Locke(d) similar games & best alternatives

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Locke(d)

Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac • 2023

Should you play it?

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What works

  • Thought-provoking philosophical narrative
  • Beautiful art and calming music
  • Short and accessible
  • Free to play
  • Unique meta storytelling

Things to keep in mind

  • Very short length
  • Lack of interactivity or choices
  • Linear and predictable gameplay
  • May feel anticlimactic or shallow to some
  • No replay value

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Absent in the Rain

  • Your Dry Delight

  • Playing Kafka

  • Z.A.T.O. // I Love the World and Everything In It

  • HOPE LEFT ME

  • Tokyo School Life

More continuation-driven

Games that feels like Locke(d) but with an even stronger pull to keep playing

  • Heart Fragment

  • A Date with Death

  • The 25th Ward: The Silver Case

  • SeaBed

  • Misericorde: Volume One

  • U-ena -Far fireworks-

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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.
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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).

Locke(d): Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Strategy, Competence, Experimenting, Survival. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Autonomy. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Idle, Continuation.

Last update: 03/08/2026