- "Lamplight City" Behind the scenes - ASH GAMES Publisher Sale 2026 - 25 August 2026
Event InformationWe're part of the ASH GAMES Publisher Sale Event from Aug. 26 - Sep. 9. We'll run multiple events and announce them here. Apologies if you see several announcements. Dev insights & gameplayLamplight City's developer Francisco Gonzalez plays the prologue of the game and reveals interesting behind the scenes information. About Lamplight CityA steampunk-ish detective adventure from the creator of A Golden Wake and Shardlight! Can private investigator Miles Fordham find justice for his clients and track down his partner's killer before his entire world comes apart? Watch the broadcast on the store page
- "Lamplight City" Behind the scenes - Curious Odyssey Sale 2026 - 15 March 2026
Event InformationWe're part of the Curious Odyssey Sales Event from Mar. 11 - Mar. 18. We'll run multiple events and announce them here. Apologies if you see several announcements. Dev insights & gameplayLamplight City's developer Francisco Gonzalez plays the prologue of the game and reveals interesting behind the scenes information. About Lamplight CityA steampunk-ish detective adventure from the creator of A Golden Wake and Shardlight! Can private investigator Miles Fordham find justice for his clients and track down his partner's killer before his entire world comes apart? Watch the broadcast on the store page
- Steam Detective Fest - 15 January 2026
Lamplight City is 40% off until January 19th
- "Lamplight City" Behind the scenes - AdventureX Sale 2025 - 24 November 2025
Event InformationWe're part of the AdventureX Sales Event from Nov. 19 - Dec. 2. We'll run multiple events and announce them here. Apologies if you see several announcements. Dev insights & gameplayLamplight City's developer Francisco Gonzalez plays the prologue of the game and reveals interesting behind the scenes information. About Lamplight CityA steampunk-ish detective adventure from the creator of A Golden Wake and Shardlight! Can private investigator Miles Fordham find justice for his clients and track down his partner's killer before his entire world comes apart? Watch the broadcast on the store page
- "Lamplight City" Behind the scenes - ASH GAMES 40 Years Anniversary Sale - 21 August 2025
Event InformationWe're part of the ASH GAMES 40 Years Anniversary Sale Event from Aug. 19 - Sep. 2. We'll run multiple events and announce them here. Apologies if you see several announcements. Dev insights & gameplayLamplight City's developer Francisco Gonzalez plays the prologue of the game and reveals interesting behind the scenes information. About Lamplight CityA steampunk-ish detective adventure from the creator of A Golden Wake and Shardlight! Can private investigator Miles Fordham find justice for his clients and track down his partner's killer before his entire world comes apart? Watch the broadcast on the store page
- ROSEWATER is out! - 29 March 2025
The highly anticipated follow-up to Lamplight City, ROSEWATER has now launched! Explore more of Vespuccia with Harley Leger, former boxer turned writer, as she arrives in the tiny desert town of Rosewater, and ends up lassoed into going on the treasure hunt of a lifetime. Some initial reviews: “Near perfect in all aspects” - Gameffine “An epic point-and-click Western adventure that will satisfy fans of both genres” - Checkpoint Gaming “An epic adventure that will be etched in your mind and heart.” - Rageuit.gr The best part: owners of Lamplight City get a special 20% loyalty discount!
- Bug Fix: Case 3 Dead End - 4 January 2025
Game updated to v 1.13 - Fixed a bug that would case an unwinnable dead end state in Case 3. Note: Save games are unaffected by this update, HOWEVER if you have encountered this bug, you'll need to reload a previous save (before speaking to Mr Brentwell about The Spectre Society)
- "Lamplight City" Behind the scenes - AdventureX Sale 2024 - 9 November 2024
Event Information We're part of the AdventureX Sales Event from Nov. 4 - Nov. 11. We'll run multiple events and announce them here. Apologies if you see several announcements. Dev insights & gameplay Lamplight City's developer Francisco Gonzalez plays the prologue of the game and reveals interesting behind the scenes information. About Lamplight City A steampunk-ish detective adventure from the creator of A Golden Wake and Shardlight! Can private investigator Miles Fordham find justice for his clients and track down his partner's killer before his entire world comes apart? Watch the broadcast on the store page
- Cloud Saves Enabled - 17 July 2024
Playing on different devices? Not to worry, you don't have to start over from the beginning every time!
