PROXIMATE similar games & best alternatives

PROXIMATE

PC (Microsoft Windows), Linux, Mac • 2024

Should you play it?

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What works
  • Unique and inventive gameplay mechanic
  • Excellent writing and character development
  • Strong atmospheric sound design
  • Emotional and relatable story
  • Good value for price and length
Things to keep in mind
  • Navigation can be frustrating
  • Short game length
  • Limited gameplay variety
  • Some players may find pacing slow
  • Lack of traditional horror scares

What to play next

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

Top picks

Games that feel the closest overall

  • Amanda the Adventurer 2

  • Pamali: Indonesian Folklore Horror

  • Amnesia: Rebirth

  • Deep Sleep Trilogy

  • Kathy Rain 2: Soothsayer

  • Blair Witch

  • A New Beginning - Final Cut

  • When the Darkness comes

  • Song of Farca
Hidden Gems

Less popular games with surprisingly high similarity

  • Pamali: Indonesian Folklore Horror

  • Deep Sleep Trilogy

  • Growing My Grandpa!
If you liked…

Recommendations by what you enjoyed most

  • Story

    Minute of Islands
  • Creativity

    and Roger
  • Escapism

    Tormented Souls

Similarity map

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Similarity map

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).

PROXIMATE: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. 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, Exploration. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Violence.

Why this game works

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

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  • Competition

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  • Cooperation

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  • Creativity

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  • Domination

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  • Experimenting

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  • Exploration

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  • Expression

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  • Fellowship

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  • Growth

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  • Health

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  • Idle

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  • Intimacy

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  • Progression

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  • Status

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  • Story

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