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Mad Island

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2024

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Quick resume

This survival game is packed with features including crafting, exploring, building, excavation, farming, fishing, capturing creatures, torture, battle, and a story with many forks along the way. The objective is to escape the island, but is that really your only choice?

Global score

92/100

Genres

Action, Indie, Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Early Access

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    Pros

    • Extensive player freedom and moral choice
    • Deep crafting and base building systems
    • High replay value with multiple story paths
    • Complex npc management and relationships
    • Unique blend of survival and adult content

    Cons

    • Early access bugs and janky ui
    • Female protagonist limited in options
    • Combat can become repetitive or unbalanced
    • Lack of tutorial or guidance for new players
    • Some untranslated text and technical issues

    Motivations

    • Autonomy

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      5

      "Players have full freedom to explore the world, make choices including killing, saving, or corrupting NPCs, and shape the story and endings."

      Capsule for BLACK SOULS BLACK SOULS

      "Players have extensive freedom to choose actions, build bases, manage NPCs, and decide moral paths including extreme options."

    • Competence

      Game with the same Competence vibe

      3

      "Requires skill in resource gathering, crafting, and survival tactics, but some tasks can become repetitive and predictable."

      Capsule for Stranded Deep Stranded Deep

      "Survival, combat, crafting, and base building require skill and strategic resource management, though some mechanics can become repetitive or overpowered late game."

    • Competition

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      "Focus is on personal progression and survival rather than direct competition or leaderboards."

      Capsule for Darkest Dungeon® Darkest Dungeon®

      "Focus is on personal progression and survival rather than direct competition or leaderboards."

    • Continuation

      Game with the same Continuation vibe

      4

      "High replay value with multiple builds and story paths encourages long playtime and repeated sessions."

      Capsule for Path Of Wuxia Path Of Wuxia

      "High replay value with multiple story paths, base building, and exploration encourages long and habitual play sessions."

    • Cooperation

      Game with the same Cooperation vibe

      2

      "Players manage a crew and interact with NPC contacts and factions, but multiplayer or direct player cooperation is absent."

      Capsule for Star Traders: Frontiers Star Traders: Frontiers

      "Players manage NPCs who can work, fight, and interact, but multiplayer or direct player cooperation is not emphasized."

    • Creativity

      Game with the same Creativity vibe

      4

      "Extensive crafting, building, and customization of settlements and equipment encourage creative player expression."

      Capsule for Therian Saga Therian Saga

      "Extensive base building, crafting, and customization options allow creative expression in settlements and gameplay style."

    • Domination

      Game with the same Domination vibe

      4

      "Players exert control over NPCs through murder and manipulation, though social interactions are limited."

      Capsule for Lakeview Valley Lakeview Valley

      "Players can exert control over NPCs including kidnapping, taming, and commanding them, reflecting exertion of superiority."

    • Escapism

      Game with the same Escapism vibe

      4

      "Immersive survival adventure on a mysterious island offers a strong escape from reality."

      Capsule for Return to Mysterious Island Return to Mysterious Island

      "The game offers immersive survival and exploration in a dark, lawless island setting, providing strong real-world escape."

    • Expectation

      Game with the same Expectation vibe

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      "Players engage voluntarily driven by curiosity and intrinsic interest."

      Capsule for Miasmata Miasmata

      "Players engage voluntarily driven by curiosity, personal desire, and intrinsic interest in survival and adult themes."

    • Experimenting

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      4

      "Players explore complex mechanics, test strategies, and experiment with different playstyles."

      Capsule for X4: Foundations X4: Foundations

      "Players explore various mechanics, test limits of morality, and experiment with different play styles and base designs."

    • Exploration

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      "Large open island with varied environments and many secrets encourages extensive discovery."

      Capsule for Legend of Grimrock 2 Legend of Grimrock 2

      "Open-world island with multiple biomes, secrets, dungeons, and randomized floors encourages discovery."

    • Expression

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      "Character customization and NPC editing allow for personal expression and unique gameplay experiences."

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      "Character customization, NPC appearance, and base aesthetics allow personal expression."

    • Fantasy

      Game with the same Fantasy vibe

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      "Includes supernatural elements and imaginative fiction blended with realistic adult settings."

      Capsule for Love Curse: Find Your Soulmate Love Curse: Find Your Soulmate

      "Includes fantastical elements like monster girls and exaggerated adult content within a survival fiction."

    • Fellowship

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      -2

      "Primarily a single-player experience with limited social or community interaction."

      Capsule for Atelier Ryza: Ever Darkness & the Secret Hideout Atelier Ryza: Ever Darkness & the Secret Hideout

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    • Growth

      Game with the same Growth vibe

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      "Players develop skills in combat, base building, and resource management with progression."

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      "Players learn survival skills, improve stats, and develop strategies for base building and combat."

    • Health

      Game with the same Health vibe

      -4

      "Sedentary gameplay with long sessions and grinding, no physical activity involved."

      Capsule for Agarest: Generations of War Agarest: Generations of War

      "Sedentary gameplay with extensive grinding and adult content; no physical activity involved."

    • Idle

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      -3

      "Requires active attention for combat, crafting, and exploration; not designed for idle play."

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      "Requires active attention for combat, crafting, and base management; not designed for idle play."

    • Intimacy

      Game with the same Intimacy vibe

      3

      "Players form friendships and romantic relationships with NPCs and some social interactions with players."

      Capsule for Palia Palia

      "Player forms relationships with NPCs including romance, friendship, and complex social dynamics."

    • Leadership

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      4

      "Players lead fleets, manage stations and direct NPC crews, exercising authority and control."

      Capsule for X4: Foundations X4: Foundations

      "Players lead and manage NPCs, assigning jobs and directing actions within their base."

    • Progression

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      5

      "Strong emphasis on leveling, class upgrades, equipment collection, and unlocking new content."

      Capsule for Brigandine The Legend of Runersia Brigandine The Legend of Runersia

      "Strong emphasis on leveling, item collection, base upgrades, and unlocking new content."

    • Relaxation

      Game with the same Relaxation vibe

      1

      "Some players find the game relaxing and fun, but survival pressures and combat can create tension."

      Capsule for How to Survive How to Survive

      "Some players find base building relaxing, but survival threats and combat add tension."

    • Sensation

      Game with the same Sensation vibe

      3

      "Vibrant anime visuals, music, and animations provide sensory enjoyment and emotional engagement."

      Capsule for Figure Adventure Figure Adventure

      "Anime-style visuals, gore, and adult content provide strong sensory and emotional stimulation."

    • Status

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      "Focus is on personal achievement rather than social recognition or leaderboards."

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    • Story

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      "Branching storylines with cutscenes and multiple endings provide narrative immersion."

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    • Strategy

      Game with the same Strategy vibe

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      "Combat and resource management require planning and tactical thinking."

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    • Thrill

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      3

      "Combat intensity and survival against stronger foes create moments of suspense and excitement."

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      "Combat and survival threats create suspense and excitement, though some aspects become predictable."

    • Value

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      4

      "Players report high replay value and content volume justifying the price."

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      "Players report high replay value and content volume relative to price, despite early access bugs."

    • Violence

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      "Graphic violence and gore are central to the game's theme and mechanics."

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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 Cooperation, Fellowship, Intimacy, Leadership. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Domination, Leadership. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Fellowship.

    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.

    • 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