Lamplight City
Point-and-click detective adventure where wrong conclusions change later cases
Grundislav Games · Published by Application Systems Heidelberg · Released Sep 13, 2018
- Reviews
- Very Positive
- 89% of 877
- Recent reviews
- Not enough recent
- Playing now
- 3
- right now
- Steam Deck
- Playable
- Last update
- 1 year ago
- Jan 4, 2025
Metacritic: 72/100 (critic reviews)
What is Lamplight City?
In this third-person point-and-click adventure, you play private investigator Miles Fordham in a fictional nineteenth-century port city. Across five cases, you search crime scenes, question suspects, and review clues in a casebook while pursuing the killer of a former partner who speaks to him from beyond the grave.
For you if...
- +you enjoy dark nineteenth-century mysteries told through dialogue
- +you appreciate voice acting and connected case stories
Not for you if...
- −you want challenging puzzles built around combining items
- −you dislike long conversations during investigations
What players say
89% of 877 reviews are positive
Players praise the voice acting, setting, and lasting effects of their decisions. Some say deduction feels shallow, while others report unclear case requirements and bugs that force reloads.
Screenshots and trailer
Lamplight City system requirements
As published by the developer.
Minimum
- OS
- Windows ME or later
- Processor
- Pentium or higher 1.2 GHz
- Graphics
- 640x400, 32-bit colour
- Memory
- 1 GB RAM
- Storage
- 2 GB available space
- DirectX
- Version 5.2
PC version details
DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Keyboard and mouse
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS, Linux
- Achievements
- 41
- Steam features
- Cloud saves, Family Sharing, Trading cards
Steam Deck: Playable
- Sometimes shows mouse, keyboard or non-Deck controller icons
- Some text entry requires manually opening the on-screen keyboard
- All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
- In-game text is legible on Steam Deck
- Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
Tags
- Point & Click
- Adventure
- Detective
- Mystery
- Dark
- Gothic
- Alternate History
- Indie
- Retro
- Third Person
- Singleplayer
- Story Rich
- 2D
- Pixel Graphics
- Hand-drawn
- Noir
Recent updates
- Jan 4, 2025 · Bug Fix: Case 3 Dead End
- Jul 17, 2024 · Cloud Saves Enabled
- Jul 21, 2020 · Update: True Detective Fix
- Dec 16, 2019 · Lamplight City Developer Commentary Update
- Jan 10, 2019 · Update to Version 1.09 and other news
1 DLC available.
