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Lighthouse Keeper

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2022

Should you play it?

You are tasked with taking care of the old Lighthouse in a small island. Repair its broken parts, hunt for food to get by, gather materials to craft stuff to help you along your journey through 11 islands.

What works
  • Relaxing and immersive atmosphere
  • Engaging puzzles and exploration
  • Good value for price especially on sale
  • Charming art style and sound design
  • Support for turkish indie developer
Things to keep in mind
  • Repetitive daily tasks and puzzles
  • Limited narrative and character interaction
  • Some bugs and technical issues
  • Lack of meaningful survival challenge
  • No multiplayer or social features

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feel the closest overall

  • No Place Like Home

  • Tiny Rails

  • Outpath: First Journey

  • Awe

  • Distant Bloom

  • Fish to Dish: Idle Sushi

  • Strange Telephone

  • Restore Your Island

  • Whisker Wanderlust: The Wondrous Journey
Hidden Gems

Less popular games with surprisingly high similarity

  • Distant Bloom

  • Strange Telephone

  • Whisker Wanderlust: The Wondrous Journey
If you liked…

Recommendations by what you enjoyed most

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    Into the Emberlands
  • Exploration

    Garden of the Sea (VR)
  • Relaxation

    晚上nano好

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Lighthouse Keeper: Less representative of its motivational profile, with noticeable differences. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Survival, Violence, Thrill, Competition. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Idle. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Intimacy, Thrill.

Why this game works

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

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