Choose Lucid9: Inciting Incident
Choose Lucid9: Inciting Incident if you want a Simulation experience. Lucid9: Inciting Incident launched in 2016.
Lucid9: Inciting Incident vs Once on a windswept night
Lucid9: Inciting Incident and Once on a windswept night both land in Free To Play, 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 Free To Play, Casual on Steam. Lucid9: Inciting Incident (2016) is 1 year older than Once on a windswept night (2017). Both sit near 92% positive on Steam (Lucid9: Inciting Incident: 888 reviews, Once on a windswept night: 139). 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 Once on a windswept night
Choose Once on a windswept night if you want an Indie experience. Once on a windswept night launched in 2017.
Both Lucid9: Inciting Incident and Once on a windswept night sit in Free To Play and Casual on Steam, so either pick lands in the same broad neighborhood. Steam reviews are nearly tied (91.7% vs 91.4% positive), so genre fit is the cleanest tiebreaker — scroll the table for the feature-by-feature view.
Side-by-side comparison
 Lucid9: Inciting Incident |  Once on a windswept night | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2016 | 2017 |
| Genres | Simulation, Free To Play, Casual | Indie, Free To Play, Casual |
| Platforms | Windows, macOS, Linux | Windows, Linux |
| Steam Deck | Deck Playable | Unrated |
| Price | Free to play | Free to play |
| Steam reviews | 91.7% positive (888 reviews) | 91.4% positive (139 reviews) |
| Multiplayer | Single-player only | Single-player only |
| Developers | Fallen Snow Studios | ebi-hime |
Side by side
- Both share Free To Play, Casual on Steam.
- Lucid9: Inciting Incident (2016) is 1 year older than Once on a windswept night (2017).
- Both sit near 92% positive on Steam (Lucid9: Inciting Incident: 888 reviews, Once on a windswept night: 139).
- Both are free to play.
- Lucid9: Inciting Incident is Deck Playable on Steam Deck; Once on a windswept night has no Deck rating yet.
Lucid9: Inciting Incident vs Once on a windswept night — FAQ
- Which is better, Lucid9: Inciting Incident or Once on a windswept night?
- On Steam reviews the two are nearly tied: Lucid9: Inciting Incident sits at 91.7% positive (888 reviews), Once on a windswept night at 91.4% (139). The choice usually comes down to genre fit and the platform features each one supports — see the comparison table above.
- Should I play Lucid9: Inciting Incident or Once on a windswept night first?
- If you want chronology, Lucid9: Inciting Incident (2016) came out before Once on a windswept night (2017). 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 Lucid9: Inciting Incident and Once on a windswept night similar?
- They overlap on Free To Play, 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.
- Does Lucid9: Inciting Incident run on Steam Deck?
- Yes — Lucid9: Inciting Incident is rated Deck Playable by Valve. Once on a windswept night doesn't have a Deck rating yet, so its Deck behaviour is currently unverified.