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Daylight

Daylight

You awake, trapped in an abandoned hospital. Your only source of light is your phone. You hit a dead-end and must turn around, but behind you lurks an eerie presence and strange noises... Experience Daylight, a procedurally generated psychological thriller for your PC.

Released Apr 29, 2014 Developer Zombie Studios Platforms Windows HorrorAdventureFirst-PersonIndieFemale Protagonist
View on Steam ↗ $4.99 (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.

50.5%positive1,571 reviews
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“This game will scare the living ♥♥♥♥ out of you if you've never played it.”

— a player, Steam review · 0 hrs played
Not recommended · 0 found this helpful

“Cool atmosphere, but really lame story and execution.”

— a player, Steam review · 7 hrs played
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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.

16achievements
10.4%median completion
1.5%rarest: No Stone Unturned
41.2% of players 37.3% of players 21.7% of players 17.7% of players 16.4% of players 15.9% of players 15.6% of players 11.3% of players 10.4% of players 5.5% of players 5.4% of players 2.7% of players 2.2% of players 2.1% of players 1.6% of players 1.5% of players 41.2% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
41.2%A Bright Idea — Use a flare to keep a witch away.
37.3%Outpatient Procedure — Escape the hospital.
21.7%Prison Break — Escape the prison.
Rarest badges of honor
1.5%No Stone Unturned — Collect every single remnant.
1.6%Collector — Collect the thirteen cursed photos.
2.1%Sadomasochist — Finish the game on Hard difficulty.

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-25. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$4.99current · sampled 2026-07-26 08:39 UTC
$4.99lowest since tracking began2026-07-25
US4.99 USD
EU3.99 EUR
UK3.99 GBP
Australia7.50 AUD
Canada5.69 CAD
Japan520 JPY
Brazil10.89 BRL
China22.00 CNY

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

Brazil≈$2.1 Japan China Canada EU US Australia UK≈$5.3

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

Latest official news

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

Nov 11, 2014
Daylight in Russian

We know that there is an interest in Russian subtitles for Daylight. Fortunately, we happen to have a very awesome person who is fluent in Russian at the office and who was willing to take the time to

Nov 11, 2014
Daylight in Russian

We know that there is an interest in Russian subtitles for Daylight. Fortunately, we happen to have a very awesome person who is fluent in Russian at the office and who was willing to take the time to

May 23, 2014
Scare to Care!

Happy Friday! Join us on Saturday, May 23rd at 4PM PDT as we talk about Daylight for the Scare to Care stream: http://www.twitch.tv/scaretocare Scare to Care is a 48 Hour Gaming Marathon benefiting Ca

May 23, 2014
Scare to Care!

Happy Friday! Join us on Saturday, May 23rd at 4PM PDT as we talk about Daylight for the Scare to Care stream: http://www.twitch.tv/scaretocare Scare to Care is a 48 Hour Gaming Marathon benefiting Ca

May 16, 2014
Daylight Updates

Greetings! We have made some changes and further improvements to Daylight. 6/5/2014 - Added "Launch in safe mode" option. This is the same No SLI option with additions to fix crashes. 5/29/2014 - Upda

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Screenshots

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Facts & details

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

GenresAction, Adventure, Casual, Indie
Player tagsHorror · Adventure · First-Person · Indie · Female Protagonist · Action · Survival · Walking Simulator · Singleplayer · Survival Horror · Procedural Generation · Rogue-like (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Trading Cards · Captions available · Partial Controller Support · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish * , French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Russian *
Achievements16
Estimated owners200,000 – 500,000 (SteamSpy)
Official sitehttp://www.playdaylight.com/
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 SP1 (must have KB 2670838 installed) / Windows 8 / Windows 8.1 Processor: 2.3+ GHz Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: DX11 with Feature Level 11 DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 5 GB available space Additional Notes: Supported chipsets: NVIDIA 470 GTX or greater; Intel 4000 or greater. Laptop versions of these chipsets may not be supported. Updates to your video and sound card drivers may be required.