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The Living Remain

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2025

Should you play it?

The Living Remain is a story-driven first-person adventure shooter set in a world overrun by the undead. Scavenge, reload, aim, and fight your way through a cinematic campaign featuring a variety of weapons, interactive environments, tense encounters, and the constant threat of the horde closing in.

What works

  • Immersive atmosphere and sound design
  • Satisfying weapon mechanics and upgrades
  • Varied environments and puzzles
  • Good value for price and small dev team
  • Responsive developers and ongoing updates

Things to keep in mind

  • Some bugs and clunky controls reported
  • Short campaign length with limited replayability
  • Lack of crouch/seated mode for accessibility
  • Linear progression with some obscure puzzles
  • Limited enemy variety and melee mechanics

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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).
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  • 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).

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The Living Remain: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Expression, Fellowship, Cooperation, Leadership. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Violence, Exploration, Progression.

Last update: 26/08/2026