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Puppet Master: The Game

2024

Should you play it?

This free-to-play online multiplayer game celebrates the series' 30-year legacy. Revisit iconic locations, select from a large roster of playable characters from the movies, and play a variety of online multiplayer game modes, each inspired by the Puppet’s many adventures.

What works

  • Faithful adaptation of puppet master franchise
  • Free-to-play with cosmetic unlocks
  • Fun asymmetrical multiplayer gameplay
  • Active and friendly community
  • Ongoing developer support and updates

Things to keep in mind

  • Small player base limits matchmaking
  • Some balance issues especially in single player ai
  • Limited maps and game modes currently
  • Ui and menu can feel clunky
  • Graphics and animations are basic

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • BrainBread 2

  • Unfortunate Spacemen

  • Get Stuffed!

  • Zombie Panic! Source

  • Dark Deception: Monsters & Mortals

  • Soul Dossier

Less competitive

Games that feels like Puppet Master: The Game but with less competition against others

  • Nuclear Nightmare

  • Lethal Company

  • Killing Floor

  • Occult

  • Seed of the Dead: Sweet Home

  • Malum

Less story-driven

Games that feels like Puppet Master: The Game but with less narrative immersion

  • Ben and Ed - Blood Party

  • The Bonerooms

  • Goofy Gorillas

  • Red Eclipse

  • Midnight Ghost Hunt

  • Looterkings

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Similarity map

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Each card is a nearby game on the similarity map, compared with Puppet Master: The Game. Swipe sideways to move between games. Titles already listed in What to play next are left out.

  • Cover and title: open that game’s page.
  • What works / keep in mind: the same highlights as the desktop comparison panel.
  • Bars: the main motivational differences versus this game.
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Similarity map

Each dot is a game placed from its motivation profile relative to this page’s game. Direction shows which motivation differs most; distance along that axis shows how large the gap is.

  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
  • Direction: each axis is a main motivational difference vs this game (e.g. more / less competitive).
  • Distance on an axis: how large that difference is (ring scales show +/− points).
  • 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 to preview that game in the panel on the right; click to keep that comparison.
  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom.

How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

Swipe to compare nearby games with Puppet Master: The Game. These titles are not in What to play next.

Puppet Master: The Game: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Competition, Status, Fellowship, Domination. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Story, Fantasy. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Domination.

Last update: 21/08/2026