

Low Light Combat
Wolfire Games · July 21, 2021 · Action, Shooter, Arena Shooter, Free to Play, FPS
Low Light Combat is free to play — no purchase needed. We track it so you know if that ever changes.
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About Low Light Combat
Low Light Combat is a free competitive multiplayer shooter where light itself is your only weapon, forcing fast-paced tactical combat through a dynamic day-night cycle. Everything you do—firing, sprinting, using your flashlight—drains a shared time resource that you must replenish by eliminating opponents or reaching the central reactor, creating intense moments where every action counts.
Low Light Combat is a free competitive multiplayer shooter where light is your only weapon. Matches take place during a rapidly changing day and night cycle, meaning your fast paced fights quickly become tense and thrilling battles of wit.
TIME IS YOUR LIFE
In LLC, your health, ammo, and stamina are all tied to a single resource: Time. That means everything from firing your weapon and taking damage, to sprinting and shining your flashlight will all deplete your time. To replenish your time you must either defeat other players, or touch the reactor found in the middle of the map. But you must act fact because time... is fleeting.
ONE OF THE FIRST GAMES TO USE UNREAL ENGINE 5
LLC is one of the first games ever developed using Unreal Engine 5 Early Access, which means it takes full advantage of Lumen, which powers the real time dynamic global illumination featured in the game, and Nanite, which enables an astounding level of detail in the geometry.
OPEN SOURCE FOR EVERYONE
LLC is completely open source, so if you want to dive headfirst into the project file and learn how we did what we did, you can do so. Regardless of if you're a big name developer or a hobbyist programmer, any and all can learn from Low Light Combat.
You can download the source code here!
FEATURES
- Multiplayer matches based around light and time management
- Rapid day/night cycle
- Realistic real time dynamic lighting
- Cutting edge engine technology
FAQ
How much does Low Light Combat cost?
Low Light Combat is completely free.
How many people can play Low Light Combat together?
We recommend servers of no more than 10 players for the best LLC experience.
How long was Low Light Combat in development?
We developed this game for just over a month to see what we could make with UE5.
Low Light Combat — game info
- Platforms
- Windows
- Player modes
- Online PvP
- PC Game Pass
- Not included
What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
Low Light Combat is a multiplayer arena shooter with a day/night cycle mechanic that players found interesting in concept but poorly executed in practice, and the game now suffers from a completely dead playerbase. Common complaints center on technical implementation quality, a shift away from the original game's distinctive cyber-ninja aesthetic toward a generic space FPS look, and the fundamental failure of the core gameplay loop to engage players. Players do not recommend purchasing this title given its non-functional multiplayer community.
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"Low Light Combat" is a failed attempt at making a quirky FPS arena shooter by a bunch of failed game developers whose games suck so much, than when reviewers mentioned the games suck and didn't buy them, took Valve to court, Digital Homicide style. I know you're thinking, wow, these talentless, failed game developers who never made a decent product really are jerks, but this is not a review of the toxic game developers at Wolfire, no matter how bad they are. This is a review about the game, "Low Light Combat". Let's talk about Low Light Combat and why it sucked so much. Novel ideas are not always good ideas, the concept of a rapid day/night cycle somehow adding something to FPS arena shooters failed hard. And, as is common to this developer, the technical implementation quality is extremely weak. Everything is assembled in an amateurish way, so the game is thoroughly unpleasant to play, it looks bad, and feels bad. That's if you can get a server to work... the basic game code itself is a sloppy mess, the game hangs and you're more likely find yourself pressing Alt+F4 to quit rather than actually playing a game, if you can convince anyone to play with you. The "gimmicks" …4 found this helpful
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The original 'Low Light Combat' is a multiplayer stealth shooter where nuclear-powered cyber-ninjas fight in icy caves for survival, created for the Mojam 2 charity drive. Despite its unique mechanics and charitable purpose, the shift from a bold, niche Illuminati concept to a generic space FPS aesthetic feels uninspired, missing the charm of its original premise. Please, Wolfire Games, bring it back or develop another game with the original art style, direction and of course, the cyber-ninjas themselves.
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