{"rewrite":{"id":"r_1913f46839c08b60d3b64b7d","clusterId":"c_10b5eb60ba0f48855f62537f","slug":"thanks-light-launches-for-ps5-and-pc-with-flashlight-driven-shadow-puzzles","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"THANKS, LIGHT. Launches for PS5 and PC With Flashlight-Driven Shadow Puzzles","summary":"On October 15, the first-person puzzle game THANKS, LIGHT. launched for PS5 and PC on Steam and the Epic Games Store. Shining a flashlight on flat floor shadows turns them into three-dimensional objects, and removing light collapses them back. Lightersgames developed the title, Game Source Entertainment handles sales, and Steam lists it at 2,600 yen with a 10% launch sale through October 22.","whyItMatters":"A Korean studio's debut title built entirely on shadow-to-solid manipulation arrives in a lineage the source places alongside Portal, Superliminal, Viewfinder, and The Talos Principle, with two INDIECRAFT awards and selection for Tokyo Game Show 2025's Selected Indie 80 behind it.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe game gives the player one tool: a flashlight. A flat square drawn on the floor becomes a staircase when lit. A stone pillar blocking the path shrinks back into a shadow when the beam leaves it. The same object can change roles, so a cube that tilts a seesaw can also block a rolling ball.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLightersgames CEO Heebeom Jeong said the goal was a puzzle where players reach the solution through observation and analysis instead of reading text and memorizing rules. There is no complicated tutorial. A free demo is on Steam.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"THANKS, LIGHT. is priced at 2,600 yen on Steam with a 10% sale ending October 22, the same day the LIGHT-to-solid mechanic asks players to treat every shadow as temporary geometry.","twitterPost":"THANKS, LIGHT. sells at 2,600 yen on Steam with a 10% sale through October 22, pricing a mechanic where shadows are only as solid as the beam holding them.","threadsPost":"THANKS, LIGHT. launched for PS5 and PC on October 15, with Lightersgames developing and Game Source Entertainment handling sales. The 2,600 yen Steam price and 10% launch sale through October 22 put a timer on a puzzle where every solid object is only as permanent as the flashlight aimed at it.","newsletterBlurb":"THANKS, LIGHT., a first-person puzzle game where a flashlight beam switches objects between flat shadow and solid form, launched October 15 for PS5 and PC on Steam and the Epic Games Store. Lightersgames developed it, Game Source Entertainment handles sales. Steam price is 2,600 yen with a 10% launch sale through October 22, and a free demo is available.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Denfaminicogamer\",\"url\":\"https://news.denfaminicogamer.jp/news/2610153l\",\"title\":\"First-Person Puzzle Game 'THANKS, LIGHT.', Which Switches Between 'Shadow' and 'Solid' Using a Flashlight Beam, Launches for PS5 and PC - Solve Light-and-Shadow Puzzles in a Liminal Space Where You Are Invited by a Lightbulb-Headed Caretaker\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4693,"outputTokens":668,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1792072331,"createdAt":"2026-10-15T13:48:16.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-10-15T13:51:06.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-15T13:51:06.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_10b5eb60ba0f48855f62537f","canonicalTitle":"「影」と「立体」を懐中電灯の光で切り替える一人称パズルゲーム『THANKS, LIGHT.』がPS5とPC向けに発売。電球頭の管理人に招待されたリミナル空間で、光と影のパズルを解く","representativeArticleId":"a_4dd5591932b2e6bf8f169411","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[\"THANKS, LIGHT.\"],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[],\"type\":\"release\",\"domain\":\"games\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-10-15T12:45:19.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-10-15T12:45:19.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-15T13:51:06.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Denfaminicogamer","url":"https://news.denfaminicogamer.jp/news/2610153l","title":"「影」と「立体」を懐中電灯の光で切り替える一人称パズルゲーム『THANKS, LIGHT.』がPS5とPC向けに発売。電球頭の管理人に招待されたリミナル空間で、光と影のパズルを解く"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":["THANKS, LIGHT."],"studios":[],"people":[],"type":"release","domain":"games","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}