My Beautiful Paper Smile similar games & best alternatives

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My Beautiful Paper Smile

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2021

Should you play it?

Welcome, child, to your new home. Here you shall learn the art of perfection. Here you shall learn to smile. Be sure that smile doesn’t fade into sadness, or you will need to run and hide…

What works

  • Unique hand-drawn art style
  • Strong atmospheric horror
  • Engaging narrative and lore
  • Interesting world and characters
  • Puzzles and stealth add gameplay variety

Things to keep in mind

  • Short game length
  • Some tedious walking and exploration
  • Linear and simple gameplay mechanics
  • Story leaves some questions unanswered
  • Camera and control issues in some segments

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Each card is a nearby game on the similarity map, compared with My Beautiful Paper Smile. 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.
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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.
  • 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 My Beautiful Paper Smile. These titles are not in What to play next.

My Beautiful Paper Smile: 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 Creativity, Exploration. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Expression.

Last update: 27/08/2026