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2018
You guide a glowing sphere through a dark maze, keeping your inner light alive with energy found along the way while searching for the exit. A small, atmospheric exploration and puzzle game built around light and shadow.
The closest matches for Light in the Dark are Vignettes, Expand and Ethereal. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Light in the Dark special – the reasons are listed right on each game.
90 %
Best match
In Vignettes you drift through shifting moods and settings without any text or characters, spinning objects that transform into new shapes. The game thrives on calm, playful discovery.
89 %
Gameplay comes before story
A meditative puzzle game in which you navigate a circular maze that continually twists, stretches and grows beneath you. Calm music and abstract visuals create a relaxed, hypnotic mood.
88 % 8.19 €
Gameplay comes before story
An abstract, calm puzzle game that uses carefully crafted puzzles in a mysterious world to evoke an introspective mood.
88 % 2.99 €
Gameplay comes before story
A short, relaxed first-person platformer where you jump across minimalist platforms and press buttons to bring a gray, barren world back to life. Pressure-free, ideal for a quick break or speedrunning.
88 % free
Gameplay comes before story
A short first-person puzzle platformer where you bend gravity and the surreal architecture of a gallery to solve clever spatial challenges.
88 % 4.99 €
Accessible and relaxed
A small indie puzzle adventure in which you are trapped in a dream and solve puzzles across several dream chapters to collect three Dream Stones and wake up.
87 %
Accessible and relaxed
You accompany Niko on a minimalist dreamlike journey through islands that each represent a key moment from her past. Every island brings its own mechanic and riddles, turning emotions like happiness, solitude and fear into puzzles to solve.
86 % 4.15 €
Gameplay comes before story
Kenshō is a calm puzzle adventure where you bend time and space through natural landscapes. Its clever puzzles are carried by a meditative atmosphere and inventive ideas.
86 % 0.99 €
Gameplay comes before story
You have to find your way through a dark maze, locate the key and reach the exit. A very simple indie game built around navigation and exploration.
86 % 4.99 €
Pure single-player experience
Kairo is a quiet, minimalist first-person exploration and puzzle game where you wander surreal abandoned architecture and reactivate ancient machinery. Its lonely, eerie mood and soundtrack take center stage.
