Primal Light

Fat Gem / Jul 8, 2020 / Action, Adventure, Indie

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Inhabit Krog, a mysterious blue creature in a red loincloth, as he traverses a labyrinth of ladders, levers, traps, and monsters. Explore the nooks and crannies of a bizarre and evocative world as you hack and slash your way to victory, leaving a graveyard of grotesque bosses in your wake.

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What's new

Patch 2023-02-06

2023-02-07

Hey everybody, I've just released a small patch which fixes a few minor issues. Bug Fixes • Fixed bug on title screen that disallowed certain input during "Press Any Button" prompt • Updated two file names to protect against potential issues on case-sensitive hardware (no issues have ever been reported, but better safe than sorry) Best, Shane

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What players say

Very Positive

85% positive, 230 reviews

Not recommended7 hrs played

Bloodstained? More like Retrostained. Indeed, this action platformer that takes quite the inspiration from titles like Castlevania adding more movement options as well as a more refined pixel art presentation with bright colors and different scenarios unfortunately is stuck with a level design from the late 80s. Indeed, it features lots of annoying enemy placements that along with a knockback effect, pits and the...

3 found this helpful, 2026-02-24

Recommended3 hrs played

A bit janky in places and the enemy placement can be annoying at times. Overall a decent game though. The pixel art and animations were genuinely a treat and the music was pretty good too. For how short it was, I am willing to ignore the issues and count this as a few hours well spent. Nothing groundbreaking, but a solid experience nonetheless.

0 found this helpful, 2026-09-24

Recommended4 hrs played

Excellent 16-bit era inspired sidescroller platformer/beat'em up with updated graphics and sound. Music is really good and fits each level well, the bosses are challenging but not too difficult (some are a bit harder than others). I quit after stage 5 because the standing dash makes the movement too fast paced and generic for my liking, and ideally the game should have ended around there for replayability sake...

0 found this helpful, 2026-07-16