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Lumines is a music puzzle game where you rotate and align small blocks to form squares of a single colour. As you do this, in time with the music, they are erased as the beat line passes over them. The game is lost when the blocks reach the top of the playing field.
Unfortunately, Lumines is not available on Mac. However, we recommend the following games that offer a similar experience or theme:
Release Date: 01/01/2004, updated in 2018
Out Now: Android, PC, PS3, PS4, PSP, Switch, Xbox One and iOS
Players: 1-2
Genres: Action, Rhythm (Creative and Puzzle)
Accessibility: 0 features documented (Tweet Developer )
Components: 2D Side-On
Developer: Mizuguchitter (@Mizuguchitter)
Costs: Purchase cost, In-Game Purchases and In-Game Pass
Here are our hand-picked short list of similar games; the perfect thing to play next if you enjoyed Lumines. We don't use automatic matching, instead, we hand-pick games that are good to play if you have enjoyed Lumines.
Suika Game, also called Watermelon Game, is a spatial puzzle challenge about matching fruits.
Suika Game, also called Watermelon Game, is a spatial puzzle challenge about matching fruits. You select where to drop each new fruit into the cup, aiming to get matching varieties touching so they merge, create bigger fruit and score points.
Out Now: Switch and Web
Hexagroove: Tactical DJ is a rhythm game where you mix music using an intuitive and tactical control system.
Hexagroove: Tactical DJ is a rhythm game where you mix music using an intuitive and tactical control system. Each level sets goals for you to combine musical loops in real-time.
Out Now: Mac, PC, Switch and Xbox One
Meteos is a tile-matching game inspired by Missile Command and Tetris.
Meteos is a tile-matching game inspired by Missile Command and Tetris. You stack coloured blocks which fall from the top of the screen.
Out Now: DS and Xbox 360
Chime is a block-dropping music puzzle game where you control a single shape to move, rotate, and then place it onto a grid.
Chime is a block-dropping music puzzle game where you control a single shape to move, rotate, and then place it onto a grid. A beat line moves across the grid in time with the music, setting off events when it hits placed shapes.
Out Now: Mac, PC, PS3, PS4, Switch, Xbox 360 and Xbox One
Sequence Storm is a rhythm game where you press buttons in time with the music to score points.
Sequence Storm is a rhythm game where you press buttons in time with the music to score points. It sounds simple but similar to games like Guitar Hero, it soon gets more complex.
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Collapsus is a puzzle game where you match tiles.
Collapsus is a puzzle game where you match tiles. You rotate the screen to adjust which way is down, then tapping a single tiles makes it disappear.
Coming Soon: Android, Mac, PC, PS Vita, PS4, Switch, Xbox One and iOS
Here are our hand-picked long list of similar games; the perfect thing to play next if you enjoyed Lumines. We don't use automatic matching, instead, we hand-pick games that are good to play if you have enjoyed Lumines.
Tetris is a longstanding puzzle game where you make horizontal lines by placing differently shaped tiles in a well.
Tetris is a longstanding puzzle game where you make horizontal lines by placing differently shaped tiles in a well. It's simple and fun, but as the pieces speed up it gets increasingly difficult.
Out Now: Switch
DropMix is a fast-paced music-mixing game.
DropMix is a fast-paced music-mixing game. You combine loops of well known music from a wide range of genres by placing physical cards on the DropMix peripheral.
Out Now: Android and iOS
Patapon and its sequels take rhythmic button-pressing in a real-time battle direction.
Patapon and its sequels take rhythmic button-pressing in a real-time battle direction. You assemble a stylised army and then take your troops to battle by tapping buttons in time with the rhythm.
Out Now: PC, PS Vita, PS4, PS5 and PSP
Rez Infinite is a shooting game where you fire musical energy rather than bullets.
Rez Infinite is a shooting game where you fire musical energy rather than bullets. As you guide a figure through the darkness of space you bring down enemies in time with the music.
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Otteretto is a puzzle game where you match blocks to make palindromes.
Otteretto is a puzzle game where you match blocks to make palindromes. Rather than the usual match-three format, instead you have to find patterns that mirror in the middle, like a palindrome but with colours/shapes rather than letters.
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Spin Rhythm XD is a music-timing game where you match button presses and stick movement with music indicators on the screen.
