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The Town of Light

The Town of Light

Released: 6/6/2017

The Town of Light is a first-person psychological thriller set in the Volterra Psychiatric Asylum, shutted down in the late '900, by a law from 1978 together with all other Italian asylums. The game aims to explore what’s really happened inside those walls in the fictional eyes of Renèe’s, an imaginary 16 years old girl that suffers from mental illness. The adventure starts at present days, near the Asylum. Renèe’s voice will guides the player, which will try to find her forgotten and blurred memories through her eyes, her fearsand her personal drama whilst exploring an environment full of realistic documents and locations as they were back in time as well as they are today.

The Town of Light is a first-person psychological thriller set in the Volterra Psychiatric Asylum, shutted down in the late '900, by a law from 1978 together with all other Italian asylums. The game aims to explore what’s really happened inside those walls in the fictional eyes of Renèe’s, an imaginary 16 years old girl that suffers from mental illness. The adventure starts at present days, near the Asylum. Renèe’s voice will guides the player, which will try to find her forgotten and blurred memories through her eyes, her fearsand her personal drama whilst exploring an environment full of realistic documents and locations as they were back in time as well as they are today.

The Town of Light is a first-person psychological thriller set in the Volterra Psychiatric Asylum, shutted down in the late '900, by a law from 1978 together with all other Italian asylums. The game aims to explore what’s really happened inside those walls in the fictional eyes of Renèe’s, an imaginary 16 years old girl that suffers from mental illness. The adventure starts at present days, near the Asylum. Renèe’s voice will guides the player, which will try to find her forgotten and blurred memories through her eyes, her fearsand her personal drama whilst exploring an environment full of realistic documents and locations as they were back in time as well as they are today.

Critics
63
Steam
79
Metacritic
67

Score Breakdown

63.3

Critic Average

51 reviews

79

Steam User Score

2,766 reviews

67

Metacritic User Score

45 reviews

Disparity Breakdown

Steam Disparity
-16.0
Metacritic Disparity
-3.8
Combined Disparity
-9.9

Average of both sources

Review Timing

17 early (33%)32 launch window (63%)2 late (4%)