Much like films and literature, video games have tackled the subject of a "Groundhog Day" style time loop. Deathloop is one such recent example.

It's soon made clear that if they don't manage to escape the time loop by the end of their 13th death cycle, then they will be turned into wendigos, the infamous monsters from the Until Dawn game.

A Prologue, a first-person narrative horror game set in a loop with a “terrifying” monster. It will launch for PC via Steam and Epic Games Store on ...

The problem is that the New Game Plus loop is in direct opposition to how most people play Bethesda games. You feel like you’re missing out on the core concept of the game if you don’t do New ...

Flow in game design That kind of thing Lantz is referring to is a well known phenomenon called flow. It's a psychology term that goes back decades in academia.