Light Game
A walk in the dark. Investigate a sealed building, uncover survivors’ notes and evade the Enmes in this top-down detective horror demo. Your torch is your lifeline.

Description

Trailer & free demo — 18 October 2026

Your torch is your lifeline.

Explore the opening of Light Game, a top-down detective horror game from Deering Studios. Search a sealed building for keys and three pocket notes, avoid the Enmes and find your way to the Gold door.

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A walk in the dark

Missing people. A sealed building. Something moving beyond your torchlight.

You came looking for answers. Now you need a way out.

Light Game is a top-down detective horror game. Investigate disappearances inside a sealed building, search its corridors for keys, and piece together the accounts left by survivors. Keep your distance from the Enmes roaming the dark.

Try the new demo

Explore the opening section in Normal mode, find keys and three pocket notes, and unlock the Gold door to finish your preview. The full investigation and its endings are not included.

The full investigation

The full game being prepared for release includes:

  • A building filled with locked doors, clues and hidden routes.
  • 16 pocket notes and multiple endings.
  • Lite, Normal and Dark modes, each with different lighting and survival challenges.
  • Three separate save slots, with difficulty locked to each investigation.
  • Independent torch aiming, pushing, running and dashing.
  • 28 in-game Commendations.
  • A detective’s notebook for menus, collected notes and Commendations.

Controls

Keyboard and mouse: WASD / arrows to move; mouse to aim the torch; Shift / R to interact; Q to push; hold E to run or tap E to dash. P / Space / Escape pauses.

Controller: Left stick to move; right stick to aim; A / Cross to interact; LB / L1 to push; hold RT / R2 to run or tap it to dash. Start / Options pauses.

See Controls in the notebook for the full guide.

Before you enter

Contains horror themes, blood, violence, sudden sounds and flickering lights. Headphones are recommended.

Created by Deering Studios.

Windows demo and more information on itch.io

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About

DeveloperDeering Studios
Number of plays239
Release date18 Sep, 2022
Last updated18 Oct, 2026
Game engineGameMaker
Maturity rating10+

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