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Cinderwake

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2025

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Quick resume

Cinderwake is an immersive action survival game where you play as a witch battling in the depths of a magical forest. You command four distinct abilities. A wave system with ever-increasing challenge will push your precision and mastery to the limit.

Global score

84/100

Genres

Action, Casual, Indie

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    Pros

    • High replayability with diverse characters and builds
    • Engaging co-op multiplayer experience
    • Frequent updates and dlc content
    • Deep and satisfying combat and progression systems
    • Large maps with exploration and secrets

    Cons

    • Some translation and ui clarity issues
    • Optimization and performance bugs
    • Repetitive map layouts and enemy patterns
    • Early access bugs and crashes
    • Small player base affecting matchmaking

    Motivations

    • Autonomy

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    • Competence

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      "The game offers skill-based combat, boss fights, puzzles, and progression systems that challenge players and provide feedback on performance."

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    • Competition

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      "Focus is mainly on personal progression and co-op play rather than ranked or leaderboard competition."

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      "Focus is primarily on personal progression and co-op play rather than ranked or leaderboard competition."

    • Continuation

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      "Highly replayable with multiple endings, routes, and DLC content encouraging long sessions and repeated playthroughs."

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    • Cooperation

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      "Supports 2-player co-op with shared progression and cooperative gameplay, enhancing teamwork."

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    • Creativity

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      "Players experiment with many skill and weapon combinations, mutations, and build synergies, encouraging creative play."

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    • Domination

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      "Interactions emphasize shared experiences and cooperation rather than exerting control or superiority over others."

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    • Escapism

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      "Players use the game as a dopamine-driven stress relief and distraction, often playing for hours to escape reality."

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    • Expectation

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      "Players engage voluntarily out of intrinsic interest and enjoyment, not obligation or pressure."

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    • Experimenting

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      "Strong emphasis on trying new builds, weapons, and strategies each run."

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    • Exploration

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    • Expression

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      "Character customization and weapon modding allow personal expression; some presets but also options to modify."

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    • Fantasy

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      "Game features anthropomorphic animal characters, magical weapons, and fantastical roguelike elements."

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    • Fellowship

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      "Strong community aspect with multiplayer, shared achievements, and social interaction."

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    • Growth

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      "Players develop skills, learn game mechanics, and improve builds over time."

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    • Health

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      "Primarily sedentary gameplay with no physical activity or health-related mechanics."

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    • Idle

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      "Requires active attention and continuous engagement in combat and progression."

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    • Intimacy

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      2

      "Co-op play encourages social interaction and bonding, though emotional sharing is limited."

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      "Some social interaction and friendship building through co-op play, but limited emotional sharing."

    • Leadership

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      "Some players lead groups in co-op but overall balanced and shared decision-making is common."

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    • Progression

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      "Strong focus on accumulating upgrades, leveling weapons and characters, and unlocking new abilities and content."

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    • Relaxation

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      3

      "Game balances challenge and flow, providing satisfying and enjoyable gameplay."

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    • Sensation

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      "Visuals, sound effects, and music provide strong sensory stimulation and emotional enjoyment."

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    • Status

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      "Limited social recognition; focus is on cooperative play rather than status or popularity."

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    • Story

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      "Story is present but simple and secondary to gameplay; some lore and narrative elements."

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    • Strategy

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    • Thrill

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      "Challenging combat and boss encounters create tension and excitement."

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    • Value

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      "Players feel they get good return on investment due to content, updates, and replayability."

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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 Cooperation, Fellowship, Intimacy, Leadership. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Experimenting, Relaxation. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Competition.

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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.

    Last update: 30/04/2026