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When the Light Dies

Electric Monkeys · PQube · 2024-10-28

Steam

Action

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: May 02, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Step into a world of shadow and obscurity as a lone survivor fighting to keep the darkness and the horrors that lurk within at bay. Seek out precious supplies, reinforce your arsenal, and uncover forbidden knowledge to unleash the terrifying powers of the ‘Old Ones’.

77%
positive of 99 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$4.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 25 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity up 0% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 59% of 14,460 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 2.0k–4.5k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 99 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.99 at Steam (2026-07-30)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 9 of 18 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
202020242026Week of 2024-05-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$4.99$1.992024-05-022026-08-132024-05-02 — best price $4.492024-06-27 — best price $4.492024-08-15 — best price $4.492024-09-23 — best price $3.992024-10-28 — best price $3.742024-11-27 — best price $3.492024-12-19 — best price $3.342025-02-17 — best price $3.242025-03-13 — best price $3.242025-05-26 — best price $3.242025-06-27 — best price $3.242025-08-13 — best price $4.242025-09-29 — best price $2.992025-10-27 — best price $2.992025-12-04 — best price $2.742025-12-18 — best price $2.742026-02-13 — best price $2.492026-03-19 — best price $2.492026-06-08 — best price $2.242026-06-25 — best price $2.242026-07-30 — best price $1.992026-08-13 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportSteam Input API SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing

4 supported languages: English, German, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese

Player tags

2DGothicHorrorSurvivalRogue-likeRogue-liteBullet HellLovecraftianPixel GraphicsSurvival Horror

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.