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Shardlight

89% positive of 704 Steam reviews

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Released
2016
Steam Deck
Verified
Platforms
Steam, GOG

Made by Wadjet Eye Games.

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.

Tagged by players

  • Point & Click
  • Post-apocalyptic
  • Female Protagonist
  • Adventure
  • Pixel Graphics
  • Mystery
  • Atmospheric
  • Story Rich
  • Multiple Endings
  • Third Person
  • Hand-drawn
  • Puzzle

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What players say

  • Not recommended
    The game is functional but very bad. The world our characters live in seems to be interesting but the actions said characters take are so completely detached from it you cannot take the story seriously. The dialogue writing is also so bad it's laughable. When they are not tedious, the puzzles are just simplistic or nonsensical. In the end Shardlight looks like a wannabe serious post-apocalyptic game with serious…

    11 h played when written. 0 found it helpful.

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  • Recommended
    The titular Shardlight is merely decorative throughout. This is an okay game. I went along for the ride but questioned some plot points and design decisions. The story moves at an odd pace and often left me a bit aimless about where to go or what to do next with a lot of back and forth needed. Talking to folks again after performing specific actions did not always feel intuitive, nor really like puzzles. One…

    8.7 h played when written. 0 found it helpful.

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