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Looking Up I See Only A Ceiling

PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, iOS, Android, Nintendo Switch, Linux • 2023

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Quick resume

A short psychological adventure about a stressed girl who wants to explore her ceiling.

Global score

88/100

Genres

Adventure, Indie, Visual Novel, Puzzle

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    Pros

    • Relatable and emotional story about stress and anxiety
    • Unique and charming art style
    • Atmospheric music and sound design
    • Multiple endings and replayability
    • Affordable price with valuable content

    Cons

    • Very short gameplay length
    • Somewhat simplistic and straightforward narrative
    • Limited gameplay mechanics
    • Dlc needed for fuller story experience
    • Minor achievement and bug issues reported

    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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    • Expectation

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      "Players engage voluntarily out of personal interest and emotional connection rather than obligation."

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    • Experimenting

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      "Multiple endings and exploration encourage trying different choices and paths, though gameplay is straightforward."

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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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      "No physical activity or health-related gameplay; sedentary visual novel experience."

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    • Idle

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      "Requires focused attention to progress through story; not a background or idle game."

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      "Requires focused attention to progress through story and exploration; not a background or idle game."

    • Intimacy

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      2

      "Emotional connection to characters and their stories fosters some depth of feeling, though no social 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 Survival, Violence, Fellowship, Expression. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Intimacy. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Fantasy, Strategy.

    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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    Last update: 30/04/2026