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Above Snakes: Prologue

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2023

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Quick resume

In the prologue of Above Snakes, you awake in a destroyed settlement and help the survivors rebuild it. After that, expand the world with world pieces, craft, farm, hunt, build a base, and fight to find out more about what happened.

Global score

90/100

Genres

Adventure, Role-playing (RPG), Simulator

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    Pros

    • Unique tile-based world building mechanic
    • Relaxing and engaging survival gameplay
    • Charming art style and soothing music
    • Accessible crafting and base building
    • Free prologue allows risk-free trial

    Cons

    • Combat feels clunky and simplistic
    • Short day/night cycle and water gathering cooldown
    • Limited character customization and multiplayer
    • Some ui and control awkwardness
    • Prologue content is limited and repetitive

    Motivations

    • Autonomy

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    • Competence

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      "Game offers skill-based crafting, resource management, and survival challenges with meaningful progression and feedback."

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    • Competition

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      "Focus is on personal pace and individual progress; no evidence of competitive or ranked modes."

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    • Continuation

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      4

      "Players report addictive gameplay and desire to keep playing beyond the prologue, indicating habitual engagement."

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    • Cooperation

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      -3

      "Game is single-player focused; some desire for multiplayer expressed but currently no co-op or teamwork features."

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    • Creativity

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      5

      "Strong emphasis on creative world building via tile placement and base customization."

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    • Domination

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      -5

      "No indications of exerting control over others; interactions are solo and balanced."

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    • Escapism

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      "Players use the game as a relaxing, immersive escape with cozy atmosphere and calming music, providing stress relief."

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    • Expectation

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      "Players engage voluntarily out of personal interest and enjoyment, with no pressure or obligation reported."

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    • Experimenting

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      "Players experiment with building layouts, crafting recipes, and exploration of new maps and secrets."

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    • Exploration

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      "Exploration is player-directed through tile placement, discovering new biomes and resources."

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    • Expression

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      "Customization options for characters allow self-expression, though limited in scope."

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    • Fantasy

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    • Fellowship

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      "Minimal social connection; primarily a solo experience with little to no multiplayer or community interaction."

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    • Growth

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      "Players learn crafting recipes, upgrade gear, and improve survival skills over time."

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    • Health

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      "Sedentary gameplay typical of survival games; no physical activity or health-promoting features noted."

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    • Idle

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      -3

      "Requires focused attention on resource management, crafting, and exploration rather than background play."

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      "Requires active attention to resource management, crafting, and exploration; not designed for background play."

    • Intimacy

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      "No evidence of close social relationships or emotional sharing; interactions are minimal and surface-level."

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    • Leadership

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      "No leadership or group management roles; gameplay is individual and self-directed."

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    • Progression

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      "Clear progression through unlocking tiers, new buildings, and upgrades."

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    • Relaxation

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      "The game is described as chill, relaxing, and emotionally soothing with smooth gameplay and calming music."

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    • Sensation

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      "Pleasant visuals and soothing music provide sensory enjoyment."

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    • Status

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    • Story

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    • Strategy

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    • Thrill

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    • Value

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    • Violence

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    • Survival

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    Analysis

    Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Fellowship, Cooperation, Leadership, Violence. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Survival, Relaxation. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Thrill.

    How to use the graph
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    Each dot is a game. They are arranged from the same motivation profile as in the “Motivations” section below. Closer dots usually mean more similar reasons to play (exploration, competition, relaxation, etc.)—not that one game is “better” than another.

    • Larger dot with a light outline: the game you are viewing.
    • Colour: groups of games with comparable motivation patterns (statistical clusters).
    • Hover a dot to see the game name; click to open its page.
    • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom out and see more games.

    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.

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