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Bad Parenting 1: Mr. Red Face

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2024

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Quick resume

Mr. Red Face, a fictional character created by adults to teach their children, suddenly becomes real..

Global score

87/100

Genres

Adventure, Indie

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    Pros

    • Powerful and emotional storytelling
    • Unique and unsettling atmosphere
    • Effective use of minimalistic graphics and sound
    • Short and accessible gameplay
    • Thought-provoking themes on abuse and family

    Cons

    • Very short game length
    • Limited gameplay mechanics
    • Some players disturbed by developer controversies
    • Few scares for hardcore horror fans
    • Lack of replayability beyond story exploration

    Motivations

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    • Competence

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      "Gameplay is simple with minimal challenge, focusing on exploration and narrative rather than skill tests."

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    • Competition

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    • Continuation

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    • Cooperation

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    • Creativity

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    • Domination

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    • Escapism

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      "Players engage with a fictional but realistic and emotionally heavy story that offers distraction and emotional immersion from real life."

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    • Expectation

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      "Players engage voluntarily out of interest in horror and story, not obligation."

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    • Experimenting

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    • Exploration

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    • Expression

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    • Fantasy

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    • Fellowship

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    • Growth

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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 during short play sessions; not designed for background or idle play."

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    • Intimacy

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      "Emotional engagement with characters and story, but no social relationship building."

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    • Leadership

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      "No leadership or group management elements; single-player narrative focus."

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    • Progression

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      "Some progression through levels and story, but no item collection or upgrades."

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    • Relaxation

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      "Atmosphere is tense and unsettling rather than relaxing or flow-inducing."

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    • Sensation

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    • Status

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    • Story

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    • Strategy

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      "Minimal strategic or problem-solving gameplay; mostly straightforward tasks."

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    • Thrill

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      3

      "Includes suspenseful moments and jump scares that create tension and excitement."

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    • Value

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      2

      "Generally considered worth the price for the experience despite short length."

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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 Strategy, Survival, Competence, Violence. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Violence, Survival. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Relaxation.

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    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).
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    • 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.

    Last update: 30/04/2026