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Games&Girls

Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac • 2017

Should you play it?

An episodic Visual Novel about a Gamer and his life with cute girls.

What works
  • Appealing anime art style
  • Short, casual episodic format
  • Affordable price
  • Lighthearted romantic fantasy
  • Accessible for casual visual novel players
Things to keep in mind
  • Shallow and clichéd story
  • Limited choices and branching
  • Short length requiring dlc for full content
  • Protagonist often seen as unrelatable or unsympathetic
  • Lack of voice acting and limited music variety

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feel the closest overall

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  • NEKOPARA Vol. 0

  • Sakura Beach 2

  • Sakura Fantasy

  • Rumu

  • Frosty Kiss

  • Eternal Hour: Golden Hour

  • Sakura Santa

  • Sakura Spirit

Hidden Gems

Less popular games with surprisingly high similarity

  • Shan Gui II: Sweet Osmanthus II

  • Rumu

  • Trap Legend

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Games&Girls: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Strategy, Survival, Violence, Competence. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Idle, Intimacy. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Exploration.

Why this game works

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

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  • Competence

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  • Competition

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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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    "No exploration of environments; story unfolds in a fixed sequence."

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  • Expression

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  • Fantasy

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  • Growth

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  • Health

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  • Idle

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    "Designed for short, casual play sessions and time-filling."

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  • Intimacy

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    "Narrative includes emotional relationships and some romantic tension, but limited deep social bonding."

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  • Leadership

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  • Sensation

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  • Story

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  • Strategy

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  • Violence

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  • Survival

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