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Discussion Over Dinner

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2025

Should you play it?

You receive a dinner invite from an awkward new neighbor and things go great.

What works
  • Unique psychological horror and social anxiety simulation
  • Strong narrative and emotional engagement
  • Innovative typing and multitasking mechanics
  • Multiple endings encouraging replayability
  • Free to play and accessible
Things to keep in mind
  • Frustrating restarts with no checkpoints
  • Steep difficulty balancing typing and multitasking
  • Limited scenario and setting
  • Requires good english proficiency
  • Some players find pacing slow or monotonous

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feel the closest overall

  • Wait! Life is Beautiful! Prologue

  • The Chef's Shift: First Course

  • DateBoy

  • Liquidators

  • and Roger

  • A Light in the Dark

  • [Chilla's Art] Parasocial | パラソーシャル

  • Papers, Please

  • Don't Forget
Hidden Gems

Less popular games with surprisingly high similarity

  • DateBoy

  • Don't Forget

  • Toilet 8
If you liked…

Recommendations by what you enjoyed most

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  • Value

    Red Trigger
  • Competence

    Calm Down, Stalin

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Discussion Over Dinner: Less representative of its motivational profile, with noticeable differences. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Expression, Fellowship, Cooperation, Competition. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Intimacy. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Fantasy, Violence.

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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  • Continuation

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  • Cooperation

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  • Creativity

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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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  • Fantasy

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  • Fellowship

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  • Growth

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  • Health

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  • Intimacy

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  • Relaxation

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