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Dead Horizon: Origin

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2017

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Quick resume

Most people never get a shot at making a difference. If you did... would you miss? -- Dead Horizon is a short and dirty point and click western themed adventure game that's also completely free.

Global score

96/100

Genres

Action, Adventure, Indie

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    Pros

    • Excellent writing and narrative depth
    • Unique pixel art and atmospheric music
    • Engaging quickdraw shooting mechanic
    • Free and accessible
    • Interesting blend of western and sci-fi elements

    Cons

    • Extremely short gameplay duration
    • Limited replayability and depth
    • Minimal player choice or customization
    • Some bugs reported
    • Sound effects sometimes criticized

    Motivations

    • Autonomy

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    • Competence

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    • Competition

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    • Continuation

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      "Very short game (~10-15 minutes) with limited replay value; players complete it quickly and do not engage in long sessions."

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    • Cooperation

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    • Domination

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    • Escapism

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    • Expectation

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    • Experimenting

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    • Exploration

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    • Expression

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    • Fellowship

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    • Growth

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    • Health

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    • Idle

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    • Intimacy

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    • Leadership

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    • Progression

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    • Relaxation

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    • Status

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    • Story

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    • Strategy

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    • Thrill

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    • Violence

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    Analysis

    Less representative of its motivational profile, with noticeable differences. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Expression, Fellowship, Cooperation, Competition. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Continuation, Strategy, Survival.

    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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