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Picklock

PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Nintendo Switch • 2020

Should you play it?

Join exciting adventure of escaping from cops. Be tricky and use your skills to complete your missions in green town. If you’re successful, you can enjoy well-deserved vacation at the seaside.

What works

  • Charming voxel art style
  • Accessible and relaxing stealth gameplay
  • Engaging puzzle-like heist missions
  • Lighthearted tone and jazzy soundtrack
  • Cosmetic progression and customization

Things to keep in mind

  • Short game length and limited replay value
  • Clunky and sometimes frustrating camera controls
  • Predictable ai and scripted guard behavior
  • Minimal story depth and character development
  • Lack of multiplayer or social features

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From the same developer

From the same developer, ranked by motivational fit.

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

Picklock: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Expression, Fellowship, Cooperation, Leadership. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Expression, Relaxation. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Violence.

Last update: 26/08/2026