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There's a Butcher Around

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2019

Should you play it?

There's a Butcher Around, a brutal hide & seek. Bill the butcher has escaped from the asylum and is looking for new victims. During the game you will have to find a place to hide, remembering that your friends are also trying to hide from the butcher. Every round, Bill the butcher chooses a spot to investigate, are you well hidden?

What works
  • Low price
  • Simple and accessible gameplay
  • Pixel art style and nostalgic atmosphere
  • Fun horror theme
  • Presence of easter eggs and references
Things to keep in mind
  • Highly luck-based gameplay
  • Lack of multiplayer or co-op
  • Limited content and maps
  • Repetitive and short gameplay
  • No story or strategic depth

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feel the closest overall

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  • Blood Feed

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  • Crypt of the Serpent King

  • Distant Space

  • Great Toilet Simulator

  • State of Anarchy

  • Loot Hero DX

  • Terroro
Hidden Gems

Less popular games with surprisingly high similarity

  • Crypt of the Serpent King

  • Great Toilet Simulator

  • GLAD VALAKAS SIMULATOR
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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 (hidden on purpose).

There's a Butcher Around: Less representative of its motivational profile, with noticeable differences. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Strategy, Survival, Violence, Competence. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Violence, Survival. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Story.

Why this game works

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