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HORROR TALES: The Wine

PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch • 2021

Should you play it?

Explore a post-pandemic fictional Mediterranean island and confront your fears! Immerse yourself in a seemingly abandoned city and struggle to find a precious Banydebosc red wine bottle to cure your loved ones. But be aware; your Nemesis is hunting you. Indie Jumpscares included! :D

What works
  • Stunning visuals and mediterranean setting
  • Immersive atmosphere and sound design
  • Engaging environmental storytelling and lore
  • Accessible puzzle difficulty with some challenge
  • Robust accessibility options including disabling chase sequences
Things to keep in mind
  • Repetitive puzzle mechanics
  • Frustrating chase sequences for some players
  • Short game length
  • Limited enemy variety
  • Lack of voice acting and minimal music

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feel the closest overall

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  • The spy who shot me™

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  • ARAYA

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Hidden Gems

Less popular games with surprisingly high similarity

  • It Comes In Waves

  • The spy who shot me™

  • Kvark
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Each dot is a game. They are arranged from the same motivation profile as in the “Why this game works” 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: this page’s game — everything on the map is relative to it.
  • Coloured chips: click to highlight games that mainly differ on that motivation; click again to reset.
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  • Hover a dot for a screenshot preview, score, and top score gaps; click to compare 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 (hidden on purpose).

HORROR TALES: The Wine: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Expression, Fellowship, Cooperation, Competition. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Exploration. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Experimenting, Relaxation.

Why this game works

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

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