Developer: Tobo Games
At a glance
38 Steam reviews rate it “Mostly Positive” (79% positive). Released on April 28, 2026 by Tobo Games. Current price: $4.99.
Description
Every great scientific breakthrough begins with a simple interaction. Experience the visceral satisfaction of your first stress test. It’s just you, a basic switch, and a lightbulb destined for oblivion. Rotate the dial, watch the filament glow, and enjoy physics-based destruction that has never felt this personal.
Reinvest your hard-earned profits into a sprawling tech tree. Enhance your control board, improve voltage stability, or unlock complex memory modules. Whether you want to boost your passive income or maximize the output of your tools, there’s an upgrade path for every type of mad scientist.
Why stick to a single button? Attack the bulbs with a growing collection of tactile gadgets. Crank up the heat with Rotational Switches, slide the power to the max with DJ Sliders, master the rhythm of Wave Buttons, and test your brain with Memory Buttons. It’s you and your console against the glass—make sure you win.
Think all bulbs just sit there and take it? Think again. Boss Bulbs fight back! They regenerate health, launch direct attacks on your cursor, and even sabotage your dashboard by breaking your tools. You must repair your gear and dodge attacks while solving intricate Circular Bank Case Locks and Cable Puzzles to deliver the final blow.
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Supported languages: english, french, italian, german, spanish - spain, simplified chinese, portuguese - brazil, japanese, korean, russian, turkish
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System Requirements
Windows
- OS: Windows 10
- Processor: Intel Core i5-6600K, AMD Ryzen 3 1200
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: Nvidia GeForce GTX 750Ti, AMD Radeon HD 779
- Storage: 500 MB available space
- OS: Windows 11
- Processor: Intel Core i5-7500, AMD Ryzen 5 3600
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050Ti 3gb, AMD Radeon R9 Fury
- Storage: 500 MB available space
Mac
- OS: macOS 10.13 (High Sierra)
- Processor: Intel Core i5 or Apple M1
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: Metal supported GPU (AMD Radeon Pro 560 / Apple M1)
- Storage: 500 MB available space
- OS: macOS 11.0 (Big Sur)
- Processor: Intel Core i7 or Apple M1/M2
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: AMD Radeon Pro 5500M / Apple M1/M2 GPU
- Storage: 500 MB available space
User Reviews
Its alright, but the mouse freezing/confusion etc. needs some work.
As of the state I am in the game I can't recommend it.
The start felt good and was quite enjoyable.
It starts off as a pure incremental game.
Already after the thrid promotion though the game started getting super slugish.
At this point it turns into a pure "do seven things quickly, then idle for 1 minute, repeat" until you finally get to the place you were at the end of the last promotion after like 10-30 Minutes of that cycling, which only takes ever longer the more you promote.
It's really very tedious and not rewarding at all.
I don't know if the balance is off, or if the game needs a way to speed up or skip the early stages after a promotion. But in it's current state I don't know how close I am to the end and I don't even wanna find out.
Clunky. Unsatisfying power curve. Watching text slowly fill in a textbox and the auto-justify jitter the whole time actually dealing psychic damage to me. Not ready for 1.0 imo.
Why are we destroying lightbulbs for minimum wage? I don't know
Why are the lightbulbs attacking back? Don't ask me
Why are some of the lightbulbs magical creatures? Who the hell knows
But i need to go clock in for another shift to feed my family so don't mind me
ADHD friendly )
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Additional Information
| Developer | Tobo Games |
| Platforms | Windows, Mac |
| Age rating | None |
| Release date | April 28, 2026 |
| User reviews | 79% positive (38) |