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Mandemon

Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac • 2023

Should you play it?

Decaying Japanese school buildings, a series of bizarre incidents, eerie Mandemon legends. Lies and truths intertwine, love and hate entwined in the mist. What should one do? Whom should one believe? Welcome to this cruel world filled with deception and harm —

What works

  • Intriguing psychological horror story with multiple endings
  • High-quality art and expressive live2d animations
  • Full japanese voice acting and atmospheric music
  • Good value for price with replayability
  • Branching narrative with flowchart system for navigation

Things to keep in mind

  • Short playtime with rushed story pacing in parts
  • Some choices locked until specific conditions met, limiting initial freedom
  • Translation and localization issues with awkward phrasing
  • Flowchart resets each playthrough, complicating route tracking
  • Ai-assisted art generation noted by some players, causing mixed reception

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Each card is a nearby game on the similarity map, compared with Mandemon. Swipe sideways to move between games. Titles already listed in What to play next are left out.

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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.
  • 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).

Swipe to compare nearby games with Mandemon. These titles are not in What to play next.

Mandemon: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Expression, Fellowship, Cooperation, Leadership. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Intimacy, Exploration, Story.

Last update: 26/08/2026