When comparing Sleep is Death vs The Journey Down, the Slant community recommends The Journey Down for most people. In the question“What are the best games on Linux?” The Journey Down is ranked 98th while Sleep is Death is ranked 132nd. The most important reason people chose The Journey Down is:
Self described as an "afro-caribbean" vibe. With character faces that resemble tribal masks as well as the main characters sporting Caribbean accents there is no doubt the game was designed with black culture in mind.
Specs
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Pros
Pro Creator and player asymmetric dynamic
One user creates a scenario that the other will play out in what is a very intimate and strange gaming experience.
Pro Name Your Price
At a minimum fee of $1.75 customers can choose their price for the game, deeming whatever dollar value they feel is fit for the developers.
Pro Cross platform
Sleep is death is available for Windows, Mac and Linux systems.
Pro Unique Style
Self described as an "afro-caribbean" vibe. With character faces that resemble tribal masks as well as the main characters sporting Caribbean accents there is no doubt the game was designed with black culture in mind.
Pro Quality presentation
The characters are 3D rendered on top of beautiful hand painted backgrounds with it all blending nicely to a very neatly finished look.
Pro Satisfying puzzles
The Journey Down offers challenging puzzles that give the user quite a bit of satisfaction when solved. Not that they are too difficult but just not that the game hands the answers to the player on a platter either.
Cons
Con Poor graphic interface
The graphic interface is really unintuitive and just a plain chore to use.
Con Chapters are extremely short
Even though the game is broken up into separately purchasable chapters, each chapter is pretty short, even when considering all chapters combined the game in full will still be short.