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Protoria Studios · Published by Protoria Studios
Content notice: The narrative includes sequences of frightening dream-like experiences some audience members may find unsettling or disturbing.
4 user reviews — 75% positive (4 reviews)
Last updated 27 Sept 2026
Enter a living novel in VR. Embark on an atmospheric journey of mystery, unease, and humor, where every page pulls you deeper into the unknown.
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Indie, Casual · 2018 · More under £5 games
Embark on an atmospheric journey through a living novel in VR, where every page of Adventures in the Light & Dark from Protoria Studios offers mystery, unease, and humor.
About this game
Step inside a novel. Adventures in the Light & Dark is an immersive VR story experience that places you inside the world of a book. Seated in surreal, atmospheric environments, you’ll turn each page by hand as the story unfolds around you through sound, mood, and setting.
Theo wakes on the shore of a fog-covered island with no clear idea how he got there. What begins as confusion soon becomes something far stranger: twisted places, uncanny encounters, and the bizarre orbit of Phaser Reach—the Greatest Space Station North of the Harbor. Part mystery, part dark comedy, and part dream, this is a short novel designed to be experienced rather than simply read.
Features:
A 20,000-word original novel
Designed for VR immersion, with support for desktop play
Hand-turn pages and intuitive seated controls
Atmospheric environments and soundscapes that surround the story
Surreal mystery with dark humor and strange discoveries
Auto-save system remembers your place instantly
Best experienced:
Seated comfortably
In a quiet room
With headphones
For players who enjoy:
narrative adventures
psychological atmosphere
experimental storytelling
cozy late-night immersion
Contains unsettling themes and imagery.
System Requirements
Will my PC run this? →Minimum
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS *: Windows 7 64-Bit
- Processor: Intel Core i5 (VR) | Intel Core i3 (Desktop)
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: GeForce GTX 970 (VR) | GeForce GTX 970 (Desktop)
- Storage: 2 GB available space
- VR Support: SteamVR
Recommended
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
Supported Languages
Latest news
AnnouncementsOfficial
Packaging Fixes & Long-Term Support
Hello, Adventurers. I've released a small patch for Adventures in the Light & Dark to make the file packaging much cleaner, and in doing so make my intentions clear that I'll continue to provide long term technical support to all Protoria Studios games to ensure they are playable offline & forever, as our company's mission. Changes: Removed various unnecessary files from packaging Combined "Help.txt", "Patch.txt", "Manual.pdf" and "Readme.txt" into one file, with additional notes Added Meta Quest instructions to Readme.txt Updated or removed various out of date URLs Also, if you're not familiar with the other Protoria Studios games, now's a great time to check them out! Optimum Link is a surreal dream-like sandbox game available for FREE: https://store.steampowered.com/app/941120/Optimum_Link/ Skyfear is a dragon arena shooter out now in Early Access: https://store.steampowered.com/app/814330/Skyfear/ and Motocon is a motorcycle brawler, release TBA: https://store.steampowered.com/app/4098490/Motocon/ See ya around, telekrex (developer)Read full article on Community Announcements (telekrex)Patch NotesOfficial
Bonus Features, Patch 1.0.2
A launch command has been added to directly open the bonus content included with the game!Read full article on Community Announcements (telekrex)AnnouncementsOfficial
New Ways to Read
Adventures in the Light & Dark is now available as an ebook as well! Visit Protoria's website to grab your copy. We also recently fixed a few bugs in the presentation. Don't forget this package includes a FULL set of bonus features. In your game's local files, you'll find the book's soundtrack and more. Mac OSX version coming soon.Read full article on Community Announcements (telekrex)AnnouncementsOfficial
Welcome to the Reach
Don't leave; there's nothing to be afraid of. There are far more things to look closer at, reader. There are far more things to see and hear. Far more things north of here.Read full article on Community Announcements (telekrex)
