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Strayed Lights cover art

Strayed Lights

Embers · 2023-04-25

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreEpic Games StoreMicrosoft Store

ActionAdventureCasualIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Apr 25, 2023 (PlayStation 4), Apr 25, 2023 (PlayStation 5), Apr 25, 2023 (Xbox One), Apr 25, 2023 (Xbox Series X|S), Apr 25, 2023 (Nintendo Switch), Apr 25, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Strayed Lights is a colourful action-adventure featuring epic boss fights and a unique parry-based combat system. Shift between colours to repel attacks and strike back. Explore a dreamlike world as you restore your light that was torn by shadows.

80%
positive of 493 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
73/100
critic score (4 outlets, IGDB)
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$12.99
steam price (US)

Play as a newborn flame torn by shadows. Progress in a hostile world on a quest to restore your light by facing your inner demons and helping beings along the way. Unlock new abilities as your light brightens. Find your siblings who went rogue, each deformed by a specific emotion. Battle these monstrous forms and pacify the emotions that control them. Face your inner demons taken form to hinder your progress.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 22 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity down 27% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 39% of 13,396 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 9.9k–22k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 493 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Epic Games Store$3.89-70%
GOG$3.89-70%
Microsoft Store$3.89-70%
DreamGame$3.90-70%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$3.90-70%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.07 at Fanatical (2025-11-21) · bundled 4×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 155 of 165 observed days · $1.82 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
424220232026Week of 2023-04-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$24.99$0.002023-04-062026-09-092023-04-06 — best price $24.992023-06-30 — best price $17.492023-09-12 — best price $24.992023-10-09 — best price $11.992023-11-14 — best price $11.992023-12-07 — best price $19.992024-01-01 — best price $24.992024-01-27 — best price $24.992024-02-20 — best price $24.992024-03-22 — best price $13.742024-04-20 — best price $24.992024-05-21 — best price $9.742024-06-19 — best price $8.442024-07-17 — best price $9.742024-08-03 — best price $10.222024-08-26 — best price $8.442024-09-19 — best price $6.492024-11-11 — best price $12.992024-12-19 — best price $3.242025-02-18 — best price $0.002025-04-03 — best price $12.992025-06-04 — best price $12.992025-07-17 — best price $3.742025-08-14 — best price $3.892025-09-15 — best price $2.202025-10-08 — best price $12.992025-11-05 — best price $12.992025-11-29 — best price $10.282025-12-23 — best price $12.992026-01-20 — best price $12.992026-02-13 — best price $3.322026-03-07 — best price $3.252026-03-27 — best price $3.292026-04-16 — best price $4.992026-05-13 — best price $3.722026-06-02 — best price $12.992026-07-16 — best price $3.042026-09-03 — best price $3.892026-09-09 — best price $3.89
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

26
achievements tracked
95.1%
earned "Newborn"
21.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudFamily Sharing2 DLC

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

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)5926%26
PS5 (PlayStation)39321%26
Xbox Series, Xbox One (Xbox)1709%26
PS4 (PlayStation)4420%26
Switch (Nintendo)110%0

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

Player tags

3DActionCasualFantasySurrealColorfulStylizedCinematicSouls-likeAtmospheric

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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