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Lake
It's 1986 - Meredith Weiss takes a break from her career in the big city to deliver mail in her hometown. How will she experience two weeks in beautiful Providence Oaks, with its iconic lake and quirky community? And what will she do next? It's up to you.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
“Fun chill game! unfortunately most of the voice lines in the last scene were mismatched from the captions, like i was hearing voice lines from a different ending and getting captions for the right one. Some of the captions seemed wrong too, but not sure. Definitely unfortunate…”
— a player, Steam review · 8 hrs played“Deceleration: The Game. Through simple yet well-executed means, Lake creates an experience balanced between relaxation and a touch of tension (stemming from human interactions) that you can truly shape to your liking. Whether you give the small town and its residents a chance,…”
— a player, Steam review · 6 hrs played“This game is perfect for preventing (or at least delaying) suicide.”
— a player, Steam review · 15 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-24 00:53 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.
Price tracking
US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.
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Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow!
We have added the option to adjust time of day and weather type in Endless Mode, for both Classic and Season's Greetings! Do you enjoy driving around at night time, tour the lake at golden hour, or ar
Pet the Cats!
A brand-new, highly asked-for feature has been added to Lake — you can now pet the cats that are lounging around Mildred’s home! Just like in real life, each cat is different and has their own unique
Endless Mode Patch 2
Fixed traffic jams. Cars will no longer wait infinitely. Fixed endless mode ring and knock animation issues for several addresses. Fixed tree draw distance issue. Trees will now correctly render acros
Endless Mode Patch 1
Fixed addresses that blocked the player from delivering parcels: 104 Jackson Street 105 Jackson Street 106 Jackson Street 207 Jackson Street 300 Jackson Street 302 Jackson Street 403 Main Street 405 M
Now Available: Endless Mode!
The people have spoken and they have spoken clearly! We weren't indifferent to the many requests for an endless mode, and were delighted to eventually put it on our to-do list as the next task to work
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | Adventure, Indie |
| Player tags | Relaxing · Story Rich · Walking Simulator · Cozy · Female Protagonist · Choose Your Own Adventure · Open World · 1980s · Multiple Endings · Choices Matter · Atmospheric · Driving (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Captions available · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * , German, Simplified Chinese, French, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Russian, Portuguese - Brazil, Turkish, Italian, Hungarian * |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 10 |
| Estimated owners | 200,000 – 500,000 (SteamSpy) |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS: Windows 10 (64 bit) Processor: Intel Core i5-4570 / AMD FX-8350 Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: Nvidia GTX 760 / Radeon HD 7950 (2GB VRAM) DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 2 GB available space Additional Notes: Based on Low graphics settings. Dedicated GPU required.