Ballpoint Universe - Infinite similar games & best alternatives
Ballpoint Universe - Infinite
2013
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Quick resume
Ballpoint Universe Infinite is a shoot-em-up adventure game featuring artwork entirely drawn in ballpoint pen. Explore immaculate worlds, discover the secrets of the doodles, and customize your Ink-Ship for battle! Press"Ballpoint Universe Infinite is too exuberant to ignore.
Global score
77/100
Genres
Action, Indie
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Pros
- Unique hand-drawn art style
- Fun and varied shoot-em-up combat
- Customizable ship and weapons
- Relaxing music and atmosphere
- Good value for price
Cons
- Frustrating platforming controls
- Some bugs and glitches reported
- Short main story
- Limited enemy variety
- No multiplayer or social features
Motivations
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Autonomy
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Competence
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3"Platforming and combat are polished and improved, offering skill-based challenges though generally accessible and not overly difficult."
Psychonauts 2
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Competition
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-2"Focus is primarily on personal progression and self-improvement rather than direct competition or leaderboards."
Orbital Bullet – The 360° Rogue-lite
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Continuation
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3"Players report long playtimes, grinding for upgrades, and replaying missions, indicating habitual and extended play."
Attack on Titan / A.O.T. Wings of Freedom
"Players report spending multiple hours, replaying missions for better ranks and upgrades, with an infinite mode for extended play."
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Cooperation
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-5"Single-player experience with no multiplayer or cooperative elements."
NieR:Automata™
"Single-player experience with no multiplayer or cooperative elements."
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Creativity
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5"Extensive ship customization with hundreds of weapons and abilities enables creative and unique builds."
Ring Runner: Flight of the Sages
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Domination
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-5"No evidence of dominating others; gameplay is individual and cooperative social dominance is absent."
Bad North: Jotunn Edition
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Escapism
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4"Players use the surreal and humorous setting to escape real life stress and enjoy a unique fantasy world."
Ace of Seafood
"Players enjoy the unique, surreal doodle world as a form of stress relief and imaginative escape."
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Expectation
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-4"Players engage voluntarily for enjoyment and creative expression, not out of obligation."
LEGO® Bricktales
"Players engage voluntarily for enjoyment and artistic appreciation, not out of obligation."
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Experimenting
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4"Players experiment with different ships, weapons, roles, and tactics to find effective strategies."
Guns of Icarus Alliance
"Players experiment with different ship builds, weapons, and playstyles to find preferred strategies."
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Exploration
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3"Exploration of the overworld map and discovery of new cards and resources is a core gameplay element."
Necroking
"Exploration of hand-drawn overworld to find missions and collectibles is a notable part of gameplay."
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Expression
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3"Customization through different ships, weapons, and build choices allows some player expression."
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Fantasy
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4"Surreal and imaginative story with absurd and fictional elements, including doodle characters and bizarre plot twists."
Doodle Date
"Imaginative doodle universe with quirky characters and surreal story elements."
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Fellowship
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-5"No social or community features; strictly single-player."
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Growth
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4"Players develop skills in aiming, resource management, and combat tactics; weapon upgrades reflect progression."
Resident Evil 4 (2005)
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Health
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-5"Sedentary gameplay with no physical activity elements."
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Idle
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Intimacy
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-5"No close social interactions or relationship building."
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Leadership
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Progression
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4"Strong emphasis on accumulating oil currency to unlock and upgrade ships and abilities."
Battle Group 2
"Strong emphasis on collecting ink currency and upgrading ship parts and weapons."
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Relaxation
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3"Calming music and art style create a relaxing atmosphere despite challenging gameplay."
PixelJunk™ Monsters Ultimate
"Relaxing music and art style contribute to a calming experience despite some challenging gameplay."
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Sensation
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3"Unique visual style and sound design provide sensory stimulation and emotional engagement."
Mundaun
"Unique visual style and sound provide sensory enjoyment and emotional engagement."
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Status
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-5"No social recognition or ranking systems."
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"No social recognition or ranking systems."
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Story
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2"The story is light, silly, and humorous, serving mostly as a backdrop rather than deep narrative."
Yellow Taxi Goes Vroom
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Strategy
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Thrill
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2"Some suspense and challenge in combat and boss fights, but overall moderate tension."
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Value
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4"Players feel the game offers good value for money with many hours of content and replayability."
Hot Lava
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Violence
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3"Combat involves shooting and melee attacks against enemies and vehicles, with some graphic but cartoonish violence."
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Survival
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2"Players manage health and resources to avoid defeat, but the game is generally forgiving with checkpoints and retries."
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Analysis
A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Fellowship, Cooperation, Leadership, Violence. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Creativity, Expression, Violence.
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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