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Matched on how they feel, not on genre or who made them: the same pull on fourteen measures of character (tone, pace, scale, ambiguity and the rest), read from each title on Taste Buds. About Papers, Please
Games closest to Papers, Please
Katana Zero 2019Also relentless, grave and bleak
Crypt of the NecroDancer 2015Also relentless and demanding
Max Payne 2001Also grave, relentless and bleak
Downwell 2015Also relentless
El Paso, Elsewhere 2023Also bleak
The same feel, in other forms
Films
Sweet Smell of Success 1957Also grave, relentless and meticulous
Sin City 2005Also grave, relentless and bleak
Books
Time's Arrow 1991Also bleak, overwhelming and meticulous
Master Georgie 1998Also meticulous and relentless
Albums
- Angel Guts: Red Classroom 2014Also grave, bleak and overwhelming
Series
Kemonozume 2006Also grave
Gankutsuou 2004Also grave
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