Turn It On! similar games & best alternatives

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Turn It On!

Android, iOS • 2018

Should you play it?

What works

  • Charming and relaxing exploration
  • Unique puzzle mechanics with black boxes
  • High-quality and varied soundtrack
  • Visual storytelling without dialogue
  • Short with replayability for high scores

Things to keep in mind

  • Frustrating reflex-based segments with unresponsive controls
  • Technical glitches and bugs
  • Lack of clear progression and challenge
  • Some tedious or dull levels
  • No multiplayer or social features

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Firmament

  • The House of Tesla: Definitive Edition

  • The Turing Test

  • Lake Ridden

  • Agent A: A puzzle in disguise

  • Wheely

More progression-driven

Games that feels like Turn It On! but with more progression and upgrades

  • Puzzle Chambers

  • 1000 Amps

  • The Talos Principle VR

  • Supraland Six Inches Under

  • Obduction

  • Glass Masquerade 2: Illusions

Choose your own criteria ->

Similarity map

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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.
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  • 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).

Turn It On!: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Survival, Violence, Competition, Leadership. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Expression, Intimacy, Violence.

Last update: 05/08/2026