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Instruction

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2024

Should you play it?

Generate voltage while uncovering the mysteries of a power plant in this story-based clicker game.

What works

  • Fun and humorous story
  • Short and accessible gameplay
  • Multiple endings and secrets
  • Free to play
  • Innovative clicker with puzzle elements

Things to keep in mind

  • Very short length
  • Some bugs and fullscreen issues
  • Repetitive clicking can cause finger strain
  • Limited replayability
  • Lack of polish in visuals

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • The Room Syndrome

  • Lost Wiki: Kozlovka

  • Space Pilgrim Episode I: Alpha Centauri

  • The Henry Stickmin Collection

  • Missing Translation

  • Slider

More survival-focused

Games that feels like Instruction but with a stronger survival pressure

  • Mimic Logic

  • UnMetal

  • White Dove 白雀

  • Luck be a Landlord

  • Neglected

  • Famaze

More expressive

Games that feels like Instruction but with more self-expression and customization

  • ENSCROLL

  • Mudborne: Frog Management Sim

  • Atopes

  • Free Will

  • "LIFE" not found;

  • Unboxathon

More intimate

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

  • D1AL-ogue

  • My Big Sister

  • The Lar

  • Press Any Button

  • 永冻之壳 The Shell of Permafrost

  • Space Pilgrim Episode IV: Sol

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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).
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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).

Instruction: 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 Value. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Expression, Intimacy.

Last update: 03/08/2026