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A Game About

Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS • 2018

Should you play it?

A Game About is a free, short, lo-fi point & click adventure that tasks the player with living with their daily routine. Through day to day choices, life changes in imperceptibles and unexpected ways.

What works

  • Deep and meaningful narrative
  • Unique hand-drawn art style
  • Free and accessible
  • Multiple narrative paths and achievements
  • Thought-provoking mental health themes

Things to keep in mind

  • Very short gameplay
  • Text and animation can cause discomfort
  • Lack of gameplay depth or challenge
  • No social or multiplayer features
  • Some find pacing slow and repetitive

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Little Man Has a Day

  • Guilt Free

  • you're just imagining it

  • White Mourning: Museum In Pale

  • Sisyphus Reborn

  • The Average Everyday Adventures of Samantha Browne

More fantastical

Games that feels like A Game About but with more imaginative fiction

  • Yume Nikki

  • Mothlight

  • BirdGut

  • Have a Nice Dream

  • Enjoy the Diner

  • Keep in Mind: Remastered

More intimate

Games that feels like A Game About but with more focus on close relationships

  • Something for Someone Else

  • LoveChoice

  • and Roger

  • If Found...

  • Momotype

  • Plug & Play

Less idle-friendly

Games that feels like A Game About but with less of an idle filler feel

  • Free Will

  • The Secret of Tremendous Corporation

  • Journal

  • Another Adventure

  • We Become What We Behold [Fan-Made Port]

  • Man I Just Wanna Go Home

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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).

A Game About: Less representative of its motivational profile, with noticeable differences. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Exploration, Creativity, Story, Expression. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Story. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Competence, Strategy.

Last update: 03/08/2026