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My Light In The Dark
My Light In The Dark is a short story about a girl who lives with her abusive mother. The girl finds out some dark secrets about her mother, and she has to find a way to escape the house.
View on Steam ↗ Free (US · as of 2026-05-13)What players say
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“Absolutely thumbs up. A great, short game with a plot that hits you in the feels. 8/10”
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My Light In The Dark Update
- Text system overhaul - Dialogue Update - Title Screen updated
Remake of My Light In The Dark is out now!
Relight The Dark is a chilling and emotionally charged short horror experience that tells a story about a girl living with her abusive mother. Remade with some changes, the story is darker, scarier, a
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Screenshots
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Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-28.
| Genres | Adventure, Indie, RPG, Free To Play |
| Player tags | Adventure · RPGMaker · 2D · Short · Dark · Pixel Graphics · Point & Click · Puzzle · Exploration · Horror · Psychological Horror · Retro (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: WindowsR 7/8/8.1/10 (32bit/64bit) Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo or better Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: DirectX 9/OpenGL 4.1 capable GPU Storage: 275 MB available space