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Farlight 84
Hey Lightcatchers! Are you ready for massive 60-player shootouts? Enjoy fast-paced hero shooter action in Farlight 84!
In short, Steam reviewers most often praise “Fast movement and hero abilities” (23 of 99 reviews) and “Beginner-friendly, easy to learn” (6); the most common complaint is “Bots dominate matches” (28). What reviewers agree on ↓
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-26.
What the most-helpful reviewers agree on
23 of the 99 reviews raise this.
“Fun game if you like battle royales has many guns characters and custom options but needs more players every lobby is loaded with bots”
“pain. its like fortnite but with special powers and everyone is bad so its really fun as even a living skill issue like me can get wins easily. sometimes however, in ranked for some reason i get in duos or even alone…”
“Play this game off and on. It for some reason gives me joy to kill bots but also when you meet a real player the skill to the game shows and is fun. I do miss the jetpacks that was truly the golden era of this game. But…”
6 of the 99 reviews raise this.
“pain. its like fortnite but with special powers and everyone is bad so its really fun as even a living skill issue like me can get wins easily. sometimes however, in ranked for some reason i get in duos or even alone…”
“Love this game, it has been changed a lot over the years and not always for the better. The Devs to thier credit are very responsive and passionate about thier game. The play style is easy to pick up and fun to play. It…”
“fun gameplay! i appreciate being able to play both first person and third person view. fun game mode, both ranked and unranked! great for those learning how to play fps as the controls/keybinds are easy to use.”
5 of the 99 reviews raise this.
“Farlight 84 is a blast - fast matches, smooth shooting with fun character abilities. A few bugs here and there but nothing that kills the fun. If you like FPS and battle royale games with a futuristic twist, this one's…”
“It's a really good game :D The gameplay is nice and the different characters r nice and easy to handle and play, my only request is being able to play solo matches and not only squad, that way I don't have to feel bad…”
“fun gameplay! i appreciate being able to play both first person and third person view. fun game mode, both ranked and unranked! great for those learning how to play fps as the controls/keybinds are easy to use.”
4 of the 99 reviews raise this.
“Love this game, it has been changed a lot over the years and not always for the better. The Devs to thier credit are very responsive and passionate about thier game. The play style is easy to pick up and fun to play. It…”
“NICE GRAPHICS I LOVE IT”
“This is my favorite shooter after CS2. It's perfect if you're into anime-style visuals and hip-hop music. The characters are fun and unique, each with their own abilities that make the gameplay more interesting. The…”
28 of the 99 reviews raise this · 14 of them still recommend the game.
“This game is trash. No wonder only 650 players on Steam. This game is SteamDeck certified but after playing the first match with bots I was banned because I was running a virtual machine software such as Linux or…”
“Fun game if you like battle royales has many guns characters and custom options but needs more players every lobby is loaded with bots”
“pain. its like fortnite but with special powers and everyone is bad so its really fun as even a living skill issue like me can get wins easily. sometimes however, in ranked for some reason i get in duos or even alone…”
15 of the 99 reviews raise this · 8 of them still recommend the game.
“This game is trash. No wonder only 650 players on Steam. This game is SteamDeck certified but after playing the first match with bots I was banned because I was running a virtual machine software such as Linux or…”
“It's really sad ever since the update of this game. The devs thought that copying what makes the other battle royals fun was the best choice to do and pretty much it's now going down a steep drop. The number of players…”
“Great game, but wish it was more popular.”
13 of the 99 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“Dev's kill their own game sadge removing jetpack which is one of the identity of the game. Their trying to be the next Apex and not sticking to their own style. I remember many streamers playing it and it already have…”
“As the OG player game has fallen apart, we need a come back as same OG game with jest packs”
“I am not sure if the devs read this, though I'm sure they never will. I loved your game during it's early life. I know, yes it's about the Jetpack. But the jetpack is the only thing that made your game unique. And…”
10 of the 99 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
“got banned in my first minute playing the game, likely due to linux and support website is faulty and doesnt send email verification code. I did however get unbanned a day later and the game has been going without…”
“ABSOLUT TRASH, it is EXACTLY like apex legends, they didnt even bother trying to hide that they copied ALL of it, classes, movement etc... but did an absolute terrible job at it, I couldnt even finish the training cos…”
“Game no longer allows me to play, crashes before every match, unable to play since april and no updates since then. every match is a bot lobby until you hit the upper ranks which is a grind just to play against real…”
9 of the 99 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“Interesting gaming experience, apex lagend liter version. worst server. ping 1000ms plus. cant even play. in 60player per game. you will find 5 real player. other than that theres only bot. Dev should fix the server.”
