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The Room Syndrome

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2019

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Quick resume

Explore the mysterious room by traversing time, while you watch a man succumb to the room syndrome.

Global score

95/100

Genres

Casual, Indie, Free To Play, Adventure, Puzzle

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    Pros

    • Unique time travel and puzzle mechanics
    • Multiple endings and replayability
    • Engaging and mysterious story
    • Free to play with good content
    • Atmospheric pixel art and sound design

    Cons

    • No save feature initially causing frustration
    • Confusing controls especially radio dials
    • Some trial and error and obscure puzzle solutions
    • Repetitive gameplay for multiple endings
    • Minimalistic graphics causing eye strain for some

    Motivations

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    • Competence

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    • Competition

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    • Continuation

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      "Players engage in multiple playthroughs to explore different endings, showing attachment and desire to continue playing."

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    • Cooperation

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    • Creativity

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      "Players experiment with different choices and puzzle solutions, but within a fixed narrative and structure."

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    • Domination

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      "No social dominance or power dynamics; interactions are with environment and NPCs only."

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    • Escapism

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      "Players immerse themselves in a dark, eerie, and mysterious fictional world to escape reality."

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    • Expectation

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      "Players engage voluntarily out of interest and curiosity rather than obligation or external pressure."

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    • Experimenting

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      "Encourages trying new puzzle approaches, exploring different endings, and testing game mechanics."

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    • Exploration

      Game with the same Exploration vibe

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      "Players explore multiple rooms and environments, discovering secrets and lore."

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    • Expression

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    • Fantasy

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    • Fellowship

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      "No social or community features; experience is solitary."

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    • Growth

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      "Players develop understanding of complex themes and improve puzzle-solving skills through gameplay and multiple playthroughs."

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    • Health

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      "Sedentary gameplay with no physical activity or health-related features."

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    • Idle

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      "Requires focused attention and continuous engagement to solve puzzles and progress."

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    • Intimacy

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      "No close social relationships or emotional sharing with other players."

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    • Leadership

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      "No leadership or group management elements present."

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    • Progression

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      "Players unlock multiple endings and achievements, showing accumulation of story progress."

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    • Relaxation

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      0

      "Mixed experience: some find it immersive and emotional, others find it tense and challenging."

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    • Sensation

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    • Status

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    • Story

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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

    Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Survival, Violence, Fellowship, Expression. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Thrill. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Relaxation, Expression.

    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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