Spin Rhythm XD is a music-timing game where you match button presses and stick movement with music indicators on the screen. It's intuitive and fun.
Out Now: PC and Switch
Evergreen Blues is a rhythm narrative game where you and a friend build lyrics to a song in real time.
Evergreen Blues is a rhythm narrative game where you and a friend build lyrics to a song in real time. You select the words and timing and the game puts them together into lines of a song.
Out Now: Mac and PC
Impossible Bottles is a rhythm game where you control mechanical robots.
Impossible Bottles is a rhythm game where you control mechanical robots. You create musical loops with each robot and solve puzzles to get them in harmony.
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Rhythm Thief and The Emperor's Treasure is a narrative rhythm game told with cartoons interwoven with rhythm-action challenges.
Rhythm Thief and The Emperor's Treasure is a narrative rhythm game told with cartoons interwoven with rhythm-action challenges. You play an 18-year-old boy with a secret identity as an art thief.
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Tetris Effect: Connected is a tile-matching puzzle game (just like the original Tetris) but with a surprisingly powerful aesthetic twist.
Tetris Effect: Connected is a tile-matching puzzle game (just like the original Tetris) but with a surprisingly powerful aesthetic twist. The game places each level in a themed area and ties gameplay to the beat of the music across its thirty different stages.
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Gridland (also Super Gridland on mobile) is a puzzle strategy game where you build a town by day and defend zombie attackers at night.
Gridland (also Super Gridland on mobile) is a puzzle strategy game where you build a town by day and defend zombie attackers at night. Unusually, resources are gathered by completing match-three puzzles.
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Holedown is a puzzle game where you bounce balls around a well filled with Tetris-style shapes.
Holedown is a puzzle game where you bounce balls around a well filled with Tetris-style shapes. Each shape requires a certain number of hits and you have a large number of projectiles to direct through the maze created by the shapes.
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SoundSelf: A Technodelic is an interactive guided meditation.
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Tens! is a colourful puzzle game where you lay blocks of dice into a square aiming to make a row or column of ten points in total. As you complete a ten, you score points and the tiles used are cleared away.
Out Now: PC, Switch and iOS
Bloks is a strategy puzzle game where you place Tetris-style blocks to construct a planet.
Bloks is a strategy puzzle game where you place Tetris-style blocks to construct a planet. You place different elements and land so that you can create humans and build them a spaceship.
Piffle is a puzzle shooting game where you fire cat-ballsĀ at anthropomorphic shapes to clear them out of the way and finish the level.
Piffle is a puzzle shooting game where you fire cat-ballsĀ at anthropomorphic shapes to clear them out of the way and finish the level. Each animal-block requires a large number of hits to remove, and the fun is rebounding your stream of cat-balls to just the right so they hit multiple blocks at once.
Out Now: Android, Switch and iOS
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Tetris Beat is a classic block-stacking puzzle game that adds exclusive music and innovative rhythm tactics.
Tetris Beat is a classic block-stacking puzzle game that adds exclusive music and innovative rhythm tactics. You play as you listen to a diverse range of musicians including Alison Wonderland, GARZA, Hannah Diamond, Octo Octa, Dauwd and CINTHIE.
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Ekstase is a puzzle game like Tetris.
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Fuser is a rhythm game where you are a DJ at a large concert.
Fuser is a rhythm game where you are a DJ at a large concert. You can combine four songs from a list of records.
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Oddada is a game where you make music with toys in a miniature blocky world.
Oddada is a game where you make music with toys in a miniature blocky world. You set-up your little world and then take your train through different landscapes, machines and buildings to collect melodies and rhythms.
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Soundodger 2 is a rhythm game where you move a small circle to avoid obstacles to the rhythm of the music.
Soundodger 2 is a rhythm game where you move a small circle to avoid obstacles to the rhythm of the music. While it's a simple concept, the variety of deadly obstacles, the speed, and the precision needed (not to mention the extra game modes and abilities) make it an exacting challenge.
Here are a selection of games with a similar theme to Lumines:
These are our hand-picked alternatives to Lumines. This doesn't use automatic matching, instead, we hand-pick games that are good to play if you have enjoyed Labyrinth. These selections also include games that offer a different experience but address a similar theme or topic.
Speedy Roll (also known as Hedgehog Roll) is an action dexterity game where you roll the hedgehog (a fuzzy tennis ball with eyes) to collect woodland items that stick to it.
