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Dreams in the Witch House

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2023

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Quick resume

Navigate the eerie world of Dreams in the Witch House, a unique blend of point-and-click and RPG-adventure. Unravel occult mysteries in Arkham, maintain your sanity, and survive the May-Eve in this Lovecraftian horror game.

Global score

92/100

Genres

Adventure, Indie, Role-playing (RPG), Point-and-click

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    Pros

    • Faithful lovecraftian adaptation
    • Engaging survival and time management mechanics
    • Multiple endings and high replayability
    • Atmospheric pixel art and sound design
    • Deep narrative immersion

    Cons

    • Some repetitive survival tasks
    • Randomized elements can cause frustration
    • Lack of voice acting
    • Limited character customization
    • No multiplayer or social features

    Motivations

    • Autonomy

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    • Competence

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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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      "Strong immersion in Lovecraftian horror and mystery provides escape from reality through atmospheric storytelling."

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    • Expectation

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      "Players engage voluntarily out of interest in Lovecraftian themes and exploration."

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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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    • 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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    • Sensation

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    • Status

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    • Story

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    • Strategy

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    • Thrill

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    • Value

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    • Violence

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    • Survival

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    Analysis

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

    How to use the graph
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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.

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