Choose Lost Lands: A Hidden Object Adventure
Choose Lost Lands: A Hidden Object Adventure if you want a Free To Play experience. On Steam, it carries the stronger Steam consensus at 87.5% positive across 3,606 reviews.
Lost Lands: A Hidden Object Adventure vs Darkness and Flame: The Dark Side f2p
Lost Lands: A Hidden Object Adventure and Darkness and Flame: The Dark Side f2p both land in Adventure, Casual on Steam, which is why they keep getting compared. The comparison below is built from each game's Steam metadata — release year, genres, categories, Steam Deck status, price, and review score — refreshed daily by imho.run's scraper. Headline differences: Both share Adventure, Casual on Steam. Lost Lands: A Hidden Object Adventure (2015) is 3 years older than Darkness and Flame: The Dark Side f2p (2018). Lost Lands: A Hidden Object Adventure scores higher on Steam reviews (87.5% positive) than Darkness and Flame: The Dark Side f2p (74.5% positive). No login or purchase needed — scroll for the full table, the verdict FAQ, and links to ranked similar games for both titles.
Which should you pick?
Choose Darkness and Flame: The Dark Side f2p
Choose Darkness and Flame: The Dark Side f2p if it's the newer release (2018) and ships with the modern feature baseline. Darkness and Flame: The Dark Side f2p launched in 2018.
Both Lost Lands: A Hidden Object Adventure and Darkness and Flame: The Dark Side f2p sit in Adventure and Casual on Steam, so either pick lands in the same broad neighborhood. Use the side-by-side table for the feature view, or follow the "Games like" links below to see ranked alternatives for either title.
Side-by-side comparison
 Lost Lands: A Hidden Object Adventure |  Darkness and Flame: The Dark Side f2p | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2015 | 2018 |
| Genres | Adventure, Free To Play, Casual | Adventure, Casual |
| Platforms | Windows, macOS | Windows, macOS |
| Steam Deck | Unrated | Unrated |
| Price | Free to play | Free to play |
| Steam reviews | 87.5% positive (3,606 reviews) | 74.5% positive (110 reviews) |
| Multiplayer | Single-player only | Single-player only |
| Developers | FIVE-BN GAMES | FIVE-BN GAMES |
Side by side
- Both share Adventure, Casual on Steam.
- Lost Lands: A Hidden Object Adventure (2015) is 3 years older than Darkness and Flame: The Dark Side f2p (2018).
- Lost Lands: A Hidden Object Adventure scores higher on Steam reviews (87.5% positive) than Darkness and Flame: The Dark Side f2p (74.5% positive).
- Both are free to play.
Lost Lands: A Hidden Object Adventure vs Darkness and Flame: The Dark Side f2p — FAQ
- Which is better, Lost Lands: A Hidden Object Adventure or Darkness and Flame: The Dark Side f2p?
- On Steam reviews Lost Lands: A Hidden Object Adventure scores higher (87.5% positive) than Darkness and Flame: The Dark Side f2p (74.5% positive). Both have enough reviews to trust the signal, so for players using reviews alone, Lost Lands: A Hidden Object Adventure is the safer pick. Genre fit still matters — check the side-by-side table for the categories each game lands in.
- Should I play Lost Lands: A Hidden Object Adventure or Darkness and Flame: The Dark Side f2p first?
- If you want chronology, Lost Lands: A Hidden Object Adventure (2015) came out before Darkness and Flame: The Dark Side f2p (2018). If neither is a sequel to the other, order doesn't really matter — start with whichever fits your current mood, since both share enough on Steam to make either a reasonable opener.
- Are Lost Lands: A Hidden Object Adventure and Darkness and Flame: The Dark Side f2p similar?
- They overlap on Adventure, Casual on Steam, so the catalogue groups them together — but "similar" depends on the specific mechanics. Use the genre + category rows above to decide whether the overlap matches what drew you to the one you've already played.