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Varney Lake

LCB Game Studio · Chorus Worldwide Games · 2023-04-28

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Apr 28, 2023 (PlayStation 5), Apr 28, 2023 (Nintendo Switch), Apr 28, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Apr 28, 2023 (PlayStation 4), Apr 28, 2023 (Xbox One), Apr 28, 2023 (Xbox Series X|S)

Summer, 1954. A perfect vacation awaits three best friends, playing games, making crazy plans, and running from bullies... Until they meet the vampire. What really happened that summer at Varney Lake?

99%
positive of 77 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
4.19★
PlayStation Store rating (36 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

1954. During the long, hot summer, Jimmy, Doug and Christine are spending their fourth vacation together at Varney Lake. Teenage crushes, pranks and card tricks, long days of adventure, a pipe dream of saving the local drive-in from demolition; they’re kids, coming of age. Until they find the Vampire. 1981. Lou Hill, paranormal investigator, has a lead on a mind-blowing case. Will he be able to convince the now 40-something Christine and Jimmy to tell him the truth about that Summer? Do they even know themselves? And what really happened to Doug?(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 9 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 40% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 46% of 26,623 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.5k–3.5k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 77 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$3.00-70%
Microsoft Store$3.99-60%
GOG$9.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.99 at IndieGala Store (2025-12-16)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 126 of 177 observed days · $2.01 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
111120232026Week of 2023-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$9.99$0.992023-04-282026-10-092023-04-28 — best price $9.992023-12-15 — best price $7.492024-05-25 — best price $9.992024-10-30 — best price $9.992024-11-24 — best price $7.862024-12-20 — best price $3.992025-01-29 — best price $7.892025-03-10 — best price $9.992025-04-03 — best price $3.992025-05-12 — best price $2.982025-06-03 — best price $1.992025-07-10 — best price $2.492025-08-04 — best price $2.492025-08-25 — best price $7.492025-09-17 — best price $7.642025-10-13 — best price $1.882025-11-11 — best price $1.492025-11-28 — best price $9.992025-12-16 — best price $0.992026-01-05 — best price $1.522026-01-30 — best price $9.992026-02-23 — best price $7.862026-03-17 — best price $0.992026-04-03 — best price $3.092026-04-27 — best price $7.862026-05-25 — best price $2.992026-07-06 — best price $1.502026-07-27 — best price $7.642026-08-10 — best price $1.332026-08-20 — best price $0.992026-09-10 — best price $9.992026-09-23 — best price $9.992026-10-03 — best price $2.992026-10-09 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsmacOSFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudFamily Sharing

5 supported languages: English, French, German, Japanese, Spanish - Latin America

Player tags

2DPuzzleAmericaMysteryVampireAdventureCinematicOld SchoolStory RichSupernatural

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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