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Bright Lights of Svetlov cover art

Bright Lights of Svetlov

Vladimir Cholokyan · 2021-09-14

SteamPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

Indie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Sep 14, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Aug 11, 2023 (PlayStation 4), Aug 11, 2023 (Nintendo Switch), Aug 11, 2023 (Xbox One), Aug 11, 2023 (Xbox Series X|S), May 01, 2026 (PlayStation 5)

Bright Lights of Svetlov is a short, story-focused first person quest about a Soviet family facing harsh trials. Set in a fictional provincial town, it carefuly recreates the atmosphere and vibe of mid 1980s.

1
playing now
93%
positive of 1.4k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
69/100
IGDB user rating (8 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$4.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 11:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 21% of 17,990 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 28k–63k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,403 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$9.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.49 at Steam (2023-12-21)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 8 of 9 observed days · $8.50 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

302026-08-11 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-12 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 14:00 — 1 players2026-08-15 06:00 — 1 players2026-08-15 21:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 13:00 — 2 players2026-08-17 05:00 — 1 players2026-08-17 21:00 — 3 players2026-08-18 13:00 — 1 players2026-08-19 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 20:00 — 1 players2026-08-20 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 20:00 — 1 players2026-08-22 11:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 03:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 19:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 11:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 03:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 18:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 11:00 — 2 players2026-08-27 03:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 19:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 11:00 — 1 players2026-08-29 03:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 19:00 — 2 players2026-08-30 11:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$9.99$1.492021-09-142026-08-302021-09-14 — best price $4.992021-11-24 — best price $4.242021-12-01 — best price $4.992021-12-23 — best price $3.742022-01-05 — best price $4.992022-01-27 — best price $4.242022-02-03 — best price $4.992022-06-23 — best price $3.492022-07-07 — best price $4.992022-11-22 — best price $3.492022-11-29 — best price $4.992022-12-23 — best price $2.492023-01-05 — best price $4.992023-03-16 — best price $2.492023-03-23 — best price $4.992023-06-29 — best price $2.492023-07-13 — best price $4.992023-12-21 — best price $1.492024-01-04 — best price $4.992024-03-14 — best price $2.492024-03-21 — best price $4.992024-06-27 — best price $1.492024-07-11 — best price $4.992024-12-19 — best price $1.492025-01-02 — best price $4.992025-06-27 — best price $1.992025-07-10 — best price $4.992025-10-01 — best price $2.492025-10-06 — best price $4.992025-12-18 — best price $1.992026-01-05 — best price $4.992026-03-19 — best price $1.492026-03-26 — best price $4.992026-06-25 — best price $1.492026-07-09 — best price $4.992026-08-30 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

7
achievements tracked
92.6%
earned "Finally, i'm home"
71.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)62458%7
Xbox Series (Xbox)38581%12
Xbox One (Xbox)29685%12
PS4 (PlayStation)21383%13
PS5 (PlayStation)12633%13
PS4 (PlayStation)12278%13
PS5 (PlayStation)5641%13
PS5 (PlayStation)1947%13
PS5 (PlayStation)1861%13
Switch (Nintendo)20%0

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

Player tags

FPS1980sDramaIndieLinearAdventureNarrationRealisticSimulationAtmospheric

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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