OXENFREE II: Lost Signals similar games & best alternatives

OXENFREE II: Lost Signals

PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, Android, iOS • 2023

Should you play it?

Five years after the events of OXENFREE, Riley returns to her hometown of Camena to investigate mysterious radio signals. What she finds is more than she bargained for.

What works
  • Engaging narrative and characters
  • Excellent voice acting and dialogue system
  • Atmospheric art style and soundtrack
  • Meaningful player choices affecting story
  • Polished sequel building on original
Things to keep in mind
  • Larger map sometimes feels like padding
  • Limited gameplay complexity and challenge
  • Some characters less developed than original
  • Repetitive walking and backtracking
  • Minor bugs and technical issues reported

What to play next

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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).

OXENFREE II: Lost Signals: 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 Fellowship, Intimacy, Thrill.

Why this game works

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