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Lichtspeer

Lichtspeer

LICHTSPEER is an unforgiving fast-paced lightspear-throwing simulator set in an ancient germanic future. Get ready to feel that beloved 80’s arcade rush in this brutal, stylish and psychedelic adventure. Embrace the future, eat Strudel, play LICHTSPEER.

Released Sep 27, 2016 Developer Lichthund Publisher Lichthund, Crunching Koalas Platforms Windows · Mac · Linux IndieActionAdventureGreat SoundtrackDifficult
View on Steam ↗ Free (US · as of 2026-05-19)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-28.

82.3%positive147 reviews
Recommended · 56 found this helpful

“ACHTUNG! Buy this game if: 1. You enjoy score attack games 2. Love throwing spears 3. Love 80's references with Hipster Ogres and Das Walrus' 4. Like Techno Mad Beats 5. Like Powerups which transform your Speer in different ways 6. Like awesome developers who help anytime you…”

— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs played
Recommended · 22 found this helpful

“As a German, it goes without saying the we start practicing with das Lichtspeer on the day we are born and set free to fight our way out of the horror or das Gebährkanal. While scenes in the game might seem a bit weird, even foreign to the non-native eye, ja, I assure you over…”

— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs played
Not recommended · 22 found this helpful

“Achtung! Lichtspeer is a fancy looking game with some hipster attitude, but ultimately it just plays like one of those mediocre flash games you might remember from earlier times... Yes, it is funny and entertaining at first but it turns out to be repetitive and frustating very…”

— a player, Steam review · 4 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. History through 2020-10 via SteamCharts; self-collected from the Steam API since Aug 2026.

18all-time peak
0 2 5 2017 2018 2019 2020 No data collected for this period No data collected for this period 3 avg · Oct 2016

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-28.

20achievements
5.4%median completion
0.9%rarest: I’ve been to hell and back
87.2% of players 78.3% of players 77.6% of players 70.1% of players 67.5% of players 65.5% of players 64.5% of players 26.0% of players 15.8% of players 14.8% of players 5.4% of players 3.3% of players 1.9% of players 1.4% of players 1.3% of players 1.1% of players 0.9% of players 0.9% of players 0.9% of players 0.9% of players 87.2% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
87.2%Lichtpowered — use a lichtpower for the first time
78.3%Killed a 100 enemies — Kill a 100 enemies
77.6%What? — get your first artifact
Rarest badges of honor
0.9%I’ve been to hell and back — get UBER ratings for all levels on rage quit difficulty
0.9%Blink, blink — get UBER ratings for all levels on normal difficulty
0.9%It happened! It happened! It happened! — finish the game on rage quit+ difficulty

Latest official news

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

Apr 17, 2024
Wishlist Food Truck Empire - the newest Lichthund game! 🐶⚡

Achtung, speer-throwers! 🔱 We want to thank you for your continuous support of Lichtspeer throughout the years - we have no words to describe our gratitude. Actually, we do - ⚡ über ! ⚡ On a more seri

Aug 19, 2019
Now available with thunderous drop-in drop-out co-op mode!

Greetings, fellow spear-throwers! A new version of Lichtspeer has been summoned - the Double Speer Edition is now available on Steam! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=522LpnIMumk What's new? Thanks to

Sep 01, 2017
PAX WEST 2017

Hello friends! We're currently at PAX West showing off some sweet LICHTSPEER co-op action. If you're around, be sure to come and visit booth #6003 (6th floor) and experience the Wunderbar space dog ac

Jan 31, 2017
Making of: The Special Edition

Gutentag people. We finally decided to post a little something about the creation of our very special, hand-made edition of LICHTSPEER. It consists of a cartridge a cassette (A REAL working CASSETTE)

Nov 11, 2016
Markiplier takes LICHTSPEER to the next level.

http://www.lichtspeer.com/promo/Lichtjousting.gif CHECK IT OUT!

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From our knowledge graph — ranked by shared traits, not a black box. Each card says why it's here.

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Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-28.

GenresAction, Adventure, Indie
Player tagsIndie · Action · Adventure · Great Soundtrack · Difficult · Funny · Arcade · 2D · Singleplayer · Stylized · Side Scroller · Colorful (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Cloud · Stats · Steam Leaderboards · Remote Play on TV
LanguagesEnglish, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain
ControllerFull support
Achievements20
Official sitehttp://www.lichtspeer.com/
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Windows XP 32 bit Processor: Intel Core™ 2 Duo 2.0+ GHz Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: DirectX 9+ Compatible DirectX: Version 9.0 Storage: 450 MB available space