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Sultan's Game

PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac • 2025

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Quick resume

The Sultan commands you to play a cruel game. Each week you draw a card, and have to complete its challenge within seven days. Forced to make dreadful choices to beat the Sultan’s Game and save your own life, you will have to find a way to survive not just the Game, but its consequences too.

Global score

94/100

Genres

Adventure, Indie, Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Strategy, Card & Board Game

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    Pros

    • Deep and branching narrative
    • Unique and addictive gameplay loop
    • Rich character development
    • High replayability
    • Immersive art and music

    Cons

    • Clunky ui and card management
    • Translation and localization issues
    • Some repetitive events
    • Steep learning curve
    • Lack of multiplayer or social features

    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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      "Players explore different narrative paths and character outcomes, experimenting with choices to create unique story experiences."

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    • Domination

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    • Escapism

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      "The dark, symbolic story and immersive gameplay provide strong escapism from real-life problems."

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    • Expectation

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      "Players engage voluntarily driven by curiosity and intrinsic interest in the story and mechanics."

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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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      "Primarily a solo experience with minimal social or community interaction within gameplay."

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    • Growth

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    • Health

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      "Sedentary gameplay with no physical activity elements."

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    • Idle

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      "Requires focused attention and planning each turn; not suitable for casual or background play."

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    • Intimacy

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      "Narrative focuses on developing close emotional relationships between characters."

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    • Leadership

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      "Player leads party and manages group tactics; no multiplayer leadership roles."

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    • Progression

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    • Relaxation

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      "Gameplay involves tension and challenge rather than pure relaxation or flow."

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    • Sensation

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    • Status

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    • Story

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      "Deep narrative immersion with branching storylines, memorable characters, and impactful player choices."

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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

    Less representative of its motivational profile, with noticeable differences. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Leadership, Survival, Violence, Strategy. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Intimacy, Story. 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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    Last update: 30/04/2026