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To Be or Not To Be

2015

Should you play it?

Guide Hamlet, Ophelia and Hamlet Sr. to hundreds of hilarious deaths in Ryan North's chooseable-path edition of Shakespeare's Hamlet!

What works

  • Clever and humorous writing
  • High replayability with many endings
  • Strong narrative immersion
  • Engaging parody of hamlet
  • Well-executed choose-your-own-adventure format

Things to keep in mind

  • Limited gameplay mechanics
  • Some repetition in text
  • Checkpoint system can be inconvenient
  • Narration synchronization issues
  • Price may be high for some players

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • The Henry Stickmin Collection

  • Friendly Fire

  • Kyle is Famous: Complete Edition

  • Trick & Treat

  • The 25th Ward: The Silver Case

  • Bear With Me - Episode One

More intimate

Games that feels like To Be or Not To Be but with more focus on close relationships

  • Heaven Will Be Mine

  • Cinderella Phenomenon - Otome/Visual Novel

  • A Normal Lost Phone

  • Once Again

  • Cabernet

  • Love Thyself - A Horatio Story

Less expressive

Games that feels like To Be or Not To Be but with less self-expression and customization

  • WILL: A Wonderful World / WILL：美好世界

  • PRICE

  • Detective Grimoire

  • Demetrios - The BIG Cynical Adventure

  • The Hex

  • The Posthumous Investigation

More survival-focused

Games that feels like To Be or Not To Be but with a stronger survival pressure

  • Choice of Life: Wild Islands

  • Roadwarden

  • Soulslayer～灭魂·误佳期～

  • Sorcery! Parts 1 and 2

  • Choice of Life: Middle Ages

  • Esoteric Ebb

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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).

To Be or Not To Be: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Survival, Violence, Competition, Thrill. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Experimenting, Expression. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Intimacy.

Last update: 03/08/2026