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Games like Lumino City

If Lumino City is your kind of game, the closest matches are Broken Age, Time Gentlemen, Please! and Ben There, Dan That! Special Edition Double Pack and The Book of Unwritten Tales — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, cozy and nostalgic. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.

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About Lumino City: The BAFTA award winning handmade puzzle adventure game made entirely by hand. Explore the city and use your ingenuity to piece together puzzling mechanisms and bring back power to this unique world. Three years in the making, it's handmade entirely out of paper, card, miniature lights and motors.

2014IndieAdventureCasual11.99 USDDeck PlayableMetacritic 70Windows · macOSby State of Play
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Handcrafted miniature world is mesmerizingHint manual is itself a puzzlePuzzles feel like real world problemsAtmosphericCozyNostalgic

Players who liked Lumino City also play

Steam players who put hours into Lumino City also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.

  1. Broken Age

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Lumino City.

    Top pick for Lumino City fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lumino City.

    A family friendly, hand-animated, puzzle-filled adventure game with an all-star cast, including Elijah Wood, Jack Black and Masasa Moyo. Funded by a record breaking crowdfunding campaign and designed by industry legend Tim Schafer, Broken Age is a timeless coming-of-age story.

    2014IndieAdventureCasual14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Time Gentlemen, Please! and Ben There, Dan That! Special Edition Double Pack

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Lumino City.

    Second-strongest match for Lumino City fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lumino City.

    Ben There, Dan That! and Time Gentlemen, Please! are a couple of rip-roaring point-and-click adventure games . With tongue firmly in cheek, sit back, relax, and put your mind to work solving puzzles, and reading some very funny dialogue. It's like a book, only good!

    2009IndieAdventure1.14 USDSteam ↗
  3. The Book of Unwritten Tales

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Lumino City.

    Third-strongest match for Lumino City fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Lumino City.

    In a world torn by war, the aged gremlin archaeologist Mortimer MacGuffin harbors the dark secret of a powerful artifact.

    2012Adventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition

    WHY THIS

    Shares a nostalgic mood with Lumino City.

    Ranked #4 for Lumino City fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Lumino City.

    Back by popular demand, The Secret of Monkey Island™: Special Edition faithfully re-imagines the internationally-acclaimed classic game (originally released in 1990) for original and new audiences alike.

    2009Adventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. The Longest Journey

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Lumino City.

    Ranked #5 for Lumino City fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Lumino City.

    The Longest Journey is an amazing graphical adventure, where the player controls the protagonist, April Ryan, on her journey between parallel universes.

    2007ActionAdventureRPG9.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Monkey Island™ 2 Special Edition: LeChuck’s Revenge™

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Lumino City.

    Ranked #6 for Lumino City fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Lumino City.

    Wannabe pirate Guybrush Threepwood, and the now zombie pirate LeChuck, return in what has long been considered one of the greatest LucasArts adventure games of all time.

    2010Adventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. The Night of the Rabbit

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Lumino City.

    Ranked #7 for Lumino City fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lumino City.

    Lose yourself in a tale of magic and wonder, where anything is possible and where nothing is quite as it seems: join young Jerry and follow a peculiar white rabbit to the wondrous realm of Mousewood, a land where critters can speak and where mystery abounds.

    2013IndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Edna & Harvey: Harvey's New Eyes

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Lumino City.

    Ranked #8 for Lumino City fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lumino City.

    From the creators of the award winning games “The Whispered World” and “Deponia” comes this extraordinary game Edna & Harvey: Harvey's New Eyes.

    2012IndieAdventure19.99 USDSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Lumino City at current Steam store prices.

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~58% under Lumino City on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Lumino City.

    Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.

    2006IndieSimulationCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~58% under Lumino City on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Lumino City.

    Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!

    2022ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Slay the Spire

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~48% under Lumino City on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Lumino City.

    We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!

    2019StrategyIndie6.24 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~58% under Lumino City on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Lumino City.

    An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.

    2021StrategyIndieSimulation4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. WEBFISHING

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~58% under Lumino City on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Lumino City.

    WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)

    2024IndieMassively MultiplayerCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~92% under Lumino City on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lumino City.

    Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?

    2012ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Buckshot Roulette

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under Lumino City on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Lumino City.

    Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!

    2024ActionIndieSimulation2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. OneShot

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Lumino City on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lumino City.

    OneShot is a surreal top down Puzzle/Adventure game with unique gameplay capabilities. You are to guide a child through a mysterious world on a mission to restore its long-dead sun. The world knows you exist.

    2016IndieAdventureCasual5.99 USDSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Doki Doki Literature Club!

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Lumino City.

    The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.

    2017IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Lumino City.

    Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.

    2015ActionAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lumino City.

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Lumino City.

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  5. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Lumino City.

    Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?

    2025IndieSimulationMassively MultiplayerFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lumino City.

    Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Lumino City.

    Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lumino City.

    Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

More from State of Play

Other recommendable Steam games by State of Play, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.

  1. South of the Circle

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Lumino City.

    Another title from State of Play, the studio behind Lumino City. Shares Adventure with Lumino City.

    South of the Circle is a deep narrative experience of the emerging relationship between Peter and Clara, Cambridge academics involved in a political conflict. The story focuses on promises made in between career and true love, where our choices burdened by our past seem to be illusory.

    2022Adventure12.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. KAMI

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Lumino City.

    Another title from State of Play, the studio behind Lumino City. Shares Indie and Casual with Lumino City.

    KAMI is deceptively simple: fold out coloured paper to fill the screen in as few moves as possible. Relaxing and easy to pick up, you'll soon find yourself deep in contemplation to perfect each puzzle. Created by State of Play, famous for their handcrafted aesthetic, KAMI has been created with real paper in an elegant Japanese theme.

    2014IndieCasual3.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Lume

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Lumino City.

    Another title from State of Play, the studio behind Lumino City. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lumino City.

    With a set built entirely out of paper and cardboard, and sumptuously filmed, Lume is a game with a style unlike any other.

    2011IndieAdventureCasual5.99 USDSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Lumino City

Does Lumino City run on Steam Deck?
Lumino City is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
How much does Lumino City cost?
Lumino City is listed on Steam at 11.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Lumino City?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Lumino City are Broken Age, Time Gentlemen, Please! and Ben There, Dan That! Special Edition Double Pack, The Book of Unwritten Tales.
Who developed Lumino City?
Lumino City was developed by State of Play.

imho.run ranks Steam game alternatives using a mix of collaborative filtering (ALS / iALS / EASE / LightGCN), content scoring over genres, categories, Steam tags, developers, and publishers, plus AI-extracted vibes mined from review text. The page above is generated in seed mode anchored on Lumino City.

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