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Lake cover art

Lake

Gamious · Whitethorn Games · 2021-09-01

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AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Apr 08, 2022 (PlayStation 4), Apr 08, 2022 (PlayStation 5), Sep 01, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Sep 01, 2021 (Xbox One), Sep 01, 2021 (Xbox Series X|S), TBD (Google Stadia)

It's 1986 - Meredith Weiss takes a break from her career in the big city to deliver mail in her hometown. How will she experience two weeks in beautiful Providence Oaks, with its iconic lake and quirky community? And what will she do next? It's up to you.

12
playing now
87%
positive of 5.8k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
67/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
69/100
IGDB user rating (69 ratings)
9h
to beat · rushed 7h · completionist 6h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

12 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 03:00 UTC (census sample)

Lake is a 2021 graphic adventure game developed by Gamious and published by Whitethorn Games. Set in 1986, the story follows Meredith Weiss, a software developer who spends two weeks in her hometown of Providence Oaks, Oregon, where she temporarily assumes the role of the town's mail carrier. The player interacts with residents while delivering mail to them. The game presents dialogue options which influence the events of the story and its ending.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 12 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 585 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~73/week).
  • · Review velocity up 88% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 11% of 11,312 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 117k–263k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 5,847 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$19.99
Microsoft Store$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $5.99 at IndieGala Store (2024-11-15) · bundled 7×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 59 of 89 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
60660620212026Week of 2021-09-01: 606 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 130 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 165 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 110 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 144 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 140 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 134 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 152 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 7 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

5042026-08-07 00:00 — 13 players2026-08-07 08:00 — 4 players2026-08-07 16:00 — 15 players2026-08-08 00:00 — 19 players2026-08-08 08:00 — 11 players2026-08-08 16:00 — 25 players2026-08-09 00:00 — 21 players2026-08-09 08:00 — 24 players2026-08-09 16:00 — 37 players2026-08-10 00:00 — 19 players2026-08-10 08:00 — 7 players2026-08-10 16:00 — 17 players2026-08-11 00:00 — 15 players2026-08-11 08:00 — 17 players2026-08-11 16:00 — 50 players2026-08-13 00:00 — 21 players2026-08-14 07:00 — 22 players2026-08-15 15:00 — 41 players2026-08-16 23:00 — 40 players2026-08-18 07:00 — 14 players2026-08-20 04:00 — 17 players2026-08-21 12:00 — 16 players2026-08-22 19:00 — 42 players2026-08-24 03:00 — 23 players2026-08-25 11:00 — 12 players2026-08-26 19:00 — 23 players2026-08-28 03:00 — 15 players2026-08-29 10:00 — 19 players2026-08-30 03:00 — 12 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$5.402021-09-012026-08-262021-09-01 — best price $17.992021-12-04 — best price $17.992022-01-17 — best price $17.992022-03-05 — best price $19.992022-06-17 — best price $19.992022-08-08 — best price $10.992022-09-13 — best price $19.992022-12-08 — best price $12.992023-01-23 — best price $19.992023-04-17 — best price $9.812023-06-16 — best price $17.992023-07-20 — best price $9.992023-09-05 — best price $13.392023-10-30 — best price $17.442023-12-12 — best price $18.192024-01-18 — best price $7.492024-02-21 — best price $7.992024-04-02 — best price $16.642024-05-16 — best price $9.992024-07-01 — best price $7.992024-08-08 — best price $9.992024-09-15 — best price $8.332024-11-05 — best price $16.642025-01-03 — best price $19.992025-02-18 — best price $19.992025-04-09 — best price $19.992025-05-27 — best price $19.992025-07-12 — best price $19.992025-08-26 — best price $19.992025-10-06 — best price $7.902025-11-20 — best price $6.802026-03-26 — best price $19.992026-07-21 — best price $17.982026-08-26 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

10
achievements tracked
50.6%
earned "Cat Lover"
18.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportCaptions availableSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

10 supported languages: English, German, Simplified Chinese, French, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Russian, Portuguese - Brazil, Turkish, Italian

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS5 (PlayStation)11,65249%12
Xbox Series, Xbox One, Windows (Xbox)7,13545%10
PS4 (PlayStation)5,01445%12
Steam (Steam)2,55431%10
Switch (Nintendo)230%0

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

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

Cozy1980sMatureDrivingRelaxingAdventureWholesomeOpen WorldStory RichAtmospheric

Census log

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

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