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Miniatures

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2024

Should you play it?

A collection of surreal tales, each connected to a stored-away object from childhood. Pick one to follow the moon, feed a hungry lizard or build a peculiar cabinet.

What works

  • Beautiful hand-drawn art and animation
  • Unique, surreal and emotional storytelling
  • Relaxing and atmospheric experience
  • Short and accessible playtime
  • Invites personal interpretation and reflection

Things to keep in mind

  • Very short with limited replay value
  • Minimal gameplay and puzzle challenge
  • Lack of deeper narrative closure for some
  • No multiplayer or social features
  • Some players may find it too abstract or vague

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Similarity map

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

  • Cover and title: open that game’s page.
  • What works / keep in mind: the same highlights as the desktop comparison panel.
  • Bars: the main motivational differences versus this game.
How to use the graph

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).

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

Miniatures: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Strategy, Survival, Thrill, Competence. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Expression. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Progression, Continuation.

Last update: 02/09/2026