Striking art and atmosphere
Mentioned in ~3 in 5 positive reviews
“Deadlight nails the look: the silhouetted 2.5D Seattle, the hand drawn comic cutscenes, the whole hopeless mood of it really got under my skin.”
Steam review · 46 h played ↗
Deadlight
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Mostly Positive · 79%Mostly Positive · 79%Tequila Works, S.L.2012Platformer · Action · Adventure
$14.99
Open on Steam ↗US Steam price, checked 1 h ago
The verdict
A short, gorgeous Limbo-like zombie platformer with great atmosphere, held back by clunky, delayed controls and trial-and-error deaths. Skip it if you dislike janky platforming.
Great for
Atmosphere fans who want a short Limbo-style zombie platformer, ideally with a controller and on sale
Main risk
Laggy, unreliable controls make timed chase and trap sections a frustrating trial-and-error slog
What players love
Compelling story and comic cutscenes
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews
“I'm talking about story, which is just amazing. I didn't believe that I will see such a mature story in a platformer game.”
Steam review · 13.2 h played ↗
Fun parkour and puzzle platforming
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“Now Deadlight is very similar to PoP to the point that it is all about finding the right timing to execute your jumps and other actions.”
Steam review · 18.1 h played ↗
Short, good value on sale
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 positive reviews
“I'd wait for a sale to pick it up for a couple bucks, each playthrough is only a few hours.”
Steam review · 7.2 h played ↗
Good music and sound
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“The game has this awsome soundtrack. I could sit on the main menu for hours listening to the moody song that plays.”
Steam review · 7.3 h played ↗
What players complain about
Clunky, delayed controls
Mentioned in ~1 in 2 negative reviews
“Your character Randall insists on completing every move before taking new input, which sometimes takes quite a while.”
Steam review · 5.1 h played ↗
Weak, clichéd story and poor voice acting
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“It's boring plot, janky controls, and lifeless voice acting almost made me quit several times.”
Steam review · 4.5 h played ↗
Trial-and-error deaths and timed sections
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“This game is just a big trial and error puzzlegame, it pretends to not be at times, but its all about solving the puzzle.”
Steam review · 7.8 h played ↗
Bugs and glitches
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“multiple scripting bugs throughout the game, like object interaction or functionality breaking if used a 2nd time”
Steam review · 8.6 h played ↗
Hard to tell foreground from background
Mentioned in ~1 in 14 negative reviews
“bad level design where you keep confusing foreground objects as background objects”
Steam review · 5.2 h played ↗
Original version not flagged; Director's Cut upsell
Mentioned in ~1 in 19 negative reviews
“They did not update this store page with that information. Why? I guess it wouldn't hurt them if you bought it twice.”
Steam review · 4.7 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: PlayableController support5 GB
Minimum
OSMicrosoft® Windows XP SP3 / Vista / 7
Processor2GHz+ or better
Memory2 GB RAM
GraphicsShader model 3.0 support
Storage5 GB HD space
Recommended
OSMicrosoft® Windows XP SP3 / Vista / 7
ProcessorIntel Core 2 Duo 2GHz+ or better
Memory4 GB RAM
Graphics512MB Video Card or better
Storage5 GB HD space
OSMicrosoft® Windows XP SP3 / Vista / 7
Processor2GHz+ or better
Memory2 GB RAM
GraphicsShader model 3.0 support
Storage5 GB HD space
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