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Child of Light

Ubisoft Montréal · Ubisoft · 2014-04-29

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RPG

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Sep 23, 2014 (Xbox One), Apr 30, 2014 (Wii U), Jan 21, 2016 (PlayStation 4), Apr 29, 2014 (PlayStation 3), Apr 29, 2014 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Oct 19, 2021 (Google Stadia)

Aurora, a young girl from 1895 Austria, awakens on the lost fairytale continent of Lemuria. To return home she must fight against the dark creatures of the Queen of the Night, who have stolen the sun, the moon and the stars. At stake is not only Lemuria, but Aurora’s true destiny.

Child of Light is an RPG game released in 2014, priced at $14.99, with an estimated 500,000 .. 1,000,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (91% of 13479 reviews).

6
playing now
91%
positive of 14k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
88/100
critic score (14 outlets, IGDB)
82/100
IGDB user rating (370 ratings)
4
Nexus mods (268 downloads)
4.64★
PlayStation Store rating (39,571 ratings)
12h
to beat · completionist 13h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$14.99
steam price (US)

6 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 UTC (census sample)

Child of Light is a platforming role-playing video game developed by Ubisoft Montreal and published by Ubisoft for Windows, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Wii U, Xbox 360 and Xbox One in April 2014, and was released on PlayStation Vita in July 2014. The game was later released on Nintendo Switch on 11 October 2018; the announcement of this release also teased a sequel that was later seemingly cancelled in the very early stages of development. It was also made available on Amazon Luna and Google Stadia in August and October 2021, respectively. The game is powered by the UbiArt Framework game engine.

Trailer

Child of Light trailer thumbnail

Child of Light - Official Trailer

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 6 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 160 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~20/week).
  • · Review velocity down 17% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 4% of 13,891 RPG games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 338k–810k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 13,506 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$4.49-70%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.70 at Nuuvem (2015-07-08)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 61 of 94 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
13713720182026Week of 2018-01-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 137 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2322026-09-15 12:00 — 7 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 10 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 4 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 22 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 23 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 8 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 11 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 17 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 15 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 11 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 8 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 15 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 10 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 13 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 14 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 5 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 7 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 21 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 5 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 11 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 16 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 10 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 6 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
8170Feb 2014Aug 2026Feb 2014 — avg 0 · peak 0Jul 2014 — avg 200 · peak 563Nov 2014 — avg 65 · peak 235Mar 2015 — avg 234 · peak 1,040Jul 2015 — avg 154 · peak 365Nov 2015 — avg 127 · peak 438Mar 2016 — avg 147 · peak 779Jul 2016 — avg 140 · peak 396Nov 2016 — avg 71 · peak 157Mar 2017 — avg 59 · peak 157Jul 2017 — avg 67 · peak 156Nov 2017 — avg 41 · peak 136Mar 2018 — avg 56 · peak 220Jul 2018 — avg 64 · peak 166Nov 2018 — avg 37 · peak 113Mar 2019 — avg 40 · peak 138Jul 2019 — avg 33 · peak 71Nov 2019 — avg 23 · peak 69Mar 2020 — avg 55 · peak 160Jul 2020 — avg 27 · peak 63Nov 2020 — avg 22 · peak 70Mar 2021 — avg 26 · peak 73Jul 2021 — avg 19 · peak 51Nov 2021 — avg 15 · peak 43Mar 2022 — avg 19 · peak 56Jul 2022 — avg 15 · peak 40Nov 2022 — avg 15 · peak 35Mar 2023 — avg 13 · peak 36Jul 2023 — avg 14 · peak 34Nov 2023 — avg 13 · peak 35Mar 2024 — avg 13 · peak 39Jul 2024 — avg 12 · peak 25Nov 2024 — avg 9 · peak 25Mar 2025 — avg 10 · peak 27Jul 2025 — avg 10 · peak 23Nov 2025 — avg 9 · peak 29Mar 2026 — avg 9 · peak 21Jul 2026 — avg 11 · peak 24Aug 2026 — avg 9 · peak 24
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$2.702015-01-012026-10-082015-01-01 — best price $5.992015-03-27 — best price $6.172015-05-19 — best price $5.102015-07-17 — best price $11.102015-10-26 — best price $6.002016-02-01 — best price $14.992016-05-08 — best price $3.742016-09-22 — best price $3.742017-03-16 — best price $7.492017-07-14 — best price $4.992017-12-02 — best price $14.992018-04-22 — best price $5.462018-08-07 — best price $4.912018-11-27 — best price $14.992019-02-16 — best price $14.992019-05-25 — best price $14.992019-08-12 — best price $13.262019-10-20 — best price $14.992019-12-28 — best price $14.992020-02-25 — best price $5.042020-04-19 — best price $4.752020-06-09 — best price $4.332020-10-08 — best price $4.492021-04-08 — best price $19.992021-12-01 — best price $14.992022-08-29 — best price $14.992023-03-09 — best price $14.992023-06-30 — best price $4.492023-11-17 — best price $4.492024-02-15 — best price $4.492024-05-28 — best price $14.992024-09-14 — best price $14.992025-01-02 — best price $14.992025-04-04 — best price $3.542025-07-25 — best price $3.542025-11-04 — best price $14.992026-02-16 — best price $3.622026-05-19 — best price $14.992026-08-13 — best price $4.492026-10-08 — best price $4.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

165892026-05-29 — 151 pageviews2026-06-02 — 93 pageviews2026-06-06 — 105 pageviews2026-06-10 — 114 pageviews2026-06-14 — 115 pageviews2026-06-18 — 98 pageviews2026-06-22 — 117 pageviews2026-06-26 — 129 pageviews2026-06-30 — 120 pageviews2026-07-04 — 125 pageviews2026-07-08 — 139 pageviews2026-07-12 — 103 pageviews2026-07-16 — 104 pageviews2026-07-20 — 131 pageviews2026-07-24 — 119 pageviews2026-07-28 — 114 pageviews2026-08-01 — 108 pageviews2026-08-05 — 110 pageviews2026-08-09 — 120 pageviews2026-08-13 — 105 pageviews2026-08-17 — 121 pageviews2026-08-21 — 120 pageviews2026-08-25 — 121 pageviews2026-08-29 — 111 pageviews2026-09-02 — 110 pageviews2026-09-06 — 115 pageviews2026-09-10 — 108 pageviews2026-09-14 — 94 pageviews2026-09-18 — 116 pageviews2026-09-22 — 126 pageviews2026-09-26 — 117 pageviews2026-09-30 — 109 pageviews2026-10-04 — 119 pageviews2026-10-07 — 89 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerShared/Split ScreenPartial Controller SupportRemote Play on PhoneRemote Play on TabletRemote Play TogetherFamily Sharing7 DLC

7 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Portuguese - Brazil

Post-launch support: 7 DLC released, first 2014-04-30 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox One (Xbox)45,21017%27
PS4 (PlayStation)44,24132%20
PS Vita (PlayStation)7,48041%20
PS3 (PlayStation)6,70744%20
Xbox 360 (Xbox)2,22632%27

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

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

2DRPGCuteFantasyAdventureBeautifulHand-drawnPlatformerStory RichTurn-Based

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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