Shardlight
Fair · RPG · 2016
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
NO RUSH.
Fair at $14.99. Buy it if you want it.
- Length
- 6.8h 7.8h to 100%
- Value
- $2.20/hr
- Reviews
- 90% of 807 positive
Watch this gameOne alert at $14.38 or less.
Buy now or wait
Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 11 days ago.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
What drives the score
How to read this
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About the game
A post-apocalyptic adventure game from the publisher that brought you Primordia, Gemini Rue and Technobabylon! A young woman stricken with a deadly plague searches for a cure in a hostile world.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 61 MB of memory, 640x400, 32-bit colour: 700 Mhz system minimum, 2 GB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux.
The value story
It has been discounted 55 times in the 11 years tracked here. The median cut across all of them is 70 percent, about 9 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 11 days ago.
On value it sits in the top 6 percent of its genre. It is pricier than 78 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 93 percent. Unavowed ($14.99, scores 79) outscores it, and so does The Blackwell Legacy ($4.99, scores 74). Both sit among its closest neighbours.
More about Shardlight
Critics scored it 75. Players sit 15 points higher at 90 percent, which usually means a game that plays better than it reviews.
Steam's global achievement data puts 48 percent of players at this game's ending achievement. The median game this site can measure sits at 15. This site sampled 338 of its Steam-purchase reviews; none were written by buyers who refunded it, sampled from reviews written March 2020 to August 2026.
At 6.8 hours it is a handheld-sized game, and Valve rates it Deck Verified.
The drop-off
53% start to 48% finishSteam counts a larger share of its players at the ending achievement than it does for most games this site can measure. Steam global achievements
What players say
Yes, it's not the best Wadjet Eye Game, but it's not bad at all. Worth playing if you're addicted to everything from Wadjet Eye like me.
2 more reviews
awesome story, great atmosphere, full voice acting, some good puzzles. awesome game! bought it when it was on sale, definitely worth it.
Really nice point and click game, set in a post-apocalyptic city. Won't spoil the story, but it has 3 endings. the game autosaves right before the ending so you can replay the ending to see them. Puzzles aren't hard at all, even if it doesnt have a "show spots" type of accesibility feature, you need to look for what's interactable with the mouse. It's low res on purpouse, so it will be locked at a low resolution...
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Cite this score
Shardlight scores 67/100 on the BANG Score (fair value) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/336130/shardlightReviews 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 28, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.