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Beach Island Deluxe

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2022

Should you play it?

Beach Island Deluxe is a micro open-world platforming game, made entirely by one person! Set on the mysterious Beach Island, scour the island for stars to open the ancient Gateway! There's plenty to explore and uncover on Beach Island. Can you find all 15 stars?

What works

  • Free to play
  • Nostalgic and charming platforming
  • Well-designed level and star placement
  • Built-in speedrun mode
  • Impressive for a student project

Things to keep in mind

  • Short game length
  • Slippery and sometimes awkward controls
  • Camera issues and jitteriness
  • Repetitive or annoying music
  • Lack of save system and clear endgame communication

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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.
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  • 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).

Swipe to compare nearby games with Beach Island Deluxe. These titles are not in What to play next.

Beach Island Deluxe: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Story, Exploration, Creativity, Fantasy. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Exploration, Competition. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Survival.

Last update: 23/08/2026