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Lake

PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S • 2021

Should you play it?

It's 1986 - Meredith Weiss takes a break from her career in the big city to deliver mail in her hometown. How will she experience two weeks in beautiful Providence Oaks, with its iconic lake and quirky community? And what will she do next? It's up to you.

What works
  • Relaxing and cozy atmosphere
  • Engaging slice-of-life story with meaningful choices
  • Inclusive romance options
  • Beautiful stylized graphics and music
  • Accessible gameplay with autopilot and fast travel
Things to keep in mind
  • Short game length with limited replayability
  • Repetitive mail delivery gameplay
  • Some technical issues and animation glitches
  • Limited world exploration and npc interaction
  • Lack of depth in character development and side content

What to play next

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  • A YEAR OF SPRINGS

Hidden Gems

Less popular games with surprisingly high similarity

  • Adios

  • As Long As You're Here

  • despelote

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Similarity map

Each dot is a game. They are arranged from the same motivation profile as in the “Why this game works” section below. 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.
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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).

Lake: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Strategy, Experimenting, Competence, Survival. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Intimacy, Expression. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Fantasy.

Why this game works

A motivational profile of the game, with the closest similar game for each player motivation.

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  • Competence

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  • Competition

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  • Creativity

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  • Escapism

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    "Strongly designed as a relaxing, stress-relieving experience to escape real-life pressures."

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  • Expectation

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  • Experimenting

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  • Exploration

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  • Fantasy

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  • Progression

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  • Violence

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  • Survival

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