Choose Striving for Light
Choose Striving for Light if you want an Adventure experience. Striving for Light launched in 2025.
Striving for Light vs Striving for Light: Survival
Striving for Light and Striving for Light: Survival both land in Action, Indie, RPG on Steam, which is why they keep getting compared. The comparison below is built from each game's Steam metadata — release year, genres, categories, Steam Deck status, price, and review score — refreshed daily by imho.run's scraper. Headline differences: Both share Action, Indie, RPG on Steam. Striving for Light: Survival (2023) is 2 years older than Striving for Light (2025). Striving for Light scores higher on Steam reviews (80% positive) than Striving for Light: Survival (78.9% positive). No login or purchase needed — scroll for the full table, the verdict FAQ, and links to ranked similar games for both titles.
Which should you pick?
Choose Striving for Light: Survival
Choose Striving for Light: Survival if it's currently about 70% cheaper on the Steam Store. Striving for Light: Survival launched in 2023.
Both Striving for Light and Striving for Light: Survival sit in Action, Indie, and RPG on Steam and both list Multi-player, Shared/Split Screen, and Shared/Split Screen Co-op, so either pick lands in the same broad neighborhood. Steam reviews are nearly tied (80% vs 78.9% positive), so genre fit is the cleanest tiebreaker — scroll the table for the feature-by-feature view.
Side-by-side comparison
 Striving for Light |  Striving for Light: Survival | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2025 | 2023 |
| Genres | Action, Indie, Adventure, RPG, Casual | Action, Indie, RPG, Casual |
| Platforms | Windows, Linux | Windows, Linux |
| Steam Deck | Deck Verified | Deck Verified |
| Price | 12.59 USD | 3.74 USD |
| Steam reviews | 80% positive (100 reviews) | 78.9% positive (71 reviews) |
| Multiplayer | Multi-player, Shared/Split Screen Co-op, Co-op | Multi-player, Shared/Split Screen Co-op, Co-op |
| Developers | Igniting Spark Games | Igniting Spark Games |
Side by side
- Both share Action, Indie, RPG on Steam.
- Striving for Light: Survival (2023) is 2 years older than Striving for Light (2025).
- Striving for Light scores higher on Steam reviews (80% positive) than Striving for Light: Survival (78.9% positive).
- Striving for Light: Survival is currently ~70% cheaper on Steam than Striving for Light (3.74 USD vs. 12.59 USD).
- Both support cooperative play.
- Both are Deck Verified.
Striving for Light vs Striving for Light: Survival — FAQ
- Should I play Striving for Light or Striving for Light: Survival first?
- If you want chronology, Striving for Light: Survival (2023) came out before Striving for Light (2025). If neither is a sequel to the other, order doesn't really matter — start with whichever fits your current mood, since both share enough on Steam to make either a reasonable opener.
- Are Striving for Light and Striving for Light: Survival similar?
- They overlap on Action, Indie, RPG on Steam, so the catalogue groups them together — but "similar" depends on the specific mechanics. Use the genre + category rows above to decide whether the overlap matches what drew you to the one you've already played.
- Do both Striving for Light and Striving for Light: Survival have co-op?
- Yes — both list a co-op category on Steam. Specifics differ: Striving for Light ships Shared/Split Screen Co-op, Co-op; Striving for Light: Survival ships Shared/Split Screen Co-op, Co-op.
- Do Striving for Light and Striving for Light: Survival both run on Steam Deck?
- Yes — both are Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve confirms they run with full controller support, legible text, and default settings out of the box.