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A Rose in the Twilight

PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation Vita • 2017

Should you play it?

A girl awakens in a castle void of color and time, affixed with the Curse of Thorns upon her back. After meeting a sleeping giant, the two work together to escape. Help them unravel the mystery of the thorns and the history behind the somber castle.

What works

  • Unique and creative puzzle mechanics
  • Beautiful and atmospheric art style
  • Engaging dark and emotional story
  • Two-character gameplay with synergy
  • Soothing and fitting soundtrack

Things to keep in mind

  • Some frustrating boss fights with no checkpoints
  • Occasional imprecise physics and controls
  • Slow pacing and repetitive death sequences
  • Lack of dialogue and reliance on collectibles for story
  • Some puzzles require precise execution causing frustration

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Mandragora: Whispers of the Witch Tree

  • Creepy Tale 3: Ingrid Penance

  • Withering Rooms

  • Operencia: The Stolen Sun

  • MIO: Memories in Orbit

  • Haimrik

Less social

Games that feels like A Rose in the Twilight but with less teamwork and cooperation

  • Creepy Tale: Some Other Place

  • Teslagrad

  • Creepy Tale 2

  • Grim Legends 3: The Dark City

  • Ugly

  • MO:Astray

Choose your own criteria ->

From the same developer

From the same developer, ranked by motivational fit.

  • Yomawari: Night Alone

  • Yomawari: Lost in the Dark

  • Labyrinth of Refrain: Coven of Dusk

  • Disgaea 2 PC

  • Disgaea PC

Similarity map

How to use the graph

Similarity map

Each dot is a game placed from its motivation profile relative to this page’s game. Direction shows which motivation differs most; distance along that axis shows how large the gap is.

  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
  • Direction: each axis is a main motivational difference vs this game (e.g. more / less competitive).
  • Distance on an axis: how large that difference is (ring scales show +/− points).
  • Coloured chips: click to highlight games that mainly differ on that motivation; click again to reset.
  • Dotted line: link between this page’s game and the one selected for comparison.
  • Hover a dot to preview that game in the panel on the right; click to keep that comparison.
  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom.

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 Rose in the Twilight: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Violence, Survival, Fellowship, Intimacy. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Cooperation, Story. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Leadership.

Last update: 13/08/2026