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Shardlight
A post-apocalyptic adventure game from the publisher that brought you Primordia, Gemini Rue and Technobabylon! A young woman stricken with a deadly plague searches for a cure in a hostile world.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-26 · quoted reviews as of 2026-10-16.
“Point-And-Click Memories Wadjet Eye is specialised in developing and / or publishing old-school adventure games. These remind some of us of the old point-and-click adventure games developed by LucasArts; games such as Day of The Tentacle or the Monkey Island series. Yes, they…”
— a player, Steam review · 11 hrs played“Amazing Point&Click game from Wadjet Eye who is known for beautifully detailed pixel artwork and nicely written stories. This game is dated back in 2016 and speaks about a lung virus that has no cure yet but people are working hard to get a vaccine, sounds familiar after what…”
— a player, Steam review · 8 hrs played“Very good point and click adventure Brilliant point and click adventure, Wadjet Eye are consistently releasing brilliant games. I have not yet finished this one, quite some way to go. I think this is the best Wadjet Eye pnc I have played (I have played all of them). The…”
— a player, Steam review · 15 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players, self-collected from the Steam API since Aug 2026.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-10-21.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
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Shardlight Hotfix Patch
-Fixed an issue with screenshot skipping dialog, that is no longer the case.
Shardlight Commentary Achievement Hotfix
-Fixed an issue with commentary achievement it's now more lenient. You can turn it off and on as many times as you want but ONLY in the main menu. Turn it ON and start the game, but never turn it off
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-13.
| Genres | Adventure, Indie, RPG |
| Player tags | Adventure · Point & Click · Female Protagonist · Indie · Post-apocalyptic · Pixel Graphics · Singleplayer · Atmospheric · Story Rich · 2D · Mystery · Puzzle (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Trading Cards · Captions available · Steam Cloud · Commentary available · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * * |
| Achievements | 19 |
| Official site | http://www.shardlight-game.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS: Windows ME or higher Processor: Pentium or higher Memory: 64 MB RAM Graphics: 640x400, 32-bit colour: 700 Mhz system minimum DirectX: Version 5.2 Storage: 2 GB available space Sound Card: All DirectX-compatible sound cards