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Games like Project LUX

If Project LUX is your kind of game, the closest matches are Gal*Gun VR, TOKYO CHRONOS and Anime show 动漫时装秀 — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its short but impactful narrative, atmospheric and contemplative. 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 Project LUX: The crime... is murder. Our story takes place in a court trial, set in a futuristic world where most humans have cyberbrains. The defendant on trial is an agent who coordinates with artists to create the data for cyberbrains to interact with people’s emotions. The victim is a girl artist named Lux.

2018IndieAdventureCasual24.99 USDWindowsby Spicy Tails
Project LUX — Steam game cover
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Luxs animations feel uncannily realPhilosophical sci fi story about identityShort but impactful narrativeAtmosphericContemplativeImmersive

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Steam players who put hours into Project LUX 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. Gal*Gun VR

    WHY THIS

    Shares a whimsical mood with Project LUX.

    Top pick for Project LUX fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Project LUX.

    Put the VR headset on and enter a world where you are the most popular guy around! Dreams do come true! The legendary arcade-shooting game "Gal*Gun" is here in VR!

    2017ActionIndieAdventure7.49 USDSteam ↗
  2. TOKYO CHRONOS

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Project LUX.

    Second-strongest match for Project LUX fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Project LUX.

    TOKYO CHRONOS is the VR game that has multiple-choice decision points as well as more than one ending. The game takes place in Shibuya, Tokyo, which has only eight people, including you, the protagonist, Kyosuke Sakurai. Why are they there?

    2019AdventureSimulation29.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Anime show 动漫时装秀

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Project LUX fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Project LUX.

    Twelve sexy girls compete with each other for the title of Miss Anime VR.Take part in the show as jury and decide which girl’s dream will becometrue and choose the winner of anime fashion show.

    2018IndieAdventureSimulation17.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Virtual Reality Girls 2

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Project LUX fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Project LUX.

    Virtual Reality Girls 2 is experience which will let you feel like a real millionaire, delighted fast car and living inside amazing apartment. All this with company of the beautiful girls.

    2017IndieSimulationCasual11.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Money Bath VR / 札束風呂VR

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Project LUX fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Project LUX.

    A dream app that allows you to experience a money bath with VR! In addition, the life of the millionaire is fully reproduced! More fun girls will entertain you (rich man)! !

    2019IndieSimulationCasual1.49 USDSteam ↗
  6. Anime Girls VR

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Project LUX fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Project LUX.

    Meet kind anime girls and dance with them to the cool songs. All this inside anime styled locations! Anime Girls VR will let you feel presence of characters like they would be next to you. Prepare for the great effort if you want to keep up with the girls!

    2017IndieSimulationCasual11.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Virtual Reality Girls

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Project LUX fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Project LUX.

    Virtual Reality Girls is experience for people which admire beauty. Sit comfortably in your armchair, put on VR googles and transfer yourself to terrace located in the middle of big metropolis. Play around as choreographer, pick outfit, dance type and surrounding for the beautiful female dancer.

    2017IndieAdventureSimulation11.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Virtual Virtual Reality

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Project LUX.

    Ranked #8 for Project LUX fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Project LUX.

    A game about VR, AI, and our collective sci-fi fever dreams. In a future where AI has transformed society, can humans still find purpose? Find out with Activitude, a service that lets humans aid AI clients in increasingly curious ways.

    2018IndieAdventure14.99 USDSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. Terraria

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Project LUX on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Project LUX.

    Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!

    2011ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Project LUX on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Project LUX.

    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 ↗
  3. Lethal Company

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Project LUX on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Project LUX.

    A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. People Playground

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Project LUX on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Project LUX.

    Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.

    2019ActionIndieSimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Portal 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Project LUX on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Project LUX.

    The "Perpetual Testing Initiative" has been expanded to allow you to design co-op puzzles for you and your friends!

    2011ActionAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Undertale

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Project LUX on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Project LUX.

    UNDERTALE! The RPG game where you don't have to destroy anyone.

    2015IndieRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Project LUX on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Project LUX.

    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 ↗
  8. PEAK

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~68% under Project LUX on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Project LUX.

    PEAK is a co-op climbing game where the slightest mistake can spell your doom. Either solo or as a group of lost nature scouts, your only hope of rescue from a mysterious island is to scale the mountain at its center. Do you have what it takes to reach the PEAK?

    2025ActionIndieAdventure7.99 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 Project LUX.

    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 Adventure with Project LUX.

    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 Project LUX.

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Project LUX.

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  5. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Project LUX.

    Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?

    2025IndieSimulationMassively MultiplayerFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

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

    Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog

    WHY THIS

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

    Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗

More from Spicy Tails

Other recommendable Steam games by Spicy Tails, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.

  1. WORLD END ECONOMiCA episode.01

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Project LUX.

    Another title from Spicy Tails, the studio behind Project LUX. Shares Indie with Project LUX.

    From the author of Spice and Wolf, Isuna Hasekura, comes WORLD END ECONOMiCA. This is the first episode out of three part sci-fi/economic thriller visual novel set on the moon.

    2014Indie5.19 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. WORLD END ECONOMiCA episode.02

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Project LUX.

    Another title from Spicy Tails, the studio behind Project LUX. Shares Indie and Casual with Project LUX.

    From the creator of Spice and Wolf, Isuna Hasekura, comes World End Economica. Haru woke up with his life but without his dream. 4 years after the incident, he finds a new cause, as a driven young lady offers him a chance to return to investing and to find justice.

    2015IndieCasual5.19 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. WORLD END ECONOMiCA episode.03

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Project LUX.

    Another title from Spicy Tails, the studio behind Project LUX. Shares Indie and Casual with Project LUX.

    The conclusive episode in this visual novel trilogy is set in the far future on the moon. Will Hal's dream be realized? It's been 8 years since the events of episode.01. With the economics of lunar city going out of control what is going to happen next?

    2016IndieCasual5.19 USDSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Project LUX

How much does Project LUX cost?
Project LUX is listed on Steam at 24.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Project LUX?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Project LUX are Gal*Gun VR, TOKYO CHRONOS, Anime show 动漫时装秀.
Who developed Project LUX?
Project LUX was developed by Spicy Tails and published by Sekai Project.

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 Project LUX.

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