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EarthBound

Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Wii U, New Nintendo 3DS, Game Boy Advance, Super Famicom • 1994

Should you play it?

What works

  • Unique and creative modern setting
  • Innovative rolling hp combat mechanic
  • Emotional and humorous story
  • Visible enemies and tactical exploration
  • Memorable soundtrack and art style

Things to keep in mind

  • Limited inventory space and management
  • Slow pacing and menu-heavy navigation
  • Difficulty spikes can frustrate
  • Archaic ui and controls
  • No multiplayer or social features

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Kingdoms of the Dump

  • Swordhaven: Iron Conspiracy

  • King's Bounty: Armored Princess

  • Summoner

  • CHRONO TRIGGER®

  • Deathbulge: Battle of the Bands

Less leadership-focused

Games that feels like EarthBound but with less leadership over others

  • The Quest

  • UnderRail

  • Undertale Yellow

  • Potato Flowers in Full Bloom

  • Divinity II: Developer's Cut

  • West of Loathing

More intimate

Games that feels like EarthBound but with more focus on close relationships

  • Demons Roots

  • The Legend of Heroes: Ao no Kiseki KAI

  • GRANDIA HD Remaster

  • FINAL FANTASY VIII

  • FINAL FANTASY IX

  • Final Fantasy VII Remake

Choose your own criteria ->

Similarity map

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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).

EarthBound: 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 Leadership, Story, Exploration.

Last update: 05/08/2026