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Underlight

Underlight

Be a part of a vast Underlight City of dreamers. Real people, just like you, creating real characters. There are no pre determined paths for you to follow and no specified end game. You are in control of how your character interacts with the other characters creating true conflict and resolution. It

Released Dec 14, 2018 Developer KoiWare, LLC Platforms Windows 1990'sMMORPGMassively MultiplayerRetroFantasy
View on Steam ↗ Free (US · as of 2026-05-13)

What players say

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

61.2%positive116 reviews
Not recommended · 1 found this helpful

“Underlight sounds like an amazing game in theory. However, it is extremely inaccessible. I'm a big fan of RPGs both video games and tabletop and unless you are okay with trying to learn the narrative, lore, and setting of a small clique of people that have been effectively…”

— a player, Steam review · 12 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. History through 2024-10 via SteamCharts; self-collected from the Steam API since Aug 2026.

24all-time peak
0 5 10 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 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 6 avg · Dec 2018

Latest official news

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

Aug 09, 2026
Version: 3.4.0 update

Patch Notes — August 2026 Update 🌍 World & Level Changes New Plane: The Monastery — 15 new rooms Entrance is through the Lost Caves sanctuary. The Circle of Serenity • Hermitage Corridor • Reflection

Apr 30, 2026
Update 3.3.2- Missons and visual

Update 3.3.2 — Mission Board Awakens This update brings in the new automated mission system. Press "J" to get into the mission system. There have been updates to the levels as well. Gameplay & System

Dec 24, 2025
Hotfix 3.3.1

Fix to Distress call Fix to translocate to Basin stronghold Added Corrupt Essence and Newly awakened to the Point system.

Nov 01, 2025
3.3.1 update

3.3.1 Change log - Fixed random teleport in ruined realm. - Removed forge from learnable list this was unintentional - Fixed level problems - Fixed problem with not being able to teach a newly distres

Oct 19, 2025
Underlight 3.3.0

REWARD POINTS SYSTEM OVERHAUL - Renamed "Roleplay Points" to "Reward Points" throughout the game - GMs can now grant 1-100 Reward Points at once with /grant_ppoint - Increased XP purchase rate: 15,000

Screenshots

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Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-28.

GenresFree To Play, Massively Multiplayer, RPG
Player tags1990's · MMORPG · Massively Multiplayer · Retro · Fantasy · RPG · PvE · PvP · Free to Play · Adventure · Action · Action RPG (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesMulti-player · MMO · PvP · Co-op · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish
Official sitehttps://underlight.com/
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 Processor: Pentium III 800MHz Memory: 1 GB RAM Graphics: 16bit SVGA (800x600) DirectX: Version 7.0 Storage: 130 MB available space Sound Card: Sound Blaster 16