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Lumione

PC (Microsoft Windows), Nintendo Switch • 2021

Should you play it?

Lumione is a platformer game set in a deep-sea universe. Join the protagonist Glimmer on a journey in search of the Light as you put your wit to the test in solving challenging puzzle-like levels. Learn from your failures and restore the Light of Hope to the seabed.

What works

  • Beautiful hand-painted art style
  • Phenomenal soundtrack
  • Unique and challenging platforming mechanics
  • Solid level design with puzzle elements
  • Rewarding for precision platformer veterans

Things to keep in mind

  • Floaty and sometimes inconsistent controls
  • Unforgiving and sometimes unfair hitboxes
  • Difficulty spikes and pacing issues
  • Lack of polish and bugs (e.g. respawn timing, clipping)
  • Minimal story and limited replayability

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Each card is a nearby game on the similarity map, compared with Lumione. 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 Lumione. These titles are not in What to play next.

Lumione: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Expression, Fellowship, Cooperation, Leadership. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Violence, Exploration, Relaxation.

Last update: 23/08/2026