Missing Hiker similar games & best alternatives
Missing Hiker
2023
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Quick resume
Missing Hiker is a short indie horror game, where your brother Ethan went missing while hiking and you need to find him.
Global score
85/100
Genres
Adventure, Indie, Free To Play
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Pros
- Free to play
- Effective atmosphere and tension
- Well-timed jump scares
- Short and accessible
- Good audio and vhs aesthetic
Cons
- Very short gameplay
- Limited replayability
- Minimal story depth
- Linear and minimal interaction
- Some performance and control issues
Motivations
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Autonomy
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Daymare: 1994 Sandcastle
"Players can explore the environment and make some choices, but the game is mostly linear with a fixed path."
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Competence
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1"Gameplay is mostly straightforward walking and driving with some simple puzzles and decision making; skill demands are low but some challenge exists in navigation and survival."
Fears to Fathom - Norwood Hitchhike
"Gameplay is simple and easy, mostly walking and minimal interaction, with some basic driving mechanics."
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Competition
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-5"No competitive elements or player comparison; focus is on solo experience."
Mists of Aiden
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Continuation
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-3"Very short game (~10-20 minutes) with limited replay value; players tend to finish quickly and move on."
SCP022
"Short game (~15-20 minutes) with low replay value; players tend to finish quickly and move on."
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Cooperation
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-5"Single-player experience with no cooperative or multiplayer features."
The Henry Stickmin Collection
"Single-player experience with no cooperative or multiplayer features."
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Creativity
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-2"Limited player creativity; mostly predefined tasks and scripted interactions with minimal customization."
OMON Simulator
"Limited player creativity; mostly following a set path with minimal interaction or customization."
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Domination
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-5"No elements of exerting control or superiority over others; purely individual experience."
Poppy Playtime
"No elements of exerting control or superiority over others; purely individual experience."
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Escapism
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4"Players use the game as a thrilling escape with immersive horror atmosphere and stress relief."
Unpossess: Exorcism Simulator
"Players use the game as a brief escape into a horror atmosphere and tension-filled experience."
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Expectation
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-4"Players engage voluntarily for enjoyment and curiosity, not out of obligation."
A Date in the Park
"Players engage voluntarily for entertainment and curiosity, not out of obligation."
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Experimenting
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1"Some exploration and interaction with environment to discover triggers, but mostly following scripted progression."
Locked Up
"Some minor experimentation possible in exploring the environment and triggering achievements."
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Exploration
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2"Players explore different narrative branches and some interactive elements, though within a limited environment."
missed messages.
"Players explore a small open environment with some secrets and narrative elements."
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Expression
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-5"No character or environment customization; fixed presentation."
Emily Wants To Play
"No character or environment customization; fixed presentation."
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Fantasy
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3"Horror fiction setting with supernatural elements and imaginative environments."
Shattered Lights
"Horror fiction with supernatural or mysterious elements, creating an imaginative experience."
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Fellowship
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-5"No social or community features; solo play only."
Bright Memory: Infinite
"No social or community features; solo play only."
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Growth
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0"Minimal learning or skill development; mostly straightforward gameplay."
Golgotha
"Minimal learning curve or skill development; mostly straightforward gameplay."
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Health
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-5"Sedentary gameplay with no physical activity involved."
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Idle
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-3"Requires player attention and interaction throughout; no background or idle play."
Adventures of Bertram Fiddle 1: A Dreadly Business
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Intimacy
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-5"No social interaction or relationship building; isolated experience."
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Leadership
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-5"No leadership or group management elements."
High On Life
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Progression
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1"Some progression through story and achievements; no significant item or upgrade accumulation."
While We Wait Here
"Some minor progression through story and achievements, but no significant item or upgrade accumulation."
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Relaxation
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2"Atmosphere creates tension but also moments of flow; some players find it relaxing despite scares."
ZERO PROTOCOL
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Sensation
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3"Effective use of sound and visuals to create suspense and emotional impact."
Shiver
"Effective use of audio and visual effects to create suspense and emotional impact."
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Status
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-5"No social recognition or status systems."
Alan Wake
"No social recognition or status systems."
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Story
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3"Narrative-driven with mystery and atmospheric storytelling, though story is incomplete and brief."
Project Hailstorm
"Narrative-driven experience with a clear story and atmosphere, though short and somewhat open-ended."
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Strategy
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-3"Minimal strategic or problem-solving elements; mostly straightforward exploration."
Firewatch
"Minimal strategic or problem-solving elements; mostly linear exploration."
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Thrill
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4"Jump scares and suspense create moments of thrill and tension relief."
The Lancaster Leak - Entity Exam
"Jump scares and suspense create moments of thrill and tension relief."
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Value
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5"Free game with good entertainment value for short play sessions."
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"Free game with good entertainment value for the short playtime."
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Violence
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2"Includes horror elements with some violent imagery and scares, but no combat gameplay."
The Lightkeeper
"Includes some violent and scary events (jump scares, death scenes) but no active combat."
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Survival
Game with the same Survival vibe
1"Some thematic elements of threat and danger, but no active survival gameplay mechanics."
The Horrorscope: Fatal Awakening
"Some thematic elements of survival and threat, but no gameplay mechanics focused on survival."
Analysis
Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Strategy, Survival, Competence, Violence. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Thrill, Violence, Survival.
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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