Rank 01Why this
Same mysterious mood as Magrunner: Dark Pulse.
- $5.24 (Price checked Oct 6)
- Deck Verified
- 2018
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Rank 02Why this
Also Lovecraftian and Cyberpunk, like Magrunner: Dark Pulse.
- $2.99 (Price checked Oct 6)
- Deck Playable
- 2020
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The full ranked list: top 24 games like Magrunner: Dark Pulse
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- Released: 2013
- Developer: Frogwares
- Price: $1.99−90%checked Oct 6
- Steam Deck: Deck Playable
- 78% of 209 reviews
- Genres: Action, Indie, Adventure
- Metacritic 70
- Platforms: Windows
Players highlight
- Cosmic horror narrative unfolds alongside gameplay
- Lovecraftian horror blends seamlessly with puzzles
- Magnetic polarity mechanics feel intuitive
- Atmospheric
- Challenging
- Eerie
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About Magrunner: Dark Pulse
The closest matches to Magrunner: Dark Pulse: Tesla vs Lovecraft, Transient: Extended Edition, Eldritch, Magnetic: Cage Closed, and DeadCore. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
If Magrunner: Dark Pulse is your kind of game, the closest matches are Tesla vs Lovecraft, Transient: Extended Edition and Eldritch — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers describe it as atmospheric, challenging and eerie, and single out its backtracking for puzzle components and cube stacking and launching. 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.
About Magrunner: Dark Pulse: Magrunner: Dark Pulse is an action-puzzle game in which technology confronts the Cthulhu Mythos, penned by H.P. Lovecraft. Equipped with your Magtech glove, you must harness the ability to magnetically polarize and manipulate objects in the environment to survive and surpass challenging puzzles.
Is Magrunner: Dark Pulse worth buying?
Mostly recommended
A summary of what players say, not a promise you'll like it. Every signal is listed below.
- 78% of 209 Steam reviews are positive.
- We don't track this game's daily reviews yet, so this is the all-time picture.
- On sale: 90% off, now $1.99 (checked Oct 8).
- People who recommend it had played a median of 11 h when they wrote their review.
- Critics had played a median of 7 h before their negative review.
- Steam Deck Playable: works, with some rough edges.
What fans praise · Themes mined from positive reviews
- Cosmic horror narrative unfolds alongside gameplay
- Lovecraftian horror blends seamlessly with puzzles
- Magnetic polarity mechanics feel intuitive
- Massive puzzle chambers encourage creative problem solving
Top critical reviews
The most up-voted negative English reviews in our sample, quoted as written.
“Portal style puzzle game where it's first person, and you walk around with a glove that allows you to magnetize objects. Some of the puzzles are interesting, but towards the end it felt like I was just semi-sequence breaking puzzles…”
“Painfully slow paced. Completing puzzles is not satisfying, it's more like "thank God I'm done with that". Some puzzles are too long or in rooms that are way too big which doesn't pair well with the snails place that you strut around. I…”
People who play it also play: Tesla vs Lovecraft, Transient: Extended Edition, Eldritch
Frequently asked about Magrunner: Dark Pulse
Can I run it?
Does Magrunner: Dark Pulse run on Steam Deck?
Magrunner: Dark Pulse 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 Magrunner: Dark Pulse cost?
Magrunner: Dark Pulse is listed on Steam at 1.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Magrunner: Dark Pulse?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Magrunner: Dark Pulse are Tesla vs Lovecraft, Transient: Extended Edition, Eldritch.
Who developed Magrunner: Dark Pulse?
Magrunner: Dark Pulse was developed by Frogwares.