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Pathfinder: Kingmaker — Enhanced Plus Edition

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2018

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Quick resume

Pathfinder: Kingmaker - Enhanced Plus Edition is the first isometric party-based cRPG set in the Pathfinder fantasy universe. Enjoy a classic RPG experience inspired by games like Baldur's Gate, Fallout 1 and 2 and Arcanum. Explore and conquer the Stolen Lands and make them your kingdom!

Global score

78/100

Genres

Adventure, Role-playing (RPG)

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    Pros

    • Deep and immersive story with meaningful choices
    • Complex character customization and tactical combat
    • Large explorable world with rich lore
    • Engaging kingdom management adds strategic depth
    • High replayability and content volume

    Cons

    • Steep learning curve and complex mechanics
    • Kingdom management can be tedious and stressful
    • Some difficulty spikes and balancing issues
    • Bugs and technical issues persist
    • Time pressures and pacing may frustrate some players

    Motivations

    • Autonomy

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    • Competence

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      "The game requires skillful resource management, tactical positioning, and precise combat, rewarding effective play and mastery."

      Capsule for Tower of Kalemonvo Tower of Kalemonvo

      "The game demands skillful tactical combat, complex character builds, and strategic kingdom management, providing challenging feedback and mastery opportunities."

    • Competition

      Game with the same Competition vibe

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      "Focus is on personal progression and story rather than player-vs-player competition or leaderboards."

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      "Focus is on personal progression and story rather than direct player-vs-player competition or leaderboards."

    • Continuation

      Game with the same Continuation vibe

      4

      "Many players report long playtimes and high engagement despite initial difficulty"

      Capsule for ELEX ELEX

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    • Cooperation

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      -4

      "Gameplay centers on managing own party and kingdom; no multiplayer or cooperative modes mentioned."

      Capsule for King Arthur: Knight's Tale King Arthur: Knight's Tale

      "Gameplay centers on managing a personal party and kingdom rather than multiplayer cooperation."

    • Creativity

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      "Massive character customization, build options, and roleplaying choices allow for creative expression and experimentation."

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      "Extensive character customization, roleplaying options, and kingdom management allow for creative expression and experimentation."

    • Domination

      Game with the same Domination vibe

      -4

      "Interactions emphasize shared story and party dynamics rather than exerting control or superiority over others."

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      "Interactions emphasize shared storytelling and party dynamics rather than exerting control or superiority over others."

    • Escapism

      Game with the same Escapism vibe

      4

      "Players use the game to immerse in a fantasy world, escaping real life through story and gameplay."

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      "Players use the game to immerse themselves in a fantasy world and escape real life through deep narrative and roleplaying."

    • Expectation

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      "Players engage voluntarily driven by intrinsic interest and love for RPGs"

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    • Experimenting

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      "Game encourages trying different builds, strategies, and adapting to complex mechanics."

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      "The complex mechanics and character builds encourage trying new strategies and exploring different playstyles."

    • Exploration

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      4

      "Large world with many areas to discover, side quests, and hidden items encourages curiosity-driven exploration."

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      "Large game world with many areas to discover, side quests, and secrets encourages curiosity-driven exploration."

    • Expression

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      4

      "Character customization, gear appearance, and choices allow for personal expression within the game."

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      "Character customization and roleplaying choices enable personal expression within the game world."

    • Fantasy

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      "Strong fantasy setting with magic, mythical creatures, and imaginative storytelling."

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    • Fellowship

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      -3

      "Primarily a single-player experience with limited social interaction beyond companions."

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    • Growth

      Game with the same Growth vibe

      5

      "Players learn complex systems, improve skills, and develop strategies over long play sessions."

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      "Players develop skills, knowledge of complex systems, and character progression over long play sessions."

    • Health

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      -4

      "Gameplay is sedentary with no physical activity or health-related features."

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      "Gameplay involves long sedentary sessions with no physical activity or health-related features."

    • Idle

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      -4

      "Requires focused attention and continuous engagement due to challenging combat and fast pace."

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      "Requires focused attention and continuous engagement due to complex mechanics and challenging combat."

    • Intimacy

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      -3

      "Some companion interactions and romance options, but limited emotional depth and social connection."

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      "Social connections are limited to party companions with some romance options, but lack deep emotional sharing."

    • Leadership

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      3

      "Players lead their kingdom and manage citizens, making strategic decisions."

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    • Progression

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      "Strong emphasis on leveling up, acquiring items, and improving characters."

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    • Relaxation

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      "Gameplay is challenging and tense, with time pressure and difficulty spikes."

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    • Sensation

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      "Enjoyable art style and music provide sensory pleasure, though not intense stimulation."

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    • Status

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      "Achievements and social recognition are minimal; focus is on personal story experience."

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    • Story

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      "Strong narrative immersion with rich lore, meaningful choices, and engaging questlines."

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    • Strategy

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      "Requires planning, problem solving, and tactical decision making in combat and resource management."

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    • Thrill

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      "Combat and resource tension create suspense and excitement, though not extreme or constant."

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    • Value

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      "High content volume and replayability provide strong value for time and money."

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    • Violence

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    • Survival

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    Analysis

    Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Leadership, Survival, Violence, Strategy. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Story, Expression. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Relaxation.

    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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