Burning Daylight

Burning Daylight

Burning Daylight Team · April 19, 2019 · Free to Play, Cyberpunk, Nudity, Sexual Content, Adventure

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About Burning Daylight

✦ AI summary

Burning Daylight is a sci-fi adventure game where you awaken with amnesia in a dystopian megastructure and must escape while uncovering the truth behind a mysterious chest tattoo. Explore layered environments from slums to city streets, solving puzzles and unraveling a society where nothing is quite what it seems.

Waking up naked in a grotesque slaughterhouse, you have no recollection of who you are or where you come from. Your only clue is a mysterious tattoo on your chest. You must now escape and travel through a dystopian society in order to uncover the mysteries of your origin.

The story is set in the future where life cannot sustain outside, what remains of human society, now lives in megastructures waiting for the day, when they once again can live outside.

You will explore the world inside of the megastructure, from the low-level slums to the bustling city streets, while exploring its society; you will learn that not everything is how it seems.

Burning Daylight is a sci-fi adventure game, set in a dystopian future with light puzzle elements and environmental storytelling.

Made by a team of 12 students from The Animation Workshop.

Burning Daylight — game info

Platforms
Windows
Player modes
Single-player
PC Game Pass
Not included

What Steam players say

Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.

Recommended Jun 25, 2026
This game is really good. I honestly think that if it were longer, and maybe had a little bit more actual gameplay, this could easily be a paid game. It looks FANTASTIC. The lighting effects really add a ton to what already looks great. The game plays very simply, move around and interact with things occasionally, that's it. More or less a 2D/3D walking simulator. Zero stress, just play and experience the game. The story is great, and I can't really say too much without spoiling things, but it almost reminded me of some sort of prequel to the movie [i]9[/i], and it definitely has the same sort of vibe that the movie has. One thing that I should probably mention: there is a bit of adult content in the game. You start the game naked, and don't get clothes for a while... and then it's only a SHIRT. Exposed genitaila for half of the game, just hanging in the breeze. There were a few other things as well, so just be warned. There's nothing crazy, but it's there. If you have 30-45 minutes, you should check this one out. I'm a little bit sad that I didn't play this for so long. Don't be like me.
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Recommended Jul 29, 2026
This game is so cool. This is a great blend of discomfort, pleasing visuals, and a fascinating story. The message I got was a type of cycle, being born into a circle of fate you can't control, and learning the one who actually limits you [b] is you. [/b] I wish the game was longer, to really explore the environment and further experience the message it was trying to convey. Overall, this game is Art. Art the developers could profit off of if they decide to expand on this one day. Play the game. “All art should inspire and evoke emotion. Art should be something you can actually feel.” - [i] Chris DeRubeis [/i]
1 found this helpful
Recommended Jul 14, 2026
a solid dystopian technophobic take on our future, and a nice follow-up to Inside with great cinematic direction.
1 found this helpful
Recommended Jul 13, 2026
Really cool little game. It's half an hour long and free just play it.
Recommended Jul 12, 2026
Such an amazing short cyberpunk world to explore. Everything from the visuals to the sound was beautifully crafted to the point they did not even have to have any words to help tell a story ofwhat is going on. I highly recommend this game it is baffling this was a free game honestly
Not recommended May 5, 2026
Probably the strangest...and most disappointing game I have ever played. I didnt understand the concept at all and there wasnt a correlation to anything that happened next. Just a skip from me 2.7/10

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