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Lightracer Spark cover art

Lightracer Spark

Smartmelon Games · 2023-04-12

SteamEpic Games Store

IndieRPGStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Apr 12, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Lightracer Spark is a Sci-Fi Narrative game. You are an amender from a high civilization, descending to various extraterrestrial worlds. Guide living beings to prosperity, or nip a spark in the bud. Accumulate strength through choices and strategies to grasp the rise and fall of all civilizations.

Lightracer Spark is an Indie, RPG and Strategy game released in 2023, priced at $12.99, with an estimated 100,000 to 200,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (84% of 1017 reviews).

5
playing now
84%
positive of 1.0k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$12.99
steam price (US)

5 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 15:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 5 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 46 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~6/week).
  • · Review velocity down 32% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (365 reviews).
  • · Top 10% of 49,650 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 20k–46k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,017 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $9.09 at Steam (2025-12-05)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $12.99 · on sale 11 of 20 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
28728720232026Week of 2023-04-01: 287 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 78 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

902026-09-15 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 09:00 — 2 players2026-09-17 16:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 00:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 07:00 — 7 players2026-09-21 15:00 — 8 players2026-09-22 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 06:00 — 3 players2026-09-25 13:00 — 3 players2026-09-26 21:00 — 3 players2026-09-28 04:00 — 4 players2026-09-29 12:00 — 6 players2026-09-30 19:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 03:00 — 2 players2026-10-03 10:00 — 1 players2026-10-04 19:00 — 3 players2026-10-06 02:00 — 5 players2026-10-07 10:00 — 9 players2026-10-08 17:00 — 2 players2026-10-10 01:00 — 1 players2026-10-11 08:00 — 5 players2026-10-12 16:00 — 4 players2026-10-13 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 5 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
743Apr 2023Aug 2026Apr 2023 — avg 74 · peak 562May 2023 — avg 10 · peak 42Jun 2023 — avg 8 · peak 30Jul 2023 — avg 6 · peak 18Aug 2023 — avg 28 · peak 224Sep 2023 — avg 8 · peak 31Oct 2023 — avg 5 · peak 23Nov 2023 — avg 22 · peak 138Dec 2023 — avg 12 · peak 47Jan 2024 — avg 9 · peak 25Feb 2024 — avg 11 · peak 31Mar 2024 — avg 9 · peak 33Apr 2024 — avg 7 · peak 33May 2024 — avg 5 · peak 25Jun 2024 — avg 6 · peak 23Jul 2024 — avg 8 · peak 27Aug 2024 — avg 7 · peak 21Sep 2024 — avg 9 · peak 37Oct 2024 — avg 9 · peak 34Nov 2024 — avg 6 · peak 21Dec 2024 — avg 6 · peak 23Jan 2025 — avg 15 · peak 69Feb 2025 — avg 7 · peak 26Mar 2025 — avg 9 · peak 37Apr 2025 — avg 4 · peak 16May 2025 — avg 5 · peak 19Jun 2025 — avg 5 · peak 15Jul 2025 — avg 5 · peak 20Aug 2025 — avg 5 · peak 15Sep 2025 — avg 4 · peak 15Oct 2025 — avg 4 · peak 16Nov 2025 — avg 4 · peak 14Dec 2025 — avg 6 · peak 19Jan 2026 — avg 4 · peak 14Feb 2026 — avg 4 · peak 14Mar 2026 — avg 4 · peak 10May 2026 — avg 4 · peak 13Jun 2026 — avg 5 · peak 14Jul 2026 — avg 3 · peak 10Aug 2026 — avg 3 · peak 11
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$12.99$9.092023-04-122026-08-082023-04-12 — best price $11.692023-04-20 — best price $12.992023-06-22 — best price $11.692023-07-13 — best price $12.992023-08-07 — best price $10.392023-08-16 — best price $12.992023-10-02 — best price $11.692023-11-04 — best price $12.992023-11-17 — best price $11.692023-11-28 — best price $12.992023-12-15 — best price $11.692024-01-05 — best price $10.392024-02-05 — best price $10.392024-02-19 — best price $10.392024-06-27 — best price $10.392024-07-31 — best price $12.992024-09-09 — best price $10.392024-10-28 — best price $12.992024-11-24 — best price $10.392024-12-19 — best price $10.392025-01-13 — best price $10.392025-03-13 — best price $10.392025-05-15 — best price $12.992025-07-26 — best price $9.742025-10-06 — best price $12.992025-12-05 — best price $9.092026-02-26 — best price $12.992026-04-13 — best price $12.992026-04-27 — best price $10.392026-06-13 — best price $9.092026-07-27 — best price $12.992026-08-08 — best price $12.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

40
achievements tracked
85%
earned "AI Takeover"
18.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam CloudFamily Sharing2 DLC

2 supported languages: English, Simplified Chinese

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2023-08-08, latest 2023-11-16 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1282%40

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

Player tags

RPGCRPGDramaIndieSpaceSci-fiStrategyLore-RichSpace SimStory Rich

Census log

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

Recent updates

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