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Bright Lights of Svetlov cover art

Bright Lights of Svetlov

Vladimir Cholokyan · 2021-09-14

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Indie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

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.

Bright Lights of Svetlov is a 2021 Indie game priced at $4.99, with an estimated 50,000 .. 100,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (93% of 1413 reviews).

5
playing now
93%
positive of 1.4k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
69/100
IGDB user rating (8 ratings)
3.60★
PlayStation Store rating (305 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$4.99
steam price (US)

5 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 17:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 5 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 128 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~16/week).
  • · Review velocity up 75% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 9% of 49,548 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 28k–64k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,413 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 6 of 13 observed days · $8.50 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
19719720212026Week of 2021-09-01: 197 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

502026-09-15 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 11:00 — 1 players2026-09-17 18:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 09:00 — 1 players2026-09-21 17:00 — 1 players2026-09-23 00:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 15:00 — 1 players2026-09-26 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 14:00 — 1 players2026-09-30 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 12:00 — 2 players2026-10-08 19:00 — 1 players2026-10-10 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 10:00 — 1 players2026-10-12 18:00 — 5 players2026-10-14 01:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 17:00 — 5 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
121Sep 2021Jan 2026Sep 2021 — avg 12 · peak 44Oct 2021 — avg 5 · peak 21Nov 2021 — avg 3 · peak 12Dec 2021 — avg 3 · peak 10Jan 2022 — avg 2 · peak 10Feb 2022 — avg 2 · peak 6Mar 2022 — avg 1 · peak 5Apr 2022 — avg 2 · peak 14May 2022 — avg 2 · peak 6Dec 2022 — avg 3 · peak 11Jan 2023 — avg 4 · peak 23Jan 2026 — avg 2 · peak 10
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$9.99$1.492021-09-142026-10-112021-09-14 — best price $4.992021-12-01 — best price $4.992022-01-05 — best price $4.992022-02-03 — best price $4.992022-07-07 — best price $4.992022-11-29 — best price $4.992023-01-05 — best price $4.992023-03-23 — best price $4.992023-07-13 — best price $4.992024-01-04 — best price $4.992024-03-21 — best price $4.992024-07-11 — best price $4.992025-01-02 — best price $4.992025-07-10 — best price $4.992025-10-06 — best price $4.992026-01-05 — best price $4.992026-03-26 — best price $4.992026-07-09 — best price $4.992026-09-06 — best price $9.992026-09-20 — best price $9.992026-10-04 — best price $9.992026-10-11 — 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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