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BEAUTIFUL DESOLATION

PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Nintendo Switch • 2020

Should you play it?

BEAUTIFUL DESOLATION is an isometric, point & click adventure game set in a post-apocalyptic future. Explore an unscene landscape, solve puzzles, meet new friends and make powerful enemies, mediate conflicts and fight for your life as you unravel the secrets of the desolate world around you.

What works

  • Unique and immersive world-building
  • Beautiful art and sound design
  • Meaningful player choices and branching story
  • Engaging characters and voice acting
  • Good value and replayability

Things to keep in mind

  • Tedious backtracking and exploration
  • Some obscure or unintuitive puzzles
  • Lack of quest tracking can cause confusion
  • Clunky controls and interface issues
  • Minimal combat and gameplay variety

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Planescape: Torment: Enhanced Edition

  • ZERO PARADES: For Dead Spies

  • Winds of Change

  • Disco Elysium - The Final Cut

  • Anodyne 2: Return to Dust

  • The Night of the Rabbit

Less leadership-focused

Games that feels like BEAUTIFUL DESOLATION but with less leadership over others

  • The Last Dream: Developer's Edition

  • The Bookwalker: Thief of Tales

  • The Dark Eye: Chains of Satinav

  • AETHUS

  • Svarog's Dream

  • NAIRI: Tower of Shirin

More violent

Games that feels like BEAUTIFUL DESOLATION but with more combat and destruction

  • STASIS: BONE TOTEM

  • The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing

  • The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing: Final Cut

  • Baldur's Gate II: Enhanced Edition

  • Weird West: Definitive Edition

  • Divinity: Original Sin (Classic)

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BEAUTIFUL DESOLATION: 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 Leadership, Cooperation, Fantasy.

Last update: 03/08/2026