Lost Records: Bloom & Rage similar games & best alternatives

Lost Records: Bloom & Rage

PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 5 • 2025

Should you play it?

Embark on a new narrative journey by the creators of Life is Strange. Film your summer of 1995 and create memories of a lifetime with your new friends. 27 years later, confront the dark secrets that made you all promise to never speak again after that fateful summer.

What works
  • Deep emotional storytelling
  • Nostalgic 90s atmosphere
  • Well-developed characters
  • Innovative camcorder mechanic
  • Beautiful visuals and soundtrack
Things to keep in mind
  • Slow pacing for some players
  • Some technical issues like lip-sync and performance
  • Limited gameplay variety
  • Some dialogue choices feel forced
  • Ambiguous or open-ended story elements

What to play next

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Top picks

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  • Endless Monday: Dreams and Deadlines

  • OXENFREE II: Lost Signals

  • A Short Hike

  • This Bed We Made

  • FixFox

  • Life is Strange: Before the Storm

  • Wandersong

  • Minds Beneath Us

  • 1bitHeart
Hidden Gems

Less popular games with surprisingly high similarity

  • FixFox

  • Backfirewall_

  • Great God Grove
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Each dot is a game. They are arranged from the same motivation profile as in the “Why this game works” section below. Closer dots usually mean more similar reasons to play (exploration, competition, relaxation, etc.)—not that one game is “better” than another.

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Lost Records: Bloom & Rage: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Survival, Violence, Competition, Thrill. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Fellowship, Intimacy, Expression.

Why this game works

A motivational profile of the game, with the closest similar game for each player motivation.

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