The Light Remake
Worth it · Strategy · 2020
The verdict
BUY IT.
Worth it at $4.99.
- Length
- 2h
- Value
- $2.50/hr
- Reviews
- 87% positive
Watch this gameOne alert when it is worth buying.
Minimum on the Steam store: 3 GB of memory, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 275, GeForce GT, 1.7 GB of storage. Windows only.
There is only you, the abandoned remains of a former life and the flourishing nature that feels great in the absence of man. This world is both gloomy and empty, but so incredibly beautiful.
What drives the score
How to read this
Grades run S to D, read from the buyer's side. ▲ marks a lift, ▼ a drag or a dock, ? an input we do not have, • a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
The value story
It has never been cheaper than $1.49. That was December 2020. It has been discounted 5 times in the 6 years tracked here, typically at 50 percent off, with about 7 weeks between sales.
On value it sits in the top 4 percent of its genre. It is cheaper than 63 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 91 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Amnesia: The Dark Descent ($19.99, scores 71) beats it on value, while it beats Dark Fracture: Prologue (free, scores 60).
This site sampled 489 of its Steam-purchase reviews; 9 were written by buyers who refunded it, sampled from reviews written June 2020 to August 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 77 percent of the 504 reviews written there were positive, against 87 percent overall, and those are 35 percent of everything written about it.
The drop-off
78% start to 10% rarestNo achievement in this game marks the ending, so there is no finish rate. The curve runs from the most-unlocked achievement to the rarest, and its shape is where players stop. Steam global achievements
Players
1 players online when we last checked, on Sep 27, 11:49 UTC.
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
What players say
We Are The World The Light Remake is a walking sim that talks about the the reality around us. It discusses the topic of Nuclear annihilation and what the aftermath of such an atrocity would be. Honestly, it is a bit heartfelt, especially for such a short game. I can recommend this, because this is a short and profound game that really delves into a thought the writers and developers had. And, while it is short, it...
As a walking sim, I guess this game is passable. What's that? Story, I hear you ask? What story? ;) The extensive Russian graffiti and signs suggest a post-Chernobyl setting, with the central setting being a building (possibly a school) replete with a murky basement, and outside, a shed of some sort. There is some structure to the sim. You get some keys, a fuse, a switch, all for the express purpose of getting the...
There is potential but the story was confusing. I still don't know how the closet puzzle was solved even after looking it up, I don't know where the solution came from and I wasted so much time on it. ;I Was not an enjoyable experience overall.
Steam reviews, mixed to match its Steam ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
The Light Remake scores 69/100 on the BANG Score (worth it) as of Oct 2, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/1077520/the-light-remakeReviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 26, price as of Sep 29.
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