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The Red Lantern cover art

The Red Lantern

Timberline Studio · Kepler Interactive · 2021-12-08

SteamEpic Games Store

AdventureCasualIndieRPG

Modes: Single player

Releases: Oct 22, 2020 (Nintendo Switch), Oct 22, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

The Red Lantern is a narrative, dog sledding game about survival. You play as the Musher who, along with her team of 5 sled dogs, must find her way home. Care for your dogs, discover their stories, and learn how to navigate the unknowns of the Alaskan wilderness and prepare for your new life.

41
playing now
81%
positive of 2.2k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
critic score (4 outlets, IGDB)
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$24.99
steam price (US)

41 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 07:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 41 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 110 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~14/week).
  • · Review velocity down 34% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 21% of 11,312 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 44k–99k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,204 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Humble Store$2.49-90%
GameBillet$3.91-84%
IndieGala$4.19-83%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$4.50-82%
Gamesplanet$4.94-80%
GamersGate$5.00-80%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.03 at GameBillet (2025-04-13) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 135 of 172 observed days · $1.88 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
414120212026Week of 2021-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

92182026-08-11 22:00 — 24 players2026-08-12 13:00 — 49 players2026-08-13 05:00 — 50 players2026-08-13 21:00 — 47 players2026-08-14 13:00 — 36 players2026-08-15 05:00 — 24 players2026-08-15 20:00 — 92 players2026-08-16 12:00 — 40 players2026-08-17 04:00 — 59 players2026-08-17 20:00 — 91 players2026-08-18 12:00 — 49 players2026-08-19 04:00 — 18 players2026-08-19 20:00 — 27 players2026-08-20 11:00 — 65 players2026-08-21 03:00 — 42 players2026-08-21 19:00 — 44 players2026-08-22 11:00 — 40 players2026-08-23 02:00 — 33 players2026-08-23 18:00 — 58 players2026-08-24 10:00 — 37 players2026-08-25 00:00 — 35 players2026-08-25 15:00 — 43 players2026-08-26 08:00 — 26 players2026-08-27 00:00 — 39 players2026-08-27 16:00 — 43 players2026-08-28 08:00 — 47 players2026-08-28 23:00 — 35 players2026-08-29 15:00 — 55 players2026-08-30 07:00 — 41 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$24.99$2.062020-10-082026-08-302020-10-08 — best price $19.992021-12-16 — best price $17.492022-10-10 — best price $24.992023-03-20 — best price $21.522023-05-09 — best price $19.882023-07-21 — best price $9.352023-09-08 — best price $7.492023-10-21 — best price $24.992023-11-28 — best price $24.992024-01-10 — best price $6.292024-02-19 — best price $3.702024-04-06 — best price $22.972024-05-10 — best price $5.002024-06-11 — best price $22.922024-07-24 — best price $19.992024-09-02 — best price $24.992024-12-04 — best price $24.992025-01-15 — best price $24.992025-02-28 — best price $4.202025-03-30 — best price $4.542025-04-17 — best price $3.672025-05-15 — best price $2.492025-06-24 — best price $20.672025-07-14 — best price $4.382025-08-24 — best price $4.872025-09-17 — best price $24.242025-10-20 — best price $4.872025-11-15 — best price $20.992025-12-03 — best price $3.502026-01-08 — best price $20.992026-03-04 — best price $20.722026-04-13 — best price $4.622026-05-15 — best price $4.852026-06-14 — best price $24.252026-08-01 — best price $4.462026-08-19 — best price $2.492026-08-30 — best price $3.91
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

27
achievements tracked
63.7%
earned "Adopted a dog sledding team"
9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,5393%27
Switch (Nintendo)210%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

3DDogRPGSnowHuntingColorfulRelaxingEmotionalRogue-liteExploration

Census log

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

Recent updates

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