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Released Aug 11, 2026 Early Access $19.99 Mostly Positive Counts toward your Steam games

Luminary

By Refractive Entertainment

Followers 12,535
Reviews 361 Mostly Positive
Players now 2 Peak today 2
Followers, 30 days — Not enough history yet

About Luminary

Luminary is a game tagged Exploration, Hack and Slash and PvE by Refractive Entertainment, released Aug 11, 2026. It has 361 Steam reviews (Mostly Positive). The Steam games most like it include Heroic Kingdom: Origins, Ethereal Legends and Survive The Oasis.

Luminary is a solo or co-op OpenZone Action RPG that creates a balanced experience for everyone. Using a unique world and character progression system, explore vast hand-crafted lands together, uncover hidden treasures, level up your town, and push back the darkness with light.
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Steam data

Everything Steam lists for Luminary · record updated 16 hours ago

Steam store

Overview

App ID1648360
Release dateAug 11, 2026
Last change number40128417
Last record update16 hours ago

App info

App type
Game
Developer
Refractive Entertainment
Publisher
Refractive Entertainment
Steam profile
Counts toward game count and achievement totals · checked 3 days ago

Platforms

Windows
Steam Deck
Playable
Controller
Full support

Features

8
Single-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline co-opFull controller supportSteam AchievementsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

Prices

Price · US$19.99
On sale0 of 41regions right now
Lowest seen · US$19.99Oct 23, 2026
Checked15 hours agoin 41 regions

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Patches

Patch notes

10
  1. Oct 7, 2026 Update taking awhile...

    Hey Everyone! I don't have any news really, other than letting you know where we are at on things. We've been working on this update that adds a few really important new systems, weapon runes and vendor leveling, and of course it's taking …

  2. Aug 24, 2026 Map Player Icon, Temple NPC, Bug Fixes

    Hey Everyone, This is a smaller update but wanted to get this out into the world early since a few items on this list are things everyone pointed out often in reviews and forum discussions as needed asap Update Version 0.11.02.0051Addition…

  3. Aug 14, 2026 Launch, Plans, Hotfix Update

    Thank You First, I want to say thank you all for giving us a chance. Making a game and putting it out into the world has always been a dream of mine. We are completely self taught, and just figuring things out as we go along. A co-op openw…

  4. Jul 2, 2026 Luminary Demo 0.10.32.0071 - Patch Notes

    Golem EncounterAudio: Brought Golem hit sounds and effects back.Camera: Fixed an issue where the camera would get stuck after defeating the Golem.Combat: Resolved a bug causing combat music to continue triggering on after the Golem is defe…

  5. Jul 1, 2026 40k Wishlists, Price / Launch Date Reveal - Playtest? - Major Demo Update

    Hello Luminaries! The last couple months have been a whirlwind of excitement and WORK! We hit 40,000 Wishlists, actually we are currently sitting at 43K, and we've been crunching heavy behind the scenes getting ready for our Early Access l…

  6. Apr 2, 2026 A little Update + New Key Art!

    Hi! Just a Little Update...I wanted to say Thank You to Everyone who has supported us so far on this journey, it really means the world to me. To show a little gratitude, here is a UHD 4k Image of our new Key Art that you can download. (If…

  7. Feb 28, 2026 Luminary Demo 0.10.27.0001 – Patch Notes

    Character CreationFixed not being able to return to race/gender selection after confirming gender.

