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I hate this game

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2019

Should you play it?

I hate this game is a logic game, where gameplay changes every level. Solve crazy puzzles and use forgotten functions of your PC! Be attentive, interact with everything that you see on the screen.

What works

  • Creative and unique puzzles
  • Good value for price
  • Engaging chiptune soundtrack
  • Varied gameplay mechanics
  • Challenging and rewarding

Things to keep in mind

  • Frustrating and slippery controls
  • Some puzzles require external knowledge or internet
  • Lack of skip level option
  • Minimal story and narrative
  • Minor bugs and awkward level design

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Recursed

  • Deleveled

  • Yugo Puzzle

  • Tametsi

  • ElecHead

  • Maxwell's puzzling demon

More story-driven

Games that feels like I hate this game but with deeper narrative immersion

  • Free Will

  • There Is No Game: Jam Edition 2015

  • Biphase

  • Chronigma

  • Word Game: Episode 0

  • One Dreamer: Prologue

Less expressive

Games that feels like I hate this game but with less self-expression and customization

  • Skala

  • Chronoquartz

  • Öoo

  • Leap Year

  • 100$

  • Low Oxygen

More status-driven

Games that feels like I hate this game but with more focus on status and recognition

  • Zup! X

  • Zup! S

  • Zup! Z

  • Zup! Q

  • Zup! Zero 2

  • Oik 3

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  • 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).
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  • 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 I hate this game. These titles are not in What to play next.

I hate this game: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Violence, Fantasy, Thrill, Story. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Thrill. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Relaxation, Idle.

Last update: 21/08/2026