Fading Afternoon Thumbnail

Fading Afternoon similar games & best alternatives

Fading Afternoon

Nintendo Switch, PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2023

Related articles

Quick resume

Seiji Maruyama is a middle-aged yakuza recently released from prison. Known as "Gozuki" (one of the demon generals from Buddhist mythology) he is the power that his oyabun counts on. But there is one thing his aniki is not taking into account: Maruyama is getting old.

Global score

81/100

Genres

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

buy on steam r/FadingAfternoon

Similar games

Top picks

Games that feel the closest overall

  • Hades II

  • Crown Champion: Legends of the Arena

  • Medieval Dynasty

  • Kingdom Come: Deliverance II

  • Kingdom Come: Deliverance

  • A Legionary's Life

  • Limbus Company

  • The friends of Ringo Ishikawa

  • Way of the Samurai 4
Outsiders

Less popular games with surprisingly high similarity

  • Crown Champion: Legends of the Arena

  • The Necromancer's Tale

  • 8-Bit Adventures 2
If you liked…

Recommendations by what you enjoyed most

  • Escapism

    Cemetery Mary
  • Competition

    Persona 5 Royal
  • Cooperation

    Skibidi Toilet Hero

Pros

  • Deep and satisfying combat system
  • Rich branching narrative with multiple endings
  • Immersive atmosphere and soundtrack
  • High replayability
  • Detailed pixel art and animations

Cons

  • Some bugs and glitches reported
  • Steep learning curve and vague guidance
  • Combat can feel repetitive
  • Time limits can be frustrating
  • Controls sometimes unintuitive

Analysis

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

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.

  • Purple star: the game you are viewing on this page.
  • Dotted line: link between this page’s game and the one selected for comparison.
  • Colour: groups of games with comparable motivation patterns (statistical clusters).
  • Hover a dot for a quick preview; click to compare it in the panel on the right.
  • 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.

Motivations

  • Autonomy
    4

    No nearest game available

  • Competence
    4

    No nearest game available

  • Competition

    Game with the same Competition vibe

    -3

    "Focuses on personal story progression and self-set goals rather than direct competition or leaderboards."

    Capsule for Persona 5 Royal Persona 5 Royal

    "Focus is on personal story progression and self-set goals rather than direct competition or leaderboards."

  • Continuation
    5

    No nearest game available

  • Cooperation

    Game with the same Cooperation vibe

    -4

    "Gameplay centers on solo play with no mention of cooperative multiplayer or teamwork."

    Capsule for Skibidi Toilet Hero Skibidi Toilet Hero

    "Gameplay centers on solo experience; no mention of multiplayer or cooperative elements."

  • Creativity
    3

    No nearest game available

  • Domination

    Game with the same Domination vibe

    -4

    "Interactions emphasize narrative and roleplay over exerting control or superiority over others."

    Capsule for New Arc Line New Arc Line

    "Interactions emphasize roleplaying and narrative rather than exerting power or superiority over others."

  • Escapism

    Game with the same Escapism vibe

    5

    "Strong immersion in a fictional, mysterious world providing emotional and mental escape from reality."

    Capsule for Cemetery Mary Cemetery Mary

    "Strong immersion in a fictional world with themes of mortality and reflection, providing emotional escape."

  • Expectation
    -4

    No nearest game available

  • Experimenting
    4

    No nearest game available

  • Exploration
    3

    No nearest game available

  • Expression
    2

    No nearest game available

  • Fantasy
    -3

    No nearest game available

  • Fellowship
    -3

    No nearest game available

  • Growth
    4

    No nearest game available

  • Health
    -4

    No nearest game available

  • Idle
    3

    No nearest game available

  • Intimacy
    2

    No nearest game available

  • Leadership
    1

    No nearest game available

  • Progression
    4

    No nearest game available

  • Relaxation
    3

    No nearest game available

  • Sensation
    3

    No nearest game available

  • Status
    2

    No nearest game available

  • Story
    5

    No nearest game available

  • Strategy
    3

    No nearest game available

  • Thrill
    2

    No nearest game available

  • Value
    4

    No nearest game available

  • Violence
    4

    No nearest game available

  • Survival
    3

    No nearest game available

Come talk about it on Discord!

Last update: 23/05/2026