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Smoke and Sacrifice

PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One, Nintendo Switch • 2018

Should you play it?

Smoke and Sacrifice sees Sachi, a mother forced to give up her son, adventure into a grotesque underworld on a quest that will lead her to a darker truth.

What works
  • Unique art style and atmosphere
  • Engaging narrative and story
  • Deep crafting system with meaningful progression
  • Open world exploration with handcrafted biomes
  • Challenging but fair combat
Things to keep in mind
  • Inventory management can be tedious
  • Combat controls and targeting can feel clunky
  • Some grind and repetitive fetch quests
  • Limited save system requiring manual saves at terminals
  • Lack of quality of life features like hotkeys and item sorting

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feel the closest overall

  • Fabled Lands

  • Joe Dever's Lone Wolf HD Remastered

  • Esoteric Ebb

  • Märchen Forest: Mylne and the Forest Gift [Legacy ver.]

  • The Enchanted Cave 2

  • WitchSpring R

  • Wigmund

  • Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon

  • The Count Lucanor
Hidden Gems

Less popular games with surprisingly high similarity

  • Märchen Forest: Mylne and the Forest Gift [Legacy ver.]

  • Anode Heart

  • Unexplored 2: The Wayfarer's Legacy
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Smoke and Sacrifice: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Fellowship, Violence, Cooperation, Survival. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Exploration. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Thrill, Leadership.

Why this game works

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