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Chasing Light

Vittgen Inc. · 2020-05-05

Steam

AdventureIndieSimulation

Modes: Single player

Releases: Feb 02, 2023 (Nintendo Switch), May 05, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

'Chasing Light' is the story of the seven days of exploring the physical properties of a game and uncovering an inner world of human beings and society. Have a weird trip!

Chasing Light is an $11.99 Adventure, Indie, Simulation game released in 2020, with an estimated 50,000 .. 100,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (86% of 272 reviews).

0
playing now
86%
positive of 272 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$11.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 19:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 18 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 64% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (88 reviews).
  • · Top 26% of 28,778 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 5.4k–12k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 272 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $5.99 at Steam (2023-12-21)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $11.99 · on sale 4 of 8 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
848420202026Week of 2020-05-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 20:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 11:00 — 1 players2026-09-21 18:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 14:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 13:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 19:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$11.99$5.992020-05-052026-08-252020-05-05 — best price $11.992020-09-19 — best price $9.592020-11-02 — best price $11.992020-12-22 — best price $9.592021-02-15 — best price $11.992021-04-22 — best price $9.592021-07-08 — best price $11.992021-08-25 — best price $9.592021-11-01 — best price $11.992021-12-22 — best price $9.592022-02-03 — best price $11.992022-04-08 — best price $9.592022-07-21 — best price $11.992022-10-12 — best price $9.592022-11-29 — best price $11.992023-01-19 — best price $9.592023-03-23 — best price $11.992023-05-15 — best price $9.592023-06-28 — best price $11.992023-07-31 — best price $9.592023-09-18 — best price $11.992023-11-21 — best price $9.592023-12-15 — best price $11.992024-02-08 — best price $5.992024-03-21 — best price $11.992024-06-27 — best price $5.992024-08-07 — best price $11.992024-11-27 — best price $5.992025-01-02 — best price $11.992025-06-26 — best price $7.192025-10-06 — best price $11.992026-03-19 — best price $5.992026-07-09 — best price $11.992026-08-25 — best price $11.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerFamily Sharing1 DLC

2 supported languages: English, Korean

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2020-05-06 (Steam store data)

Player tags

2.5DIndieAdventureSimulationStory RichAtmosphericExperimentalGreat Soundtrack

Census log

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

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