Lamplight City

Buy89%

Very Positive · 878 player reviews · Medium confidence

Likely worth it. Reviews lean strongly positive.

Steam Deck Playable
  • Windows
  • macOS
  • Linux

Grundislav Games · Point & Click · Sep 13, 2018

Player review score
89%
Very Positive
Price
$13.73
Playing right now
All-time peak
Not charted

Steam only charts its most-played games, and this one isn’t among them.

Achievements
41
total to unlock
Steam does not publish achievement rarity.
Languages
2
Full audio1 of 2
Subtitles2 of 2

Should I buy Lamplight City?

Buy it if you like
  • Story: 179 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Audio: 82 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 54 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Bugs: 8 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 878 player reviews · updated

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
70% of themes are praise20% are divided10% are complaints
Story
Players who bring up Story mostly praise it.
179 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
It helps that the script is decent too, with the majority of the lines sounding like dialogue that would be uttered by actual humans in the real world.
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
82 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
In terms of sound design, Lamplight City distinguishes itself from the rest of the indie game point-and-click crowd by being fully voiced by good cast.
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
54 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Lamplight City is a meticulously crafted point-and-click detective adventure developed by Grundislav Games, blending a richly detailed alternate-history setting with classic investigative gameplay.
Interface
Players who bring up Interface mostly praise it.
48 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
I liked this aspect, as it eliminates one of the bugbears of point and click games: the "Inventory rub", where you end up trying every item on every other item to see if something clicks.
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
42 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The retro pixel-art style evokes games like Monkey Island, and the dialogue scenes take their props from Gabriel Knight with the talking character portraits.
Difficulty
Players who bring up Difficulty mostly praise it.
26 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The cases were the perfect level of difficulty- easy enough to not get frustrated or lost, but complex enough to not get bored.

+1 more players loved

Theme by theme

Scored on what reviews say about each topic, not the thumbs.

Players love
Story179 reviews
Audio82 reviews
Gameplay54 reviews
Interface48 reviews
Graphics42 reviews
Difficulty26 reviews
Characters7 reviews
Divided opinion
Crashes
100% still recommend
Steam Deck
100% still recommend
Players complain
Bugs
63% still recommend

What you get

Can you play it alone, does a controller work, does it run on your machine.

Play modes

  • Single-player

Controller

Steam lists no controller support.

Store features

  • Commentary available
  • Custom Volume Controls
  • Family Sharing
  • Playable without Timed Input
  • Save Anytime
  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Cloud
  • Steam Trading Cards

Platforms

  • Windows
  • macOS
  • Linux

Valve device support

Steam DeckPlayable
SteamOSPlayable
Steam MachinePlayable

Should I buy it now?

Based on Steam price history.

Prices have been lower
$13.73

The lowest we've tracked is $8.99.

7 points recordedtoday · $13.73

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