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TAKANARIA

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2019

Should you play it?

TAKANARIA is a very simple game created with Pixel art.

What works
  • Beautiful pixel art and island visuals
  • Relaxing and soothing music
  • Free to play
  • Simple and calming exploration
  • Short and accessible experience
Things to keep in mind
  • Very short with minimal content
  • Lack of gameplay or meaningful objectives
  • No story or narrative depth
  • Limited interaction and no progression
  • Some translation and control issues

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feel the closest overall

  • The Night Cafe: A VR Tribute to Vincent Van Gogh

  • Mushroom Cats

  • Coloring Voxels

  • Sono

  • 100 Dino Cats

  • Dino Cats

  • 100 hidden snails

  • ISLANDS: Non-Places

  • White Mourning: Museum In Pale
Hidden Gems

Less popular games with surprisingly high similarity

  • Dino Cats

  • 100 hidden snails

  • ISLANDS: Non-Places
If you liked…

Recommendations by what you enjoyed most

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  • Autonomy

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  • Escapism

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Similarity map

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Each dot is a game. They are arranged from the same motivation profile as in the “Why this game works” section below. Closer dots usually mean more similar reasons to play (exploration, competition, relaxation, etc.)—not that one game is “better” than another.

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TAKANARIA: Less representative of its motivational profile, with noticeable differences. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Strategy, Survival, Violence, Competence. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Progression, Growth, Story.

Why this game works

A motivational profile of the game, with the closest similar game for each player motivation.

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  • Competence

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  • Expectation

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  • Exploration

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  • Health

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