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Striving for Light

Striving for Light

Blending deep Action RPG buildcrafting with roguelite action, Striving for Light lets you shape and customize an infinite skilltree. Hunt for powerful loot, craft and upgrade weapons to legendary power, slay hordes of enemies and challenging bosses in ever-changing dark worlds.

Released Jul 11, 2025 Developer Igniting Spark Games Platforms Windows · Linux Early AccessAction RPGHack and SlashAction RoguelikeRogue-lite
View on Steam ↗ $12.59 (US · as of 2026-09-26)

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 2026-05-18.

79.9%positive239 reviews
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“Gem of a ARPG ! I only played Hardcore so far, and i think this is my fit to make the game more like a Roguelike. THere is a bunch of simmilarities to POE, doing Maps, get Corrupted Maps, and a bunch of Map Mods. Also Rifts from Diablo is here too. I can see myself spending many…”

— a player, Steam review · 21 hrs played
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“The game is addictive and well executed, can't wait for more deep customization, content and features! A hidden gem!”

— a player, Steam review · 13 hrs played
Not recommended · 8 found this helpful

“This game shows genuine promise — the core concept is intriguing and the initial hours deliver an enjoyable experience. Unfortunately, that momentum doesn't last. After roughly three to four hours, the content comes to an abrupt halt, leaving players with little to show for…”

— a player, Steam review · 7 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-07 via SteamCharts.

135all-time peak
0 50 100 2023 2024 2025 2026 No data collected for this period No data collected for this period No data collected for this period No data collected for this period No data collected for this period No data collected for this period No data collected for this period No data collected for this period 50 avg · Jul 2025

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-26.

208achievements
1.8%median completion
0.0%rarest: Druid: Master
55.4% of players 46.3% of players 43.5% of players 41.0% of players 38.3% of players 37.3% of players 32.4% of players 28.4% of players 23.4% of players 21.3% of players 19.7% of players 18.6% of players 15.0% of players 13.9% of players 13.3% of players 11.4% of players 9.4% of players 7.4% of players 7.0% of players 6.9% of players 6.7% of players 6.5% of players 6.2% of players 5.8% of players 4.7% of players 4.3% of players 3.4% of players 3.3% of players 3.2% of players 3.1% of players 3.0% of players 2.8% of players 2.6% of players 2.1% of players 1.9% of players 1.8% of players 1.7% of players 1.7% of players 1.7% of players 1.6% of players 1.6% of players 1.6% of players 1.4% of players 1.4% of players 1.3% of players 1.2% of players 1.2% of players 1.2% of players 1.1% of players 1.0% of players 0.9% of players 0.8% of players 0.7% of players 0.7% of players 0.5% of players 0.5% of players 0.4% of players 0.4% of players 0.4% of players 0.4% of players 55.4% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
55.4%Every beginning is hard — Die for the first time
52.3%Trailblazer I — Reach level 10
50.8%Basement Tier 1 — Defeat the Basement endboss on Game Difficulty 1
Rarest badges of honor
0.0% Druid: Master — Reach level 150 with character Druid
0.0% Druid: Adept — Reach level 100 with character Druid
0.1%Skypath Tier 5 — Defeat the Skypath endboss on Game Difficulty 5

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-08-13. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$12.59−30% right nowcurrent · sampled 2026-09-26 21:12 UTC
$17.99base price
$12.59lowest since tracking began2026-08-20
US12.59 USD−30%
EU12.24 EUR−30%
UK10.49 GBP−30%
Australia18.55 AUD−30%
Canada16.44 CAD−30%
Japan1,400 JPY−30%
Brazil38.49 BRL−30%
China47.60 CNY−30%

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

China≈$7.1 Brazil Japan Canada US Australia UK EU≈$14

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

$0 $10 $20 08-13 08-21 08-31 09-08 09-17 09-26

Latest official news

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

Sep 26, 2026
Hotfix 1.1.1.0c

Improvements Corrupted Chains now have 100% proc chance and adjusted damage scaling for a more continuous damage scaling

Sep 24, 2026
Hotfix 1.1.1.0b

Hotfix 1.1.1.0b is available in public beta. Bugfixes Improved enemy highlighting option to make enemies better visible on various map backgrounds Fixed obstacles covering up traps by a new spawn algo

Sep 23, 2026
Hotfix 1.1.1.0a

Bugfixes Fixed a crash when interacting with the merchant Highlighted enemies option is now active by default for new players Fixed a potential savefile issue when creating new settings.cfg file

Sep 22, 2026
Season 3 Content Update

Season 3 - Corruption League & Race Event is upon us! Season 3: Corruption Leaguestart: September 23rd (7 pm CEST) Corruption Race Event: September 25th - 27th (7 pm CEST - 7 pm CEST) To join the race

Sep 18, 2026
Season 3 - Corruption League + Race

Season 3 - Corruption League & Race Event is upon us! Season 3: Corruption Leaguestart: September 23rd Corruption Race Event: September 25th - 27th Welcome back Wanderers! Corruption is spreading quic

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From our knowledge graph — ranked by shared traits, not a black box. Each card says why it's here.

Tower of Babel: Survivors of Chaos Tower of Babel: Survivors of Chaos 78.8% · 1,360 reviews shares Loot, Isometric, Dungeon Crawler, Hack And Slash Hades II Hades II 96.8% · 67,371 reviews shares Perma Death, Isometric, Dungeon Crawler, Hack And Slash SWORN SWORN 82.3% · 3,038 reviews shares Perma Death, Isometric, Dungeon Crawler, Hack And Slash Death Must Die Death Must Die 91.4% · 14,396 reviews shares Loot, Isometric, Hack And Slash, Action Roguelike Hades Hades 98.4% · 151,555 reviews shares Perma Death, Isometric, Dungeon Crawler, Hack And Slash Children of Morta Children of Morta 87.9% · 9,749 reviews shares Isometric, Dungeon Crawler, Hack And Slash, Action Roguelike Dungeon Souls Dungeon Souls 70.3% · 1,460 reviews shares Loot, Perma Death, Dungeon Crawler, Hack And Slash FATE FATE 95.8% · 3,775 reviews shares Loot, Isometric, Dungeon Crawler, Hack And Slash

Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-18.

GenresAction, Adventure, Casual, Indie, RPG
Player tagsEarly Access · Action RPG · Hack and Slash · Action Roguelike · Rogue-lite · RPG · Dungeon Crawler · Perma Death · Rogue-like · Action-Adventure · Procedural Generation · Isometric (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Multi-player · Co-op · Shared/Split Screen Co-op · Shared/Split Screen · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Trading Cards
LanguagesEnglish * , German, French, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Portugal, Polish, Russian, Turkish *
ControllerFull support
Achievements208
Official sitehttps://www.strivingforlight.com/
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 7 or higher Processor: 3 Ghz or higher Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: Nvidia GeForce GTX960 or equivalent DirectX: Version 9.0 Storage: 2000 MB available space Sound Card: Yes