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The Midnight Walk

Nintendo Switch 2, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation VR2, PlayStation 5, SteamVR • 2025

Should you play it?

Follow The Midnight Walk in a dark adventure from the minds behind Lost in Random. Befriend a lost lantern creature and light your way through a world of wonder and terror. Outsmart monsters and marvel at details in a landscape handcrafted with real clay and animated in a stop motion style.

What works
  • Unique handcrafted claymation art style
  • Immersive atmospheric world
  • Emotional and rich storytelling
  • Excellent voice acting and soundtrack
  • Vr support enhances experience
Things to keep in mind
  • Short gameplay length
  • Simple and repetitive puzzles
  • Some vr technical issues reported
  • Limited gameplay depth
  • Price considered high by some

What to play next

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Top picks

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Hidden Gems

Less popular games with surprisingly high similarity

  • Decarnation

  • Tales From Off-Peak City Vol. 1

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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 Midnight Walk: Less representative of its motivational profile, with noticeable differences. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Survival, Violence, Competition, Thrill. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Survival, Thrill. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Value.

Why this game works

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

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