“Please add something new to this game. There are too few players, and the FPS keeps dropping. My PC is powerful, but the game is still very laggy.”
“Farlight 84 launched as a pretty unique take on a dynamic battle royale and immediately caught a lot of people’s attention. But it seems the developers never fully decided what they wanted the game to be. They kept…”
Note: these 99 most-helpful reviews lean more negative than the game overall — 61% of them recommend it, against 76.0% across all 55,602 reviews.
Counted across 99 English reviews (the 99 most helpful) · as of 2026-09-26
“After the removal of jetpack,the game lost its uniqueness and how different and much fun to play than other battle royale games,they remove the best thing in the game and i think thats why many players quit and i hope they bring it back.I trully believed that this game has the…”
— a player, Steam review · 21 hrs played“Its not a bad game but jfc it feels like I have to climb to top 500 just to shoot at real people. IT DOES NOT SUPPORT LINUX! ProtonDB lists it as Gold status but it requires some shenanigans to play; however, there are multiple accounts of players getting banned. So its not…”
— a player, Steam review · 41 hrs played“Devs or who ever made the patch from 2024, they are the one responsible for this game dying. The game is already reach a point where is will be stable but yah the team have an idea "Lets remove the core function that this game separate from other battle royale game, Lets remove…”
— a player, Steam review · 272 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-08 via SteamCharts.
Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Farlight 84 New Season Update: "Shadow Academy"
Dear Lightcatcher: Greetings! The new season, "Shadow Academy", will go live on April 23 at 04:00 UTC. See below for details on the latest update: · New Triumph Tracker "Shadow Academy" added, includi
Farlight 84 No-Downtime Patch Notes (February 11)
Dear Lightcatcher: Greetings! A game update will be released on February 11 at 02:00 UTC. No server downtime will be required. See below for details on update content: · Added the new Marine Commander
Farlight 84 New Season Update: "Spring Supreme"
Dear Lightcatcher: Greetings! The new season, "Spring Supreme", will go live on February 5 at 06:00 UTC. See below for details on the latest update: 1. Tactical Skill: Ether Springboard · Places a spr
Farlight 84 No-Downtime Patch Notes (January 22)
Dear Lightcatcher: Greetings! A game update will be released on January 22 at 02:00 UTC. No server downtime will be required. See below for details on update content: · Added the new Strange Tales ite
Season 2 Update Patch Notes
Dear Lightcatchers, The new Season 2, “Mecha Madness,” is scheduled to launch on December 25 ! A bold sci-fi aesthetic enters the battlefield, featuring the smart-locking Hornet Pistol , upgraded mele
Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-26.
| Genres | Action, Adventure, Massively Multiplayer, Free To Play |
| Player tags | Free to Play · Battle Royale · Multiplayer · Shooter · Hero Shooter · Third-Person Shooter · Vehicular Combat · Sci-fi · MOBA · Third Person · Massively Multiplayer · PvP (Steam store community voting) |
| Features | Multi-player · PvP · Online PvP · Co-op · Online Co-op · Cross-Platform Multiplayer · Full controller support · In-App Purchases |
| Languages | English * , Simplified Chinese * , Spanish - Spain, Japanese * , Portuguese - Brazil, Portuguese - Portugal, Spanish - Latin America * |
| Controller | Full support |
| Official site | https://farlight84.farlightgames.com/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS: 64-bit Windows 10 Processor: Intel Core i3-6300 or Equivalent Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce® GTX 660 or Equivalent DirectX: Version 11 Network: Broadband Internet connection Storage: 50 GB available space