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When the Light Dies

When the Light Dies

Step into a world of shadow and obscurity as a lone survivor fighting to keep the darkness and the horrors that lurk within at bay. Seek out precious supplies, reinforce your arsenal, and uncover forbidden knowledge to unleash the terrifying powers of the ‘Old Ones’.

Released Oct 28, 2024 Developer Electric Monkeys, Secret Level Studios Publisher PQube Platforms Windows Top-Down ShooterTwin Stick ShooterBullet HellSurvivalSurvival Horror
View on Steam ↗ $4.99 (US · as of 2026-05-14)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-26.

76.5%positive102 reviews
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“Got the game on sale, and for the price it is alright at best. In this survivors-like you manage multiple different resources in addition to health; stamina, sanity, warmth and oil (fuel.) You light campfires that dwindle over time to manage your sanity and warmth, scavenge for…”

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

“I've only played for three hours as of yet and I can already tell you it's a banger game finally a roguelite that doesn't scratch my @$$ for me, but also doesn't make me want to chew the screen off”

— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs played
Not recommended · 3 found this helpful

“Not recommended full price, needs vast reduction (which I got at) If you like Lovecraft or Bloodborne aesthetic and the Vampire Survivor style games then you'll enjoy this, but that's where it'll end. > Did I enjoy - yes. Likely due to aesthetic and it was first vampire survivor…”

— a player, Steam review · 24 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 2026-09-26.

100achievements
6.7%median completion
1.2%rarest: Acid Kills (Gold)
67.6% of players 39.5% of players 36.1% of players 35.6% of players 33.7% of players 33.2% of players 32.4% of players 25.3% of players 24.6% of players 23.5% of players 22.6% of players 22.3% of players 21.9% of players 20.9% of players 20.0% of players 19.5% of players 19.3% of players 16.9% of players 16.9% of players 16.2% of players 16.2% of players 15.5% of players 14.9% of players 14.7% of players 14.3% of players 14.0% of players 13.9% of players 13.1% of players 12.8% of players 12.5% of players 12.4% of players 12.0% of players 10.4% of players 10.4% of players 10.1% of players 10.0% of players 9.9% of players 9.8% of players 9.2% of players 9.2% of players 8.8% of players 8.7% of players 8.6% of players 8.1% of players 8.0% of players 8.0% of players 8.0% of players 7.5% of players 6.9% of players 6.9% of players 6.7% of players 6.4% of players 6.3% of players 5.8% of players 5.7% of players 5.5% of players 5.4% of players 5.2% of players 5.0% of players 4.9% of players 67.6% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
67.6%First Night — Began Survive the Night
39.5%Tutorial Completion — Completed the Tutorial
36.1%Malevolent Organism Kills (Bronze) — Kill the Malevolent Organism
Rarest badges of honor
1.2%Acid Kills (Gold) — Kill 2500 enemies suffering from acid
1.2%Freeze Kills (Gold) — Kill 2500 enemies suffering from freeze
1.4%Madness 20 Completion — Survive the night on Madness 20 difficulty

Latest official news

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

Dec 04, 2024
Bullet Heaven 2.0: 50% off the Legends Never Die Bundle!

Exciting news, Survivors and Knights! Both When the Light Dies and Knight vs Giant: The Broken Excalibur will be part of this year's Bullet Heaven Fest. This means you can get the bullet spraying, mon

Nov 11, 2024
Patch V.1.0.0.7 (hotfix)

Changed various features to improve performance.

Nov 06, 2024
Patch V.1.0.0.5 (hotfix)

Fixed issues: • Longbow no longer has access to the Relentless weapon upgrade ability • Fixed an issue where Ammutseba, Devourer of Stars kills were wrongly attributed to the Zindarak, The Fiery Messe

Oct 28, 2024
Update 7: 1.0 Launch!

Hey everyone! After 6 months of Early Access we’ve finally reached 1.0! 🥳Big thanks to everyone who supported us along the journey, for giving us constructive feedback, and for helping to make the gam

Sep 27, 2024
Update 6: UI Polish & Balance Changes

Hi everyone! We’re just a few weeks away from the end of our Early Access journey, with the next major update being our 1.0 launch! Before that, however, we’ve released a small update that contains th

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Screenshots

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Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-26.

GenresAction
Player tagsTop-Down Shooter · Twin Stick Shooter · Bullet Hell · Survival · Survival Horror · Gothic · Procedural Generation · Lovecraftian · Rogue-lite · Horror · Pixel Graphics · Rogue-like (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Trading Cards · DualShock Controller Support · DualSense Controller Support · Steam Input API Support · Steam Cloud
LanguagesEnglish, German, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese
ControllerFull support
Achievements100
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS: Windows 10 Processor: Intel® i3 - 4005U 1.70 GHZ Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: Intel HD 4400 Storage: 600 MB available space