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Spindle

Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Nintendo Switch • 2025

Should you play it?

SPINDLE is an old-school action-adventure about death and the many ways we choose to deal with it. With your trusty Pig by your side, you form a most curious team, embarking on a quest to learn what it truly means to be Death.

What works

  • Beautiful pixel art and animations
  • Engaging puzzles and clever mechanics
  • Emotional and meaningful story about death and acceptance
  • Well-designed dungeons and boss fights
  • Excellent soundtrack and atmosphere

Things to keep in mind

  • Some frustrating navigation and lack of map markers
  • Combat is simple and sometimes clunky
  • Occasional bugs and technical issues reported
  • Limited replayability for some players
  • Lack of modern quality-of-life features like quest tracking

What to play next

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Hidden Gems

Less popular games with surprisingly high similarity

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Similarity map

Each dot is a game. They are arranged from the game’s motivation profile. 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 to preview that game in the panel on the right; click to keep that comparison.
  • 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).

Spindle: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Survival, Violence, Fellowship, Intimacy. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Survival, Competition, Leadership.

Last update: 25/07/2026