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Night Lights cover art

Night Lights

· Meridian4 · 2019-06-07

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreEpic Games StoreMicrosoft Store

AdventureCasualIndieStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Nov 26, 2021 (Nintendo Switch), Nov 26, 2021 (PlayStation 4), Nov 26, 2021 (PlayStation 5), Nov 26, 2021 (Xbox One), Nov 26, 2021 (Xbox Series X|S)

Night Lights is a relaxing puzzle platformer where you manipulate light and shadow to guide a small robot through a calm, atmospheric world.

Night Lights is a 2019 Adventure, Casual, Indie, and Strategy game priced at $4.99, with an estimated 50,000 to 100,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (84% of 79 reviews).

0
playing now
84%
positive of 79 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
3.78★
PlayStation Store rating (45 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$4.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 03:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 10 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 11% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 45% of 28,619 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 2.0k–4.7k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 79 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$1.49-70%
Microsoft Store$4.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.64 at Fanatical (2024-11-22)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 102 of 152 observed days · $0.85 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
7720192026Week of 2019-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 20:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 14:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 14:00 — 1 players2026-10-08 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 05:00 — 1 players2026-10-11 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 03:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$9.99$0.642019-06-072026-10-142019-06-07 — best price $8.992020-01-12 — best price $7.492020-09-10 — best price $9.992021-06-21 — best price $9.992021-12-03 — best price $8.892022-02-23 — best price $8.892022-05-10 — best price $4.492022-07-20 — best price $3.142022-10-12 — best price $3.142022-12-12 — best price $1.992023-02-22 — best price $3.892023-05-05 — best price $1.992023-08-07 — best price $4.992023-10-23 — best price $1.992023-12-15 — best price $2.002024-02-10 — best price $4.992024-03-28 — best price $4.992024-05-27 — best price $4.992024-07-18 — best price $1.242024-09-02 — best price $1.242024-11-04 — best price $4.992024-12-19 — best price $0.992025-03-01 — best price $4.992025-05-06 — best price $4.992025-07-11 — best price $4.992025-10-07 — best price $0.992025-11-25 — best price $4.992026-02-12 — best price $0.992026-04-13 — best price $1.502026-06-15 — best price $1.492026-08-05 — best price $1.502026-09-08 — best price $0.992026-09-28 — best price $0.992026-10-14 — best price $1.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

15
achievements tracked
34.4%
earned "CUT!"
13.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportFamily Sharing

4 supported languages: English, French, Simplified Chinese, Russian

Player tags

2DCuteLinearPuzzleSokobanControllerPlatformerRogue-likeMetroidvania2D Platformer

Census log

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

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