RPGFit check
Is Light Years Apart worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Readers of long-form interactive fiction who want a space-set story
- Players who enjoy choosing between stealth, trade, and dialogue during a journey
- Players interested in character customization and a choice between opposing factions
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players who want action-driven combat may find the stated trade, stealth, and conversation options a poor match.
- Readers who prefer short stories may find a 220,000-word adventure too long.
- Players looking for management, crafting, or puzzle-focused play may not find those systems here.
Our take on Light Years Apart
Players seeking combat as the main way through obstacles may hit a wall at the blockade: the stated approaches are trade, stealth, or conversation. Readers who do not want a long narrative may also balk at its 220,000-word length.
What is Light Years Apart?
This 220,000-word space adventure follows a smuggling run to take two unusual siblings to a new home.
Trade, sneak, or talk to get past a planetary blockade, moving from one crisis to the next with a chosen music selection. Meet locals, encounter pirates and spies, and investigate the siblings’ mystery. The story also presents a choice between supporting a sentient computer operating behind the government or joining the rebels opposing it. Players can choose a male, female, or non-binary protagonist and customize romantic interests when they appear.
How Light Years Apart plays
- 01Three passage methods
- Trading, stealth, and conversation offer different ways through the planetary blockade.
- 02Faction decision
- The story offers a choice between a covertly influential sentient computer and the rebels fighting it.
- 03Character options
- The protagonist can be male, female, or non-binary, with romantic interests customizable when introduced.
- 04Music selection
- Players choose music to accompany the journey from one crisis to another.
- 05Long-form narrative
- The adventure contains 220,000 words and includes a mystery involving the two siblings.
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Light Years Apart: platforms & release
Is Light Years Apart worth it?
It is worth it if: readers of long-form interactive fiction who want a space-set story. Skip it if: players who want action-driven combat may find the stated trade, stealth, and conversation options a poor match.
Where can I download Light Years Apart?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens Light Years Apart's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is Light Years Apart on?
Windows, macOS and Linux.
