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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%)

Review summary

Updated May 8, 2026

Based on 51 scored critic reviews, critics give this game an average score of 63.3/100. Critics score this game 16.0 points lower than Steam users and 3.8 points lower than Metacritic users.

How these comparisons are calculated
Sources behind this summary(5 recent of 51)+
  1. Jordan PhippsviaThisGenGaming
    Nov 10, 2017·Late review
    75/100View review
    Steam 79.3/100 · -4.3 ptsMetacritic 67/100 · +8.0 pts
  2. Clayton DaleyviaNation Fusion
    Sep 14, 2017·Late review
    70/100View review
    Steam 79.3/100 · -9.3 ptsMetacritic 67/100 · +3.0 pts
  3. Paul AcevedoviaWindows Central
    Aug 3, 2017·Launch window
    70/100View review
    Steam 79.3/100 · -9.3 ptsMetacritic 67/100 · +3.0 pts
  4. Game Debate StaffviaGame Debate
    Jul 29, 2017·Launch window
    55/100View review
    Steam 79.3/100 · -24.3 ptsMetacritic 67/100 · -12.0 pts
  5. Jordan LoefflerviaDualShockers
    Jul 27, 2017·Launch window
    80/100View review
    Steam 79.3/100 · +0.7 ptsMetacritic 67/100 · +13.0 pts