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Dark and Light

Dark and Light

Dark and Light is a vast sandbox survival RPG set in a world dominated by powerful elemental forces. Find your way in a meticulously crafted world, featuring breathtaking landscapes, a wide variety of mythical creatures, and limitless possibility to craft, build, and unlock dozens of powerful weapon

Released Jul 20, 2017 Developer Snail Games USA Platforms Windows Open WorldSurvivalMassively MultiplayerRPGSandbox
View on Steam ↗ $17.99 (US · as of 2026-07-26)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.

52.5%positive11,690 reviews
Recommended · 4 found this helpful

“Fun in its own way. Play the game on own merits then its alot of fun”

— a player, Steam review · 454 hrs played
Recommended · 2 found this helpful

“its an amazing game with majic monsters and building that a person can play like an rpg without the need for having to colaberate with others to be sucsessful”

— a player, Steam review · 105 hrs played
Not recommended · 95 found this helpful

“Not sure how a game is allowed to remain for sale in early access despite not having been updated in over 6 years. Steam should have more integrity than that”

— a player, Steam review · 13 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-24 00:21 UTC · history via SteamCharts.

18playing at last check
2224-hour peak
14,029all-time peak
0 5k 10k 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 6.4k avg · Aug 2017

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.

29achievements
3.5%median completion
0.4%rarest: Conqueror
33.0% of players 21.6% of players 21.2% of players 17.5% of players 15.6% of players 15.6% of players 15.6% of players 11.4% of players 11.0% of players 9.0% of players 8.6% of players 6.6% of players 5.2% of players 3.5% of players 3.5% of players 1.3% of players 1.2% of players 1.0% of players 1.0% of players 0.9% of players 0.6% of players 0.5% of players 0.5% of players 0.5% of players 0.5% of players 0.4% of players 0.4% of players 0.4% of players 0.4% of players 33.0% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
33.0%Survival of the Fittest — Slay your first creature.
21.6%City Dweller — Complete the "City Dweller" quest chain.
21.2%A New World — Complete the "New World" quest chain.
Rarest badges of honor
0.4%Conqueror — Slay 50 players with a single character.
0.4%Master Blacksmith — Complete all Smithing Mastery quests.
0.4%From Rags... — Donate gold coins to vendors to reach Vagabond I status.

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$17.99current · sampled 2026-07-26 08:39 UTC
$17.99lowest since tracking began2026-07-11
US17.99 USD
EU14.99 EUR
UK13.99 GBP
Australia25.95 AUD
Canada20.49 CAD
Japan1,840 JPY
Brazil34.99 BRL
China98.00 CNY

Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.

Brazil≈$6.9 Japan China Canada EU US Australia UK≈$19

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-07-24). Relative comparison only.

$0 $10 $20 07-11 07-13 07-16 07-19 07-22 07-26

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Sep 03, 2020
Permanent 2x Harvest and Exp

Hello Adventurers! We'd like to apologize for the recent server issues. We have decided to permanently activate 2x harvest and exp starting on 9/4 at 12:00 AM Pacific Time. Servers will go down for 2-

Mar 28, 2020
2x Exp and 2x Harvest now until 04/06

Hello Adventurers, 2x Harvest and 2x Experience has been activated for all Official servers and will run until April 6. We hope everyone is staying safe and healthy during these difficult times! Note

Nov 27, 2019
Announcement on Server Transfer Loss

Hello Adventurers Due to the abuse of transfer related complications, we will be suspending compensation for transfer losses until further notice. The development team will continue to investigate and

Nov 14, 2019
Dark and Light Halloween Patch Ends

Greetings Adventurers, We hope you were enjoying the Halloween content. Unfortunately, it is time for Halloween Skeleton and Mini Elite Dark Wraith to say goodbye to the Graveyard. However, the Hallow

Oct 26, 2019
Dark and Light Halloween Patch

Greetings Adventurers, Our Halloween update will be at 1:00 am PDT on October 26th. Remember to keep an eye out for the in-game message for when the servers will be closing for the update! Warning! Me

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Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.

GenresAction, Adventure, Massively Multiplayer, RPG, Simulation, Early Access
Player tagsOpen World · Survival · Massively Multiplayer · RPG · Sandbox · Fantasy · Adventure · Magic · MMORPG · Early Access · Open World Survival Craft · Action (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Multi-player · PvP · Online PvP · LAN PvP · Co-op · Online Co-op · LAN Co-op
LanguagesEnglish * , Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Russian, Korean, Spanish - Spain, German, French *
Achievements29
Estimated owners500,000 – 1,000,000 (SteamSpy)
Official sitehttp://www.playdnl.com/
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: 64-Bit Windows 7 Service Pack 1, Windows 8, or Windows 10 Processor: Intel Core i5 2500K Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: GeForce GTX 960 or higher DirectX: Version 10 Storage: 50 GB available space