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The August Before: Chapter One

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2025

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Quick resume

The August Before: Chapter One is the first chapter in a meditative narrative 3D puzzle about cleaning up, sorting out and packing up your life before moving on. Clean up and don’t forget your old belongings on your way to the new life!

Global score

93/100

Genres

Casual, Indie, Simulator, Free To Play

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Recommendations by what you enjoyed most

  • Escapism

    Resonance of the Ocean

  • Competition

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  • Cooperation

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Pros

  • Cozy and relaxing atmosphere
  • Emotional and nostalgic storytelling
  • Pleasant art style and music
  • Simple and satisfying gameplay
  • Free first chapter with promise for full game

Cons

  • Short length and limited content
  • Bugs and glitches affecting gameplay
  • Clunky controls and camera issues
  • Lack of save feature requiring one sitting
  • Some players experience motion sickness

Analysis

Less representative of its motivational profile, with noticeable differences. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Survival, Violence, Competition, Thrill. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Intimacy. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Fantasy, Thrill.

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.

  • Purple star: the game you are viewing on this page.
  • Dotted line: link between this page’s game and the one selected for comparison.
  • Colour: groups of games with comparable motivation patterns (statistical clusters).
  • Hover a dot for a quick preview; click to compare it in the panel on the right.
  • 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.

Motivations

  • Autonomy
    4

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  • Competence
    1

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  • Competition

    Game with the same Competition vibe

    -5

    "No competitive elements; focus is on individual experience and personal progress."

    Capsule for Nevermind Nevermind

    "No competitive elements; focus is on personal pace and individual experience."

  • Continuation
    2

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  • Cooperation

    Game with the same Cooperation vibe

    -5

    "Entirely single-player experience with no cooperative or multiplayer features."

    Capsule for Little Inferno Little Inferno

    "Entirely single-player experience with no cooperative or multiplayer features."

  • Creativity
    2

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  • Domination

    Game with the same Domination vibe

    -5

    "No elements of exerting control or superiority over others; experience is personal and introspective."

    Capsule for GRIS GRIS

    "No elements of exerting control or superiority over others; experience is personal and introspective."

  • Escapism

    Game with the same Escapism vibe

    4

    "Game provides a relaxing, calming atmosphere and a brief escape from real life through soothing audio and visuals."

    Capsule for Resonance of the Ocean Resonance of the Ocean

    "Game provides a calming, nostalgic escape from real life through emotional storytelling and relaxing gameplay."

  • Expectation
    -4

    No nearest game available

  • Experimenting
    1

    No nearest game available

  • Exploration
    2

    No nearest game available

  • Expression
    1

    No nearest game available

  • Fantasy
    -4

    No nearest game available

  • Fellowship
    -5

    No nearest game available

  • Growth
    2

    No nearest game available

  • Health
    -5

    No nearest game available

  • Idle
    -3

    No nearest game available

  • Intimacy
    3

    No nearest game available

  • Leadership
    -5

    No nearest game available

  • Progression
    2

    No nearest game available

  • Relaxation
    5

    No nearest game available

  • Sensation
    3

    No nearest game available

  • Status
    -5

    No nearest game available

  • Story
    4

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  • Strategy
    -2

    No nearest game available

  • Thrill
    -5

    No nearest game available

  • Value
    4

    No nearest game available

  • Violence
    -5

    No nearest game available

  • Survival
    -5

    No nearest game available

Last update: 23/05/2026