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A Light in the Dark cover art

A Light in the Dark

CreSpirit · Sekai Project · 2018-06-15

SteamGOGPlayStation Store

CasualIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Text

Releases: Apr 05, 2023 (PlayStation 4), Apr 05, 2023 (Nintendo Switch), May 31, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), May 31, 2018 (Mac)

──We cannot choose in this unfair world.The rich boy stuck in his never changing daily life...The fierce girl struggling for survival...Two people in totally opposite positions in life.In the face of confusion and the choices before them, what will they find...?

A Light in the Dark is a $14.99 Casual and Indie game released in 2018, with an estimated 50,000 .. 100,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (93% of 1735 reviews).

0
playing now
93%
positive of 1.7k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (4 ratings)
4.23★
PlayStation Store rating (87 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$14.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 09:00 UTC (census sample)

"──We cannot choose in this unfair world. Hao-Chen Jiang did not understand what it was when he opened his eyes. Before him was a dim and dreary room that he had not seen before. Trying to get up to turn on the lights, he finds that his arms are tied behind him and that is when he realizes that he's been kidnapped. It is then that a mysterious girl appears before him and with a look of disdain tells him that he's been kidnapped and unless his family agrees to pay a ransom he has no chance to escape. But perhaps there is more to this than just money... The rich boy stuck in his never changing(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 25 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity up 19% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (325 reviews).
  • · Top 6% of 29,523 Casual games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 43k–104k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,737 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$8.99-40%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $5.99 at Steam (2020-06-25)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 62 of 89 observed days · $3.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
31531520182026Week of 2018-06-01: 315 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

302026-09-15 18:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 17:00 — 1 players2026-09-21 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 14:00 — 1 players2026-09-28 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 13:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 12:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 18:00 — 1 players2026-10-12 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-15 09:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$5.992018-06-162026-10-152018-06-16 — best price $13.492019-02-04 — best price $8.992019-11-01 — best price $14.992020-01-24 — best price $8.992020-05-11 — best price $14.992020-11-09 — best price $14.992021-01-22 — best price $7.492021-06-24 — best price $7.492021-11-24 — best price $7.492022-01-31 — best price $14.992022-06-28 — best price $14.992022-09-23 — best price $7.492023-01-03 — best price $14.992023-04-21 — best price $8.992023-08-07 — best price $7.492023-11-21 — best price $8.992024-02-13 — best price $14.992024-04-26 — best price $14.992024-07-17 — best price $8.992024-10-16 — best price $7.492025-01-02 — best price $14.992025-03-01 — best price $14.992025-04-16 — best price $10.492025-06-27 — best price $5.992025-09-29 — best price $7.492025-11-17 — best price $7.492026-03-05 — best price $7.492026-05-11 — best price $7.492026-08-10 — best price $7.492026-09-02 — best price $8.992026-09-12 — best price $8.992026-09-22 — best price $14.992026-10-02 — best price $8.992026-10-12 — best price $8.992026-10-15 — best price $8.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

12
achievements tracked
87.2%
earned "Kidnapping"
37.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing3 DLC

4 supported languages: English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese

Post-launch support: 3 DLC released, first 2018-06-26, latest 2018-09-17 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)57636%12
PS4 (PlayStation)16473%12
Switch (Nintendo)10%0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

GoreAnimeIndieCasualViolentStory RichCrowdfundedKickstarterVisual NovelPoint & Click

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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