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Death's Door

PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Android, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5 • 2021

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Quick resume

Reaping souls of the dead and punching a clock might get monotonous but it's honest work for a Crow. The job gets lively when your assigned soul is stolen and you must track down a desperate thief to a realm untouched by death - where creatures grow far past their expiry.

Global score

93/100

Genres

Action, Adventure, Indie, Role-playing (RPG), Hack and slash/Beat 'em up

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    Pros

    • Beautiful art style and music
    • Engaging and fluid combat
    • Exploration with rewarding secrets
    • Charming characters and story
    • Well-polished indie experience

    Cons

    • Lack of map makes navigation difficult
    • Some combat mechanics frustrating (dodge roll)
    • Game length is relatively short
    • Limited enemy and weapon variety
    • Performance issues on some hardware

    Motivations

    • Autonomy

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    • Competence

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      "Combat requires timing and pattern recognition, with challenging bosses and skill mastery rewarded."

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    • Competition

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      "Focus is on personal progression and exploration without competitive or ranked modes."

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    • Continuation

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      3

      "Players engage in multiple playthroughs to explore endings and achievements, showing attachment and replay interest."

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    • Cooperation

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      "Entirely single-player experience with no multiplayer or cooperative elements."

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    • Creativity

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      4

      "Players experiment with various unique weapons, movement upgrades, and strategies; the game encourages creative problem solving and exploration."

      Capsule for Zexion Zexion

      "Players can experiment with different weapons, spells, and exploration strategies; world design is creative."

    • Domination

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      -5

      "No evidence of exerting control over others; gameplay is individual and respectful."

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    • Escapism

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      "Players enjoy immersive story, characters, and world, providing a strong escape from real life."

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      "Players enjoy immersive, atmospheric world and story that provide a break from real life."

    • Expectation

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      -4

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

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

    • Experimenting

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      3

      "Encourages trying different weapons, tactics, and exploration of new areas and secrets."

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      "Encourages trying different weapons, abilities, and exploration paths; some routine in progression."

    • Exploration

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      4

      "Game rewards discovery of new areas, secrets, and backtracking with upgrades."

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      "Game rewards discovering secrets, hidden paths, and revisiting areas with new abilities."

    • Expression

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      "Some character selection and weapon choice allow modest self-expression, but customization is limited."

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    • Fantasy

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      "Strong fantasy theme with magical worlds, anthropomorphic animals, and fairy-tale narrative."

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    • Fellowship

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      "No social or community features; experience is solitary."

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    • Growth

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      "Players develop skills, learn enemy patterns, and improve through upgrades and exploration."

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    • Health

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

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    • Idle

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      "Requires focused attention and continuous engagement during combat and exploration."

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      "Requires focused attention and continuous engagement during combat and exploration."

    • Intimacy

      Game with the same Intimacy vibe

      -5

      "Minimal social interaction; NPCs provide story but no close relationship building."

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      "Minimal social interaction; NPCs provide story but no close relationship building."

    • Leadership

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      -5

      "No leadership or group management roles; single-player experience."

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      "No leadership or group management roles; single-player experience."

    • Progression

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      "Players collect weapons, upgrades, and items to unlock new areas and improve capabilities."

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      "Players collect items, weapons, and upgrades that enhance abilities and unlock new areas."

    • Relaxation

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      3

      "The game balances challenge and flow, providing a satisfying and often relaxing experience despite occasional tension."

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      "Game balances challenge and flow, providing a relaxing yet engaging experience."

    • Sensation

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      "Appealing art style, music, and combat animations provide sensory enjoyment and emotional engagement."

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      "Enjoyable art style, music, and combat animations provide sensory pleasure and emotional engagement."

    • Status

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      -5

      "No social recognition or status systems; achievements are personal."

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    • Story

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      3

      "Narrative elements and lore are present and enhance immersion, though story is not deeply complex."

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    • Strategy

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      "Combat and puzzle solving require planning and problem solving, though not overly complex."

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    • Thrill

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      3

      "Combat and boss fights provide tension and excitement, with risk-reward dynamics and challenging encounters."

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    • Value

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      4

      "Players perceive good return for time and money with extensive content and replayability."

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    • Violence

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      "Combat involves fighting monsters and enemies, but not gratuitous or excessive 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 Fellowship, Cooperation, Leadership, Violence. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Violence, Fantasy. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Intimacy.

    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