Omen Exitio: Plague similar games & best alternatives

Omen Exitio: Plague

PC (Microsoft Windows), Nintendo Switch, Linux, Mac • 2018

Should you play it?

Investigate a paranormal disease that threatens to eradicate humanity in this unsettling Lovecraftian adventure, inspired by the choose-your-own-adventure gamebooks of the 80s and 90s. Your choices will determine the story, your character’s destiny… and the future of humanity.

What works
  • Strong lovecraftian narrative and atmosphere
  • Meaningful player choices with consequences
  • Skill progression system adds depth
  • Good soundtrack and art style
  • Engaging story with replay value
Things to keep in mind
  • Limited replayability due to linearity
  • No manual save system, only autosave
  • Minor grammatical and translation errors
  • Lack of visual novel features like skip text
  • No multiplayer or social features

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Hidden Gems

Less popular games with surprisingly high similarity

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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).

Omen Exitio: Plague: 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 Intimacy, Expression, Story.

Why this game works

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

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