Guiding Light

Guiding Light

Corner Office Games · January 20, 2020 · Free to Play, Indie, Casual, Adventure, Puzzle Platformer

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Guiding Light is free to play — there is no purchase price, on Steam or anywhere else we track. We keep watching it, so if it ever stops being free the price history on this page will show when that happened and what it changed to.

About Guiding Light

Guiding Light is a cooperative game in which you and a friend work for the Intergalactic Crash Unit. It’s your job to rescue stranded aliens from all kinds of sticky situations. One player is an alien who goes down to the planet to execute the rescue operation, while the other pilots the UFO to help guide the alien on the ground.

Using your different points of view and abilities you need to work together to complete your rescue mission.

To successfully execute these operations, communication is key. Guiding Light emphasizes co-op gameplay by requiring the need for teamwork and communication between players to be able to progress through the game. Both players have different points of view, information, and abilities which are all needed to successfully complete the rescue operations.

One of the two roles to fulfill is the alien. This player goes down to the ground and is expected to platform through foreign planets to get to stranded aliens who need to be beamed up to the UFO.
The alien plays from a first-person perspective, and can interact with buttons, levers and can pick up batteries.

The other player is the UFO and is, quite literally, the guiding light for the alien. The UFO can fly through the level and provides information to the alien. Because of its different point of view, the UFO has a more complete grasp on the situation but needs to communicate with the alien to know what is going on on the ground.
The UFO has a light ray on board, which can be used to help the alien with vision and reveal items and objects they would not be able to see by themselves. The UFO can also shine it's light on solar panels to activate doors and moving platforms to help the alien traverse the terrain and reach the end goal.

Guiding Light — game info

Platforms
Windows
Steam Deck
Playable
Player modes
Online co-op
PC Game Pass
Not included

What Steam players say

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

Not recommended Jun 12, 2025
"Guiding Light" is a quirky co-op puzzle game where you and some (unlucky) friend plod through some puzzles as you take on the role of a couple of aliens and their UFO. What do you do in the game? One player runs around and does the puzzle stuff, the other is in the UFO. The UFO guy needs to guide the on-the-ground player around the puzzles. It never caught on. In terms of visuals, this features fairly low quality low poly 3D graphics which will deter a lot of gamers, understandably. Gaming is a visual medium, and while some developers struggle with creating high quality visuals, failing to do so is a disservice to gamers. It's very difficult to recommend bad looking games. You're forced to sign a highly questionable yet legally unenforceable End User License Agreement... for such a relatively low effort, low quality product, this comes across more as a delusion of grandeur than anything else. This agreement includes questionable requirements that may attempt to revoke consumer law protections that gamers expect to have, which is also highly problematic. Developers must learn they are here to serve gamers, not control them. I had my cat walk over the keyboard while the E…
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Recommended Nov 7, 2025
Игра 'Guiding Light' - это по-настоящему трогательное и запоминающееся приключение. Визуальный стиль, выполненный в пастельных тонах, создает атмосферу умиротворения и загадочности. Игровой процесс сосредоточен на решении головоломок, основанных на манипулировании светом, что заставляет хорошенько поломать голову. Сюжет, хоть и подан довольно минималистично, оставляет след в душе, заставляя задуматься о важности надежды и веры в себя, даже когда кажется, что вокруг сгустилась тьма. Единственным минусом для меня стала некоторая неспешность повествования, возможно, кому-то покажется затянутой, но лично мне это позволило в полной мере насладиться каждым моментом. Музыкальное сопровождение прекрасно дополняет визуальную составляющую, создавая волшебную синергию. В целом, 'Guiding Light' - это отличное инди-творение, которое я рекомендую всем, кто ищет не просто развлечение, а глубокий эмоциональный опыт.
Recommended Sep 13, 2024
very good game,relationship between you and your friend will break down
Recommended Aug 11, 2024
It has a few syncronization bugs, we spent a lot of time trying to figure out the last puzzle and all we had to do was restart to be able to finish it. It was fun and free though! Definitely recommend if you have someone to play with.
Recommended Apr 28, 2024
It's okay; was a little laggy but was managable.
Recommended Apr 24, 2024
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