Late Homework | 遅れた宿題 similar games & best alternatives

Late Homework | 遅れた宿題

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2024

Should you play it?

Highschool student Haneko has forgotten her class assignments and must retrieve them by traversing a world of haunted horrors. Explore the dilapidated halls, find your missing homework, and avoid whatever's lurking around the corner in this bite-sized, retro survival horror experience.

What works
  • Excellent retro ps1-style visuals and atmosphere
  • Strong horror mood and sound design
  • Engaging puzzles and exploration
  • Good replay value with unlockables and ranking
  • Short and affordable
Things to keep in mind
  • Frustrating monster ai and door camping
  • No save system and limited lives cause replaying
  • Tank controls and camera angle changes can be disorienting
  • Some technical issues and occasional softlocks
  • Story and puzzles somewhat simple and brief

What to play next

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Top picks

Games that feel the closest overall

  • Subnautica

  • Alisa

  • The Horror Of Salazar House

  • Subnautica: Below Zero

  • Blair Witch

  • SONG OF HORROR COMPLETE EDITION

  • Cat in the Box

  • Feed the Deep

  • Through the Woods
Hidden Gems

Less popular games with surprisingly high similarity

  • The Horror Of Salazar House

  • Feed the Deep

  • Love, Sam
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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.

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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).

Late Homework | 遅れた宿題: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Expression, Fellowship, Cooperation, Status. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Expression. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Violence, Relaxation.

Why this game works

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

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