Under What? similar games & best alternatives

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Under What?

2019

Should you play it?

“Under what?” is a short but very capacious story-tale about an old fisherman who suddenly faced the surface of the water. In this story there will be no dragons, the battle of good and evil, and other boring nonsense. But there will be some bad jokes and extraordinary characters.

What works

  • Beautiful and unique art style
  • Soothing and fitting music
  • Philosophical and thought-provoking narrative
  • Free to play
  • Short and accessible experience

Things to keep in mind

  • Very short gameplay duration
  • Lack of meaningful player choices
  • No multiple endings despite dialogue options
  • Minimal interactivity
  • Some players find story confusing or lacking depth

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Similarity map

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

Under What?: Less representative of its motivational profile, with noticeable differences. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Autonomy, Strategy, Experimenting, Competence. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Progression, Idle, Growth.

Last update: 24/08/2026