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The Uncertain: Last Quiet Day

PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Nintendo Switch • 2016

Should you play it?

The Uncertain is an story-driven adventure game set in a post-apocalyptic world. Experience the mysterious vibe of each of carefully explored locations, solve diverse puzzles, make fateful decisions and discuss intriguing matters to find out the whole truth being kept from you.

What works

  • Intriguing story and setting
  • Beautiful graphics and detailed environments
  • Atmospheric music and sound design
  • Varied and accessible puzzles
  • Numerous easter eggs and references

Things to keep in mind

  • Clunky and slow character movement
  • Short gameplay duration
  • Linear narrative with limited choice impact
  • Some technical and control issues
  • Lack of manual save and replay flexibility

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • The Journey Down: Chapter One

  • Clockwork Tales: Of Glass and Ink

  • Elroy and the Aliens

  • Truberbrook / Trüberbrook

  • Normality

  • Bear With Me - Episode One

More experimental

Games that feels like The Uncertain: Last Quiet Day but with more room to experiment and tinker

  • The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition

  • The Room Three

  • realMyst: Masterpiece Edition

  • Beyond a Steel Sky

  • Enigma of Fear

  • Grim Fandango Remastered

More thrilling

Games that feels like The Uncertain: Last Quiet Day but with more suspense and thrill

  • Left Alone

  • True Fear: Forsaken Souls Part 1

  • Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers 20th Anniversary Edition

  • Meridian 157: Prologue

  • Children of Silentown

  • The Samaritan Paradox

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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).

The Uncertain: Last Quiet Day: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Survival, Violence, Competition, Thrill. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Experimenting, Intimacy, Expression.

Last update: 04/08/2026