Shardlight
Released Mar 2016
A post-apocalyptic adventure game from the publisher that brought you Primordia, Gemini Rue and Technobabylon! A young woman stricken with a deadly plague searches for a cure in a hostile world.
90% positive · 807 reviews
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
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Steam $14.99
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Evaluation
Shardlight is a self-contained, narrative-driven adventure game that launched on March 8, 2016. It shipped with a single bonus content DLC on the same day as the base game (a supplementary pack, not an expansion), and no additional story content or expansions have ever been announced or released.
Since launch, Wadjet Eye Games has continued to maintain the game through technical patches — most notably a significant v2.0 update on February 9, 2022 that added Linux/Mac ports with working achievements, and an engine upgrade on July 25, 2023 that improved rendering and platform support. More recently, a config tool was added on April 14, 2025, and a hotfix was issued as recently as June 3, 2026. These are all maintenance and compatibility updates rather than new story or gameplay content.
The developer has never announced any post-launch story DLC, expansions, or a roadmap for additional content. There are no unreleased DLC entries on the store. The pattern of updates is consistent with long-term maintenance of a finished product. Shardlight launched as a complete, standalone adventure game, and all evidence points to that being the case — the continued patches simply reflect the developer keeping the game running well on modern systems.
Evidence
The only DLC is a bonus content pack released on the same day as the game — no story expansions or post-launch content packs exist.
Hotfix addressing a screenshot/dialog issue — ongoing maintenance of the finished game.
Content
1 of 1 released · no outstanding content
Media
Details
Developer
Publisher
Wadjet Eye Games
Achievements
19
Platform
Windows, macOS, Linux
Controller
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Steam Deck
Verified
Players
Single-player
About this game
The world ended on the day the bombs fell. Since then, it’s always been like this: disease, hunger, death. The ruling Aristocrats — a faceless oligarchy that controls all resources — have unchallenged authority. There’s never enough food, water, or vaccine to go around. The rich receive regular doses of vaccinations in exchange for their unconditional government support. The poor live in fear, superstition, and squalor until they die.
Amy Wellard, a young woman reluctantly working for the government to qualify for the vaccine lottery, believes there’s a cure — and she’s going to find it. Even if it costs her her life.
Amy Wellard, a young woman reluctantly working for the government to qualify for the vaccine lottery, believes there’s a cure — and she’s going to find it. Even if it costs her her life.
Last evaluated Jun 28, 2026
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