- Rosewater - Coming 2024 - 13 February 2024
ROSEWATER is the next entry in the World of Vespuccia franchise, which started with Lamplight City. Embark on a harrowing journey across the frontier with Harley Leger and her ragtag posse, encountering bandits, rebels, visionaries, eccentrics, and many more friends and foes on your quest for fame and riches. FEATURING: - A thrilling treasure hunt with 5 travel companions. Choices matter, relationships with your companions affect the trajectory of the story. - Inventory is back, but logical, streamlined, and easy to use—no banging things together to see what sticks. Many situations have multiple solutions based on play style. - Randomized encounter storylets on your journey, with different situations and outcomes that depend on your previous choices and available resources. - Fully rotoscoped animations and cinematic closeups emphasize the action. - High resolution 1280x720 graphics (ye…
- "Lamplight City" Behind the scenes - AdventureX Sale 2023 - 3 November 2023
Event Information We're part of the AdventureX Sales Event from Nov. 2 - Nov. 8. We'll run multiple events and announce them here. Apologies if you see several announcements. Dev insights & gameplay Lamplight City's developer Francisco Gonzalez plays the prologue of the game and reveals interesting behind the scenes information. About Lamplight City A steampunk-ish detective adventure from the creator of A Golden Wake and Shardlight! Can private investigator Miles Fordham find justice for his clients and track down his partner's killer before his entire world comes apart? Watch the broadcast on the store page
- "Lamplight City" Behind the scenes - AdventureX Sale 2023 - 1 November 2023
Event Information We're part of the AdventureX Sales Event from Nov. 2 - Nov. 8. We'll run multiple events and announce them here. Apologies if you see several announcements. Dev insights & gameplay Lamplight City's developer Francisco Gonzalez plays the prologue of the game and reveals interesting behind the scenes information. About Lamplight City A steampunk-ish detective adventure from the creator of A Golden Wake and Shardlight! Can private investigator Miles Fordham find justice for his clients and track down his partner's killer before his entire world comes apart? Watch the broadcast on the store page
- Lamplight City Turns 5! - 13 September 2023
Hello! This is Francisco González, developer of Lamplight City. I've got a special message from Lamplight City’s composer Mark Benis: Today, September 13th 2023, marks the 5 year anniversary since we released Lamplight City. Whoa! Months ago when I found out this milestone was coming up, it had me reflecting on really how lucky I was to have collaborated with Francisco on this game. I was a young(er) composer just finding my way, and Lamplight City inspired me to write music that I feel brought out the best in me. The confidence I had to explore different sounds and focus in on a mid-19th-century-inspired orchestral score I really attribute to the game's vastly imaginative world and how much Francisco trusted me to do it justice. For that I'll always be grateful, and I know I'll always look back at our collaboration on this game quite fondly. So to celebrate this milestone, I dug throug…
- Update: True Detective Fix - 21 July 2020
A fix for the "True Detective" achievement not unlocking.
- Lamplight City Developer Commentary Update - 16 December 2019
Join developer Francisco Gonzalez, narrative consultant/editor Jess Haskins, and composer Mark Benis as they provide behind-the scenes information and insight into the making of Lamplight City. Presented in an interactive format, the version 1.10 update adds a Commentary toggle in the Settings menu, which activates commentary nodes throughout the game. The player can click on them for Designer, Art, Narrative, and Music commentaries while playing through the game, with occasional non-interactive nodes appearing during cutscenes. The commentary contains game spoilers, so completing the game at least once before listening is highly recommended. This update will not invalidate previous save games.
- Happy Birthday, Lamplight City! - 15 September 2019
Happy 1 year anniversary to Lamplight City! Special thanks to everyone who has played, reviewed, and supported the game in the last year. For those unfamiliar, or who haven't had a chance to play yet, here are some frequently asked questions: What does "a detective game where it's okay to fail" mean? In most detective games, the game pushes you towards the right solution no matter what. In Lamplight City, true detective work is required to reach the right conclusion, as each case has multiple suspects that can be accused (rightly or wrongly) and several leads or paths which might be closed off based on your actions. However, restarting the game because you're completely stuck at a dead end is never required. Even if all your leads are closed off, the case can still be declared unsolvable, and the story will continue. While you may not see an optimal ending, you can still get to the end…
- Lamplight City follow-up strolling into the wild wild west - 13 March 2019
The designer of Shardlight and Lamplight City will return to Lamplight’s steampunk-ish alternate world in his next adventure game, with a rootin’ tootin’ twist. Francisco Gonz lez of Grundislav Games yesterday announced Rosewater, a western click ’em up. Rosewater is set a few years after Lamplight and, clearly, is out in some dusty hinterlands rather than a bustling city. Gonz lez is playing his cards close to his chest at this point, not revealing much, but isn’t it enough to know he’s adventuring again? (more…)
- Update to Version 1.09 and other news - 10 January 2019
End of year kudos Lamplight City made it on to a few really nice lists and award nominations. Here are a few that we would like to mention: Nominated for #TheBitAwards PC/CONSOLE GAME OF THE YEAR Playcrafting New York Also big thanks to players who liked the game and told the world about it: Top 10 Games I played in 2018 @symphonyofswans Best Pixel Art Adventure Games of 2018 Top 10 pixel art adventure games of 2018 @Virtumente My favourite games of 2018 @LeChristopherAG Here's my Top 10 "Games I Played In 2018" List @GalexQuest Top 10 "Games I Played In 2018" List @HiroshiMishima Spiele die ich 2018 mochte in alphabetischer Reihenfolge @sofakissen My best games of 2018 @Lord_Vampirous Honorable mention to: Games that should have been on this list by I haven't gotten around to playing them cuz I suck @GuyYuvalGP and the people who posted in response to Quote this tweet with 3 games you’…
- Update to Version 1.08 - 27 November 2018
Based on player feedback, this new patch allows cases to be declared unsolvable when a suspect is added to the Casebook, in addition to closing off all leads. Previous save games will still work, however the option to declare the case unsolvable will not appear if a suspect has already been added.
- Trading Cards available - 3 November 2018
Trading Cards, backgrounds, badges, and emoticons are now available for Lamplight City! If you have already played the game, check your Steam inventory for cards that have dropped automatically depending on the time you've played.
