# Games like Lost Horizon

> The closest matches to Lost Horizon: Secret Files: Sam Peters, The Next BIG Thing, Thimbleweed Park™, The Book of Unwritten Tales, and The Dark Eye: Memoria. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.

## Similar games, ranked

The full ranked list, 24 games, best match first (the HTML page shows the top 8 as cards).

1. [Secret Files: Sam Peters](https://imho.run/games/257220/secret-files-sam-peters) — Shares hotspot highlighting and inventory combination with Lost Horizon. 86 Steam reviews, 74% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/257220/)
2. [The Next BIG Thing](https://imho.run/games/58570/the-next-big-thing) — Also Escape Room and 1990's, like Lost Horizon. 279 Steam reviews, 77% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/58570/)
3. [Thimbleweed Park™](https://imho.run/games/569860/thimbleweed-park) — Shares hotspot highlighting with Lost Horizon. 2,210 Steam reviews, 91% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/569860/)
4. [The Book of Unwritten Tales](https://imho.run/games/215160/the-book-of-unwritten-tales) — Also 1990's, like Lost Horizon. 958 Steam reviews, 89% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/215160/)
5. [The Dark Eye: Memoria](https://imho.run/games/243200/the-dark-eye-memoria) — A frequent pick in Lost Horizon players' libraries, and another Indie. 950 Steam reviews, 89% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/243200/)
6. [Resonance](https://imho.run/games/212050/resonance) — Also Escape Room, like Lost Horizon. 366 Steam reviews, 87% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/212050/)
7. [Syberia](https://imho.run/games/46500/syberia) — A frequent pick in Lost Horizon players' libraries, and another Adventure. 1,401 Steam reviews, 85% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/46500/)
8. [The Longest Journey](https://imho.run/games/6310/the-longest-journey) — A frequent pick in Lost Horizon players' libraries, and another RPG. 1,339 Steam reviews, 90% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/6310/)
9. [A Vampyre Story](https://imho.run/games/313870/a-vampyre-story) — Shares dialogue skipping with Lost Horizon. 140 Steam reviews, 70% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/313870/)
10. [Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers 20th Anniversary Edition](https://imho.run/games/262000/gabriel-knight-sins-of-the-fathers-20th-anniversary-edition) — Shares hotspot highlighting with Lost Horizon. 591 Steam reviews, 90% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/262000/)
11. [Indiana Jones® and the Fate of Atlantis™](https://imho.run/games/6010/indiana-jones-and-the-fate-of-atlantis) — Also 1990's, like Lost Horizon. 892 Steam reviews, 93% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/6010/)
12. [Machinarium](https://imho.run/games/40700/machinarium) — Shares inventory combination with Lost Horizon. 4,783 Steam reviews, 94% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/40700/)
13. [The Roottrees are Dead](https://imho.run/games/2754380/the-roottrees-are-dead) — Also 1990's, like Lost Horizon. 4,456 Steam reviews, 97% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2754380/)
14. [Foolish Mortals](https://imho.run/games/1848440/foolish-mortals) — Also 1990's, like Lost Horizon. 368 Steam reviews, 95% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1848440/)
15. [Willy Morgan and the Curse of Bone Town](https://imho.run/games/1097110/willy-morgan-and-the-curse-of-bone-town) — Shares hotspot highlighting with Lost Horizon. 204 Steam reviews, 85% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1097110/)
16. [Yesterday](https://imho.run/games/205840/yesterday) — Shares inventory combination with Lost Horizon. 368 Steam reviews, 80% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/205840/)
17. [Black Mirror II](https://imho.run/games/286460/black-mirror-ii) — Also Escape Room, like Lost Horizon. 194 Steam reviews, 90% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/286460/)
18. [A New Beginning - Final Cut](https://imho.run/games/105000/a-new-beginning-final-cut) — Also Escape Room and 1990's, like Lost Horizon. 609 Steam reviews, 65% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/105000/)
19. [Broken Sword: Director's Cut (2009)](https://imho.run/games/57640/broken-sword-director-s-cut-2009) — Also 1990's, like Lost Horizon. 1,073 Steam reviews, 94% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/57640/)
20. [Still Life](https://imho.run/games/46480/still-life) — Shares fast travel with Lost Horizon. 437 Steam reviews, 82% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/46480/)
21. [Time Gentlemen, Please! and Ben There, Dan That! Special Edition  Double Pack](https://imho.run/games/37400/time-gentlemen-please-and-ben-there-dan-that-special-edition-double-pack) — Also 1990's, like Lost Horizon. 377 Steam reviews, 88% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/37400/)
22. [Kathy Rain](https://imho.run/games/370910/kathy-rain) — Same atmospheric mood as Lost Horizon. 1,259 Steam reviews, 93% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/370910/)
23. [Day of the Tentacle Remastered](https://imho.run/games/388210/day-of-the-tentacle-remastered) — Also 1990's, like Lost Horizon. 1,982 Steam reviews, 98% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/388210/)
24. [The Inner World](https://imho.run/games/251430/the-inner-world) — Also 1990's, like Lost Horizon. 458 Steam reviews, 86% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/251430/)

## Machine-readable

The same ranked list as JSON from the imho.run API for AI assistants (GET, no key, same site as this page):

- Top 20: https://imho.run/api/agent/games-like?q=40350&n=20
- Co-op games only: https://imho.run/api/agent/games-like?q=40350&n=20&coop=true
- Free games only: https://imho.run/api/agent/games-like?q=40350&n=20&free=true
- Facts about this game: https://imho.run/api/agent/game-facts?q=40350
- This page as markdown: https://imho.run/md/game/40350
- API docs: https://imho.run/developers (OpenAPI: https://imho.run/openapi.json, MCP: https://imho.run/mcp)

## About Lost Horizon

1936: Soldiers of the Third Reich roam the world seeking occult weapons for their insane plans of conquest. When Fenton Paddock, a former British soldier and hapless smuggler, is asked to look for his friend Richard, who went missing in Tibet, he has no idea that this search will lead him across three continents to a secret that could...

## Game info

- **AppID:** 40350
- **Developer:** Animation Arts
- **Publisher:** Ravenscourt
- **Genres:** Adventure
- **Categories:** Single-player, Family Sharing
- **Released:** Sep 24, 2010
- **Free to play:** no
- **Metacritic:** 77
- **Platforms:** windows

## Links

- [Full page with filters and more lists](https://imho.run/games/40350/lost-horizon)
- [The same list as JSON, no key](https://imho.run/api/agent/games-like?q=40350&n=20) — the API for AI assistants, see https://imho.run/developers
- [Steam store](https://store.steampowered.com/app/40350/)
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