You Will (Not) Remain similar games & best alternatives

You Will (Not) Remain

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2022

Should you play it?

You must stay in your apartment as the city around you falls to an Eldritch horror.

What works
  • Deep and relatable narrative on isolation and mental health
  • Short and accessible gameplay
  • Unique pixel art and atmospheric audio
  • Free to play
  • Emotional connection with companion dog
Things to keep in mind
  • Repetitive and limited gameplay
  • Lack of multiple endings or narrative depth for some players
  • Minimal player agency or creativity
  • Some bugs reported
  • Not suitable for players currently struggling with depression or anxiety

What to play next

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Top picks

Games that feel the closest overall

  • Fox Hime

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  • Fox Hime Zero

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Hidden Gems

Less popular games with surprisingly high similarity

  • Juniper's Knot

  • First Snow

  • the 9th day:第九日
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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).

You Will (Not) Remain: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Strategy, Experimenting, Competence, Survival. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Survival, Intimacy. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Creativity.

Why this game works

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

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