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Backstage Pass

PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Linux • 2016

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Quick resume

A visual novel/sim game about life, love, and working in the entertainment industry. Play as makeup artist Sian Goodin as she navigates the world of showbiz. Make friends, forge business relationships, and maybe even find romance!

Global score

86/100

Genres

Indie, Simulator, Adventure

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    Pros

    • Engaging story and characters
    • High replay value with multiple endings
    • Customization options
    • Quality voice acting and art
    • Realistic and sensitive portrayal of mental health

    Cons

    • Stat management can be tedious and challenging
    • Some routes and endings difficult to unlock without guides
    • Early access status with incomplete content
    • Slow pacing at start
    • Price considered high by some players

    Motivations

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    • Competence

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    • Competition

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    • Continuation

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      "High replay value with many branching paths and endings encourages long-term engagement and habitual play."

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    • Cooperation

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    • Creativity

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      "Extensive outfit customization and stat allocation allow creative player expression within game systems."

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    • Domination

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    • Escapism

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      "Players engage in a fictional survival scenario with immersive storytelling and atmosphere, providing distraction and emotional engagement."

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    • Expectation

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      "Players engage voluntarily out of intrinsic interest and enjoyment rather than obligation or pressure."

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    • Experimenting

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      "Multiple endings and choices encourage players to try different paths and outcomes."

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    • Exploration

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      "Players discover different narrative paths and endings, though within a limited set of locations."

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    • Expression

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    • Fantasy

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      "The game features surreal, imaginative scenarios and meta-fictional elements beyond realistic experiences."

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    • Fellowship

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      "Community and multiplayer aspects foster some social connection, though many players play solo."

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    • Growth

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      "Players develop understanding of characters and improve skills in managing stats and decisions."

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    • Health

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      "Sedentary gameplay with no physical activity or health-related features."

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    • Idle

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      "Requires focused attention and planning; not designed for casual or background play."

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      "Requires focused attention on planning and decision-making; not designed for casual or background play."

    • Intimacy

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      "Players build meaningful relationships with characters through dialogue and story, fostering emotional connections."

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      "Players build emotional connections with characters through story and relationship development."

    • Leadership

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      "No leadership or group management elements; player acts independently."

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    • Progression

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      "Stat raising, relationship building, and unlocking multiple endings provide clear progression."

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    • Relaxation

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      "Generally a moderate challenge with some tension in later missions, but overall accessible and not highly stressful."

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    • Sensation

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      "Enjoyable art, music, and voice acting provide sensory stimulation and emotional engagement."

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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

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

    How to use the graph
    Similar games map

    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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    Last update: 30/04/2026