Lumino City similar games & best alternatives

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Lumino City

Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac • 2014

Should you play it?

The BAFTA award winning handmade puzzle adventure game made entirely by hand. Explore the city and use your ingenuity to piece together puzzling mechanisms and bring back power to this unique world. Three years in the making, it's handmade entirely out of paper, card, miniature lights and motors.

What works

  • Unique handcrafted art style
  • Creative and varied puzzles
  • Relaxing soundtrack and atmosphere
  • Charming story and characters
  • Accessible puzzle hint system

Things to keep in mind

  • Some minor bugs and control issues
  • Short game length
  • Some puzzles can be obscure or frustrating
  • Limited replay value
  • Lack of character customization and social features

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • The House of Da Vinci 2

  • Phonopolis

  • Moncage

  • Varenje

  • Archaica: The Path of Light

  • Mr. Pumpkin 2: Kowloon walled city

More thrilling

Games that feels like Lumino City but with more suspense and thrill

  • The Room Three

  • Irony Curtain: From Matryoshka with Love

  • Figment

  • Voodoo Detective

  • Cleo - a pirate's tale

  • Gibbous - A Cthulhu Adventure

More expressive

Games that feels like Lumino City but with more self-expression and customization

  • TOHU

  • Maskmaker

  • LEGO® Builder's Journey

  • My Brother Rabbit

  • Down the Rabbit Hole Flattened

  • The Journey Down: Chapter Two

Less creative

Games that feels like Lumino City but with less focus on creating and customizing

  • Cats in Time

  • Myst: Masterpiece Edition

  • Return to Monkey Island

  • The Tiny Bang Story

  • Agent A: A puzzle in disguise

  • Elroy and the Aliens

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Lumino City: 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 Competence. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Intimacy, Expression.

Last update: 21/08/2026