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Shares environmental storytelling with The Spectrum Retreat.
- $16.99 (Price checked Nov 7)
- Deck Playable
- 2017
Games like The Spectrum Retreat
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The closest matches to The Spectrum Retreat: Aporia: Beyond The Valley, The Station, Draugen, The Turing Test, and Discolored. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
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The Turing Test
Why this: Same atmospheric mood as The Spectrum Retreat.
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Blue Prince
Why this: Same emotional mood as The Spectrum Retreat.
The full ranked list: top 24 games like The Spectrum Retreat
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- Released: 2018
- Developer: Dan Smith Studios
- Price: $12.99checked Nov 6
- 76% of 159 reviews
- Genres: Strategy, Indie, Adventure
- Metacritic 68
- Platforms: Windows
Players highlight
- Color based puzzles feel elegant and logical
- Eerie hotel setting enhances immersion
- Puzzles reward observation and deduction over reflexes
- Atmospheric
- Contemplative
- Emotional
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About The Spectrum Retreat
The closest matches to The Spectrum Retreat: Aporia: Beyond The Valley, The Station, Draugen, The Turing Test, and Discolored. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
If The Spectrum Retreat is your kind of game, the closest matches are Aporia: Beyond The Valley, The Station and Draugen — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers describe it as atmospheric, contemplative and emotional, and single out its color absorption and diffusion and environmental storytelling. 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.
About The Spectrum Retreat: Check-in to The Spectrum Retreat for a stay you won’t forget. Manipulate your way to the truth in this captivating narrative-driven puzzler.
Is The Spectrum Retreat worth buying?
Mostly recommended
A summary of what players say, not a promise you'll like it. Every signal is listed below.
- 76% of 159 Steam reviews are positive.
- We don't track this game's daily reviews yet, so this is the all-time picture.
- Price: $12.99 (checked Nov 6).
- People who recommend it had played a median of 6 h when they wrote their review.
What fans praise · Themes mined from positive reviews
- Color based puzzles feel elegant and logical
- Eerie hotel setting enhances immersion
- Puzzles reward observation and deduction over reflexes
- Story unfolds through environmental details and subtle cues
Top critical reviews
The most up-voted negative English reviews in our sample, quoted as written.
“No checkpoints at 5 stage final puzzle. It represents several normal puzzIes in a row. In case you did something wrong you need to start all over from that first one (5-10 min repeating puzzles thatt you solved already). Don't even want to…”
People who play it also play: Aporia: Beyond The Valley, The Station, Draugen
Frequently asked about The Spectrum Retreat
Can I run it?
How much does The Spectrum Retreat cost?
The Spectrum Retreat is listed on Steam at 12.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to The Spectrum Retreat?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Spectrum Retreat are Aporia: Beyond The Valley, The Station, Draugen.
Who developed The Spectrum Retreat?
The Spectrum Retreat was developed by Dan Smith Studios and published by Ripstone.