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


Skill system


Combat system


Weapons & Loot


Story & NPCs


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
0.9.4.3 Content Update
Defeated enemies that grant experience charge up this weapon and increase the weapon damage. Getting hit will removes 20 weapon charges.
This weapon will not only grow in strength but also shapeshift it's appearance. The charges are displayed in the weapon tooltips.

Initially this weapon is weak with a low range but can grow into a devastating weapon with huge range.

You can switch to the survival OST in the settings menu.
If you have followed yesturdays news, you might already know that the full Striving for Light Soundtrack is now available on all major streaming platforms.
You can now listen to the Striving for Light Soundtrack anywhere anytime:
You can read the full announcement here:
https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1646790/view/4179983836283047015
Thanks for your support and for being part of this amazing journey!
Update 0.9.4.3 has just dropped for Striving for Light adding a new special melee weapon as well as more soundtrack options.
Quick reminder: we will host a 48h Treasure Race Event, if you missed that announcement you can read on how to participate here:
https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1646790/view/4161968803625725157?l=english
New Features
Abyssal Hunger - New Melee Weapon
Defeated enemies that grant experience charge up this weapon and increase the weapon damage. Getting hit will removes 20 weapon charges.
This weapon will not only grow in strength but also shapeshift it's appearance. The charges are displayed in the weapon tooltips.

Initially this weapon is weak with a low range but can grow into a devastating weapon with huge range.

More Soundtrack Options
We have added the latest 4 sountracks of Striving for Light: Survival to Striving for Light. So if you want to have intense and pumping music for the race event starting tomorrow, this is the way to go!You can switch to the survival OST in the settings menu.
If you have followed yesturdays news, you might already know that the full Striving for Light Soundtrack is now available on all major streaming platforms.
You can now listen to the Striving for Light Soundtrack anywhere anytime:
Listen on:
- Spotify
- Apple Music
- Amazon Music
- Youtube Music
- Deezer
- Tidal and many more!
You can read the full announcement here:
https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1646790/view/4179983836283047015
Thanks for your support and for being part of this amazing journey!
Join the community!
Want to report a bug or talk with fellow players about the game and the new features? You are invited to join our official disccord .[ 2024-06-13 15:33:49 CET ] [Original Post]
Minimum Setup
- Processor: 3 Ghz or higherMemory: 4 MB RAM
- Memory: 4 MB RAM
- Graphics: Nvidia GeForce GTX650 or equivalent
- Storage: 500 MB available space
Recommended Setup
- Storage: 1000 MB available space
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