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Turn on the light cover art

Turn on the light

Thedox Games · 2020-07-07

Steam

CasualIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jul 07, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jul 07, 2020 (Linux)

Turn On The Light is a minimalist puzzle game.

95%
positive of 182 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$0.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 14 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 18% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 35% of 15,737 Casual games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 3.6k–8.2k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 182 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.49 at Steam (2020-08-10)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $0.99 · on sale 6 of 12 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
171720202026Week of 2020-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$0.99$0.492020-07-072026-07-092020-07-07 — best price $0.992020-09-28 — best price $0.492020-11-02 — best price $0.992020-11-25 — best price $0.492021-01-05 — best price $0.992021-02-11 — best price $0.492021-03-08 — best price $0.992021-06-07 — best price $0.792021-07-08 — best price $0.992021-10-04 — best price $0.592021-11-01 — best price $0.992021-12-06 — best price $0.592022-01-05 — best price $0.992022-02-07 — best price $0.592022-04-04 — best price $0.992022-06-06 — best price $0.592022-07-07 — best price $0.992022-08-15 — best price $0.592022-10-31 — best price $0.992022-12-05 — best price $0.592023-01-05 — best price $0.992023-02-27 — best price $0.592023-04-24 — best price $0.492023-06-12 — best price $0.992023-07-17 — best price $0.792023-10-23 — best price $0.992023-12-21 — best price $0.592024-02-12 — best price $0.992024-04-08 — best price $0.692024-07-11 — best price $0.992024-10-07 — best price $0.692024-12-04 — best price $0.992025-03-13 — best price $0.642025-08-25 — best price $0.992025-10-27 — best price $0.692026-01-05 — best price $0.992026-05-11 — best price $0.692026-07-09 — best price $0.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

1
achievements tracked
62.3%
earned "Light on"
62.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

2DIndieLogicShortCasualPuzzleAbstractRelaxingEducationElectronic

Census log

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

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