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Project X: Light Years cover art

Project X: Light Years

MK_Games · 2025-08-15

Steam

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Aug 15, 2025 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Aug 15, 2025 (Linux)

The official Project X sequel ✨ Back after 30 years!🎮 A demanding, skill-based experience that rewards patience and mastery. Not every game is for everyone — this one is for players who love a real, fair challenge. Try the demo and see if you’re up for it. Failure teaches. Mastery rewards.

Project X: Light Years is a 2025 Action, Indie game priced at $17.99, with a Very Positive review sentiment (95% of 167 reviews).

95%
positive of 184 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$17.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 10 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 17% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (36 reviews).
  • · Top 30% of 27,727 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 3.7k–8.3k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 184 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $8.99 at Steam (2025-12-18)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 15 of 16 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
363620252026Week of 2025-08-15: 36 positiveWeek of 2025-08-22: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-08-29: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-09-05: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-09-12: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-19: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-09-26: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-10-03: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-10-10: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-24: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-31: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-07: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-14: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-21: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-11-21: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-28: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-28: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-05: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-12: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-19: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-12-19: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-26: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-02: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-01-02: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-09: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-23: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-30: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-06: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-13: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-20: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-27: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-20: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-27: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-03: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-10: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-17: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-05: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-12: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-03: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-10: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-17: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-31: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$24.99$8.992025-08-152026-08-142025-08-15 — best price $19.992025-08-22 — best price $24.992025-09-29 — best price $16.242025-10-06 — best price $24.992025-10-15 — best price $19.992025-10-16 — best price $24.992025-11-05 — best price $19.992025-11-15 — best price $13.992025-11-18 — best price $19.992025-11-27 — best price $17.992025-12-18 — best price $8.992026-01-05 — best price $17.992026-01-22 — best price $11.692026-01-29 — best price $17.992026-03-19 — best price $8.992026-03-26 — best price $17.992026-06-08 — best price $12.592026-06-15 — best price $17.992026-06-25 — best price $8.992026-07-09 — best price $17.992026-08-14 — best price $8.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
94.3%
earned "I. Guns Expert"
4.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsLinuxSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenPartial Controller SupportFamily Sharing1 DLC

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2026-03-23, latest 2026-08-31 (Steam store data)

Census log

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

Recent updates

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