A Light in the Dark
Fair · Short indie · 2018
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
WAIT.
It has sold at a BANGER price before.
Today
$14.99Fair
On its price record
$3.17BANGER
- Length
- 3.2h
- Value
- $4.68/hr
- Reviews
- 93% positive
Watch this gameOne alert when it is worth buying.
Minimum on the Steam store: 2 GB of memory, 1280 x 720, 2 GB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS.
──We cannot choose in this unfair world.The rich boy stuck in his never changing daily life...The fierce girl struggling for survival...Two people in totally opposite positions in life.In the face of confusion and the choices before them, what will they find...?
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 $5.99. That was June 2020. 60 discounts in the 8 years on record. They run about 50 percent off, roughly 6 weeks apart. No sale on record has reached $3.17, the price it would take to be a BANGER.
Against its own genre it lands in the top 8 percent on value. It is pricier than 96 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 97 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Beholder ($13.99, scores 72) beats it on value, while it beats [Chilla's Art] Night Delivery | 例外配達 ($2.99, scores 48).
This site sampled 365 of its Steam-purchase reviews; none were written by buyers who refunded it, sampled from reviews written March 2020 to August 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 83 percent of the 142 reviews written there were positive, against 93 percent overall, and those are 9 percent of everything written about it.
The drop-off
87% start to 16% 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
What players say
It's a mild recommendation. The story has an interesting premise : 2 poor girls kidnapping the son of a CEO. The gameplay is more interactive than your average visual novel ; you have a stamina bar and a limited number of actions : you can chat, rest or observe. You can't do everything, will you prioritize studying the apartment for a way to escape, resting your wounds or trying to learn more about your kidnappers...
The narrative is compact but powerful. It's less about twists and more about emotional depth. The game tackles socio-economic issues in a grounded, personal way, exploring the perspectives of both the captor and the captive without painting either as wholly good or evil. It's not for everyone, particularly those who prefer action or complex gameplay; but for readers who appreciate subtle storytelling and nuanced...
To be honest initially I expected the plot to be quite different (the Steam page made it appear to me like some apocalyptic suspense action lol), I was surprised that it ended up so close to reality. Although I definitely enjoyed it regardless and it actually evoked that "reality-check"-like sense of emptiness within me. Firstly, I really adore the art and music, they perfectly capture the setting's ambience and...
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Cite this score
A Light in the Dark scores 58/100 on the BANG Score (fair value) as of Oct 2, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/766280/a-light-in-the-darkReviews 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 Oct 1.
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