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My Beautiful Paper Smile

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2021

Should you play it?

Welcome, child, to your new home. Here you shall learn the art of perfection. Here you shall learn to smile. Be sure that smile doesn’t fade into sadness, or you will need to run and hide…

What works
  • Unique hand-drawn art style
  • Strong atmospheric horror
  • Engaging narrative and lore
  • Interesting world and characters
  • Puzzles and stealth add gameplay variety
Things to keep in mind
  • Short game length
  • Some tedious walking and exploration
  • Linear and simple gameplay mechanics
  • Story leaves some questions unanswered
  • Camera and control issues in some segments

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feel the closest overall

  • The Shore

  • Dread X Collection 5

  • Zoonomaly

  • BrokenLore: LOW

  • Home Sweet Home EP2

  • Mists of Aiden

  • The Story of Henry Bishop

  • SUFFOCATE

  • INSIDE
Hidden Gems

Less popular games with surprisingly high similarity

  • Dread X Collection 5

  • BrokenLore: LOW

  • SUFFOCATE
If you liked…

Recommendations by what you enjoyed most

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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.

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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).

My Beautiful Paper Smile: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Expression, Fellowship, Cooperation, Leadership. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Creativity, Exploration. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Expression.

Why this game works

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