Likely worth it. Reviews lean strongly positive.
At $13.73. It has been as low as $8.99.
- Story and characters: 226 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Audio: 82 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Graphics: 44 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Bugs: 8 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
Based on 865 player reviews · updated 2 days ago
What players think
The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.
What sets Lamplight City apart from other adventure titles is its strong emphasis on narrative complexity, choice-driven storytelling, and an immersive atmosphere that evokes the grit and mood of a noir thriller with a distinctive, steam-powered twist.
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.
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.
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.
After this, the difficulty level of the cases drops dramatically, with the final few having culprits that were so obvious, I honestly thought the game was setting me up.
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Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway. 2 more themes were each raised by fewer than 6 sampled reviews and are not shown.
Should you buy it now?
Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.
Currently $13.73. The lowest we've tracked is $8.99.
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