Low Light Combat
Released Jul 2021
Low Light Combat is a free competitive multiplayer shooter where light is your only weapon. Matches take place during a rapidly changing day and night cycle, meaning your fast paced fights quickly become tense and thrilling battles of wit.
71% positive · 136 reviews
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
Where to get it
Free on Steam
Evaluation
Low Light Combat is a free-to-play competitive multiplayer shooter developed by Wolfire Games. By the developer's own description, the game was built in just over a month as an experiment with Unreal Engine 5. This framing — a short development sprint to explore new technology — indicates the game was never intended as a long-term, continuously updated product.
The game released on July 21, 2021. Post-launch activity was brief: a feature patch on October 25, 2021 added two new game modes and server management tools, and a server maintenance notice was posted on December 16, 2021. After that date, there have been no further developer communications of any kind.
There are no unreleased DLC listings, no roadmap, no announced future content, and no developer statements suggesting additional updates are planned. The store description makes no promises of future content. Given the explicit "built in a month" framing and the complete absence of developer activity since December 2021, the game appears to have shipped as a finished (if modest) product, with the final post-launch patch representing the end of active work.
Evidence
Developer states the game was built in just over a month to explore Unreal Engine 5 — framing it as a contained experiment rather than an ongoing live product.
Minor update added two new game modes (Deathmatch and Race) and server host controls.
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Developer
Publisher
Wolfire Games
Achievements
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Platform
Windows
Controller
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Steam Deck
Not rated
Players
Multiplayer · PvP
About this game
LIGHT IS YOUR WEAPON
Low Light Combat is a free competitive multiplayer shooter where light is your only weapon. Matches take place during a rapidly changing day and night cycle, meaning your fast paced fights quickly become tense and thrilling battles of wit.
TIME IS YOUR LIFE
In LLC, your health, ammo, and stamina are all tied to a single resource: Time. That means everything from firing your weapon and taking damage, to sprinting and shining your flashlight will all deplete your time. To replenish your time you must either defeat other players, or touch the reactor found in the middle of the map. But you must act fact because time... is fleeting.
ONE OF THE FIRST GAMES TO USE UNREAL ENGINE 5
LLC is one of the first games ever developed using Unreal Engine 5 Early Access, which means it takes full advantage of Lumen, which powers the real time dynamic global illumination featured in the game, and Nanite, which enables an astounding level of detail in the geometry.
OPEN SOURCE FOR EVERYONE
LLC is completely open source, so if you want to dive headfirst into the project file and learn how we did what we did, you can do so. Regardless of if you're a big name developer or a hobbyist programmer, any and all can learn from Low Light Combat.
You can download the source code here!
FEATURES
How much does Low Light Combat cost?
Low Light Combat is completely free.
How many people can play Low Light Combat together?
We recommend servers of no more than 10 players for the best LLC experience.
How long was Low Light Combat in development?
We developed this game for just over a month to see what we could make with UE5.
Low Light Combat is a free competitive multiplayer shooter where light is your only weapon. Matches take place during a rapidly changing day and night cycle, meaning your fast paced fights quickly become tense and thrilling battles of wit.
TIME IS YOUR LIFE
In LLC, your health, ammo, and stamina are all tied to a single resource: Time. That means everything from firing your weapon and taking damage, to sprinting and shining your flashlight will all deplete your time. To replenish your time you must either defeat other players, or touch the reactor found in the middle of the map. But you must act fact because time... is fleeting.
ONE OF THE FIRST GAMES TO USE UNREAL ENGINE 5
LLC is one of the first games ever developed using Unreal Engine 5 Early Access, which means it takes full advantage of Lumen, which powers the real time dynamic global illumination featured in the game, and Nanite, which enables an astounding level of detail in the geometry.
OPEN SOURCE FOR EVERYONE
LLC is completely open source, so if you want to dive headfirst into the project file and learn how we did what we did, you can do so. Regardless of if you're a big name developer or a hobbyist programmer, any and all can learn from Low Light Combat.
You can download the source code here!
FEATURES
- Multiplayer matches based around light and time management
- Rapid day/night cycle
- Realistic real time dynamic lighting
- Cutting edge engine technology
FAQ
How much does Low Light Combat cost?
Low Light Combat is completely free.
How many people can play Low Light Combat together?
We recommend servers of no more than 10 players for the best LLC experience.
How long was Low Light Combat in development?
We developed this game for just over a month to see what we could make with UE5.
Are these done yet?
Last evaluated Jun 22, 2026
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