Games like Lucid9: Inciting Incident
If Lucid9: Inciting Incident is your kind of game, the closest matches are Trials of Harmony ~ A Found Phone Mystery Visual Novel, The Test: Secrets of the Soul and Sunlight Scream — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its contemplative, dark and eerie. 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 →About Lucid9: Inciting Incident: Lucid9 is a visual novel focused on a web of intricate mysteries set in the fictional 2018 metropolis of Isamu. Lucid9: Inciting Incident is the first part of the story, focused on a string of disappearances that occur at a prestigious, uppity boarding academy.

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Trials of Harmony ~ A Found Phone Mystery Visual Novel
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Shares multiple endings and a mysterious mood with Lucid9: Inciting Incident.
Top pick for Lucid9: Inciting Incident fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Casual with Lucid9: Inciting Incident.
What would you do if you suddenly found yourself quarantined within an underground nuclear facility, isolated, and forced to play a series of death games alongside a group of strangers...?
The Test: Secrets of the Soul
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Second-strongest match for Lucid9: Inciting Incident fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with Lucid9: Inciting Incident.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal things from deep within. Some will be uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and are you SURE you want the answers you seek? For it is time to unlock "Secrets of the Soul..."
Sunlight Scream
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Third-strongest match for Lucid9: Inciting Incident fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation and Casual with Lucid9: Inciting Incident.
The hero moves to a new city. However, along with him comes a masked killer who begins to kill his friends one by one... Make decisions to build your adventure. Can you stop him before it's too late?
The Test: Hypothesis Rising
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Ranked #4 for Lucid9: Inciting Incident fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with Lucid9: Inciting Incident.
The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Tokyo Dark
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Shares multiple endings and a dark mood with Lucid9: Inciting Incident.
Ranked #5 for Lucid9: Inciting Incident fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.
Legend tells of a door deep below Tokyo's sewers. All who enter are lost forever. Detective Ito's partner is missing. Explore Tokyo & uncover the darkness that lays beneath the streets in this Point & Click - meets Visual Novel - narrative adventure that questions the very core of Ito's sanity.
Raging Loop
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Shares a mysterious mood with Lucid9: Inciting Incident.
Ranked #6 for Lucid9: Inciting Incident fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.
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Seven Wonders of St. Clementine
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Ranked #7 for Lucid9: Inciting Incident fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Casual with Lucid9: Inciting Incident.
In pursuit of a cause dear to him, Mizukami Sei heads to a new school; but from the beginning, everything seems off, and the intense folklore pervading the surrounding hasn't helped. What dark secrets lurk in St. Clementine's shadows?
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Shares an eerie mood with Lucid9: Inciting Incident.
Ranked #8 for Lucid9: Inciting Incident fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Casual with Lucid9: Inciting Incident.
The hero Ivry wakes up from a nightmare and finds himself in a weird room. To escape from fear and darkness, he has to search and explore on his own until he discovers the truth and finds his sister Iva.A puzzle game 《PRICE》
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The Test: Secrets of the Soul
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Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Simulation with Lucid9: Inciting Incident.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal things from deep within. Some will be uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and are you SURE you want the answers you seek? For it is time to unlock "Secrets of the Soul..."
The Test: Hypothesis Rising
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Simulation with Lucid9: Inciting Incident.
The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Raging Loop
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Shares a mysterious mood with Lucid9: Inciting Incident.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box.
The feast has begun, can you escape the village alive?
Frequently asked about Lucid9: Inciting Incident
- Does Lucid9: Inciting Incident run on Steam Deck?
- Lucid9: Inciting Incident is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
- Is Lucid9: Inciting Incident free to play?
- Yes — Lucid9: Inciting Incident is a free-to-play title on Steam. You can install and play it without buying anything, though some games include optional in-app purchases.
- What games are most similar to Lucid9: Inciting Incident?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Lucid9: Inciting Incident are Trials of Harmony ~ A Found Phone Mystery Visual Novel, The Test: Secrets of the Soul, Sunlight Scream.
- Who developed Lucid9: Inciting Incident?
- Lucid9: Inciting Incident was developed by Fallen Snow Studios.
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