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The Lamplighters League

Harebrained Schemes · Paradox Interactive · 2023-10-03

SteamGOGEpic Games StoreMicrosoft Store

AdventureRPGStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person, Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Oct 03, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Oct 03, 2023 (Xbox Series X|S)

Recruit a team of misfits with unique abilities and unforgettable personalities, and chase the Banished Court to the ends of the earth in a mix of real-time infiltration, turn-based tactical combat, and a character-driven story of adventure and intrigue.

The Lamplighters League is an Adventure, RPG, Strategy game released in 2023, estimated to have 100,000 .. 200,000 owners, with a Mixed review sentiment (69% of 1249 reviews) at a price of $49.99.

34
playing now
69%
positive of 1.2k reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
69/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
73/100
IGDB user rating (6 ratings)
2
Nexus mods (333 downloads)
46h
time to beat (IGDB)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$49.99
steam price (US)

34 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 15:00 UTC (census sample)

The Lamplighters League is a turn-based tactics video game developed by Harebrained Schemes and published by Paradox Interactive. The game was released for Windows, Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S in October 2023. It received mixed reviews from critics and was not a commercial success.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 34 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 63 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~8/week).
  • · Review velocity down 2% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (221 reviews).
  • · Top 12% of 28,739 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 25k–56k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,249 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Steam$12.49-75%
GOG$12.49-75%
Microsoft Store$49.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $12.49 at Steam (2026-06-25) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $49.99 · on sale 67 of 119 observed days · at its all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
16116120232026Week of 2023-10-01: 161 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 60 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 10 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

3702026-09-15 00:00 — 12 players2026-09-16 08:00 — 5 players2026-09-17 16:00 — 24 players2026-09-18 23:00 — 13 players2026-09-20 07:00 — 10 players2026-09-21 15:00 — 17 players2026-09-22 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 06:00 — 5 players2026-09-25 13:00 — 27 players2026-09-26 21:00 — 22 players2026-09-28 04:00 — 3 players2026-09-29 12:00 — 10 players2026-09-30 19:00 — 21 players2026-10-02 03:00 — 10 players2026-10-03 10:00 — 19 players2026-10-04 18:00 — 37 players2026-10-06 02:00 — 13 players2026-10-07 09:00 — 15 players2026-10-08 17:00 — 22 players2026-10-10 00:00 — 20 players2026-10-11 08:00 — 19 players2026-10-12 16:00 — 22 players2026-10-13 23:00 — 24 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 34 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
20913Oct 2023Aug 2026Oct 2023 — avg 209 · peak 690Nov 2023 — avg 56 · peak 139Dec 2023 — avg 41 · peak 89Jan 2024 — avg 65 · peak 158Feb 2024 — avg 33 · peak 74Mar 2024 — avg 24 · peak 54Apr 2024 — avg 18 · peak 49May 2024 — avg 40 · peak 109Jun 2024 — avg 26 · peak 95Jul 2024 — avg 29 · peak 76Aug 2024 — avg 31 · peak 94Sep 2024 — avg 19 · peak 44Oct 2024 — avg 34 · peak 102Nov 2024 — avg 66 · peak 152Dec 2024 — avg 71 · peak 183Jan 2025 — avg 51 · peak 123Feb 2025 — avg 35 · peak 93Mar 2025 — avg 29 · peak 62Apr 2025 — avg 26 · peak 56May 2025 — avg 28 · peak 74Jun 2025 — avg 26 · peak 58Jul 2025 — avg 26 · peak 59Aug 2025 — avg 21 · peak 52Sep 2025 — avg 18 · peak 46Oct 2025 — avg 19 · peak 54Nov 2025 — avg 19 · peak 44Dec 2025 — avg 17 · peak 35Jan 2026 — avg 18 · peak 44Feb 2026 — avg 21 · peak 52Mar 2026 — avg 13 · peak 33Apr 2026 — avg 13 · peak 30May 2026 — avg 19 · peak 54Jun 2026 — avg 18 · peak 72Jul 2026 — avg 34 · peak 83Aug 2026 — avg 27 · peak 64
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$49.99$12.492023-06-132026-10-142023-06-13 — best price $49.992023-09-29 — best price $43.442023-11-28 — best price $49.992024-01-08 — best price $29.992024-02-11 — best price $39.892024-03-13 — best price $34.992024-04-11 — best price $29.992024-05-01 — best price $49.992024-06-07 — best price $46.922024-07-18 — best price $24.992024-08-20 — best price $43.492024-10-24 — best price $23.492024-11-16 — best price $43.492024-11-30 — best price $23.192024-12-22 — best price $20.492025-01-02 — best price $22.742025-01-23 — best price $49.992025-02-03 — best price $24.412025-03-22 — best price $43.492025-04-24 — best price $19.732025-05-15 — best price $24.992025-07-03 — best price $25.002025-08-19 — best price $19.992025-10-08 — best price $49.992025-11-25 — best price $24.992025-12-18 — best price $19.732026-02-03 — best price $24.992026-03-27 — best price $24.992026-04-20 — best price $43.492026-06-15 — best price $49.992026-08-14 — best price $12.492026-09-04 — best price $24.992026-09-14 — best price $24.992026-09-24 — best price $49.992026-10-04 — best price $49.992026-10-14 — best price $12.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

79272026-05-31 — 39 pageviews2026-06-04 — 42 pageviews2026-06-08 — 60 pageviews2026-06-12 — 44 pageviews2026-06-16 — 57 pageviews2026-06-20 — 33 pageviews2026-06-24 — 50 pageviews2026-06-28 — 63 pageviews2026-07-02 — 59 pageviews2026-07-06 — 63 pageviews2026-07-10 — 44 pageviews2026-07-14 — 35 pageviews2026-07-18 — 51 pageviews2026-07-22 — 48 pageviews2026-07-26 — 39 pageviews2026-07-30 — 29 pageviews2026-08-03 — 44 pageviews2026-08-07 — 41 pageviews2026-08-11 — 55 pageviews2026-08-15 — 57 pageviews2026-08-19 — 61 pageviews2026-08-23 — 55 pageviews2026-08-27 — 72 pageviews2026-08-31 — 76 pageviews2026-09-04 — 63 pageviews2026-09-08 — 44 pageviews2026-09-12 — 62 pageviews2026-09-16 — 43 pageviews2026-09-20 — 66 pageviews2026-09-24 — 57 pageviews2026-09-28 — 48 pageviews2026-10-02 — 53 pageviews2026-10-06 — 46 pageviews2026-10-10 — 42 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

41
achievements tracked
51.1%
earned "The Last Lamplighter"
11.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudFamily Sharing4 DLC

5 supported languages: English, French, Spanish - Spain, Russian, Simplified Chinese

Post-launch support: 4 DLC released, first 2023-10-03, latest 2023-12-05 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox Series (Xbox)2,6971%41
Steam (Steam)8983%41

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

Player tags

RPGNoirStrategyStylizedTacticalTop-DownAdventureCinematicStory RichStrategy RPG

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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