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Football Game

PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation Vita, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch • 2018

Should you play it?

You are Tommy, a local high school football hero in the town of East Bend. It’s game night for the Purchase County Turbines and your sweetheart is waiting in the bleachers. Join Tommy for a night you won’t forget...

What works

  • Strong atmospheric and narrative immersion
  • Engaging psychological mystery
  • Intuitive and logical puzzles
  • Distinctive retro pixel art style
  • Excellent soundtrack enhancing mood

Things to keep in mind

  • Very short playtime (~1-2 hours)
  • Minimal exploration and linear progression
  • Lack of voice acting and limited sound design
  • Some players find ending ambiguous or unsatisfying
  • No multiplayer or social features

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  • Bars: the main motivational differences versus this game.
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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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  • 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).

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Football Game: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Strategy, Survival, Competence, Thrill. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Thrill, Story, Strategy.

Last update: 26/08/2026