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Diary of Lucie

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2023

Should you play it?

Diary of Lucie is action-roguelite game made with RPG Maker. In addition to simply avoiding the enemy's barrage, strategically use the enemy's bullet to make the battle situation advantageous!

What works
  • Challenging and addictive bullet hell roguelike gameplay
  • Varied weapons and skill combinations
  • Colorful pixel art and quality music
  • Continuous updates and developer engagement
  • Good value for price
Things to keep in mind
  • High difficulty and punishing mechanics
  • Bugs causing crashes and freezes
  • Limited story and exploration content
  • Poor controller support and ui issues
  • Lack of mid-run saving and convenience features

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feel the closest overall

  • Trench Face

  • Eldritch

  • Lovecraft's Untold Stories

  • Subterrain

  • The spy who shot me™

  • The Legend of Dark Witch

  • Death in the Water 2

  • The Devil Within: Satgat

  • Skautfold: Shrouded in Sanity
Hidden Gems

Less popular games with surprisingly high similarity

  • Trench Face

  • The spy who shot me™

  • The Devil Within: Satgat
If you liked…

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Each dot is a game. They are arranged from the same motivation profile as in the “Why this game works” section below. Closer dots usually mean more similar reasons to play (exploration, competition, relaxation, etc.)—not that one game is “better” than another.

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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 (hidden on purpose).

Diary of Lucie: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Violence, Survival, Fellowship, Intimacy. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Expression, Relaxation, Leadership.

Why this game works

A motivational profile of the game, with the closest similar game for each player motivation.

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  • Competition

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  • Domination

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  • Escapism

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  • Expectation

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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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  • Sensation

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