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THE BUTTON by Elendow

Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2023

Should you play it?

Every time you press the button you get 1 point. Every time you press the button your odds to lose all your points increases by 1%. Good luck.

What works

  • Simple and addictive gameplay
  • Free to play with achievements
  • Competitive leaderboards
  • Minimalistic and clean design
  • Emotional and psychological engagement

Things to keep in mind

  • Can be frustrating and mentally taxing
  • No cooperative or social gameplay
  • Lack of narrative or exploration
  • Repetitive and limited mechanics
  • Some players report addiction concerns

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Linea, the Game

  • Polygoneer

  • Bing Bong XL

  • Project Rhombus

  • Dodge It!

  • SlipSlop: World's Hardest Platformer Game

Less competitive

Games that feels like THE BUTTON by Elendow but with less competition against others

  • The Red Button

  • 5050

  • Burger

  • Two Digits

  • Microtransaction Simulator

  • Egg RTX

More creative

Games that feels like THE BUTTON by Elendow but with more room to create and customize

  • Just Hit The Button

  • Egg

  • Sword Rogue

  • Glyphica: Typing Survival

  • Roll

  • McOsu

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Similarity map

How to compare these games

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Each card is a nearby game on the similarity map, compared with THE BUTTON by Elendow. 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 THE BUTTON by Elendow. These titles are not in What to play next.

THE BUTTON by Elendow: Less representative of its motivational profile, with noticeable differences. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Fantasy, Story, Violence, Thrill. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Competition. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Creativity, Experimenting.

Last update: 22/08/2026