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Perceptions of the Dead

Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac • 2017

Should you play it?

Follow three stories set in a world where the dead linger, and things far worse wait beyond the veil.

What works

  • Unique and appealing art style
  • High quality voice acting
  • Engaging and humorous stories
  • Free to play
  • Short and accessible

Things to keep in mind

  • Stories feel short and sometimes incomplete
  • Limited player choices and interactivity
  • Some racial stereotype concerns in dialogue
  • Minor technical issues with audio sync
  • Lack of replayability and branching

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Humanity Must Perish

  • There is No GreenDam

  • Jiangshi x Daoshi

  • Rocket of Whispers: Prologue

  • Eternal Hour: Golden Hour

  • An alt girl for skoof

Less idle-friendly

Games that feels like Perceptions of the Dead but with less of an idle filler feel

  • Synergia

  • Absent in the Rain

  • Marco & The Galaxy Dragon

  • Your Dry Delight

  • Ballads at Midnight

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

More intimate

Games that feels like Perceptions of the Dead but with more focus on close relationships

  • SeaBed

  • Sisters: Last Day of Summer

  • Our world has not decayed

  • It gets so lonely here

  • Lingering Fragrance

  • Frosty Kiss

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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).

Perceptions of the Dead: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Strategy, Competence, Experimenting, Survival. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Idle, Thrill. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Intimacy.

Last update: 03/08/2026