  8. Feb 28, 2026 25K, New Environment and Graphics Settings Update

    I really want to thank you ALL, and the new Japanese fans who came in clutch over the last week. We have passed 25,000 Wishlists, actually closing in on 26k today, and I honestly can't thank you all enough for being interested in our littl…

  9. Feb 13, 2026 Update on what we are working on

    Hi Luminaries! I just wanted to give you a small update on what we are working on. This week we started revamping some of the artwork and lighting in our demo and Early Access map. Here's a few beauty angle screen shots for that work. We w…

  10. Feb 12, 2026 Luminary Demo 0.10.24 – Patch Notes

    Performance & GraphicsLowered resolution scale limits to 25–100.Improved Way Tree performance by removing particle lighting.Animation & CombatAdded basic foot IK.Reduced bow jank for smoother aiming and firing.Interface & LocalizationTrans…

Builds

1
BuildBranchUpdated
24915865publicAug 24, 2026

Depots

Depots

3
IDNameSystemsSizeDownloadManifest
228989 — shared from 228980 Windows — — —
228990 — shared from 228980 Windows — — —
1648361 — All 9.81 GB 9.23 GB 5393538392576602721

Branches

1
BranchBuildUpdatedAccess
public 24915865 Aug 24, 2026 Open

Configuration

Install foldersteamapps/common/Luminary

Launch options

1
ExecutableArgumentsSystemsDescription
Luminary.exe Windows · 64-bit

Cloud saves

Space per player500.0 MB
Filesup to 1,000
Save locations1
RootPathPatternSystems
WinAppDataLocalLuminary/Saved/SaveGames/*.savWindows

News

  1. Sep 4, 2026 · Community Announcements Dev Blog #1 How'd launch go?

    Hey Everyone!I wanted to start making Dev Blogs a regular thing. Even if we don't have an update ready to release, I still want you all to stay informed every few weeks on how things are going and wh…

  2. Aug 11, 2026 · Community Announcements Luminary's Early Access - OUT NOW!

    Our JourneyAfter over 4 years of testing/learning game dev, and then another 1.5 years of rebuilding it from the ground up, working on it full time with just the two of us... Luminary is FINALLY out …

  3. Jul 25, 2026 · Community Announcements Closed Playtest Tomorrow!

    Hey Luminaries! If you are already a member of the Hall of Heroes, then you should have received an email this morning about signing up for our Early Playtest taking place Tomorrow July 26-27th. This…

  4. Jul 14, 2026 · Community Announcements Wishlist Milestone Discounts!

    As we glide past 50k Wishlists, I was inspired by a post I saw from another game "The Mound". I saw what they were doing with their Wishlist milestone discounts and thought "How Awesome! I wanna do t…

  5. May 11, 2026 · Community Announcements Carve your Name in the Hall of Heroes

    Will YOUR name carved in the Hall of Heroes? Who's dedicated to the fight to push back the darkness? If you plan to play Luminary on Week 1, please fill out this simple google form. Week 1 Luminaries…

  6. Apr 30, 2026 · Community Announcements See you soon :) + Expectations

    I want to Thank everyone again for supporting us for as long as you have. It really helps our motivation to keep pushing hard over the finish line. I'm going to be hunkered down, grinding for the nex…

  7. Apr 15, 2026 · Community Announcements GameSpark Interview (English) + 30K Wishlists!

    We hit 30,000 Wishlists thanks to this Article (Sorry for the huge wall of text below, but the diehard fans want a lot of this info) I had a huge in depth interview with GameSpark (a Japanese publica…

  8. Feb 6, 2026 · Community Announcements Performance, Languages, Bugs and MORE!

    First of all, let me say how happy I am at the recent support for Luminary. We've gained 2500 Wishlists in just the last two weeks, putting us over 23,500 and inching closer to 25k. We've never had t…

  9. Jan 14, 2026 · Community Announcements TIER 2 UNLOCKED!

    Tier 2 Unlocked! Demo Update We are happy to announce the launch of a new Update for Luminary's Demo. In this update we did a few things, but the biggest is the addition of a Tier 2 Difficulty. Think…

  10. Dec 22, 2025 · Community Announcements 20000 WISHLISTS

    We actually hit 20k Wishlists a couple months ago when we released our demo, but it just dawned on me I never let you all on Steam know about it. OOPSI'm going to make sure I keep all of our Luminary…

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