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SWOLLEN TO BURSTING UNTIL I AM DISAPPEARING ON PURPOSE

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2023

Should you play it?

SWOLLEN TO BURSTING is a weirdo RPG in which something is very wrong. A flying saucer has crash landed in town, but it's Thursday so you have to go to work at the post office.

What works

  • Unique and immersive atmosphere
  • Emotional and personal storytelling
  • Beautiful and evocative music
  • Free to play with rich content
  • Engaging exploration and puzzles

Things to keep in mind

  • Some puzzles are obtuse and frustrating
  • Progression can be unclear without guides
  • Technical bugs and occasional freezes
  • Slow navigation and lack of quality-of-life features
  • Some players find ending vague or unsatisfying

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • OneShot: World Machine Edition

  • The Aquarium does not dance

  • Space Pilgrim Episode III: Delta Pavonis

  • Yuki「清醒梦」

  • A Space for the Unbound

  • Paper Lily - Chapter 1

Less expressive

Games that feels like SWOLLEN TO BURSTING UNTIL I AM DISAPPEARING ON PURPOSE but with less self-expression and customization

  • The Last Door: Season 2 - Collector's Edition

  • Towards Future

  • Coffin of Ashes

  • The Count Lucanor

  • A Random Maze 某个迷宫

  • My Big Sister

Less intimate

Games that feels like SWOLLEN TO BURSTING UNTIL I AM DISAPPEARING ON PURPOSE but with less focus on close relationships

  • Fausts Alptraum

  • Escape Lala - Retro Point and Click Adventure

  • Deep Sleep: Labyrinth of the Forsaken

  • Viviette

  • Late Homework | 遅れた宿題

  • Anodyne

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  • 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).
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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 SWOLLEN TO BURSTING UNTIL I AM DISAPPEARING ON PURPOSE. These titles are not in What to play next.

SWOLLEN TO BURSTING UNTIL I AM DISAPPEARING ON PURPOSE: 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 Expression, Intimacy, Exploration.

Last update: 21/08/2026