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Will Glow the Wisp

Will Glow the Wisp

Navigate through psychadelic mazes to chill electornic beats. Imagine a mix between Super Meat Boy and Geometry Wars.

Released Sep 15, 2017 Developer PartTimeIndie Platforms Windows Side ScrollerBullet HellFlightDifficultPlatformer
View on Steam ↗ $1.99 (US · as of 2026-07-26)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.

84.7%positive1,107 reviews
Recommended · 3 found this helpful

“I got this when it became free for a few days and I really like it! The courses are challenging, but fair with a gradual increase in difficulty as you progress. The game allows you to pick from a small pool of "characters" each with their own stats, I personally used the heart…”

— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs played
Recommended · 2 found this helpful

“Fun and easy bullethell game it's cheap, and the movement is a bit wonky, but you can exploit a game design to make it easier also, I love how the story is basically getting told by the achievements lmao Rating 5/10 Enjoyment 5/10”

— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs played
Recommended · 2 found this helpful

“Once you get the hang of it, it's pretty short, but it was pretty fun, there is one bug that I constantly got and that the sound for the plane (or whatever you're controlling) just goes mute and only the music plays. All in all it's not that bad 6/10”

— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 12:48 UTC · history via SteamCharts.

18playing at last check
6424-hour peak
405all-time peak
0 50 100 2022 2026 95 avg · Dec 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 2026-07-25.

20achievements
20.1%median completion
13.5%rarest: Five stars all the way
81.9% of players 78.9% of players 70.1% of players 63.0% of players 61.3% of players 58.8% of players 37.0% of players 24.5% of players 24.2% of players 21.6% of players 20.1% of players 19.7% of players 18.7% of players 18.1% of players 17.8% of players 17.6% of players 17.2% of players 15.3% of players 13.6% of players 13.5% of players 81.9% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
81.9%Birth — A new wisp is born!
78.9%Crawling — It can move, how amazing!
70.1%Standing still — Sometimes standing still is harder then moving
Rarest badges of honor
13.5%Five stars all the way — Hidden achievement
13.6%I give up — Hidden achievement
15.3%Pacifist — That was not what I intended

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$1.99current · sampled 2026-07-26 08:39 UTC
$1.99lowest since tracking began2026-07-11
US1.99 USD
EU1.99 EUR
UK1.69 GBP
Australia2.95 AUD
Canada2.59 CAD
Japan235 JPY
Brazil6.99 BRL
China11.00 CNY

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

Brazil≈$1.4 Japan China Canada US Australia UK EU≈$2.3

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-07-24). Relative comparison only.

$0 $2.5 $5 07-11 07-14 07-17 07-20 07-23 07-26

Latest official news

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

Jun 09, 2026
Steam Bullet Fest
Nov 10, 2025
Will Glow the Wisp – Update & Celebration!

To celebrate the release of School of magic I created a new update where you can now access the entire soundtrack and a couple of artworks directly on your local drive — just open the game’s folder vi

Oct 03, 2025
Will Glow the Wisp unity security fix

Will Glow the Wisp unity security fix Security Update Advisory

Sep 25, 2023
Will Glow the Wisp huge translation update

To celebrate the SHMUP Fest, I am happy to announce that Will Glow the Wisp is now available in the following new languages: Italian Spanish Korean Russian Turkish French Japanese Let me know if you f

Jun 22, 2023
School of Magic is part of the Games from Germany Sale

I am happy to announce that School of Magic will be part of the Games from Germany steam sale. Take a look at all the great games and wishlist all of them! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1106680/S

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Screenshots

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Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.

GenresAction, Indie
Player tagsSide Scroller · Bullet Hell · Flight · Difficult · Platformer · Arcade · 2D · Relaxing · Surreal · Bullet Time · Action · Casual (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish, German, Simplified Chinese, French, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Turkish
ControllerFull support
Achievements20
Estimated owners50,000 – 100,000 (SteamSpy)
Official sitehttps://parttimeindie.com/will-glow-the-wisp/
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Windows XP SP2 or higher Processor: 1.80GHz Processor Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: GeForce GTX 650 (1024 MB Ram) DirectX: Version 9.0c Storage: 1 GB available space