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Escapism
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Escapism + Story
A strong dose of escapism and story in the same game.
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+4.0
Legacy of Kain: Defiance Remastered
Players describe immersion in a dark fantasy world with rich story and atmosphere, providing escape from real life.
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+4.0
Love at First Sight
Players use the game to escape into a warm, heartwarming fictional romance with a unique heroine.
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+4.0
Narcissu 10th Anniversary Anthology Project
Strong emotional immersion and escape into stories about life, death, and terminal illness.
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+4.0
NARUTO SHIPPUDEN: Ultimate Ninja STORM 3 Full Burst HD
Immersive story mode with emotional cutscenes and anime-style presentation provides strong escapism.
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+4.0
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Immersive detective work and mystery solving provide strong escape from real life.
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+4.0
Nocturne: Prelude
Players use the game to immerse in a fictional afterlife world and enjoy music and story as a form of escape.
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+4.0
Stardom 3
Players engage in an immersive entertainment industry simulation, providing distraction and emotional investment away…
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+4.0
taking my Dark Knight Girlfriend to the corner store
Players enjoy immersive queer romance and fantasy elements as an escape.
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+4.0
The Lar
Players immerse in a fantasy story with emotional and mysterious themes, providing distraction from real life.
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+4.0
Tyrion Cuthbert: Attorney of the Arcane
Players enjoy immersive fantasy setting and narrative to escape real life.
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+4.0
Valkyria Chronicles™
Players appreciate the immersive alternate-history setting and story as a form of escape and emotional engagement.
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+4.0
When the Darkness comes
Strongly used as a means to explore and process difficult real-life emotions and mental health issues, providing…
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+4.0
Yasuke Simulator
Highly immersive historical setting and narrative provide strong escape from real life.
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+4.0
Batman: The Enemy Within - The Telltale Series
Strong narrative immersion and psychological themes provide escape from real life into a dark, fictional Gotham.
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+4.0
Fears to Fathom - Ironbark Lookout
Strong atmospheric horror and immersive storytelling provide escape from reality and induce tension and fear.
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+4.0
Ken Follett's The Pillars of the Earth
Immersive historical setting and story provide strong escape from real life into medieval England.
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+4.0
LEGO® The Lord of the Rings™
Players enjoy immersive exploration of Middle-earth and humorous retelling of the story as a form of escape.
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+4.0
Oxenfree
The supernatural story, atmospheric setting, and immersive narrative provide strong escape from real life.
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+4.0
Billionaire Lovers
Players engage in a fictional psychological horror story that provides distraction and immersion from real life.
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+4.0
Demons' Timeline
Immersive mystery and cyber-detective theme provide strong escape from real life through engaging narrative.
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+4.0
DISCOPUP
Players appreciate the surreal, Lynchian atmosphere and narrative as a form of escapism and mental engagement away from…
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+4.0
Dünnes Eis - Das Spiel zum Song
The game offers a melancholic, immersive story about loneliness and mental states, providing emotional escape and…
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+4.0
Goodnight Universe
Strong emotional immersion and distraction from real life; players use the game to experience deep feelings and…
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+4.0
Open Sorcery
Players use the game to immerse in a unique magical-technological world and explore emotional and philosophical themes…
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