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Miasmata

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2012

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Quick resume

Miasmata is a first-person survival/adventure game, developed from the ground-up by brothers Joe and Bob Johnson. You play as Robert Hughes, a plague-stricken scientist on a journey to discover a cure. Your adventure begins on the shores of a remote and mysterious island.

Global score

77/100

Genres

Action, Adventure, Indie

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    Pros

    • Unique cartography and exploration mechanics
    • Immersive atmosphere and environment
    • Engaging survival and crafting systems
    • Strong sense of isolation and tension
    • Well-realized movement and physics

    Cons

    • Clunky and sometimes frustrating movement controls
    • Technical issues and bugs reported
    • Limited story depth and character customization
    • Creature ai can feel inconsistent
    • Lack of replay value after completion

    Analysis

    Less representative of its motivational profile, with noticeable differences. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Fellowship, Cooperation, Leadership, Violence. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Exploration. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Violence, Expression.

    How to use the graph
    Similar games map

    Each dot is a game. They are arranged from the same motivation profile as in the “Motivations” section below. Closer dots usually mean more similar reasons to play (exploration, competition, relaxation, etc.)—not that one game is “better” than another.

    • Larger dot with a light outline: the game you are viewing.
    • Colour: groups of games with comparable motivation patterns (statistical clusters).
    • Hover a dot to see the game name; click to open its page.
    • 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.

    Motivations

    • Autonomy
      4

      "Players freely explore a large island, choose their own path, and decide how to map and approach objectives."

    • Competence
      3

      "Requires skill in navigation, cartography, and managing character movement and survival mechanics."

    • Competition
      -5

      "No competitive or ranked modes; focus is on individual exploration and survival."

    • Continuation
      3

      "Players engage in long exploration sessions and invest time in mapping and crafting."

    • Cooperation
      -5

      "Single-player experience with no multiplayer or cooperative elements."

    • Creativity
      3

      "Players create their own maps via triangulation and craft medicines from plants."

    • Domination
      -5

      "No social dominance or power over others; solitary survival experience."

    • Escapism
      4

      "Immersive wilderness exploration and survival provide escape from real life."

    • Expectation
      -4

      "Players engage voluntarily driven by curiosity and intrinsic interest."

    • Experimenting
      3

      "Players experiment with mapping, plant combinations, and movement strategies."

    • Exploration
      5

      "Core gameplay is discovering new areas, mapping, and uncovering island secrets."

    • Expression
      -3

      "Limited character customization; focus is on map creation rather than avatar expression."

    • Fantasy
      2

      "Set in a fictional island with a mysterious creature and plague, blending realism and fantasy."

    • Fellowship
      -5

      "No community or social group play; solitary experience."

    • Growth
      3

      "Players learn navigation, crafting, and survival skills progressively."

    • Health
      -4

      "Sedentary gameplay with no physical activity; character suffers illness and weakness."

    • Idle
      -3

      "Requires focused attention; exploration and survival demand continuous engagement."

    • Intimacy
      -5

      "No social or emotional relationships; isolated gameplay."

    • Leadership
      -5

      "No leadership or group management; single-player only."

    • Progression
      3

      "Progression through collecting plants, crafting medicines, and unlocking map areas."

    • Relaxation
      2

      "Atmospheric and immersive but includes tension from survival and creature encounters."

    • Sensation
      2

      "Enjoyable natural visuals and sounds with occasional suspenseful moments."

    • Status
      -5

      "No social recognition or status systems."

    • Story
      3

      "Narrative unfolds through notes and environmental storytelling."

    • Strategy
      3

      "Requires planning routes, managing resources, and crafting medicines strategically."

    • Thrill
      3

      "Tension from unpredictable creature encounters and survival challenges."

    • Value
      4

      "Players report good value for time spent given unique gameplay and atmosphere."

    • Violence
      -4

      "Minimal violence; combat is not a focus and is discouraged."

    • Survival
      4

      "Core challenge is managing health, avoiding hazards, and staying alive."

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