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Sparklite cover art

Sparklite

Red Blue Games · Silver Lining Interactive · 2019-11-14

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreAmazonMicrosoft Store

ActionAdventureIndieRPG

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Nov 14, 2019 (Mac), Nov 13, 2019 (Nintendo Switch), Nov 14, 2019 (Linux), Nov 09, 2021 (iOS), Nov 09, 2021 (Android), Nov 14, 2019 (PlayStation 4)

Sparklite is an action-adventure set in a whimsical & ever-changing land. Battle foes using an arsenal of gadgets, guns, & gear. Gear up for adventure in the dangerous corners of the procedurally generated world, take down titans of the mining industry, & harness the power of Sparklite!

78%
positive of 686 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
75/100
critic score (6 outlets, IGDB)
60/100
IGDB user rating (10 ratings)
4.22★
PlayStation Store rating (208 ratings)
14h
time to beat (IGDB)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$24.99
steam price (US)
Sparklite is a 2019 action-adventure roguelite video game developed by Red Blue Games and published by Merge Games. The player controls Ada, an engineer stranded in the land of Geodia, where she battles the forces of a mining magnate known as the Baron.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 30 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~4/week).
  • · Review velocity up 0% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 18% of 28,107 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 17k–41k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 686 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Steam$2.48-90%
GOG$24.99
Microsoft Store$24.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.49 at MacGameStore (2026-02-05) · bundled 5×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 34 of 50 observed days · $0.99 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
414120192026Week of 2019-11-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 3 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$24.99$2.482026-08-062026-10-152026-08-06 — best price $3.152026-08-23 — best price $2.482026-08-25 — best price $2.482026-08-27 — best price $2.482026-08-29 — best price $2.482026-08-31 — best price $2.482026-09-02 — best price $2.482026-09-04 — best price $2.482026-09-12 — best price $24.992026-09-14 — best price $24.992026-09-16 — best price $24.992026-09-18 — best price $24.992026-09-20 — best price $2.502026-09-22 — best price $2.502026-09-24 — best price $2.502026-09-26 — best price $24.992026-09-28 — best price $2.502026-09-30 — best price $2.502026-10-02 — best price $2.492026-10-04 — best price $2.482026-10-06 — best price $2.482026-10-08 — best price $2.482026-10-10 — best price $2.482026-10-12 — best price $2.482026-10-14 — best price $24.992026-10-15 — best price $24.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2002026-08-11 — 20 pageviews2026-08-13 — 5 pageviews2026-08-15 — 1 pageviews2026-08-17 — 3 pageviews2026-08-19 — 5 pageviews2026-08-21 — 3 pageviews2026-08-23 — 6 pageviews2026-08-25 — 6 pageviews2026-08-27 — 2 pageviews2026-08-29 — 1 pageviews2026-08-31 — 2 pageviews2026-09-02 — 5 pageviews2026-09-04 — 12 pageviews2026-09-06 — 4 pageviews2026-09-08 — 6 pageviews2026-09-10 — 2 pageviews2026-09-12 — 4 pageviews2026-09-14 — 3 pageviews2026-09-16 — 6 pageviews2026-09-18 — 5 pageviews2026-09-20 — 4 pageviews2026-09-22 — 4 pageviews2026-09-24 — 1 pageviews2026-09-26 — 5 pageviews2026-09-28 — 3 pageviews2026-09-30 — 2 pageviews2026-10-02 — 4 pageviews2026-10-04 — 9 pageviews2026-10-06 — 2 pageviews2026-10-08 — 4 pageviews2026-10-10 — 5 pageviews2026-10-12 — 3 pageviews2026-10-14 — 3 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

27
achievements tracked
71.9%
earned "On Your Way"
24.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudRemote Play Together1 DLC

4 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2019-11-14 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,56516%27
PS4 (PlayStation)62744%27
Xbox One (Xbox)61518%27
PS4 (PlayStation)57947%27
Switch (Nintendo)460%0

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

Player tags

2DRPGIndieRetroActionFantasyTop-DownAdventureRogue-liteSingleplayer

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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