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Bully

PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 2 • 2006

Should you play it?

What works

  • Engaging and humorous story
  • Varied mini-games and classes
  • Open world with exploration
  • Strong character and social dynamics
  • Replayability and content variety

Things to keep in mind

  • Some dated graphics and controls
  • Occasional mission frustration
  • Repetitive tasks like class attendance
  • Technical issues on some platforms
  • Limited depth in relationships

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Hero's Adventure: Road to Passion

  • Grand Theft Auto VI

  • Back to the Dawn

  • Grand Theft Auto V Legacy

  • Assassin's Creed® Revelations

  • Yakuza: Like a Dragon

Less dominating

Games that feels like Bully but with less domination over others

  • Persona 4 Golden

  • Persona 5

  • Persona 5 Royal

  • Persona 3

  • Magical Girl Konoha

  • Tales of Vesperia: Definitive Edition

More fantastical

Games that feels like Bully but with more imaginative fiction

  • Saints Row®: The Third™ Remastered

  • EverQuest Legends

  • Toram Online

  • Divinity: Original Sin 2 - Definitive Edition

  • Mabinogi

  • Red Dead Online

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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).
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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).

Bully: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Competition, Status, Fellowship, Cooperation. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Story, Leadership. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Competition.

Last update: 05/08/2026