The Game Census
Hope Lake cover art

Hope Lake

Far Mills · RunServer · 2016-06-03

Steam

AdventureCasualIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Oct 20, 2014 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

The Hope Lake Boarding School was abandoned long ago, when one of its teachers drowned by accident. Many years later, all of the female students began to disappear, one by one. Visit the place where it all began. Try to pick up the maniac's trail and put a stop to his crime spree.

Hope Lake is an Adventure, Casual, Indie game released in 2016, priced at $7.99, with a Mostly Positive sentiment (73% of 547 reviews) and an estimated 50,000 .. 100,000 owners.

2
playing now
73%
positive of 547 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
50/100
IGDB user rating (3 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$7.99
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 18:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 2 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 20 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity up 5% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 18% of 28,763 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 14k–33k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 547 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.87 at Steam (2023-02-20) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 21 of 22 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
161620162026Week of 2016-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2016-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-11-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2016-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2017-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2017-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

302026-09-15 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 11:00 — 3 players2026-09-17 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 18:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 01:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 16:00 — 2 players2026-09-27 00:00 — 2 players2026-09-28 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 13:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 11:00 — 2 players2026-10-12 19:00 — 2 players2026-10-14 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 18:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$9.99$0.872016-06-042026-07-272016-06-04 — best price $7.992016-08-26 — best price $4.992016-11-01 — best price $7.992017-01-02 — best price $7.992017-03-06 — best price $9.992017-06-19 — best price $7.992017-08-21 — best price $7.992017-10-24 — best price $9.992017-12-20 — best price $4.992018-02-15 — best price $2.792018-10-26 — best price $4.992018-12-20 — best price $2.392019-03-30 — best price $9.992019-08-05 — best price $7.992019-12-03 — best price $7.992020-04-06 — best price $3.992020-10-29 — best price $4.392020-12-22 — best price $3.592021-09-06 — best price $3.992021-12-22 — best price $2.392022-10-31 — best price $2.792022-12-23 — best price $1.992023-09-11 — best price $3.592023-12-07 — best price $9.992024-03-26 — best price $9.992024-08-26 — best price $7.992024-11-18 — best price $7.992025-01-02 — best price $7.992025-03-20 — best price $7.992025-07-10 — best price $7.992025-10-06 — best price $7.992025-12-18 — best price $0.952026-03-16 — best price $7.992026-06-01 — best price $7.992026-07-27 — best price $7.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

30
achievements tracked
83%
earned "Fuel up your car"
66.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing

4 supported languages: English, German, Czech, Polish

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)82773%30

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

CrimeIndieCasualPuzzleMysteryAdventureDetectiveAtmosphericHidden ObjectPoint & Click

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Players also track

Don't Knock TwiceHouse of CaravanUnforeseen IncidentsQuern - Undying ThoughtsRusty Lake: RootsA Fisherman's TalePikunikuSemblance

Similarity via IGDB.