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Lightracer: For Judge

Lightracer: For Judge

In a dystopian future, as The Judge with immense power, you journey through space to find hope in a divided society. This sci-fi adventure explores hope amidst adversity.

Released Jan 7, 2025 Developer Smartmelon Games Platforms Windows SimulationRPGExplorationVisual NovelAdventure
View on Steam ↗ $7.99 (US · as of 2026-09-25)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-04 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-13.

92.8%positive500 reviews
Not recommended · 0 found this helpful

“Honestly, I really loved Lightracer: Spark, I haven't even finished it but knew I wanted to play it to the end eventually. There are very miscellaneous grammar mistakes in that game but it is otherwise perfectly acceptable dialogue. This game, however, is absurd. There are…”

— a player, Steam review · 1 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 2026-09-19.

24achievements
36.2%median completion
2.9%rarest: Lightracer
88.6% of players 76.5% of players 73.2% of players 56.6% of players 55.6% of players 53.5% of players 49.9% of players 46.2% of players 45.3% of players 44.8% of players 44.2% of players 38.8% of players 36.2% of players 26.7% of players 23.0% of players 21.7% of players 20.7% of players 20.2% of players 15.8% of players 12.0% of players 11.2% of players 10.5% of players 4.2% of players 2.9% of players 88.6% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
88.6%Logos Reload — Complete the story of 3389 quarter 1.
76.5%Aeternus Never Yearn For World — Complete the story in Chapter 1.
73.2%Fund Holder — Hold diversified funds.
Rarest badges of honor
2.9%Lightracer — Complete all main endings of the game.
4.2%End before Start — Trigger the failure ending in Chapter 1.
10.5%Synchronicity — Reach the ending [Synchronicity]

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-08-12. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$7.99−20% right nowcurrent · sampled 2026-09-25 21:36 UTC
$9.99base price
$7.99lowest since tracking began2026-09-17
US7.99 USD−20%
EU7.80 EUR−20%
UK6.80 GBP−20%
Australia11.60 AUD−20%
Canada10.39 CAD−20%
Japan960 JPY−20%
Brazil26.39 BRL−20%
China27.20 CNY−20%

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

China≈$4.1 Brazil Japan Canada US Australia EU UK≈$9.0

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-09-25). Relative comparison only.

$0 $10 $20 08-12 08-21 08-30 09-08 09-16 09-25

Latest official news

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

Jul 27, 2026
The sea of stars stretches on; you and I will meet again

Long time no see, everyone. It's me, your old friend — the Answer Machine (问答机), the writer of the Lightracer series. Since Lightracer: For Judge came out, it's been far too long since I last talked w

Jan 13, 2025
Week 1 Patch 4

Dear Judge, Based on your feedback, we’ve made further optimizations and fixes to improve the game. Adjustments Added a fast resource collection feature for Hashrate and Region. Players can choose to

Jan 11, 2025
Week 1 Patch 3

Dear Judge Based on your feedback, we’ve made further optimizations and fixes to improve the game. Adjustments Reduced the difficulty of Hashrate Added an option to skip the animation for Decipher Opt

Jan 10, 2025
Week 1 Patch 2 (Mini-games, Plugin Adjustments, and Known Bug Fixes) & Our Thank

Dear Judge, Since the release of Lightracer: For Judge, we have received numerous suggestions and words of encouragement from you all. Thank you so much! Over the past few days, the Lightracer develop

Jan 08, 2025
Launch Day Hotfix Patch

Fixes include: Fixed potential storyline errors in Season 2 of Year 3413, Season 3 of Year 3393, and Season 1 of Year 3409. Fixed an issue where the report button might not be visible. Fixed an issue

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Screenshots

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Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-13.

GenresAdventure, Indie, RPG, Simulation, Strategy
Player tagsSimulation · RPG · Exploration · Visual Novel · Adventure · Political Sim · Space · Choices Matter · Multiple Endings · Sci-fi · Drama · Dystopian (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing
LanguagesSimplified Chinese, English, Traditional Chinese
Achievements24
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: 64-bit Windows 7/10 Processor: i5-2400 3.1GHZ Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: GTX650Ti 2GB DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 2 GB available space Sound Card: DirectX compatible