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Navigate dark, trap-filled rooms by sacrificing each life to leave light that helps your next incarnation find a way forward.
Released 27 Feb 2015
Die to Reveal Paths
Collect Endless Medals
Fall Past Blades
Sometimes: Success Requires Sacrifice, the title says it all! You get thrown into a dark room, with no light to be found anywhere! Are you willing to end your life to light the way for the next generation to proceed further? Play it today and find out!
Developed by Volens Nolens Games · Published by Volens Nolens Games







You guide successive versions of a character through dark rooms, where the route ahead is hidden and traps make progress dangerous.
In Classic Mode, a death—whether caused by a trap or chosen by the player—leaves a body that illuminates the space for later attempts. Use the light to spot hazards and find a path onward.
Other modes offer different goals: collect medals in Endless Mode, score while falling past blades in Trust Fall, or gather dots throughout stages in Chips. The game also includes achievements and a statistics tracker.
Some players appreciate the unusual idea of using each death to light the way for a later attempt, with one describing the early experience as relaxing. Others say repeating the sacrifice-and-navigation loop becomes monotonous quickly. One review also reports unfair consecutive deaths when respawning while a key remains held.
| Platforms | Windows |
|---|---|
| Controller support | Xbox |
| Controller required | No |
| Website | Official website |
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