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Sisyphus Reborn

PC (Microsoft Windows), Linux • 2016

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Quick resume

A short atmospheric adventure game about finding meaning in a meaningless world.

Global score

93/100

Genres

Adventure

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    Pros

    • Thought-provoking philosophical narrative
    • Atmospheric music and art style
    • Free to play
    • Multiple endings and replay value
    • Short and accessible

    Cons

    • Very short gameplay length
    • Minimal puzzle challenge
    • Basic graphics and interface
    • Some control and ui quirks
    • Limited exploration and interaction

    Motivations

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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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    • Experimenting

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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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    • Idle

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      "Requires focused attention during play; not designed for background or idle gaming."

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    • 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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      "Strong narrative focus with philosophical themes and emotional depth driving player engagement."

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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

    A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Strategy, Survival, Competence, Violence. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Story. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Idle, Intimacy.

    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