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Dark Light cover art

Dark Light

Mirari&Co. · 2022-09-29

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreEpic Games StoreMicrosoft Store

ActionAdventure

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Sep 26, 2024 (Xbox Series X|S), Sep 30, 2022 (Mac), May 08, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jan 30, 2024 (PlayStation 4), Jan 30, 2024 (PlayStation 5), Apr 23, 2026 (Nintendo Switch)

Dark Light is a post-apocalyptic cyberpunk action-platformer with intense hack'n slash combat. Explore the unknown, enhance your abilities with cyberwares, and face off against supernatural entities to seal the Dark Void and end the eternal darkness.

Dark Light is an Action and Adventure game released in 2022, priced at $16.99, with an estimated 50,000 to 100,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (78% of 751 reviews).

3
playing now
78%
positive of 751 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
2
Nexus mods (31 downloads)
4.21★
PlayStation Store rating (626 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$16.99
steam price (US)

3 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 09:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 3 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 25 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity down 7% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (73 reviews).
  • · Top 17% of 28,080 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 15k–34k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 751 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$10.19-40%
Microsoft Store$17.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $8.28 at GamersGate (2024-03-11)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $16.99 · on sale 46 of 103 observed days · $1.91 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
535320202026Week of 2020-05-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

502026-09-15 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 18:00 — 2 players2026-09-21 01:00 — 5 players2026-09-22 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 17:00 — 2 players2026-09-25 00:00 — 3 players2026-09-26 08:00 — 1 players2026-09-27 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 23:00 — 1 players2026-09-30 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 14:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 21:00 — 1 players2026-10-04 05:00 — 1 players2026-10-05 13:00 — 2 players2026-10-06 20:00 — 2 players2026-10-08 04:00 — 3 players2026-10-09 11:00 — 1 players2026-10-10 19:00 — 1 players2026-10-12 03:00 — 1 players2026-10-13 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 18:00 — 3 players2026-10-15 09:00 — 3 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$16.99$8.432020-05-082026-10-152020-05-08 — best price $13.492021-02-10 — best price $14.992021-05-26 — best price $14.992021-07-09 — best price $13.312021-10-09 — best price $14.992021-12-04 — best price $14.992022-01-14 — best price $14.992022-05-02 — best price $11.242022-07-07 — best price $14.992022-08-18 — best price $16.992022-11-04 — best price $16.992022-12-12 — best price $11.042023-01-18 — best price $13.452023-03-15 — best price $16.992023-04-23 — best price $11.892023-05-18 — best price $11.892023-06-23 — best price $9.852023-07-21 — best price $9.512023-08-18 — best price $11.892023-09-23 — best price $16.992023-11-01 — best price $10.192023-12-07 — best price $16.992024-01-02 — best price $16.992024-02-11 — best price $12.142024-03-09 — best price $11.552024-04-09 — best price $11.042024-06-19 — best price $11.042024-10-08 — best price $16.992025-01-02 — best price $16.992025-04-03 — best price $10.532025-06-16 — best price $16.992025-09-06 — best price $16.992025-11-25 — best price $10.192026-03-13 — best price $10.192026-06-09 — best price $16.992026-08-24 — best price $10.192026-09-10 — best price $10.192026-09-25 — best price $16.992026-10-10 — best price $16.992026-10-15 — best price $10.19
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

52
achievements tracked
56.7%
earned "GOT SOME HEALTH?"
5.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportGamepad RecommendedDualShock Controller SupportStatsFamily Sharing

4 supported languages: English, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Traditional Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)5531%52
PS5 (PlayStation)39013%45
Xbox Series (Xbox)1241%44
PS4 (PlayStation)757%45

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

Player tags

DarkGoreIndieActionHorrorSci-fiViolentZombiesAdventureCyberpunk

Census log

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

Recent updates

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