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Static Dread: The Lighthouse

90% positive of 1,410 Steam reviews

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To finish
6 h
To 100%
11 h
Released
2025
Steam Deck
Verified
Platforms
Steam, PlayStation

Made by solarsuit.games. Published by Polden Publishing.

About the game

Lovecraft meets Papers, Please. Play as a lighthouse keeper and guide ships safely into the harbor using your radio. Survive the presence of something impossible, and don’t let the shadows consume you!

Tagged by players

  • Lovecraftian
  • Psychological
  • Psychedelic
  • Dystopian
  • Lore-Rich
  • Life Sim
  • Survival Horror
  • Psychological Horror
  • Multiple Endings
  • Choices Matter
  • Dark
  • Horror

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What players say

  • Not recommended
    Good example of how steam needs ratings instead of just thumbs up thumbs down, this game is mid but misses the mark on most of what it tries. It doesn't really get lovecraftian. It's more just haunting and classic horror stuff. The paper please aspect is very shallow. It's mostly your generic modern indie horror with a little bit of those put on top but it doesn't really understand them or internalize them into the…

    3.7 h played when written, mostly on Steam Deck. 5 found it helpful.

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  • Recommended
    All in all a pretty mid game, being mechanically, narratively, and lovecraft-inspirationally kinda shallow. A negative standout for me was that the rng-generated ships were sometimes hard to categorize according to the vague guidelines of the day, and having gameplay that was already somewhat tedious it felt frustrating to get it wrong when you decide a ship full of raving lunatics trying to kill the captain means…

    12 h played when written. 0 found it helpful.

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