Speedy Roll (also known as Hedgehog Roll) is an action dexterity game where you roll the hedgehog (a fuzzy tennis ball with eyes) to collect woodland items that stick to it. This determines which path you can take through the forest to get back home before the fox.
Bugs in the Kitchen is a fast-paced puzzle game where you have to trap a constantly moving robot bug.
Bugs in the Kitchen is a fast-paced puzzle game where you have to trap a constantly moving robot bug. You play by rolling dice and turning Maze pieces to create paths for the digital bug to scuttle down.
Klask is an action board game that combines aspects of table football and air hockey.
Klask is an action board game that combines aspects of table football and air hockey. Your aim is to use your under-the-table-magnet-controlled player to push the ball into the opponent's goal.
These are games of a similar genre mix to Lumines. This includes games from the Puzzle, Rhythm, Creative and Action genres. We pick out games of a similar PEGI rating to further hone these generated suggestions.
Monomals is a game about fishing and music.
Monomals is a game about fishing and music. You drop your line into the water, catch a fish and make music along the way.
Out Now: Apple TV, Mac and iOS
Pianista: The Legendary Virtuoso is a rhythm game where you play classical piano music by pressing buttons in time with each note.
Pianista: The Legendary Virtuoso is a rhythm game where you play classical piano music by pressing buttons in time with each note. This starts easily but builds up so you are playing complex pieces of music from a range of composers.
Geometry Dash is a running, jumping game.
Geometry Dash is a running, jumping game. It features over 20 stages where you play as a customisable small cube, which you use to dodge 2D obstacles to the rhythm of electronic music using a single button to control the cube.
Out Now: Amazon Fire, Android, Mac, PC and iOS
The Ogglies Tower Stacking Game is a puzzle game where you try and create the largest stack of garbage.
The Ogglies Tower Stacking Game is a puzzle game where you try and create the largest stack of garbage. A little like Tetris, only here you have to balance your old household items.
A Dance of Fire and Ice is a one-button rhythm game where you control a pair of spheres.
A Dance of Fire and Ice is a one-button rhythm game where you control a pair of spheres. You press a button to the beat of the music to progress through the mazes.
Out Now: Android, PC and iOS
HyperDot is a dodging game, where you control a small circle and must move to avoid collisions with other shapes.
HyperDot is a dodging game, where you control a small circle and must move to avoid collisions with other shapes. It sounds too simple to be fun, but the cover design and variation in challenge make it a really enjoyable game.
Out Now: PC and Xbox One
New Super Mario Bros.
New Super Mario Bros. U is a platform game where you play with 4 main players (and an optional assistant player) to traverse from one side of the level to the other.
Out Now: Switch and Wii U
Unspottable is a puzzle game where you try and work out which of the identical characters are controlled by other players and which are computers.
Unspottable is a puzzle game where you try and work out which of the identical characters are controlled by other players and which are computers. It's a race to punch your friends before they punch you, but the more times you get it wrong the more likely you are to give away who you are.
Out Now: Mac, PC, PS4, Switch and Xbox One
Secret Shuffle is a rhythm game where up to 60 players dance to music and have to try and spot who is listening to the same track as they are.
Secret Shuffle is a rhythm game where up to 60 players dance to music and have to try and spot who is listening to the same track as they are. Play combines aspect of Twister and Silent Discos to create a game that's both approachable and fun.
Ink is a running (sliding) and jumping game where you see the platforms you are jumping on by splashing them with ink.
Ink is a running (sliding) and jumping game where you see the platforms you are jumping on by splashing them with ink. You control a little white square that, along with splashing colour everywhere, can jump on enemies and climb walls.
Out Now: PC, PS Vita, PS4, Switch and Xbox One
Sound Shapes is simple rolling and jumping game where you make music by completing the levels.
Sound Shapes is simple rolling and jumping game where you make music by completing the levels. It features music from artists such as Beck and visual elements from other games and game makers.
Out Now: PS Vita, PS3 and PS4
Just Pogo is a jumping game you control with one button.
Just Pogo is a jumping game you control with one button. You are a man on a pogo stick and must get to the exit in each of the 18 levels.
Out Now: PS4 and PS5
In addition to the similar games listed above, which have been linked to this game specifically in the database, you may find games with a similar theme to Lumines in the following list: