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Retrace the Light

Xiaming Game · 2025-11-20

SteamPlayStation StoreEpic Games Store

ActionAdventureIndieRPG

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jul 21, 2026 (PlayStation 5), Nov 21, 2025 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Dive into the immersive world of Retrace the Light, a captivating 2.5D action-adventure game centered around the "Spatial Retracing" feature. Assume the role of an Enforcer working for a super AI in a futuristic world, exploring the depths of human consciousness and healing their emotional wounds.

88%
positive of 256 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
4.19★
PlayStation Store rating (27 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$17.99
steam price (US)

For two hundred years, the AI YUAN has been working scrupulously to fulfill duties that she was designed to cover, from submitting to human’s will to providing necessary resources and HashRate. Under the rules made by her, there is no hunger, crimes or wars within the YUAN world. Neither is there any free wills. The ever-updating and -iterating Yuan has been more perfect than the very original one. Now she is behaving like a god, laying her eyes on humans without being perceived any of her real thoughts. Someone doubts that the Yuan has long since transformed from our servant to supreme God of(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 10 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 25% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (92 reviews).
  • · Top 51% of 12,264 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 5.1k12k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 256 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $10.79 at Steam (2026-06-25)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $17.99 · on sale 5 of 12 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
818120252026Week of 2025-11-21: 81 positiveWeek of 2025-11-21: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-11-28: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-11-28: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-05: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-12-05: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-12: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-12-12: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-19: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-26: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-26: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-02: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-01-02: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-09: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-16: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-13: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-20: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-27: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-20: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-17: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-24: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-08: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-29: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-12: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-12: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-03: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-10: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-17: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$17.99$10.792025-11-212026-07-092025-11-21 — best price $16.192025-12-04 — best price $17.992026-01-03 — best price $14.392026-01-10 — best price $17.992026-02-12 — best price $12.592026-02-25 — best price $17.992026-03-19 — best price $12.592026-03-26 — best price $17.992026-04-27 — best price $11.692026-05-11 — best price $17.992026-06-25 — best price $10.792026-07-09 — best price $17.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

24
achievements tracked
89.2%
earned "You're Finally Awake"
15.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportCustom Volume ControlsAdjustable DifficultyGamepad RecommendedKeyboard Only OptionDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportDualSense Controller Support1 DLC

5 supported languages: English, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Korean, Traditional Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS5 (PlayStation)307%24
Xbox Series (Xbox)20%24

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

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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