Open now · By request
Stray Light playtest
by 黄烁强02
What the eye sees is a prison.” Lost in a cursed forest, ancient streetlights are your only escape. Shift seamlessly between a grim reality and beautiful memories to eliminate obstacles and solve dual-world puzzles. Remember: what blocks you here might not exist on the other side.
It's free to ask. The developer chooses who gets in.
- Access
- By request
- On playtest since
- Aug 3, 2026
- Planned release
- Q4 2026
- Developer
- 黄烁强02
- Platforms
- Windows
- Players
- Single-player
- Languages
- English, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Simplified Chinese
How to join the Stray Light playtest
- Open the game's Steam page with the Request access button. Sign in to Steam if it asks.
- Request access to the Stray Light playtest there. It's free and doesn't commit you to anything.
- The developer lets players in, often in batches, so it can take a while. Steam emails you when you're in, and the playtest appears in your library.
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About Stray Light
A cursed forest. Once you enter, there's no way out.
Step into these woods, and the Headless Woman will be there—watching from the shadows, hunting you from behind. But she's not the only thing to fear. The forest is filled with strange rules—break one, and a curse will follow.
Rules include, but are not limited to:
- Do not approach certain "people."
- Do not turn back on certain paths.
- Do not open certain doors.
- Do not cross certain parts of the forest.
- Do not speak to the woman in the swimsuit.
- Do not go near certain lampposts.
- Some fences only exist in daylight.
A couple crashes into this forest after a car accident.
The wife disappears.
The husband survives—but he's just an ordinary man.
No weapons. No special abilities. No backup.
He soon realizes: the forest is not what it seems.
Walls that cannot be crossed in this world may not even exist in another.
Dead ends that trap him in the present could be open paths in a memory.
He must move between two worlds—
One is bright and empty. The other is dark, but holds the answers.
A dead end in reality might be the only way forward in the past.
He presses on through the dark, crossing forests he was told not to cross,
passing lampposts he was told not to approach,
and at every crossroad where he's told not to look back—
he forces himself not to.
He doesn't know if he'll find her.
But he knows that if he stops, there won't be any hope left.
This is a first-person psychological horror game.
You'll switch between two worlds to survive.
Every lamppost is a temporary shelter—and a rift to another reality.
Every step into the dark could trigger an unknown curse.
Every choice you make will shape her fate.
Can you find your way out?
From the game's Steam page.
