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Reflex

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2017

Should you play it?

A simple puzzle game. Simple graphics and nice music. Try your mind in more than 70+ levels. They are waiting for you.

What works

  • Huge number of achievements for profile customization
  • Low price and good value for achievement hunters
  • Simple and relaxing gameplay with calming music
  • Accessible for one-handed play and casual use
  • Automatic achievement unlocking allows idling

Things to keep in mind

  • Poor physics and buggy gameplay mechanics
  • Repetitive and shallow puzzle design
  • No multiplayer or social interaction
  • No narrative or meaningful story
  • Achievement spam reduces gameplay engagement

What to play next

Top picks

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Less status-driven

Games that feels like Reflex but with less focus on status and recognition

Less idle-friendly

Games that feels like Reflex but with less of an idle filler feel

Less expressive

Games that feels like Reflex but with less self-expression and customization

More violent

Games that feels like Reflex but with more combat and destruction

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Similarity map

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Each card is a nearby game on the similarity map, compared with Reflex. 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.
How to use the graph

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 Reflex. These titles are not in What to play next.

Reflex: Less representative of its motivational profile, with noticeable differences. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Fantasy, Violence, Story, Thrill. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Status, Idle. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Continuation.

Last update: 26/08/2026