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lure

PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac • 2022

Should you play it?

To make some money from an old man, you are asked to fish at the forbidden Shinto shrine.

What works

  • Great retro ps1-style graphics and atmosphere
  • Short and free, easy to try
  • Effective horror atmosphere and jump scare
  • Simple and accessible gameplay
  • Unique horror fishing concept

Things to keep in mind

  • Extremely short playtime with minimal content
  • Very limited gameplay mechanics
  • No replay value or alternate paths
  • Sparse audio design
  • Lack of depth or complexity

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Burning Daylight

  • The Flood

  • Gravity Bone

  • Almost Home Now

  • Homeless

  • Project Hailstorm

Less idle-friendly

Games that feels like lure but with less of an idle filler feel

  • Viltnemda

  • Abandoned Souls

  • Graveyard Shift

  • April 24th

  • Grandpa High on Retro

  • Hotel Remorse

More autonomous

Games that feels like lure but with more freedom over how you play

  • Мухосранск | Russian City Sim

  • The Alien Cube

  • Copoka

  • Sagebrush

  • Fear The Unknown - Dave Story

  • Great Toilet Simulator

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Similarity map

How to compare these games

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Each card is a nearby game on the similarity map, compared with lure. Swipe sideways to move between games. Titles already listed in What to play next are left out.

  • Cover and title: open that game’s page.
  • What works / keep in mind: the same highlights as the desktop comparison panel.
  • Bars: the main motivational differences versus this game.
How to use the graph

Similarity map

Each dot is a game placed from its motivation profile relative to this page’s game. Direction shows which motivation differs most; distance along that axis shows how large the gap is.

  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
  • Direction: each axis is a main motivational difference vs this game (e.g. more / less competitive).
  • Distance on an axis: how large that difference is (ring scales show +/− points).
  • Coloured chips: click to highlight games that mainly differ on that motivation; click again to reset.
  • Dotted line: link between this page’s game and the one selected for comparison.
  • Hover a dot to preview that game in the panel on the right; click to keep that comparison.
  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom.

How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

Swipe to compare nearby games with lure. These titles are not in What to play next.

lure: Less representative of its motivational profile, with noticeable differences. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Strategy, Experimenting, Competence, Survival. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Thrill. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Progression, Growth.

Last update: 21/08/2026