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Lamplight City

Point-and-click detective adventure where wrong conclusions change later cases

Grundislav Games · Published by Application Systems Heidelberg · Released Sep 13, 2018

AdventureIndie

Reviews
Very Positive
89% of 877
Recent reviews
Not enough recent
Players
3
daily peak, Nov 7, 2026
Steam Deck
Playable
Last update on Steam
1 year ago
Mar 6, 2025
Minimum PC
640x400
1 GB RAM · 2 GB disk
Full requirements

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.

How many players finish Lamplight City?

35% of Steam players have unlocked «Enlightened», the achievement for finishing the main story.

Share of everyone who owns the game on Steam, including those who barely played it. Updated weekly.

Screenshots and trailer

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Lamplight City system requirements

Minimum: 640x400, 1 GB RAM, 2 GB of disk space.

As published by the developer.

Can my PC run Lamplight City?

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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

Does Lamplight City have co-op or multiplayer?

No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.

Does Lamplight City run on Steam Deck?

Playable Playable: it runs on Steam Deck with some adjustments.

  • 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

PC version details

DRM
None declared on Steam
Controller
Keyboard and mouse
Platforms
Windows, macOS, Linux
Achievements
41
Steam features
Cloud saves, Family Sharing, Trading cards
Languages
Full audio: English. Text only: German.

Does Lamplight City use AI-generated content?

No AI-generated content is disclosed on the game's Steam page.

Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Oct 25, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam

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Recent updates

1 DLC available.

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