My Big Sister similar games & best alternatives

My Big Sister

PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, PlayStation Vita • 2018

Should you play it?

My name is Luzia...and this story isn't about me, it’s about my sister. Do you still wish to hear it?

What works
  • Engaging and emotional story
  • Multiple endings and replayability
  • Charming pixel art and music
  • Well-written characters and humor
  • Accessible puzzles
Things to keep in mind
  • Some bugs and technical issues
  • Clunky controls and collision detection
  • Story can be confusing or convoluted
  • Lack of controller support
  • Short gameplay length

What to play next

Similar games, hidden gems, and fresh directions from this game.

Top picks

Games that feel the closest overall

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  • Kathy Rain 2: Soothsayer

  • Hand of Doom

  • Rakuen

  • The Dark Eye: Memoria
Hidden Gems

Less popular games with surprisingly high similarity

  • Hand of Doom

  • The Last Dream: Developer's Edition

  • Life Tastes Like Cardboard
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Recommendations by what you enjoyed most

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  • Escapism

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  • Fantasy

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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.

  • 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 for a screenshot preview, score, and top score gaps; click to compare in the panel on the right.
  • 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).

My Big Sister: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Survival, Violence, Competition, Thrill. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Intimacy, Thrill. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Expression.

Why this game works

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

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