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Projection: First Light cover art

Projection: First Light

Shadowplay Studios · Blowfish Studios · 2020-09-29

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ActionAdventureCasualIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Sep 29, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Sep 29, 2020 (PlayStation 4), Sep 29, 2020 (Nintendo Switch), Oct 07, 2019 (Mac), Sep 19, 2019 (iOS), Sep 29, 2020 (Xbox One)

Projection: First Light follows Greta on a puzzle-platforming adventure through a mythological shadow puppet world, as she embarks on a journey across cultures meeting legendary heroes.

Projection: First Light is an Action, Adventure, Casual, Indie game released in 2020, priced at $19.99, with an estimated owner base of 0 .. 20,000 and a Positive review sentiment (85% of 26 reviews).— census verdict as of 2026-09-27

85%
positive of 26 reviews
Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
4.08★
PlayStation Store rating (91 ratings)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$19.99
steam price (US)
Projection: First Light is a puzzle-platform video game developed by Australian indie developer Shadowplay Studios and published by Blowfish Studios. A prototype of the game was created in Global Game Jam 2016; the developers then teamed up with another Australian Indie studio SweatyChair to create the game in full. It was originally released on iOS through Apple Arcade as a launch title on September 19, 2019, and on Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch on September 29, 2019.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 9 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 0% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 68% of 27,682 Action games in the census by review count.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 0 of 4 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
2220202026Week of 2020-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Attention

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Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudFamily Sharing

14 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Dutch, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese…

Census log

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