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Lake of Darkness beta
A downloadable game
Lake of Darkness is a visual novel psychological thriller inspired by classics such as Milk Inside a Bag of Milk, Omori, And the Don't Escape trilogy.
As your small town is coming to grips with multiple mysterious disappearances you get a premonition in a dream that you are destined to die in three days. The game reacts to the choices you make and boasts 25+ unique endings with more added each patch as we approach the final release. Will you hide from your fate? Spend your last few days with loved ones? Try to break the cycle? Or discover the secrets of your past?
This is an early release build, there very well may be bugs, errors, or inconsistencies in design. Please give me feedback. The finished game will be significantly more polished. Keep an eye out for updates and the full release. Mac users will need to download the Renpy launcher in order to play Lake Of Darkness.
-Developed in Ren'Py.
-Atmospheric soundtrack with 25+ tracks.
-explorable pixel art environments.
-Interactive characters and story with over 7000 lines of dialogue.
Remember if you gaze for long into the abyss, the abyss gazes also into you.
| Status | In development |
| Author | steezey swag |
| Genre | Visual Novel |
| Made with | Ren'Py |
| Tags | Atmospheric, Creepy, Horror, Meaningful Choices, Multiple Endings, Pixel Art, Psychological Horror, Story Rich |
| Code license | Unlicense |
| Average session | About an hour |
| Languages | English |
| Inputs | Mouse |
| Accessibility | One button |
Install instructions
After unzipping the file you should be able to select the LOD.beta.exe application and proceed from there.
If playing on Mac make sure you download Renpy in order for the files to be recognized.
Development log
- (huge) Lake of Darkness beta update40 days ago
- Major free content update (Lake of Darkness alpha 1.6)Mar 13, 2025
- Major Lake Of Darkness content updateFeb 04, 2025
- Day 1 patch for alpha test buildJan 21, 2025
- Alpha test release of Lake of DarknessJan 21, 2025




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