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A first-person puzzler where shadows kill you. Watch your step or be swallowed by the darkness.

Lightmatter is a logic, indie and adventure game developed by Tunnel Vision Games and published by Aspyr.
Released on January 15th 2020 is available only on Windows in 10 languages: English, Danish, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Russian, Simplified Chinese and Portuguese - Brazil.

It has received 2,740 reviews of which 2,505 were positive and 235 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.8 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 19.50€ on Steam, but you can find it for less on Eneba.

The Steam community has classified Lightmatter into these genres:

Logic Indie Adventure Puzzle First-Person Sci-fi 3D Atmospheric Science Dark Comedy Dynamic Narration Narration Futuristic Dark Puzzle-Platformer Lore-Rich FPS Difficult Controller Old School

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System requirements

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Windows

OS: Windows 10
Processor: Intel Core i3 4170 / AMD A8-7600
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Graphics: NVIDIA GTX 660 / AMD R9 270
Storage: 6 GB available space

User reviews & Ratings

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Dec. 2025

The game is absolutely beautiful! And I think it was inspired by Portal, which I really like. Lightmatter gave me wonderful emotions and surprised me with its unusual mechanics.

Nov. 2025

A delightful mind challenging love letter to Portal. Well balanced, VERY polished, no annoyances, no irritations, pure puzzling with seldom jumping races to dilute the otherwise purely intellectual game play. Perhaps dialogues... or better say monologues, could have been slightly more interesting, or maybe there could be less of them, or the voice actor could be slightly more involved in what he was reading, but that's nitpicking. Great job and highly recommended to anyone who enjoyed Portal 1 and 2. Hope the developer keeps making games, they are definitely great at it.

June 2025

A nice and quick puzzle game, with some Portal inspirations. Had some really nice brain scratch moments!

Feb. 2025

I thoroughly enjoyed this game and especially appreciated all the references to Portal. The game is well done and each level is fun. There are a few issues with it: 1. It cuts off the top and bottom of the screen in widescreen monitors. It's not that big of a deal, except when you are trying to figure out which level you are on (as that is in the top right corner) or when you are trying to select items in the menus. For example, the graphics menu has a FOV option, but I could never see that as it was cut off. I only realized it when I was trying to reselect the last level to play and couldn't scroll down to it as it also was cut off. I had to change my screen resolution to a really crappy 1028x720 just to get the menus to scroll down far enough. Then reset the resolution once I got into the level I wanted. 2. This was not a big deal to me, but the very ending turns from a puzzle game to a parkour/platforming game. I actually enjoyed this part, but if you are not into that, I'm sure it would be frustrating. Overall the game was lovely and I would recommend it. It took me about 10 hours to 100%.

Jan. 2025

Pretty entertaining and moderately difficult. Short but great production.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Lightmatter is currently priced at 19.50€ on Steam.

Lightmatter is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 19.50€ on Steam.

Lightmatter received 2,505 positive votes out of a total of 2,740 achieving a rating of 8.76.

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Lightmatter was developed by Tunnel Vision Games and published by Aspyr.

Lightmatter is playable and fully supported on Windows.

Lightmatter is not playable on MacOS.

Lightmatter is not playable on Linux.

Lightmatter is a single-player game.

Lightmatter does not currently offer any DLC.

Lightmatter does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

Lightmatter does not support Steam Remote Play.

Lightmatter is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.

You can find solutions or submit a support ticket by visiting the Steam Support page for Lightmatter.

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