Fit check
Is Pillars of Light worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Adventure players who want first-person environmental puzzles involving light
- Players who enjoy exploring dark areas while avoiding monsters
- Fans of stories about family legacy and supernatural allies
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players looking for combat-focused action may hit a wall when progress depends on color-based puzzles, crate movement, and environmental navigation.
- Players who prefer open-ended worlds may find the experience restrictive when moving through specific dark locations and puzzle areas.
- Players seeking a climbing-focused puzzle game may prefer Jusant, which centers on climbing a tall tower.
Our take on Pillars of Light
The bounce point arrives when progress depends on combining light colors and moving crates in areas controlled by shadows. Players who do not enjoy switching between environmental puzzles, careful movement, jumps, and sprints may stall at these linked systems.
What is Pillars of Light?
Pillars of Light combines first-person action with environmental puzzles centered on a family duty: defending the world from shadow.
Players manipulate colored illumination, shift crates, summon Utu—the god of light—and use jumping and sprinting to evade monsters. The journey starts after the protagonist’s father dies, placing this responsibility in the player’s hands. Progress leads through shadow-controlled spaces where cautious movement is needed to overcome environmental obstacles. Areas include a forgotten temple and a ruined underground complex, with each location offering its own mood, puzzle design, and music.
How Pillars of Light plays
- 01Light-based puzzles
- Puzzle solving involves combining colors of light and moving crates.
- 02Utu assistance
- The player can call on Utu, the light god, while progressing through the game.
- 03Shadow encounters
- Monsters inhabit dark areas, requiring jumps, sprints, and careful movement.
- 04Distinct locations
- The game visits a lost temple and an old dungeon, each with its own setting, puzzles, and music.
Pillars of Light compared to similar games
Pillars of Light combines first-person movement, light-color puzzles, crate movement, and monster avoidance across locations such as temples and dungeons. Jusant is also an action-puzzle game, but it focuses on climbing a tall tower, using climbing tools, and monitoring stamina; its description also mentions exploring different paths and unraveling secrets from a bygone civilization.
Pillars of Light: platforms & release
Is Pillars of Light worth it?
It is worth it if: adventure players who want first-person environmental puzzles involving light. Skip it if: players looking for combat-focused action may hit a wall when progress depends on color-based puzzles, crate movement, and environmental navigation.
Where can I download Pillars of Light?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens Pillars of Light's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is Pillars of Light on?
Windows and Linux.
