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Striving for Light is a rogue-lite ARPG where you utilise a unique infinite expanding skilltree to fight your way through the darkness, striving for light.

All about exploration

Dive into a dark, mysterious world full of dangers
Everything is hand drawn
Explore a big variety of random generated maps
Unique soundtracks for each environment
Level up and utilise a unique random generated and infinite expanding skill tree
Unlock new skills and weapons
Endless progression system

Skill system

Each run gives you a new unique skill tree to explore
Dynamic expanding skilltree depending on your skill pathway
Infinite skilltree for infinite progression
Collect skillgems and shape your skill tree

Combat system

Dynamically switch between melee and ranged weapons during fights
Dual resource system to manage melee and ranged attacks
Challenging enemies and boss encounters
Dodge enemy attacks

Weapons & Loot

Collect light shards to unlock weaons and skills
Hunt for your perfect weapon and skill combination
Weapons with unique mechanics for various different playstyles
Loot is hiding in every corner waiting to be uncovered
Find shards which grant additional skill points

Story & NPCs

Uncover a dark and mysterious story
Town hub as a place to return and prepare for the next journey
NPCs for unlocking new skills and weapons

FULL RELEASE! Striving for Light 1.0 available now!

Welcome back Wanderers,

after ~4 years of development the time has finally come for the 1.0 Release of Striving for Light!

Thank You

At this point we want to thank every single one of you for being part of our journey! From the very first start of Early Access nearly 4 years ago to the 1.0 Release. Without your support, feedback, bugreports and engagement this game would not be what it is today. <3

We are deeply grateful for your support!

Full 1.0 Patch notes

Update 1.0 is the biggest update we have ever developed for Striving for Light, you can read the full patch notes here:

https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1646790/view/543361383085904334?l=english

Season 1

With the game Release we will also kick off Season 1 and put the Early Access seasons to rest!

1.0 Release Event

July 11th -July 20th, 4pm CEST

We are also hosting a 1.0 Release Event with "Design with the Devs" prices running from July 11th -July 20th, 4pm CEST. If you want to participate drop a short message in #release-event-chat on our discord to sign up to be eligible for prices and get the @1.0 Release Event discord role.

Early Access Progress & Save Files

Due to the extensive amount of new features like the introduction of character slots the save file system has changed drastically. Therefore meta progression from the Early Access, as well as your active hardcore characters, can't be migrated to 1.0. We spent the time developing a save file fixing tool that will pop up and let you select save file fragments that can be migrated and carried over.

Now we want to wish everyone a lot of fun with 1.0 and all the new content!

- Nicole & Markus Igniting Spark Games

[ 2025-07-11 15:01:57 CET ] [Original Post]