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STRAFE: Gold Edition

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2017

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Quick resume

STRAFE® is the worlds bloodiest roguelike first-person shooter! Featuring mind melting secrets and persistent gore that allows you to paint levels red with the excessive entrails of your enemies. 30+ weapons, 20+ enemies, & a red hot soundtrack.

Global score

72/100

Genres

Action, Indie

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    Pros

    • Fast-paced and satisfying combat
    • Nostalgic retro aesthetic and music
    • Procedural level generation with secrets
    • Addictive roguelike progression
    • Active developer support and updates

    Cons

    • Steep difficulty and permadeath can frustrate
    • Limited enemy variety and ai simplicity
    • Scarcity of health and armor pickups
    • Some bugs and performance issues reported
    • Minimal narrative and social features

    Motivations

    • Autonomy

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    • Competence

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      "The game requires skillful aiming, teamwork, and mastery of class abilities; players report a learning curve and rewarding gameplay for skillful play."

      Capsule for Lead and Gold: Gangs of the Wild West Lead and Gold: Gangs of the Wild West

      "Game demands skillful movement, aiming, and resource management; players report a satisfying learning curve and rewarding mastery."

    • Competition

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      "Focus is primarily on individual runs and self-improvement rather than direct player-versus-player competition or leaderboards."

      Capsule for Tower Dominion Tower Dominion

      "Focus is primarily on individual runs and personal improvement rather than direct player-vs-player competition or leaderboards."

    • Continuation

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      3

      "Many players report addictive gameplay with repeated runs despite permadeath and difficulty."

      Capsule for Pixel Heroes: Byte & Magic Pixel Heroes: Byte & Magic

      "Players report addictive gameplay with repeated runs and desire to improve, though permadeath and difficulty may limit very long sessions."

    • Cooperation

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      "Game is single-player focused with no multiplayer or cooperative elements."

      Capsule for Stoneshard Stoneshard

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    • Creativity

      Game with the same Creativity vibe

      2

      "Players can customize upgrades and use different weapons and strategies; however, the game world and structure are procedurally generated with limited player creation."

      Capsule for It Has My Face It Has My Face

      "Procedural generation and weapon upgrades allow some variation, but players follow established gameplay mechanics and level structures."

    • Domination

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      -5

      "No evidence of power over others or dominance mechanics; gameplay is solo and self-directed."

      Capsule for Delver Delver

      "No evidence of power over others or dominance mechanics; gameplay is solo and self-directed."

    • Escapism

      Game with the same Escapism vibe

      4

      "Players use the game as a nostalgic, immersive distraction with retro aesthetics and engaging combat."

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      "Players use the game as a fast-paced, intense distraction with nostalgic aesthetics and immersive combat."

    • Expectation

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      -4

      "Players engage voluntarily out of personal interest and nostalgia for retro FPS games."

      Capsule for Zortch Zortch

      "Players engage voluntarily out of interest in roguelike FPS and retro style, despite some initial disappointment from mismatched expectations."

    • Experimenting

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      "Players try different upgrades, loadouts, and strategies to optimize runs and explore mechanics."

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      "Players explore different weapon upgrades, mutators, and movement techniques like strafe jumping to optimize runs."

    • Exploration

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      "Procedurally generated temples and hidden secrets encourage discovery, though rooms repeat in layouts."

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      "Procedural levels and hidden secrets encourage discovery each run, though layouts reuse predesigned rooms."

    • Expression

      Game with the same Expression vibe

      -2

      "Limited character customization; focus is on gameplay and environment rather than avatar personalization."

      Capsule for Capsized Capsized

      "Limited character or environment customization; focus is on gameplay rather than avatar personalization."

    • Fantasy

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      "Game features sci-fi elements, mutant enemies, and exaggerated gore, providing an imaginative fiction experience."

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      "Game features sci-fi and horror elements with exaggerated gore and enemy designs, evoking imaginative fiction."

    • Fellowship

      Game with the same Fellowship vibe

      -5

      "No social or community gameplay elements; strictly single-player experience."

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      "No social or community gameplay elements; strictly single-player experience."

    • Growth

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      4

      "Players develop aiming, movement, and strategic skills; the game rewards learning and mastery over time."

      Capsule for Krunker Krunker

      "Players develop skills in movement, aiming, and strategy; game has a learning curve and progression through upgrades."

    • Health

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      "Game promotes sedentary play with no physical activity or rehab elements."

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      "Game promotes sedentary play with no physical activity or rehab elements."

    • Idle

      Game with the same Idle vibe

      -4

      "Requires focused attention and continuous engagement due to permadeath and fast-paced combat."

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      "Requires continuous attention and focus due to fast-paced combat and permadeath mechanics."

    • Intimacy

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      "No social or emotional relationship building; purely individual gameplay."

      Capsule for Montaro Montaro

      "No social or emotional relationship building; purely individual gameplay."

    • Leadership

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      "No leadership or group management roles; solo player experience."

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    • Progression

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      "Players accumulate weapons, upgrades, and unlocks through repeated runs."

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      "Players accumulate weapon upgrades, items, and unlock modifiers across runs, though permanent progression is limited."

    • Relaxation

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      "Tense and challenging gameplay creates sustained pressure rather than relaxation or flow."

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      "Gameplay is tense and challenging with sustained pressure, though some players find flow in mastering mechanics."

    • Sensation

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      4

      "Strong sensory stimulation from fast action, visual effects, and energetic soundtrack."

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      "Strong sensory stimulation from fast action, gore effects, retro visuals, and energetic soundtrack."

    • Status

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      "Achievements exist but social recognition or popularity aspects are minimal or absent."

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      "Achievements and unlocks exist but social recognition or popularity aspects are minimal or absent."

    • Story

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      -3

      "Minimal narrative; focus is on gameplay and humor rather than plot or lore."

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    • Strategy

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      3

      "Players must plan resource use, positioning, and combat tactics to succeed."

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    • Thrill

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      4

      "High tension combat, challenging enemies, and permadeath create suspense and adrenaline."

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    • Value

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      3

      "Players feel the game offers good value for price given quality and ongoing updates."

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    • Violence

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      "The game emphasizes violent combat, dismemberment, gore, and destruction as core gameplay elements."

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    • Survival

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      "Players must avoid death and manage resources carefully to progress through runs."

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    Analysis

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

    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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