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Lightmatter

Image: Steam / Tunnel Vision Games

  • Puzzle
  • First person
  • Light and shadow

Touch a shadow and you die on the spot: you cross the Lightmatter facility using lamps, beams of light and moving platforms to clear a path, while Virgil, the company’s boss, guides you by voice in the style of Portal.

Why play it now

When you fancy puzzles for a couple of evenings: two reviewers finished it in around four and around six hours.

Who it's for

For anyone who enjoyed Portal and wants light-and-shadow puzzles that start easy and get trickier as you go.

When not to pick it

If you want a big finish: one review finds the ending too simple and the game a bit short.

What it offers

  • Thinking: 80 out of 100
  • Story: 45 out of 100
  • Relaxing: 40 out of 100

Our own editorial classification, not Steam data.

Details

Controller
Partial controller support
Disk space
6 GB (minimum)
Steam Deck
Playable
Steam reviews
92% positive (2,911)
Metacritic
73/100
Developer
Tunnel Vision Games
Release date
15 JAN 2020
Steam genres
Adventure, Indie

Based on what the game states on Steam.

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