A Light in the Dark cover

A Light in the Dark

First release
May 31, 2018
Publisher
Sekai Project
Engine
Unity
Genres
Adventure, Puzzle, Visual Novel · Drama

A Light in the Dark is a new, suspense-filled visual novel on PC. A collaboration between CreSpirit, developers of Rabi-Ribi, and the tag team duo of Storia and Narrator, developers focused on visual novels and RPGs. Having worked with CreSpirit on Rabi-Ribi and Narrator on Companion, Sekai Project is teaming up with this dream team of developers to bring their new game project to the West!

Also known as 夜光, A Light in the Dark.exe

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Storyline
"──We cannot choose in this unfair world. Hao-Chen Jiang did not understand what it was when he opened his eyes. Before him was a dim and dreary room that he had not seen before. Trying to get up to turn on the lights, he finds that his arms are tied behind him and that is when he realizes that he's been kidnapped. It is then that a mysterious girl appears before him and with a look of disdain tells him that he's been kidnapped and unless his family agrees to pay a ransom he has no chance to escape. But perhaps there is more to this than just money... The rich boy stuck in his never changing daily life... The fierce girl struggling for survival... Two people in totally opposite positions in life. During his days of imprisonment, they will learn of a world they were never aware of which will crumble away at their deep-rooted prejudices. In the face of confusion and the choices before them, what will they find...?"Read more

"──We cannot choose in this unfair world. Hao-Chen Jiang did not understand what it was when he opened his eyes. Before him was a dim and dreary room that he had not seen before. Trying to get up to turn on the lights, he finds that his arms are tied behind him and that is when he realizes that he's been kidnapped. It is then that a mysterious girl appears before him and with a look of disdain tells him that he's been kidnapped and unless his family agrees to pay a ransom he has no chance to escape. But perhaps there is more to this than just money... The rich boy stuck in his never changing daily life... The fierce girl struggling for survival... Two people in totally opposite positions in life. During his days of imprisonment, they will learn of a world they were never aware of which will crumble away at their deep-rooted prejudices. In the face of confusion and the choices before them, what will they find...?"

Release dates
PC (Microsoft Windows)
May 31, 2018
Mac
May 31, 2018
PlayStation 4
Apr 05, 2023
All 4 release dates
Nintendo Switch
Apr 05, 2023
Age ratings
PEGI 16ESRB M
Game modes
Single player
Perspective
Text
Keywords
casual, multiple endings, crowdfunding - kickstarter, violent, great soundtrack
… All 6, choices matter

How it plays

Languages

  • Englishinterface, subtitles
  • Русскийinterface
IGDB · recorded 19 Oct 2026
Also in 3 other languages

Language data: IGDB · recorded 19 Oct 2026