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Trench Tales

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2025

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Quick resume

Trench Tales is a third-person action game set in a strange, war-torn world. Inspired by early 20th-century themes, it offers open-ended exploration, scattered combat encounters, and glimpses into a broken land shaped by endless conflict.

Global score

72/100

Genres

Action, Adventure, Indie, Early Access

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    Pros

    • Unique and immersive wwi-inspired atmosphere
    • Challenging and skill-based combat
    • Frequent developer updates and community engagement
    • Open world exploration with secrets and lore
    • Weapon and character customization

    Cons

    • Early access with bugs and performance issues
    • Clunky controls and ui roughness
    • Limited enemy ai and variety currently
    • Lack of multiplayer or social features
    • Some players find progression and story underdeveloped

    Motivations

    • Autonomy

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      "Players have freedom to explore the open world, choose stealth or combat approaches, and customize skills and equipment."

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      "Players have freedom to explore the open world, choose equipment and customize weapons, and make decisions in combat with multiple approaches."

    • Competence

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      3

      "Combat requires skill and timing similar to Dark Souls, with challenging bosses and enemy encounters, though some jank and hitbox issues reduce precision."

      Capsule for The Last Hero of Nostalgaia The Last Hero of Nostalgaia

      "Combat is described as challenging and skill-based with Souls-like mechanics, requiring timing and precision, though still rough in early access."

    • Competition

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      -4

      "No evidence of competitive or ranked modes; focus is on personal progression and exploration."

      Capsule for Acan's Call: Act 1 Acan's Call: Act 1

      "No evidence of competitive or ranked modes; focus is on solo exploration and personal challenge."

    • Continuation

      Game with the same Continuation vibe

      4

      "Players report long play sessions and habitual return despite bugs, indicating strong attachment and desire to keep playing."

      Capsule for My Little Blacksmith Shop My Little Blacksmith Shop

      "Many players report long play sessions and habitual return despite bugs, showing strong attachment and desire to keep playing."

    • Cooperation

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      -5

      "Game is single-player focused with no mention of multiplayer or cooperative play."

      Capsule for Advent NEON® Advent NEON®

      "Game is single-player focused with no mention of multiplayer or cooperative play."

    • Creativity

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      3

      "Customization of weapons, attachments, and some character options allow creative expression within gameplay."

      Capsule for Ironsight Ironsight

      "Customization of weapons and character gear with modular attachments supports creative expression within gameplay."

    • Domination

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      -5

      "No indication of exerting control or superiority over others; gameplay is individual and non-confrontational."

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      "No signs of exerting control or superiority over others; gameplay is individual and atmospheric."

    • Escapism

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      "Players use the game to immerse in a grim WWI setting, escaping real life through atmospheric survival horror."

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      "Players use the game to escape into a dark, immersive alternate WWI world with horror and fantasy elements."

    • Expectation

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      -4

      "Players engage voluntarily out of interest and support for the developer, not obligation."

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      "Players engage voluntarily out of interest and support for the solo developer, not out of obligation."

    • Experimenting

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      "Exploration and playful interaction with physics and environment encourage trying new things."

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    • Exploration

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      5

      "Strong emphasis on discovering new areas, secrets, and environmental storytelling in an open world."

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      "Strong emphasis on open world exploration, discovering secrets, and environmental storytelling."

    • Expression

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      3

      "Character and weapon customization options allow for some personal expression."

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      "Character and weapon customization allow for personal expression and visual differentiation."

    • Fantasy

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      3

      "Historical setting blended with supernatural elements like demons and fantasy lore."

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      "Alternate WWI setting with supernatural and dark fantasy elements blends fiction with historical inspiration."

    • Fellowship

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      -5

      "No social or community gameplay elements; experience is solitary."

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      "No social or community gameplay elements; experience is solitary."

    • Growth

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      3

      "Players develop combat skills, learn game mechanics, and progress through story and upgrades."

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      "Players develop skills in combat and learn game mechanics; progression through upgrades and quests."

    • Health

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      -5

      "No indication of physical activity or health-related gameplay."

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      "No indication of physical activity or health-related gameplay."

    • Idle

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      -4

      "Requires focused attention and continuous engagement; not designed for background or casual intermittent play."

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      "Requires focused attention and engagement; not designed for background or casual intermittent play."

    • Intimacy

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      -5

      "No evidence of forming close relationships or emotional social interactions."

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      "No evidence of forming close relationships or emotional social interactions."

    • Leadership

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      -5

      "No leadership or group management roles; solo experience."

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      "No leadership or group management roles; solo experience."

    • Progression

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      4

      "Players accumulate weapons, armor, skills, and customization unlocks, showing clear progression."

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      "Players accumulate items, weapon upgrades, cosmetics, and unlock quests, showing clear progression."

    • Relaxation

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      1

      "Some players find the atmosphere immersive and relaxing, but combat can be tense and frustrating."

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      "Some players find atmosphere immersive and enjoyable, but combat is tense and challenging, limiting relaxation."

    • Sensation

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      3

      "Atmospheric visuals, music, and intense combat provide emotional stimulation and sensory engagement."

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      "Strong atmospheric visuals, sound design, and intense combat provide sensory stimulation and emotional engagement."

    • Status

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      -5

      "No social recognition or status systems; focus is on individual experience."

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      "No social recognition or status systems mentioned; focus is on individual experience."

    • Story

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      3

      "Cryptic lore and environmental storytelling add narrative immersion."

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      "Emerging narrative and lore with environmental storytelling and cryptic quests, though still in early development."

    • Strategy

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      3

      "Combat and exploration require tactical thinking and planning of combos and ability use."

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    • Thrill

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      3

      "Increasing difficulty and survival tension create suspense and thrill."

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    • Value

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      3

      "Players generally feel the game offers good value for price and playtime, especially given its indie and solo dev nature."

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      "Players feel they get good entertainment value especially supporting an indie solo developer despite early access state."

    • Violence

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      "Combat involves shooting, destruction, and defeating enemies with a variety of weapons and effects."

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    • Survival

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    Analysis

    A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Fellowship, Cooperation, Leadership, Violence. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Violence, Exploration. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Relaxation.

    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.

    • 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