Developer posts and news about this game.
Updated gun pickup visuals in the Soldier Tutorial Updated button graphics for when a button loses focus while being pressed down Updated lightsource sphere graphics (removed the small gaps between the hex tiles) Removed official servers
Hello everyone, I just wanted to give a heads-up that our official game servers will be closing down on March 15, 2026 due to their upkeep costs and the fact that they're not being used. Note that the game itself is NOT shutting down, and peer-to-peer sessions and community-hoste
Fixed a bug where the revive sound would continue to play if you died while reviving someone
Soldiers can now switch sides on death Soldier HUD is now hidden when waiting to respawn Fixed a bug where the revive UI was still showing when a (dead) soldier left mid-game
Hello everyone, I've changed it so that the DLC is no longer required for hosting custom peer-to-peer sessions. It seems that there were some people encountering issues connecting to our official servers, so having peer-to-peer sessions available as a free alternative should help
Removed DLC requirement for hosting peer-to-peer sessions
Fixed a bug with ping location messages using incorrect player names
During the migration from the Demo to F2P, there was a misconfiguration and everyone was accidentally given access to the Premium Upgrade DLC. But this has now been fixed. Sorry for the confusion! (and I guess congrats to the lucky few who got to try out the Premium Edition for f
Migrated from Demo to F2P
Hello again everyone! Recently, I've been made aware that there is some confusion surrounding the Demo, and how things appear on the store page. Right now, the Demo is very similar to the paid version, with only some minor differences; such as being able to host/join custom sessi
Added Premium Upgrade DLC (you will automatically own this DLC if you own the base game before the transition to F2P)
Greetings everyone! I have some good news to share... Lightphobe is now fully released and no longer in Early Access! As a promotion for the 1.0 launch, a free version of the game has been made available, and it will be playable until the end of January 2026. Crossplay between th
Added official servers: NA West (Oregon) NA West (San Jose) NA Central (Dallas) NA East (Montreal) EU Central (Frankfurt) Asia (Seoul) Asia (Singapore) Australia (Sydney)
Updated ping marker ZOrder to be behind the crosshair Made some very minor adjustments to the arena minigame and tutorials Fixed a misconfiguration where the max players wasn't properly increased from 16 to 24 Added the ability to join LAN sessions by direct IP (in case searching
Improved objective arrow to transition more seamlessly off-screen Added ping markers for soldiers Fixed a performance issue caused by several UI elements being initialized with incorrect settings in the pooling system
Fixed lightphobe destruction being delayed on clients when joining mid-game (or when rewinding in replays) Tweaked revive area visual to blend in better with the environment Removed close button on loadout menu (for spectating) Adjusted lightphobe tutorial intro cinematic Added c
Fixed a bug where the revive UI was preventing other UIs from working properly Updated crosshair for better visibility (customization settings coming in a future update)
Improved revive interactions (added visual cues + tweaked interaction area) Added new server setting: timescale (e.g. for playing the game in slow motion) Made soldier ragdolls less likely to get stuck in weird poses Added precision movement for spectators (hold walk/sprint key)
Added tutorial for playing as a Lightphobe (WIP) Updated loadout tooltip background Mousewheel can now be used to adjust the camera's distance on Lightphobes Fixed a bug in replays where the music would continue playing after rewinding Added a new menu in the replay system with t
Lightphobe's received several updates since our last playtest. Come join our next playtest to try out the changes for yourself! You can also let us know your thoughts, and we'd greatly appreciate any feedback that you share with us :) We'll also be hanging out in our Discord duri