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Pilfer: Story of Light

Pilfer: Story of Light

A 3D platforming journey, featuring a cute raccoon that must save the forest from darkness! Master dozens of different level mechanics as you run and jump through course-based worlds, saving other animals along the way.

Released Aug 4, 2023 Developer log64 Platforms Windows Adventure3D PlatformerAtmosphericCuteAction-Adventure
View on Steam ↗ $9.99 (US · as of 2026-05-18)

What players say

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

86.5%positive104 reviews
Recommended · 1 found this helpful

“"Mom, i want Mario Galaxy" "We have Mario Galaxy at home" Haha. But in all seriousness, it is fun and the new levels introduce some new platforming mechanics that did help me wanna keep going. It's a budget platformer, and there is nothing wrong with that. Give it a try for a…”

— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs played
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“A fun game. Little bit clunky, but movement works 100% of time. Movement and some levels are similar to Hat in Time. Engine is not perfect and moving platrorms do not work properly. Challange levels are pain. Major Pain. Game must be locked to 60 fps here. Difficulty spike in 2…”

— a player, Steam review · 8 hrs played
Not recommended · 0 found this helpful

“It pretty obviously tries copying Mario Galaxy, to its detriment unfortunately. I like the movement and there is some cute characters, but the level design and visuals are a little too simplistic for me, and the hub world is a little confusingly laid out. I often felt like I was…”

— a player, Steam review · 3 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 2026-09-28.

13achievements
28.5%median completion
9.4%rarest: Flightless
71.8% of players 42.4% of players 40.1% of players 36.7% of players 34.7% of players 30.5% of players 28.5% of players 26.7% of players 26.4% of players 25.1% of players 17.8% of players 11.3% of players 9.4% of players 71.8% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
71.8%Rock Smash — Defeat the Smasher boss.
42.4%Venomous Bite — Defeat Neptune.
40.1%Hitless — Finish any level without taking damage.
Rarest badges of honor
9.4%Flightless — Complete "More Jumps, More Fun" without using any wingshroud.
11.3%Easy Peasy — Complete all Challenge levels.
17.8%Done Quick — Finish any level under 2 minutes.

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 21, 2023
v1.0.6.3

Happy Autumn Sale! I'm thankful for everyone who's played Pilfer: Story of Light! If you're not following me, consider checking out my Twitter or Discord Server . I'm working on a update for Pilfer al

Nov 02, 2023
v1.0.6 fix

Sorry for everyone experiencing issues at the beginning of the game, I hunted down the problem and played through the game myself to ensure cutscenes were not broken! The current patch should fix this

Oct 30, 2023
V1.0.6

Happy Halloween everyone~! This update adds some seasonal costumes, decorates the hub world for spooky season, and comes with a few bug fixes! Also, Pilfer: Story of Light is on sale for 20% off this

Aug 11, 2023
V1.0.5

I hope you all have enjoyed the launch week for PIlfer! Hopefully, this should be the last round of bug-fixes for awhile. I'm going to wind down and start working on a content update for PIlfer, as we

Aug 08, 2023
V1.0.4

V1.0.4 Change the layout of Overgrowth 1 to make it flow better. Fixed an issue where you could clip through vertical lava in Snowcano 4 and Snowcano 2. Fixed an issue where the Star Page in Aurora Mu

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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 tagsAdventure · 3D Platformer · Atmospheric · Cute · Action-Adventure · 3D · Platformer · Cartoon · Cartoony · Colorful · Emotional · Stylized (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Partial Controller Support · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish
Achievements13
Official sitehttps://pilfergame.com/
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 7 (64 bit) Processor: 3.0 GHz processor Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: Nvidia GeForce GTX 960 or equivalent Storage: 1500 MB available space