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An experiment by Prashant Matta
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In Picayune Dreams you: dodge swarms of bullets, fight through runs, shoot in arenas

608 of 20,285 games share what you do. These 10 fit best.

Your party Games like Picayune Dreams

Keeps what you do. Adds something new.

  1. Vampire Survivors

    • Run-based
    • Co-op
    • Keeps: dodge swarms of bullets
    • Keeps: fight through runs
    • Doesn’t keep: shoot in arenas

    New here: play arcade-style, a dark fantasy world

    Why you’d like it: Vampire Survivors also has you dodging hordes of monsters through roguelite runs, but in a gothic horror setting instead of space.

    See on Steam: Vampire Survivors (opens in a new tab)

  2. Void Scrappers

    • Run-based
    • Solo
    • Less played
    • Keeps: dodge swarms of bullets
    • Keeps: fight through runs
    • Doesn’t keep: shoot in arenas

    New here: blast waves of enemies, aliens

    Why you’d like it: Void Scrappers also has you fighting alien hordes in space and upgrading between runs, with faster, smoother movement.

    See on Steam: Void Scrappers (opens in a new tab)

  3. Deathstate: Abyssal Edition

    • Run-based
    • Solo
    • Less played
    • Keeps: dodge swarms of bullets
    • Keeps: fight through runs
    • Doesn’t keep: shoot in arenas

    New here: level up a character, cosmic horror

    Why you’d like it: Deathstate also mixes roguelike runs with bullet hell, and you play unique characters exploring dimensions beyond a portal to the void.

    See on Steam: Deathstate: Abyssal Edition (opens in a new tab)

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  1. Extremely Powerful Capybaras

    • Run-based
    • Couch co-op
    • Mixed reviews
    • Keeps: dodge swarms of bullets
    • Keeps: fight through runs
    • Keeps: shoot in arenas

    New here: fight and level up, a cartoon look

    See on Steam: Extremely Powerful Capybaras (opens in a new tab)

  2. Time Wasters

    • Run-based
    • Solo
    • Keeps: dodge swarms of bullets
    • Keeps: fight through runs
    • Keeps: shoot in arenas

    New here: blast waves of enemies, an anime look

    See on Steam: Time Wasters (opens in a new tab)

  3. Soulstone Survivors

    • Run-based
    • Solo
    • Keeps: dodge swarms of bullets
    • Keeps: fight through runs
    • Doesn’t keep: shoot in arenas

    New here: fight and level up, a dark fantasy world

    See on Steam: Soulstone Survivors (opens in a new tab)

  4. The Spell Brigade

    • Run-based
    • Co-op
    • Early access
    • Keeps: dodge swarms of bullets
    • Keeps: fight through runs
    • Doesn’t keep: shoot in arenas

    New here: play arcade-style, magic

    See on Steam: The Spell Brigade (opens in a new tab)

  5. Pesticide Not Required

    • Run-based
    • Solo
    • Less played
    • Keeps: dodge swarms of bullets
    • Keeps: fight through runs
    • Keeps: shoot in arenas

    New here: blast waves of enemies, fight and level up

    See on Steam: Pesticide Not Required (opens in a new tab)

  6. Her Name Was Fire

    • Run-based
    • Solo
    • Less played
    • Keeps: dodge swarms of bullets
    • Keeps: fight through runs
    • Doesn’t keep: shoot in arenas

    New here: move and aim separately, horror

    See on Steam: Her Name Was Fire (opens in a new tab)

  7. Death Must Die

    • Run-based
    • Solo
    • Early access
    • Keeps: dodge swarms of bullets
    • Keeps: fight through runs
    • Doesn’t keep: shoot in arenas

    New here: level up a character, a dark fantasy world

    See on Steam: Death Must Die (opens in a new tab)

Played one of these? See what to play after it: Vampire SurvivorsVoid ScrappersExtremely Powerful CapybarasTime WastersSoulstone SurvivorsThe Spell BrigadePesticide Not RequiredDeath Must Die

AI wrote the “Why you’d like it” lines, and a second AI pass checked them against each game’s store page. They can be wrong, so check the store page before you buy.

How this list was made

608 of 20,285 games share what you do. These 10 fit best.

What gets in

A game is what you do in it, so a pick has to share what players say you do most. If fewer than ten games earn a place, the list stays short.

Lists use the tags Steam players vote on, plus each game’s Steam store page.

Less played means far fewer Steam reviews than the game you finished. Mixed reviews means 60 to 69% of its Steam reviews are positive.

What only changes the order

A shared setting, look or popularity can move a game up or down, but it can’t put a game on the list by itself. Being set in space, for example, isn’t enough: a pick has to keep something you do.

What isn’t known

No players have tested this. Newer and smaller games have less data.

Privacy

To learn whether this works, the page records how it’s used. This is all of it.

What’s recorded

Searches

The text you type is never sent to Next Up. If it matches a game Next Up knows but has no list for, only that game’s number is recorded. If it matches nothing, only the fact that it matched nothing is recorded, with a rough length such as 4 to 6 characters.

Suggestions show a small image of each game, loaded straight from Steam’s image servers. So while you type, Steam sees which games’ images your browser asks for, though not the text itself.

The random ID

Your browser keeps a random ID for up to 6 months after your last visit, so repeat visits can be counted. It’s created when the first batch of this record goes out, which is your first action or the first time you leave or switch away from the page, whichever comes first. It’s stored in this browser, not in a cookie.

The ID is kept like this only in the US, Canada outside Quebec, Australia and New Zealand. Everywhere else, nothing is stored for it: the ID lasts only until you close or reload the tab, so a return visit counts as a new one. That’s decided from the location Cloudflare reports for your connection, so a VPN can change it. If it reports no country, or Canada with no region, nothing is stored either.

From your connection

The record keeps your country and region, device type, operating system and browser family, language, and the kind of site you came from. Your IP address, city and network aren’t stored, and this recording uses no cookies. Cloudflare may set a security cookie of its own.

Who else sees a visit

Cloudflare hosts the page and this data, and handles your connection like any web host. Store links and Steam searches go to Steam only if you click them, and Steam then sees that visit.

Game art loads straight from Steam’s image servers (shared.akamai.steamstatic.com and shared.fastly.steamstatic.com): on the first screen’s game tiles as soon as it opens, in search suggestions as you type, and on each list. So your browser contacts Steam for those images, and Steam sees that connection and which games’ images were asked for.

Google Analytics is blocked on this page by its security policy, but the rest of pmatta.design uses it.

AI-written lines

The “Why you’d like it” lines on cards were written by AI ahead of time and checked by a second AI pass. No AI runs while you browse.

How long it’s kept

Up to 13 months.

Turn counting off

Turning it off stops this browser sending anything and removes the ID. The choice is kept in this browser, so clearing site data turns counting back on, and so can a browser that clears such data by itself, as Safari can after 7 days without a visit. If your browser sends Global Privacy Control, counting is already off, and the ID is removed. What was sent before you turned it off is kept for up to 13 months, like the rest.

To ask about any of this, write to privacy@pmatta.design.