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Umfend

PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5 • 2018

Should you play it?

The glass sphere burst in the night of 1996. The world of distortion opened its gates and took away from you someone very important. However, in 2005, the past emerges again to hunt you once more. An atmospheric horror about love and time.

What works

  • Atmospheric and emotional storytelling
  • Unique art style and sound design
  • Engaging exploration and mystery
  • Short and accessible gameplay
  • Thought-provoking narrative

Things to keep in mind

  • Very short playtime
  • Some technical bugs and glitches
  • Slow player movement
  • Minimal gameplay depth
  • Story can be confusing or ambiguous

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

Less intimate

Games that feels like Umfend but with less focus on close relationships

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Similarity map

How to compare these games

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

Umfend: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Survival, Violence, Competition, Thrill. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Intimacy, Thrill. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Strategy.

Last update: 23/08/2026