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Zortch

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2023

Should you play it?

Meet Zortch Maxinum: short order cook, amateur engineer and professional slacker; Bored and tired of her day job she decides to go on a holiday but alas she picks a cheap option: turns out it's a scheme by aliens who capture humans to eat their brains! also this game is a sci-fi horror comedy fps

What works
  • Authentic late 90s/early 2000s retro fps aesthetic
  • Fast, fluid movement with advanced techniques
  • Varied and satisfying weapon arsenal with alt-fires
  • Diverse and intelligent enemy ai
  • Well-designed open levels with secrets and exploration
Things to keep in mind
  • Short game length
  • Boss fights are bullet sponges and less interesting
  • Limited soundtrack and music variety
  • Some levels have repetitive visual themes
  • No multiplayer or social features

What to play next

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Top picks

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  • Project Warlock

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  • Beyond Sunset

  • Angry Video Game Nerd II: ASSimilation

  • Project Warlock II

  • Eternal Evil

  • The Last Stand: Aftermath

  • Hard Reset Redux
Hidden Gems

Less popular games with surprisingly high similarity

  • Beyond Sunset

  • Eternal Evil

  • Frogmonster
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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).

Zortch: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Fellowship, Violence, Survival, Cooperation. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Violence. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Relaxation, Leadership.

Why this game works

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