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Incandescent cover art

Incandescent

Stephen Crabb · 2015-06-30

Steam

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jun 30, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Incandescent is a fast paced action arcade game that scales the difficulty to your skill level. The goal is simple, pilot your ship and defend yourself against waves of unique enemies and bosses. Different powerups will drop to help you with upgrades to your weapons and health.

0
playing now
69%
positive of 180 reviews
Mixed
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
50/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
$0.49
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 07:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 60% of 10,862 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 4.5k–11k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 180 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$0.49-51%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.29 at Steam (2022-11-23) · bundled 8×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $0.99 · on sale 9 of 18 observed days (census price snapshots)

Players online

302026-08-11 18:00 — 1 players2026-08-12 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 09:00 — 3 players2026-08-15 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 16:00 — 1 players2026-08-16 08:00 — 1 players2026-08-17 00:00 — 1 players2026-08-17 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 00:00 — 1 players2026-08-19 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 14:00 — 1 players2026-08-26 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 14:00 — 1 players2026-08-30 07:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$1.99$0.292015-01-012026-08-242015-01-01 — best price $0.992015-09-07 — best price $1.992016-01-04 — best price $1.992016-07-04 — best price $1.992016-10-03 — best price $0.492017-02-23 — best price $0.992017-10-09 — best price $0.992018-02-19 — best price $0.992018-09-17 — best price $0.492018-12-21 — best price $0.492019-07-09 — best price $0.992019-11-11 — best price $0.992020-01-24 — best price $0.492020-06-08 — best price $0.992020-11-16 — best price $0.492021-02-11 — best price $0.492021-06-24 — best price $0.492021-11-24 — best price $0.492022-04-11 — best price $0.492022-10-31 — best price $0.492023-01-16 — best price $0.292023-05-22 — best price $0.292023-11-21 — best price $0.492024-03-14 — best price $0.492024-07-15 — best price $0.492024-11-27 — best price $0.492025-03-13 — best price $0.492025-07-14 — best price $0.492025-12-18 — best price $0.492026-05-11 — best price $0.492026-08-24 — best price $0.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsGamepad RecommendedSteam CloudFamily Sharing

3 supported languages: English, German, Russian

Player tags

2DIndieActionArcadeCasualShoot 'Em UpTwin Stick Shooter

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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