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The Light in the Darkness

Voices of the Forgotten · Arcade Distillery · 2024-01-26

SteamPlayStation StoreEpic Games Store

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Feb 17, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Sep 29, 2023 (PlayStation 4), May 26, 2023 (PlayStation 5), May 26, 2023 (Xbox Series X|S), May 26, 2023 (Xbox One)

The Light in the Darkness tells the story of a working-class family of Polish Jews in France during the Holocaust. It is the first videogame to portray the Holocaust, releasing free for educational purposes.

80%
positive of 66 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Free
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 20 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity down 5% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 61% of 17,804 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Review momentum

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Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportGamepad RecommendedFamily Sharing

3 supported languages: English, French, Arabic

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