Sky: Children of the Light

Item: Sky: Children of the Light
Rating: 80
Author: VaporLens

Last updated: 2025-06-06

Summary

Visually and aurally stunning, relaxing experience.
Friendly community encourages social interaction, friendship.
Extensive content with frequent updates.
Generally recommended, unique experience best with friends.
Aggressive monetization, expensive cosmetics, FOMO.
Repetitive grind, daily tasks lead to burnout.

Categories

Cooperative Multiplayer Open-World Exploration Character Customization Social Simulation Resource Management Environmental Storytelling Walking Simulator Endgame Content

Reviews (sample size): 2000
Helpful reviews: 64%
Unhelpful reviews: 34%
Protest reviews: 2%

80%
Helpful reviews with positive sentiment
20%
Helpful reviews with negative sentiment

Positive points: 3283
Negative points: 2191
Gameplay points: 558
Perf. points: 95
Rec. points: 881
Misc points: 175

Point	Description	Importance
Visually and aurally stunning experience Description The game features stunning visuals, a beautiful art style, and exceptional sound design, creating an immersive and emotionally resonant experience. Many reviewers compare the game favorably to Journey, citing its artistic direction and atmosphere. Importance 95%	The game features stunning visuals, a beautiful art style, and exceptional sound design, creating an immersive and emotionally resonant experience. Many reviewers compare the game favorably to Journey, citing its artistic direction and atmosphere.	95%
Relaxing and therapeutic gameplay Description The game provides a relaxing and therapeutic experience, offering a peaceful escape from daily stress. Reviewers highlight its ability to evoke positive emotions, promote mindfulness, and provide comfort during difficult times. Importance 77%	The game provides a relaxing and therapeutic experience, offering a peaceful escape from daily stress. Reviewers highlight its ability to evoke positive emotions, promote mindfulness, and provide comfort during difficult times.	77%
Friendly and supportive community Description The game fosters a friendly and supportive community, encouraging cooperation, kindness, and mutual assistance among players. Social interactions are a key element, with many reviewers emphasizing the positive connections and friendships formed within the game. Importance 63%	The game fosters a friendly and supportive community, encouraging cooperation, kindness, and mutual assistance among players. Social interactions are a key element, with many reviewers emphasizing the positive connections and friendships formed within the game.	63%
Encourages social interaction, friendship Description The game emphasizes social interaction, allowing players to connect with others through emotes, gestures, and cooperative gameplay. Reviewers appreciate the ability to make friends, explore together, and share meaningful experiences in a welcoming environment. Importance 60%	The game emphasizes social interaction, allowing players to connect with others through emotes, gestures, and cooperative gameplay. Reviewers appreciate the ability to make friends, explore together, and share meaningful experiences in a welcoming environment.	60%
Extensive content, frequent updates Description The game offers a substantial amount of content, including seasonal events, quests, and exploration opportunities, providing long-term engagement. The game is free-to-play friendly, with optional cosmetics and frequent updates that keep the experience fresh. Importance 55%	The game offers a substantial amount of content, including seasonal events, quests, and exploration opportunities, providing long-term engagement. The game is free-to-play friendly, with optional cosmetics and frequent updates that keep the experience fresh.	55%
Enjoyable flying and customization Description The game features enjoyable flying mechanics that provide a sense of freedom and exploration. Players can collect winged lights to enhance their flight abilities and customize their characters with a variety of cosmetics. Importance 14%	The game features enjoyable flying mechanics that provide a sense of freedom and exploration. Players can collect winged lights to enhance their flight abilities and customize their characters with a variety of cosmetics.	14%
Rewarding exploration, hidden secrets Description The game world is full of secrets, hidden areas, and lore that are not explicitly explained, encouraging exploration and discovery. The game rewards thorough exploration of its corners. Importance 10%	The game world is full of secrets, hidden areas, and lore that are not explicitly explained, encouraging exploration and discovery. The game rewards thorough exploration of its corners.	10%
Long-term engagement and enjoyment Description The reviewer, with a background in competitive gaming (including offline tournaments and event involvement), found themself deeply engaged with Sky. The reviewer has been playing Sky for about four and a half years, indicating long-term engagement and enjoyment. Importance 5%	The reviewer, with a background in competitive gaming (including offline tournaments and event involvement), found themself deeply engaged with Sky. The reviewer has been playing Sky for about four and a half years, indicating long-term engagement and enjoyment.	5%
Built-in translation, global connections Description The game features a built-in translation system that translates other players' languages into the user's game language, facilitating easier communication. This allows players to connect with others from around the world. Importance 5%	The game features a built-in translation system that translates other players' languages into the user's game language, facilitating easier communication. This allows players to connect with others from around the world.	5%
Accessible and forgiving gameplay Description The game is designed to be accessible and forgiving, while still offering challenges for experienced players. The game is suitable for all ages. Importance 4%	The game is designed to be accessible and forgiving, while still offering challenges for experienced players. The game is suitable for all ages.	4%