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Flow:The Sliding

2017

Should you play it?

Enjoy the rhythmic music and beat the SCORE!!!

What works
  • Engaging rhythmic soundtrack
  • Simple and accessible gameplay
  • Low system requirements
  • Leaderboards for competition
  • Quick and easy achievements
Things to keep in mind
  • Lack of multiplayer or social features
  • Repetitive and minimal content
  • Eye strain from bright visual effects
  • Achievements unrelated to gameplay
  • No narrative or meaningful progression

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feel the closest overall

  • Freebie

  • Spikit

  • Polygoneer

  • Slash It

  • Fruit Mountain

  • Slash It 2

  • Linea, the Game

  • Tetropunk

  • BEHEMOTH
Hidden Gems

Less popular games with surprisingly high similarity

  • Spikit

  • Tetropunk

  • BEHEMOTH
If you liked…

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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).

Flow:The Sliding: Less representative of its motivational profile, with noticeable differences. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Strategy, Experimenting, Competence, Survival. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Competition, Status. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Story.

Why this game works

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

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Last update: 13/07/2026