-game Stage Creator!

What works

  • Innovative and challenging puzzle design
  • Robust level editor with user-generated content
  • Beautiful visuals and immersive soundtrack
  • Engaging story with philosophical themes
  • Smooth performance including vr support

Things to keep in mind

  • Late game shifts to less puzzle-focused mechanics
  • Some controls and camera angles can be fiddly
  • Music may be repetitive or divisive
  • Occasional difficulty spikes and precision requirements
  • Limited social or multiplayer interaction

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Youropa

  • Alwa's Legacy

  • Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom

  • GIGA WRECKER

  • TRI: Of Friendship and Madness

  • Bat to the Heavens

Less leadership-focused

Games that feels like HUMANITY but with less leadership over others

  • QV

  • Toki Tori 2+

  • Rain on Your Parade

  • Viewfinder

  • Crazy Machines 3

  • TUNIC

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Each card is a nearby game on the similarity map, compared with HUMANITY. 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.
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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 HUMANITY. These titles are not in What to play next.

HUMANITY: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Violence, Survival, Fellowship, Intimacy. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Leadership, Relaxation. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Violence.

Last update: 21/08/2026