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Sometimes: Success Requires Sacrifice
Sometimes: Success Requires Sacrifice, the title says it all! You get thrown into a dark room, with no light to be found anywhere! Are you willing to end your life to light the way for the next generation to proceed further? Play it today and find out!
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-02 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-12.
“It's meh. Main mechanic is that you have to die repeatedly to light up the maze to know where you are going. It gets old very quick. Can't complain too much for a free game. It plays as flash game from 2000s”
— a player, Steam review · 4 hrs played“Boring”
— a player, Steam review · 4 hrs playedLatest official news
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Update #2
In this update, one giant game breaking glitch has been fixed. When players minimized the window, and then returned to it, the whole level would light up. This simple update fixed the issue, though a
Update #2
In this update, one giant game breaking glitch has been fixed. When players minimized the window, and then returned to it, the whole level would light up. This simple update fixed the issue, though a
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Screenshots
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Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-12.
| Genres | Action, Adventure, Casual, Indie, Strategy |
| Player tags | Casual · Indie · Action · Strategy · Adventure (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Trading Cards · Partial Controller Support |
| Languages | English * * |
| Official site | https://www.nodzigames.com/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows XP/7/8 Processor: Single Core 2.6 GHZ Memory: 256 MB RAM Graphics: Integrated Graphics DirectX: Version 8.0 Storage: 200 MB available space Sound Card: On Board Sound Card