Games like Lantern
If Lantern is your kind of game, the closest matches are Twisty Puzzle Simulator, Gripper's 3D/VR Adventure and Marvelous Marbles — picked from the ranked list below. 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 Lantern: Be the wind and guide a beautiful lantern that spreads the powerful message of everlasting love, by bringing life and color back to the world around you. Lantern is a relaxing game experience full of positive emotions.
Players who liked Lantern also play
Steam players who put hours into Lantern 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.
Twisty Puzzle Simulator
WHY THIS
Top pick for Lantern fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Lantern.
Play in 2D or VR with a virtual toy box filled with over 50 original puzzles.
Gripper's 3D/VR Adventure
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Lantern fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Lantern.
Tackle over 40 clever VR puzzles in this immersive adventure. Can you reach the treasure at the end?
Marvelous Marbles
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Lantern fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Lantern.
Build marble runs where your imagination is the only limit. Use a variety of shapes and materials. When they are not enough, use mechanical contraptions to lift, push and steer your marbles. Can't find the right style or function of a piece? Then you can build your own!
Escape Simulator
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Lantern fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Lantern.
First-person puzzler you can play solo or in an online co-op. Explore a set of highly interactive escape rooms. Move furniture, pick up and examine everything, smash pots and break locks! Play thousands of community-made rooms through the level editor.
Tin Hearts: Prologue
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Lantern fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Lantern.
Behind every brilliant invention, hides a magical story. Tin Hearts: Prologue is the first Act of the full new Tin Hearts game, set to release this winter.
Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Lantern fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Lantern.
Find yourself trapped alone in a room with a ticking time bomb. Your friends have the manual to defuse it, but they can't see the bomb, so you're going to have to talk it out – fast!
World of Diving
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Lantern fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Lantern.
An uncharted world awaits. World of Diving is the multiplayer online game that brings you an exhilarating underwater adventure with optional VR support.
XING: The Land Beyond
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Lantern fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Lantern.
You died. Welcome to XING: The Land Beyond, an atmospheric first-person puzzle adventure for desktops and virtual reality. Enjoy your peaceful escape from the chaotic world of the living, and travel the lands of the dead.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Lantern at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Lantern on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Lantern.
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?
The Test
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Lantern on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Lantern.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
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Priced ~70% under Lantern on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Lantern.
A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.
shapez
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Priced ~80% under Lantern on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Lantern.
shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!
The Test: Hypothesis Rising
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Lantern on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Lantern.
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?
The NOexistenceN of you AND me
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Lantern on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Lantern.
Use "game" as a medium to showcase the world of "you/girl". Explore the truth of "you/girl/world" through the form of a "visual novel".
Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Lantern on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Lantern.
"Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad?" is a fast paced shower-simulation where you shower with your 8-bit dad.It's good, clean fun!
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Virtual Cottage
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Lantern.
Virtual Cottage gives you a comfy place to rest and be productive without any distractions. Open the game, set yourself a goal and enjoy the atmosphere.
Dagon: by H. P. Lovecraft
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Lantern.
Face unspeakable horrors. Succumb to madness. Welcome to a free daemonic narrative experience inspired by H. P. Lovecraft.
The Lab
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Welcome to The Lab, a compilation of Valve’s room-scale VR experiments set in a pocket universe within Aperture Science. Fix a robot, defend a castle, adopt a mechanical dog, and more. Still not sold? It’s free!
SuchArt: Creative Space
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Lantern.
Paint on any surfaces with numerous tools in Creative Space — a free sandbox version of SuchArt: Genius Artist Simulator. Create masterpieces, complete commissions, and decorate your studio in the most advanced artist sim!
Samorost 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Lantern.
Explore the beginnings of the Samorost series in the space gnome’s original bite-sized adventure, formerly released in 2003. Now with remastered sounds, enhanced graphics, and new music by Floex.
Fishing Planet
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Fishing Planet® is a free-to-play and highly realistic first-person online multiplayer fishing simulator. Developed by avid fishing enthusiasts to bring you the full thrill of actual angling on your PC.
Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria Simulator
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Lantern.
Start your own Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria with Freddy Fazbear Pizzeria Simulator!
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Head-to-head comparisons
More from Storm in a Teacup
Other recommendable Steam games by Storm in a Teacup, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Close To The Sun
WHY THIS
Another title from Storm in a Teacup, the studio behind Lantern. Shares Indie with Lantern.
Deep in international waters, Tesla’s Helios stands still. An unbound utopia for scientific research, Rose Archer steps aboard in search of her sister, quickly to discover not all is as it seems. A single word covers the entrance… QUARANTINE!
Steel Seed
WHY THIS
Another title from Storm in a Teacup, the studio behind Lantern. Shares Indie with Lantern.
Steel Seed is a stealth-action adventure set in a dark sci-fi world on the brink of extinction. Play as Zoe and her drone Koby as they explore a hostile underground facility. Uncover secrets, survive dangers, search for answers, and humanity’s last hope.
N.E.R.O.: Nothing Ever Remains Obscure
WHY THIS
Another title from Storm in a Teacup, the studio behind Lantern. Shares Indie with Lantern.
N.E.R.O. is a wonderful journey in a world of incredible beauty, a story driven first-person game with puzzles and intuitive controls where the environment is connected to the characters and their past. The world of N.E.R.O. is magical and varied, making exploring an ongoing challenge.
ENKI
WHY THIS
Another title from Storm in a Teacup, the studio behind Lantern. Shares Indie with Lantern.
ENKI is a repeatable horror experience about escaping, featuring multiple endings that will ensure you that every playthrough will be a bit different from the previous one. In only 30 minutes find your way to freedom through occult symbolism, mysteries and discoverable secrets... Survive or die!
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Escape Simulator
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie with Lantern.
First-person puzzler you can play solo or in an online co-op. Explore a set of highly interactive escape rooms. Move furniture, pick up and examine everything, smash pots and break locks! Play thousands of community-made rooms through the level editor.
Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie with Lantern.
Find yourself trapped alone in a room with a ticking time bomb. Your friends have the manual to defuse it, but they can't see the bomb, so you're going to have to talk it out – fast!
XING: The Land Beyond
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie with Lantern.
You died. Welcome to XING: The Land Beyond, an atmospheric first-person puzzle adventure for desktops and virtual reality. Enjoy your peaceful escape from the chaotic world of the living, and travel the lands of the dead.
Frequently asked about Lantern
- How much does Lantern cost?
- Lantern is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Lantern?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Lantern are Twisty Puzzle Simulator, Gripper's 3D/VR Adventure, Marvelous Marbles.
- Who developed Lantern?
- Lantern was developed by Storm in a Teacup.
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 Lantern.
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