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No one lives under the lighthouse Director's cut
A slow burn retro horror game, in which you arrive at the old lighthouse on a small island near the coast of the United States. After the previous keeper has gone missing, you need to take over his duties and watch after the light.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
“Even though I haven’t finished the game yet and haven’t completed it, after playing for just one evening I experienced incredible enjoyment. The game is very atmospheric, the sounds slowly drive you mad, and I even felt like I was in "The Lighthouse" by Robert Eggers (definitely…”
— a player, Steam review · 4 hrs played“starts to insist upon itself towards the end and can seem directionless at times, but i appreciate that it is self-assured in its style and respects the player enough to wander. altogether effective, with an understated but sharp attention to level and sound design, pacing,…”
— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs played“You might enjoy it. You might not. I really couldn't get into it. I felt it was so monotonous, so tedious. There is absolutlely no direction, you are feeling for hints in the dark with no waypoints, no markers, no sentences of what to do. You have endless possibilities on an…”
— a player, Steam review · 5 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 13:28 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.
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Screenshots
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Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | Adventure, Indie |
| Player tags | Indie · Horror · Adventure · Lovecraftian · Atmospheric · Psychological Horror · Retro · Dark · First-Person · Mystery · Surreal · Singleplayer (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Ukrainian, Italian, Hungarian, Polish, French, German, Turkish, Japanese |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 23 |
| Estimated owners | 100,000 – 200,000 (SteamSpy) |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 7 Processor: Intel Core Duo Q8300 @ 2.5GHz Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 630 Storage: 400 MB available space Sound Card: Onboard Sound