The Crown of Leaves similar games & best alternatives

The Crown of Leaves

PC (Microsoft Windows), Linux • 2018

Should you play it?

Roui, a resilient city dandy, a half-educated jeweler and the author of scientific magic articles, was met with a colossal failure and must return to his homeland Latori.

What works
  • Beautiful and unique art style
  • Engaging and mysterious story
  • Rich character development
  • Immersive fantasy world and lore
  • Soothing soundtrack and animations
Things to keep in mind
  • Short length of current chapters
  • Story incomplete with long waits for updates
  • Some puzzles can be obscure or confusing
  • Rough english translation in places
  • Lack of voice acting and some technical issues

What to play next

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Hidden Gems

Less popular games with surprisingly high similarity

  • The Last Dream: Developer's Edition

  • GlitchSPANKR

  • Growing My Grandpa!
If you liked…

Recommendations by what you enjoyed most

  • Fantasy

    The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered
  • Story

    Sixtieth Kilometer
  • Autonomy

    CLANNAD

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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).

The Crown of Leaves: 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 Intimacy, Thrill, Expression.

Why this game works

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