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The Endless Empty

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2018

Should you play it?

A surreal post-life adventure

What works

  • Unique and surreal art style
  • Deep, symbolic narrative
  • Excellent and fitting soundtrack
  • Emotional and psychological themes
  • Multiple endings and player choice

Things to keep in mind

  • Basic and sometimes tedious combat
  • Slow pacing and movement
  • Technical roughness and bugs
  • Numerous typos and grammar errors
  • Short game length

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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).
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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).

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The Endless Empty: Less representative of its motivational profile, with noticeable differences. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Survival, Violence, Competition, Thrill. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Violence, Survival. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Relaxation.

Last update: 02/09/2026