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The Genesis Project

PC (Microsoft Windows), Linux, Mac • 2022

Should you play it?

The Genesis Project is an attempt to replicate Sburb from the popular webcomic Homestuck, made by Andrew Hussie.

What works
  • Faithful recreation of homestuck's sburb
  • Free to play with mod support
  • Engaging multiplayer cooperative gameplay
  • Creative alchemy and building systems
  • Strong community and fandom appeal
Things to keep in mind
  • Numerous bugs and glitches causing frustration
  • Limited content and progression currently
  • Steep learning curve and complexity
  • Ui and camera issues
  • Small and niche player base

What to play next

Similar games, hidden gems, and fresh directions from this game.

Top picks

Games that feel the closest overall

  • Enshrouded

  • Grounded 2

  • Gedonia 2

  • Lost Castle 2

  • Cave Crawlers

  • Keplerth

  • Eon Altar

  • Craftopia

  • Backrooms Society

Hidden Gems

Less popular games with surprisingly high similarity

  • MetaPhysical

  • Super Cane Magic ZERO - Legend of the Cane Cane

  • Plains of Pain

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Each dot is a game. They are arranged from the same motivation profile as in the “Why this game works” section below. Closer dots usually mean more similar reasons to play (exploration, competition, relaxation, etc.)—not that one game is “better” than another.

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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 Genesis Project: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Cooperation, Fellowship, Intimacy, Leadership. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Cooperation, Fellowship, Intimacy.

Why this game works

A motivational profile of the game, with the closest similar game for each player motivation.

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  • Creativity

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  • Experimenting

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  • Expression

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  • Fellowship

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  • Intimacy

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  • Story

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