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Child of Light cover art

Child of Light

Ubisoft Montréal · Ubisoft · 2014-04-29

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RPG

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

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.

10
playing now
91%
positive of 13k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
88/100
critic score (14 outlets, IGDB)
82/100
IGDB user rating (370 ratings)
12h
to beat · completionist 13h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$14.99
steam price (US)

10 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 01:00 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.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 10 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 7% of 6,151 RPG games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 337k–809k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 13,479 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$14.99

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 59 of 96 observed days · $12.29 above the all-time low (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

1712026-08-06 22:00 — 8 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 5 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 10 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 9 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 7 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 11 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 14 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 5 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 10 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 12 players2026-08-10 06:00 — 4 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 7 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 13 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 12 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 5 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 4 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 5 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 17 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 17 players2026-08-18 05:00 — 7 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 8 players2026-08-20 20:00 — 5 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 10 players2026-08-23 11:00 — 9 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 10 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 5 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 7 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 9 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 10 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$2.702015-01-012026-08-272015-01-01 — 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 $4.492026-08-27 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

175932026-05-29 — 151 pageviews2026-06-01 — 99 pageviews2026-06-04 — 123 pageviews2026-06-07 — 121 pageviews2026-06-10 — 114 pageviews2026-06-13 — 146 pageviews2026-06-16 — 106 pageviews2026-06-19 — 129 pageviews2026-06-22 — 117 pageviews2026-06-25 — 120 pageviews2026-06-28 — 155 pageviews2026-07-01 — 120 pageviews2026-07-04 — 125 pageviews2026-07-07 — 102 pageviews2026-07-10 — 128 pageviews2026-07-13 — 115 pageviews2026-07-16 — 104 pageviews2026-07-19 — 164 pageviews2026-07-22 — 125 pageviews2026-07-25 — 121 pageviews2026-07-28 — 114 pageviews2026-07-31 — 120 pageviews2026-08-03 — 107 pageviews2026-08-06 — 123 pageviews2026-08-09 — 120 pageviews2026-08-12 — 131 pageviews2026-08-15 — 129 pageviews2026-08-18 — 135 pageviews2026-08-21 — 120 pageviews2026-08-24 — 134 pageviews2026-08-26 — 162 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

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.

Player tags

2DRPGCuteFantasyAdventureBeautifulHand-drawnPlatformerStory RichTurn-Based

Census log

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

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