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Luminous

Guide Keith through a darkened wasteland on a quest to rekindle the light. Can you bear the weight of your destiny as your light dwindles and the shadows twist into ever-stranger shapes? Can you trust the…

9 May 2018

Luminous is an adventure developed by Kieran Sheldon, released 9 May 2018 on Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Luminous is

Luminous is an adventure game developed by Kieran Sheldon and released in 2018. It is available on Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

Guide Keith through a darkened wasteland on a quest to rekindle the light. Can you bear the weight of your destiny as your light dwindles and the shadows twist into ever-stranger shapes? Can you trust the creature that guides you through this unsettling platforming adventure? This game is definitely not a metaphor for anything. No way.
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Luminous launched on 9 May 2018, within three weeks of God of War, God of War (2018), Detroit: Become Human and Detroit: Become Human.

Released around the same time: God of War, God of War (2018), Detroit: Become Human, Detroit: Become Human.

Official trailer

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Quick answers

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When did Luminous come out?
Luminous was released on 9 May 2018 for Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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