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7Days Origins

PC (Microsoft Windows), Nintendo Switch • 2021

Should you play it?

7Days Origins is a single-player story game where the storyline changes based on the player's choices. For 7 days, you will meet various characters in the world of the dead. You may become allies and embark on adventures together or become enemies and fight.

What works

  • Compelling branching narrative
  • Unique messenger-style interface
  • Multiple endings and replayability
  • Atmospheric art and music
  • Emotional character interactions

Things to keep in mind

  • Lack of save/load functionality
  • No dialogue skip feature
  • Some translation and text bugs
  • Short playtime for single run
  • Endings feel abrupt and minimal

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Root Double -Before Crime * After Days- Xtend Edition

  • Road 96 🛣️

  • 我的恋爱逃生攻略 Love to Live

  • Angels with Scaly Wings™ / 鱗羽の天使

  • Quarantine Circular

  • Psychedelica of the Black Butterfly

Less social

Games that feels like 7Days Origins but with less teamwork and cooperation

  • The Symbiant

  • Major\Minor

  • Vanity Fair: The Pursuit

  • Love is All Around 2

  • Hatoful Boyfriend

  • Mystic Destinies: Serendipity of Aeons

Less survival-focused

Games that feels like 7Days Origins but with less survival pressure

  • Sorry! I surrounded beauty!

  • Superscout

  • Love is All Around: Echoes of Yesterday

  • Goodbye Eternity

  • If My Heart Had Wings

  • Henchman Story

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How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

7Days Origins: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Survival, Violence, Competition, Thrill. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Survival, Cooperation, Fellowship.

Last update: 13/08/2026