Luminosus vs Lights Out 1
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Luminosus
A unique puzzle game blending Tetris-style gameplay with color-matching mechanics. Plan your moves ahead to create white blocks for higher scores. Offers classic and marathon modes, leaderboards, and achievements for endless fun.
- Color-matching puzzle mechanics
- Strategic planning ahead
- Classic and Marathon modes
- Global leaderboards
- Achievements
- Controller support
- Color blind and night modes
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**Editors pick for “New games we love” in 135+ countries** **Editors pick for “New and noteworthy games” in 150+ countries** **Editors pick for “What we are playing this week”** **Editors choice "Indie corner"** Luminosus is a unique and challenging puzzle game that combines the fun of matching colors on a Tetris-esque board. Puzzle pieces can be changed back and forth as many times as you want, so a red block will change a yellow piece orange but another red piece will change it back to red. If a piece is influenced by all three colors it is turned white and scores significantly more when cleared. In this way the game requires planning more steps ahead than your standard piece-dropping puzzle game. With its simple but addictive gameplay, Luminosus offers hours of entertainment and a twist on the classic Tetris and Puyo experience. Features: • Classic mode for a relaxing experience • Marathon game mode for the ultimate challenge • Compete against the world on the leaderboard • Achievements • Controller support • Color blind and night modes • Unique and challenging gameplay that combines Tetris with color matching
Lights Out 1
Navigate a dark room with a flashlight, avoiding traps and finding hidden lightbulbs to escape. Upgrade your light and abilities to overcome challenges in this atmospheric 2D puzzle game. Can you conquer the darkness?
- 50 challenging levels
- Endless mode
- Flashlight upgrades
- Interactive traps
- Atmospheric narration
- Unique abilities
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In this 2D mobile game you are a lone flashlight in a pitch-black room, armed only with a beam of light to guide your way. Navigate through a series of increasingly challenging levels, avoid deadly traps, and find the hidden lightbulb to escape each room. With 50 mind-bending levels and an endless mode, Lights Out offers hours of immersive gameplay. Collect coins along the way to upgrade your flashlight's brightness, speed, and range, or unlock special abilities to help you survive the darkness. But beware—the darkness isn't your only enemy. A taunting narrator will challenge you at every step, making sure you never feel too safe. Can you outsmart the darkness and reach the light? Features: 50 challenging levels with increasing difficulty Endless mode for infinite gameplay Upgrade your flashlight with unique abilities Interactive traps, pressure plates, and more Atmospheric sound effects and taunting narration Easy to learn, difficult to master Download Lights Out now and conquer the darkness!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Lights Out 1 at Free against Luminosus's $0.29. Lights Out 1 also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 71%) and update cadence (every 4 days vs fortnightly). Luminosus's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and ads (none vs shown). On rating there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Lights Out 1 is free to download; Luminosus costs $0.29 up front. Lights Out 1 sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Luminosus asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Luminosus against 5.0 for Lights Out 1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 17 and 5 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 71% of Luminosus's written reviews are positive against 100% of Lights Out 1's.
Luminosus ships an update fortnightly, Lights Out 1 every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Luminosus | Lights Out 1 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.29 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.9 (17 ratings) | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 71.4% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 17 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 114 MB | 93 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Short Circuit Studio | Sanjoy Datta |
Customer experience
Luminosus
Lights Out 1
In-app purchases
Luminosus
No in-app purchases
Lights Out 1
- Handful of Coins$0.99
- Purse of Coins$1.99
- Sack of Coins$2.99
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- Chest of Coins$4.99
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