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Games like Linelight

If Linelight is your kind of game, the closest matches are Semblance, Manifold Garden and LYNE — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its music enhances the mood, atmospheric and chill. 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.

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About Linelight: Linelight is an elegant puzzle game set in a world of lines.

2017ActionIndieAdventureCasual9.99 USDDeck VerifiedMetacritic 90Windows · macOS · Linuxby My Dog Zorro
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Hidden paths have clear hintsMinimalist line movement feels freshMusic enhances the moodAtmosphericChillContemplative

Players who liked Linelight also play

Steam players who put hours into Linelight 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.

  1. Semblance

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Linelight.

    Top pick for Linelight fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Linelight.

    Semblance is an innovative platformer with deformable terrain, set in a beautiful minimalist world. It’s a game that asks, what if you could deform and reshape the world itself? Semblance takes the idea of a ‘platform’ in a platformer and turns it on its head.

    2018ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Manifold Garden

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Linelight.

    Second-strongest match for Linelight fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Linelight.

    Rediscover gravity and explore an Escher-esque world of impossible architecture. Witness infinity in first-person and master its rules to solve physics-defying puzzles. Cultivate a garden to open new paths forward, where an eternal expanse awaits.

    2020IndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. LYNE

    WHY THIS

    Shares a relaxing mood with Linelight.

    Third-strongest match for Linelight fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Linelight.

    Deceptively simple. Infinitely complex. LYNE is a minimalist puzzle game that will knot your brain as it calms your soul. Connect the shapes. Fill the board. Lose yourself in the interflowing paths of LYNE.

    2014IndieCasual2.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Sokobond

    WHY THIS

    Shares a relaxing mood with Linelight.

    Ranked #4 for Linelight fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Linelight.

    Sokobond is an elegantly designed puzzle game about chemistry. It's logical, minimalist, and beautiful - crafted with love and science.

    2014Indie14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Quell Reflect

    WHY THIS

    Shares a chill mood with Linelight.

    Ranked #5 for Linelight fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Linelight.

    An enchanting puzzle game of logic and relaxation.

    2015Indie3.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Quell

    WHY THIS

    Shares a relaxing mood with Linelight.

    Ranked #6 for Linelight fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Linelight.

    An enchanting game of logic and relaxation.

    2015Indie3.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. LineWay

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Linelight.

    Ranked #7 for Linelight fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Linelight.

    Can you draw a line?

    2017IndieCasual0.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Spring Falls

    WHY THIS

    Shares a chill mood with Linelight.

    Ranked #8 for Linelight fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Linelight.

    Spring Falls is a puzzle game about water, erosion, and watching things grow. Manipulate the landscape and bring wildflowers to life on a peaceful mountainside.

    2019IndieCasual6.99 USDSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to Linelight

Surfaced from review text: when other players write 'if you liked X, try Y', we catch the name and resolve it back to a Steam game.

  1. Circuits

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Linelight.

    Reviewers of Linelight cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Casual with Linelight.

    Simple in concept, but very challenging and rewarding,Circuits is a puzzle game that requires careful listening to complete each level. The goal of Circuits : piece together the different parts of a song. Sounds easy, but maybe not.

    2014IndieCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Hook

    WHY THIS

    Shares a chill mood with Linelight.

    Reviewers of Linelight cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Casual with Linelight.

    HOOK is a short minimal, puzzle game.

    2015IndieCasual2.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Baba Is You

    WHY THIS

    Shares a contemplative mood with Linelight.

    Reviewers of Linelight cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Linelight.

    Baba Is You is a puzzle game where the rules you have to follow are present as blocks you can interact with. By manipulating them, you can change how the game works, repurpose things you find in the levels and cause surprising interactions!

    2019Indie14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Linelight at current Steam store prices.

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Linelight on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Linelight.

    Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.

    2006IndieSimulationCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Linelight on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Linelight.

    Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!

    2022ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Titanfall® 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~55% under Linelight on Steam right now. Shares Action with Linelight.

    Respawn Entertainment gives you the most advanced titan technology in its new, single player campaign & multiplayer experience. Combine & conquer with new titans & pilots, deadlier weapons, & customization and progression systems that help you and your titan flow as one unstoppable killing force.

    2020Action4.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Linelight on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Linelight.

    An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.

    2021StrategyIndieSimulation4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. WEBFISHING

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Linelight on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Linelight.

    WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)

    2024IndieMassively MultiplayerCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~90% under Linelight on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Linelight.

    Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?

    2012ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Buckshot Roulette

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~70% under Linelight on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Linelight.

    Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!

    2024ActionIndieSimulation2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Brotato

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Linelight on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Linelight.

    Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.

    2023ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Doki Doki Literature Club!

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Linelight.

    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.

    2017IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. 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 Linelight.

    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.

    2015ActionAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Linelight.

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. 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 Linelight.

    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.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Linelight.

    STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.

    2024ActionFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Travellin Cats in Paris

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Linelight.

    Find 100 cats hidden in Paris, France in this cute hand-drawn hidden object game by Travellin Cats - the original viral hidden cat game creator!

    2023IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Star Fetchers

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Linelight.

    The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories

    2020ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Coloring Pixels

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Linelight.

    A relaxing coloring by numbers game. Enjoy completing a variety of images with differing themes, complexity, and sizes.

    2018IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeSteam ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.

  1. Semblance

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Linelight.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Linelight.

    Semblance is an innovative platformer with deformable terrain, set in a beautiful minimalist world. It’s a game that asks, what if you could deform and reshape the world itself? Semblance takes the idea of a ‘platform’ in a platformer and turns it on its head.

    2018ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Manifold Garden

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Linelight.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Linelight.

    Rediscover gravity and explore an Escher-esque world of impossible architecture. Witness infinity in first-person and master its rules to solve physics-defying puzzles. Cultivate a garden to open new paths forward, where an eternal expanse awaits.

    2020IndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. LYNE

    WHY THIS

    Shares a relaxing mood with Linelight.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Casual with Linelight.

    Deceptively simple. Infinitely complex. LYNE is a minimalist puzzle game that will knot your brain as it calms your soul. Connect the shapes. Fill the board. Lose yourself in the interflowing paths of LYNE.

    2014IndieCasual2.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Quell Reflect

    WHY THIS

    Shares a chill mood with Linelight.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie with Linelight.

    An enchanting puzzle game of logic and relaxation.

    2015Indie3.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Linelight

Is Linelight verified for Steam Deck?
Yes — Linelight is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
How much does Linelight cost?
Linelight is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Linelight?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Linelight are Semblance, Manifold Garden, LYNE.
Who developed Linelight?
Linelight was developed by My Dog Zorro.

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 Linelight.

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