Will O'Neill

Actual Sunlight

Actual Sunlight is a short interactive story about love, depression and the corporation. The game puts you in the role of Evan Winter, a young professional in Toronto, as he moves through three distinct periods of his life. The story is linear, unavoidable and (hopefully) thought-provoking. You experience his perceptions, fall under the consequences of his decisions, and meet everyone who didn’t change him. Gameplay is minimal, and serves only to move from one part of the (admittedly) text-heavy story to the next. The game fiercely attempts to be worth it. Actual Sunlight is not appropriate for children. It features mature themes and an adult-workplace amount of profanity. And it does so immediately.

Released: 3 January 2013
Developer: Will O'Neill
Publisher: Will O'Neill
Engine: RPG Maker VX Ace
Age rating: PEGI 16 · ESRB M
Metacritic: 77/100
Steam recommendations: 541
Platforms: Android · PC (Microsoft Windows) · iOS · Mac · PlayStation Vita · Nintendo Switch
Genres: Adventure · Indie
Estimated owners: 50,000–100,000 (est.)

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Player rating: 11
Ratings counted: 74.3%
Steam reviews: 1
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Crossplay System requirements 512 MB RAM Download size 0.1 GB

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74.3% of 619 Steam reviews are positive. Valve labels that “Mostly Positive”.

9 languages in the interface, 9 of them with full voice acting. English is supported, with full voice acting.

Publisher's content notice

Due to explicit language, Actual Sunlight is not appropriate for players under the age of 18. It also deals with extremely mature themes, including depression and thoughts of suicide. Similar to other forms of art that tackle these issues, Actual Sunlight can be an extremely powerful emotional experience – before downloading it, please first consider what your reaction to a book, film or piece of music in a similar vein might be.

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