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Shardlight

Wadjet Eye Games · 2016-03-08

SteamGOG

AdventureIndieRPG

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Mar 08, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Mar 08, 2016 (Mac), Mar 08, 2016 (Linux)

A post-apocalyptic adventure game from the publisher that brought you Primordia, Gemini Rue and Technobabylon! A young woman stricken with a deadly plague searches for a cure in a hostile world.

Shardlight is a 2016 Adventure, Indie and RPG game priced at $14.99, estimated to have 50,000 .. 100,000 owners and a Very Positive sentiment (90% of 807 reviews).

0
playing now
90%
positive of 807 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
76/100
critic score (5 outlets, IGDB)
80/100
IGDB user rating (27 ratings)
9h
time to beat (IGDB)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$14.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 18:00 UTC (census sample)

Shardlight is an adventure game developed by Francisco Gonzalez and Ben Chandler and published by Wadjet Eye Games for the PC Windows in 2016.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 28 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~4/week).
  • · Review velocity down 22% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 15% of 28,821 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 20k–48k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 807 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$14.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.39 at GOG (2018-09-21) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 38 of 76 observed days · $12.60 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
141420182026Week of 2018-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

302026-09-15 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 19:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 16:00 — 1 players2026-09-26 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 22:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 13:00 — 2 players2026-10-04 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 05:00 — 1 players2026-10-07 12:00 — 2 players2026-10-08 20:00 — 1 players2026-10-10 03:00 — 3 players2026-10-11 11:00 — 3 players2026-10-12 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 02:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 18:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$2.592016-03-012026-10-152016-03-01 — best price $13.492016-11-22 — best price $10.492017-01-09 — best price $14.992017-05-22 — best price $14.992017-09-21 — best price $14.992017-12-27 — best price $14.992018-06-21 — best price $4.492018-12-13 — best price $2.992019-06-09 — best price $3.792019-10-07 — best price $14.992020-01-24 — best price $4.492020-05-04 — best price $7.492020-09-07 — best price $14.992021-03-08 — best price $4.492021-11-17 — best price $4.492022-01-27 — best price $4.492022-06-23 — best price $4.492022-11-29 — best price $14.992023-03-16 — best price $4.492023-06-11 — best price $4.492023-11-24 — best price $4.492024-01-22 — best price $14.992024-04-04 — best price $4.492024-07-04 — best price $14.992024-10-15 — best price $4.492024-11-27 — best price $4.492025-03-20 — best price $14.992025-08-07 — best price $4.492025-10-08 — best price $14.992026-01-05 — best price $14.992026-03-26 — best price $14.992026-08-29 — best price $14.992026-09-08 — best price $14.992026-09-18 — best price $4.492026-09-28 — best price $4.492026-10-08 — best price $14.992026-10-15 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2002026-05-31 — 14 pageviews2026-06-04 — 0 pageviews2026-06-08 — 11 pageviews2026-06-12 — 6 pageviews2026-06-16 — 8 pageviews2026-06-20 — 4 pageviews2026-06-24 — 5 pageviews2026-06-28 — 20 pageviews2026-07-02 — 15 pageviews2026-07-06 — 13 pageviews2026-07-10 — 19 pageviews2026-07-14 — 12 pageviews2026-07-18 — 6 pageviews2026-07-22 — 10 pageviews2026-07-26 — 6 pageviews2026-07-30 — 4 pageviews2026-08-03 — 8 pageviews2026-08-07 — 9 pageviews2026-08-11 — 2 pageviews2026-08-15 — 11 pageviews2026-08-19 — 6 pageviews2026-08-23 — 12 pageviews2026-08-27 — 0 pageviews2026-08-31 — 5 pageviews2026-09-04 — 8 pageviews2026-09-08 — 17 pageviews2026-09-12 — 5 pageviews2026-09-16 — 7 pageviews2026-09-20 — 6 pageviews2026-09-24 — 12 pageviews2026-09-28 — 7 pageviews2026-10-02 — 20 pageviews2026-10-06 — 5 pageviews2026-10-09 — 6 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

19
achievements tracked
53%
earned "Child At Heart"
28.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsCaptions availableSteam CloudCommentary availableFamily Sharing1 DLC

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2016-03-08 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,30219%19

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

Player tags

2DIndiePuzzleClassicMysteryAdventureStory RichAtmosphericSingleplayerThird Person

Census log

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

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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