The Light in the Darkness: Director's Cut

Arcade Distillery

PS5

In-game purchases optional
1 player
Remote Play supported
PS5 and PS Portal cloud streaming supported only with Premium subscription
Accessibility features (5)
Accessibility Features
PS5 Version
Vibration function supported (DualSense wireless controller)

Blood, Violence

In-game purchases optional
1 player
Remote Play supported
PS5 and PS Portal cloud streaming supported only with Premium subscription
Accessibility features (5)
Accessibility Features
PS5 Version
Vibration function supported (DualSense wireless controller)

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Horizon40419

Rated 4/12/2026

I cried for 20 minutes after playing this game

I cannot express the emotion this game made me feel. It is so beautifully written, the story is accurate tl history, and the characters, while they don't do much besides walk and talk, have a way of drawing you in and making you feel for them. This game gave me a whole new perspective on the Holocaust, and the emotions. God, the emotions. Be prepared to bawl your eyes out if you have any sort of empathy for those who suffered.

The Light in the Darkness: Director's Cut

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Accessibility Features

- Clear Text
  Menu and heads-up display (HUD) text is presented in a way that makes it easier to read.
- Volume Controls
  You can turn down and mute individual audio volumes.
- Subtitles (Basic)
  The game includes subtitles for the main story and main characters only.
- Clear Subtitles
  Subtitles are presented in a way that helps make them easier to read.
- Captions (Basic)
  The game includes captions for only important sounds during gameplay.

The Light in the Darkness: Director’s Cut is a free narrative game following a Polish-Jewish family living in Nazi-occupied France. Rather than placing the player on a battlefield or offering a fantasy of changing history, the game stays with ordinary people as antisemitism, state policy, persecution, and deportation dismantle their lives.

The Director’s Cut completes Luc Bernard’s original vision with full voice acting, extended narrative material, new animation and atmospheric detail, refined systems, and a historically grounded reconstruction of Auschwitz.

Platform:: PS5
Release:: 9/22/2026
Publisher:: Arcade Distillery
Genres:: Adventure, Educational
Voice:: English
Screen Languages:: English

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Directed by Luc Bernard