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POPULATION: ONE

2020

Should you play it?

Fight anywhere in this squad-based VR Battle Royale

What works

  • Innovative climbing and gliding mechanics
  • Fast-paced and addictive gameplay
  • Strong community and crossplay support
  • Frequent updates and active development
  • Intuitive vr controls and movement

Things to keep in mind

  • Lack of solo mode and limited game modes
  • Graphics downgraded for crossplay
  • Some matchmaking and latency issues
  • Presence of cheaters and toxic players
  • Limited map variety and static content

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Battle Dome

  • Hyper Dash

  • Swords of Gurrah

  • Breachers™

  • Hurtworld

  • Block N Load

Less wellness-oriented

Games that feels like POPULATION: ONE but with less physical activity or wellness

  • Sky Noon

  • Borderlands 2

  • SHRAPNEL

  • Splitgate

  • ShootMania Storm

  • Armajet

More story-driven

Games that feels like POPULATION: ONE but with deeper narrative immersion

  • Halo: The Master Chief Collection

  • Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 2 (2009)

  • Titanfall® 2

  • GUILTY GEAR 2 -OVERTURE-

  • Call of Duty®: Black Ops II

  • Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 3 (2011)

Choose your own criteria ->

Similarity map

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).

POPULATION: ONE: Less representative of its motivational profile, with noticeable differences. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Competition, Status, Fellowship, Domination. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Health, Cooperation. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Story.

Last update: 04/08/2026