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Master Key

Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Nintendo Switch • 2024

Should you play it?

Master Key is a top-down adventure game with a strong focus on item-based exploration and secrets. Embark on a journey to discover what that key could be used for and meet colorful characters!

What works

  • Strong exploration and puzzle design
  • Nostalgic and immersive atmosphere
  • Extensive secrets and content
  • Minimalist visual style with effective storytelling
  • Adjustable difficulty settings

Things to keep in mind

  • Combat is clunky and frustrating for some players
  • Lack of map clarity and navigation aids
  • Some puzzles and secrets are overly cryptic
  • Limited color palette can cause visual confusion
  • No social or multiplayer features

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feel the closest overall

  • Indiana Jones and the Great Circle

  • TUNIC

  • Spindle

  • Immortals Fenyx Rising

  • Supraland

  • Under The Island

  • The Last Case of Benedict Fox Definitive Edition

  • Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom

  • Wanderer

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Hidden Gems

Less popular games with surprisingly high similarity

  • EXD - Extra Dimensional

  • Little Big Adventure

  • Serin Fate

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Similarity map

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How to use the graph

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).

Master Key: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Survival, Violence, Fellowship, Intimacy. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Exploration. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Violence, Leadership.

Last update: 26/07/2026