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Lightmatter

Tunnel Vision Games · Aspyr · 2020-01-15

Steam

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jan 15, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jan 15, 2020 (PlayStation 4), Jan 15, 2020 (Xbox One)

A first-person puzzler where shadows kill you. Watch your step or be swallowed by the darkness.

0
playing now
92%
positive of 2.9k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
0/100
critic score (0 outlets, IGDB)
67/100
IGDB user rating (11 ratings)
5h
to beat · rushed 4h · completionist 6h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 03:00 UTC (census sample)

Lightmatter is a 2020 puzzle video game developed by Tunnel Vision Games and published by Aspyr for Microsoft Windows.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 67 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~8/week).
  • · Review velocity down 11% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 18% of 11,312 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 58k–131k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,907 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Humble Store$2.99-85%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$15.99-5%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.80 at Noctre (2025-02-10) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 94 of 140 observed days · $15.19 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
282820202026Week of 2020-01-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 11 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

402026-08-07 00:00 — 1 players2026-08-07 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-07 16:00 — 1 players2026-08-08 00:00 — 1 players2026-08-08 08:00 — 1 players2026-08-08 16:00 — 1 players2026-08-09 00:00 — 1 players2026-08-09 08:00 — 3 players2026-08-09 16:00 — 2 players2026-08-10 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-10 08:00 — 2 players2026-08-10 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-11 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-11 08:00 — 1 players2026-08-11 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 00:00 — 2 players2026-08-14 07:00 — 1 players2026-08-15 15:00 — 1 players2026-08-16 23:00 — 1 players2026-08-18 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 14:00 — 4 players2026-08-20 22:00 — 3 players2026-08-22 05:00 — 1 players2026-08-23 13:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 20:00 — 1 players2026-08-26 04:00 — 1 players2026-08-27 13:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 20:00 — 1 players2026-08-30 03:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$0.002020-01-132026-08-272020-01-13 — best price $19.992020-02-25 — best price $15.992020-05-05 — best price $9.992020-07-23 — best price $12.642020-09-21 — best price $19.992020-11-14 — best price $0.002020-12-28 — best price $7.502021-02-12 — best price $0.002021-04-02 — best price $6.382021-05-28 — best price $19.992021-08-02 — best price $3.992021-09-16 — best price $11.822021-11-23 — best price $19.992022-01-07 — best price $4.992022-03-21 — best price $16.992022-06-06 — best price $3.742022-08-07 — best price $4.282022-10-14 — best price $4.992022-12-05 — best price $15.802023-02-02 — best price $3.742023-04-06 — best price $3.952023-06-13 — best price $17.972023-08-10 — best price $19.992023-11-21 — best price $4.072024-02-08 — best price $4.992024-05-30 — best price $19.992024-07-25 — best price $19.992024-08-28 — best price $3.782024-10-11 — best price $4.992024-12-19 — best price $4.802025-02-27 — best price $19.992025-05-17 — best price $19.992025-07-25 — best price $2.302025-10-20 — best price $19.992025-12-12 — best price $18.792026-03-11 — best price $4.992026-05-22 — best price $19.992026-07-21 — best price $2.992026-08-27 — best price $15.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2402026-06-07 — 0 pageviews2026-06-14 — 1 pageviews2026-06-15 — 0 pageviews2026-06-16 — 1 pageviews2026-06-17 — 0 pageviews2026-06-23 — 0 pageviews2026-06-24 — 0 pageviews2026-07-01 — 0 pageviews2026-07-13 — 1 pageviews2026-07-20 — 0 pageviews2026-08-09 — 24 pageviews2026-08-10 — 6 pageviews2026-08-11 — 15 pageviews2026-08-12 — 15 pageviews2026-08-13 — 5 pageviews2026-08-14 — 21 pageviews2026-08-15 — 2 pageviews2026-08-16 — 14 pageviews2026-08-17 — 7 pageviews2026-08-18 — 8 pageviews2026-08-19 — 7 pageviews2026-08-20 — 6 pageviews2026-08-21 — 6 pageviews2026-08-22 — 7 pageviews2026-08-23 — 1 pageviews2026-08-24 — 5 pageviews2026-08-25 — 7 pageviews2026-08-26 — 7 pageviews2026-08-27 — 5 pageviews2026-08-28 — 6 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

23
achievements tracked
65.1%
earned "Say hello to my little friend"
10.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing

9 supported languages: English, Danish, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Russian, Simplified Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)4,46617%23

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

Player tags

3DDarkIndieLogicPuzzleSci-fiScienceAdventureNarrationFuturistic

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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