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You Must

2021

Should you play it?

In the social network, the main character plays the quest "Hide and Seek", but this time the organizers decided to move the quest to the real world. They indicate the coordinates of the place where the quest item was hidden, the one who finds it first will receive a cash prize.

What works
  • Effective atmosphere and sound design
  • Well-placed jump scares
  • Short and affordable
  • Multiple endings
  • Engaging exploration and puzzles
Things to keep in mind
  • Linear and simple gameplay
  • Some bugs and ai issues
  • Limited story depth
  • Redundant items and mechanics
  • Lack of polish in ui and controls

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feel the closest overall

  • Father's Day

  • Dead Signal

  • DEAD LETTER DEPT.

  • Welcome to the Game

  • Palmyra Orphanage

  • [Chilla's Art] Night Security | 夜間警備

  • From The Darkness

  • Don't Be Afraid

  • The Grounding
Hidden Gems

Less popular games with surprisingly high similarity

  • The Grounding

  • Shadows 2: Perfidia

  • Rewind Or Die
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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).

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

Why this game works

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