Games like Lucius
If Lucius is your kind of game, the closest matches are Lucius II, Lucius III and Lucius Demake — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its addictive achievement hunting, clever use of telekinesis and atmospheric. 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.
Get personalized picks →Lucius is a 2012 action-adventure indie title from Shiver Games where players take control of a young boy possessing telekinesis powers living within a mansion. The gameplay focuses on puzzle-driven murder setups using stealth-avoidance mechanics to orchestrate apparent accidents. Players describe the narrative as dark and immersive, highlighting the clever use of telekinesis to create increasingly creative scenarios. Reviewers also note the addictive quality of achievement-hunting and the satisfaction of sequence-breaking through puzzle solutions. The experience is marked as challenging in difficulty with a medium-length solo campaign. Priced at $1.49, the game holds a 79% positive rating from over 3000 Steam reviews and is verified playable on Steam Deck.
About Lucius: Equipped with supernatural powers, take control of Lucius as he begins his blood filled tour of horror through his own house.
Players who liked Lucius also play
Steam players who put hours into Lucius 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.
Lucius II
WHY THIS
Shares an unsettling mood with Lucius.
Top pick for Lucius fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Lucius.
Lucius is taken to the psychiatric ward of St. Benedict’s Hospital by unsuspecting caretakers. The Book of Revelation predicts the birth of a child that would end up ruling the world with an iron rod. The first part of this prophecy has been fulfilled. It is time to take care of the rest.
Lucius III
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Lucius.
Second-strongest match for Lucius fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lucius.
Lucius is back. In a whole new narrative experience, he now returns to his old neighborhood of Winter Hill. The path will be a difficult one, with trials and tribulations waiting ahead. Has he made the right choices? Is it finally time to end it all?
Lucius Demake
WHY THIS
Shares stealth avoidance and an atmospheric mood with Lucius.
Third-strongest match for Lucius fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Lucius.
Lucius game has been demade, and is now ready for mayhem. Enjoy all the gore now in fewer pixels and fewer colors. The original game has been fully demade to achieve the atmosphere of an 80's style gory adventure. Lucius is now killing all the pixels and there isn't a damn thing anyone can do about it.
Amnesia: The Dark Descent
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Lucius.
Ranked #4 for Lucius fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Lucius.
Amnesia: The Dark Descent, a first person survival horror. A game about immersion, discovery and living through a nightmare. An experience that will chill you to the core.
Outlast
WHY THIS
Shares a dark mood with Lucius.
Ranked #5 for Lucius fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Lucius.
Hell is an experiment you can't survive in Outlast, a first-person survival horror game developed by veterans of some of the biggest game franchises in history. As investigative journalist Miles Upshur, explore Mount Massive Asylum and try to survive long enough to discover its terrible secret... if you dare.
Friday the 13th: The Game
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Lucius.
Ranked #6 for Lucius fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Lucius.
Jason is back! Jason Voorhees is unleashed and stalking the grounds of Camp Crystal Lake! Take on the role as Jason Voorhees and Camp Crystal Lake counselors. This is the game you’ve been waiting for; the chance to kill or be killed on Friday the 13th!
Hatred
WHY THIS
Shares an unsettling mood with Lucius.
Ranked #7 for Lucius fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Lucius.
Hatred is a violent twin-stick shooter, in which you take the role of The Antagonist fighting against all of humanity.
Remothered: Tormented Fathers
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Lucius.
Ranked #8 for Lucius fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Lucius.
Remothered: Tormented Fathers is the pure and realistic survival horror videogame
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Lucius at current Steam store prices.
The Vagrant
WHY THIS
Priced ~47% under Lucius on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Lucius.
Guide Vivian the Vagrant, through vibrant and dynamic landscapes while hacking and slashing a path from a quiet coastal village through mysterious forests, haunted castles, and wrecked battlegrounds. When the endless barrage of enemies have been vanquished, what solace will be left for our hero?
Mining Mechs
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Lucius on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lucius.
Unleash your inner miner as you commandeer a high-tech Mining Mech! Mine for valuable resources and upgrade your mech for even bigger hauls as you explore the underground. Fun to play alone or with up to 7 friends in online co-op multiplayer!
Seraph's Last Stand
WHY THIS
Priced ~54% under Lucius on Steam right now. Shares Action with Lucius.
Create insane builds and break the game in all possible ways to get your name into the leaderboards! Every round you get stronger, but so does the enemies...
ULTIMATE HARDBASS DEFENCE
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Lucius on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Lucius.
SHOOT. SURVIVE. DANCE HARDBASS.
Your Mother
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Lucius on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Lucius.
《Your Mother》is a computer desktop companion. Experience the love and kindness from mothers.
LIZARDS MUST DIE
WHY THIS
Priced ~47% under Lucius on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Lucius.
The great exploits of the Ancient Rus in the war with the lizards. Immerse yourself in the world of Hyperborea and defeat hordes of Lizards and other unholy who encroached on holy places Ancestors. Choose a blessed hero and go save the world from the green plague.
Miss Neko
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Lucius on Steam right now. Shares Action with Lucius.
Together the full picture of all the lovely beast ladies with your own hands, play Yakyuken with them, collect their portraits. Hope you have a relaxing and enjoyable game time:)
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Lucius.
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.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Lucius.
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.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Lucius.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lucius.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Lucius.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Lucius.
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.
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More from Shiver Games
Other recommendable Steam games by Shiver Games, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Lucius II
WHY THIS
Shares an unsettling mood with Lucius.
Another title from Shiver Games, the studio behind Lucius. Shares Action and Indie with Lucius.
Lucius is taken to the psychiatric ward of St. Benedict’s Hospital by unsuspecting caretakers. The Book of Revelation predicts the birth of a child that would end up ruling the world with an iron rod. The first part of this prophecy has been fulfilled. It is time to take care of the rest.
Lucius III
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Lucius.
Another title from Shiver Games, the studio behind Lucius. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lucius.
Lucius is back. In a whole new narrative experience, he now returns to his old neighborhood of Winter Hill. The path will be a difficult one, with trials and tribulations waiting ahead. Has he made the right choices? Is it finally time to end it all?
Lucius Demake
WHY THIS
Shares stealth avoidance and an atmospheric mood with Lucius.
Another title from Shiver Games, the studio behind Lucius. Shares Action and Indie with Lucius.
Lucius game has been demade, and is now ready for mayhem. Enjoy all the gore now in fewer pixels and fewer colors. The original game has been fully demade to achieve the atmosphere of an 80's style gory adventure. Lucius is now killing all the pixels and there isn't a damn thing anyone can do about it.
Frequently asked about Lucius
- Does Lucius run on Steam Deck?
- Lucius 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 Lucius cost?
- Lucius is listed on Steam at 1.49 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Lucius?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Lucius are Lucius II, Lucius III, Lucius Demake.
- Who developed Lucius?
- Lucius was developed by Shiver Games.
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 Lucius.
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