Fit check
Is Otherlights worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Action-RPG players who want roguelike elements and selectable heroes
- Small groups seeking combat for 1 to 4 players
- Players interested in mixing weapons, spells, combos, and equipment abilities
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players seeking a tightly linear action RPG rather than a game with roguelike tendencies and changing missions
- Players who prefer a single fixed character instead of unlocking and developing multiple heroes
- Players looking for a purely solo experience rather than support for up to 4 players and versus matches
Our take on Otherlights
The game presents a wide range of heroes, equipment, missions, and combat options, but gives little concrete detail about how those systems connect across a full playthrough. Its scope is clearer than its progression structure.
What is Otherlights?
Otherlights is an action RPG with roguelike elements for 1 to 4 players.
Set in a world without sunlight, it follows attempts to reach a solar fragment protected by the Exharques. Players travel between light-based havens separated by dark wastelands, combining weapon types, attacks, spells, combos, and equipment abilities during combat. Multiple heroes can be unlocked, with their destinies developed alongside additional equipment. Missions set in earlier periods can alter the circumstances of the main quest while affecting temporal balance. The game also includes a versus mode, including 2v2 matches, where equipment can be improved between battles and strategy determines each rematch.
How Otherlights plays
- 01Multiple Heroes
- Playable characters can be unlocked, developed through their destinies, and accompanied by additional equipment.
- 02Flexible Combat
- Weapon categories, attacks, spells, combos, and equipment abilities can be combined during fights.
- 03Time-Based Missions
- Earlier-era adventures can change the circumstances surrounding the central quest and affect temporal balance.
- 04Versus Battles
- The competitive mode supports 2v2 encounters and allows equipment upgrades between fights.
Otherlights compared to similar games
Otherlights combines action-RPG combat, roguelike elements, multiple heroes, and 1-to-4-player play, while Vagante is presented as a dark-fantasy adventure focused on dangerous exploration. Dungeon Defenders: Awakened combines cooperative action-RPG play with tower defense, loot, leveling, pets, and character customization; Otherlights instead emphasizes weapon-and-spell combat, mission changes, and 2v2 versus matches.
Otherlights: platforms & release
Is Otherlights worth it?
It is worth it if: action-RPG players who want roguelike elements and selectable heroes. Skip it if: players seeking a tightly linear action RPG rather than a game with roguelike tendencies and changing missions.
Where can I download Otherlights?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens Otherlights's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is Otherlights on?
Windows only.
