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Overclocked

PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac • 2018

Should you play it?

Overclocked is a free-flowing action game that blends combat and platforming to create a fluid and rhythmic experience. Take on the role of Amber, a glass-cannon vigilante, as you fight to uncover a plot that threatens to tear your home apart.

What works

  • Free to play with substantial content
  • Tight and responsive controls
  • Challenging but fair platforming
  • Engaging level design with unique mechanics
  • Excellent soundtrack and visuals

Things to keep in mind

  • Story and characters considered mediocre
  • High difficulty may frustrate some players
  • Lack of cooperative or multiplayer modes
  • Some issues with camera and optimization
  • No ghost replays for leaderboards

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Similarity map

How to compare these games

Compare nearby games

Each card is a nearby game on the similarity map, compared with Overclocked. 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 Overclocked. These titles are not in What to play next.

Overclocked: Less representative of its motivational profile, with noticeable differences. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Survival, Violence, Fellowship, Intimacy. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Competition, Status. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Expression.

Last update: 24/08/2026