Steam app 1118240 · updated 12 Sep 2026, 21:27 UTC
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.
561 hourly samples, with the daily peak drawn over them. Weekends are shaded.
61 months, September 2021 to September 2026. The highest number of people in the game at once, each month, on a time axis -- a gap in the record stays a gap.
The highest number of people in the game at once, each month. Four, because four is as far back as the source keeps anything finer than one figure a month.
31 days, each one the highest figure that day. The source keeps no hourly detail this far back. Weekends are shaded.
31 days as the curve, each the highest figure that day. Behind it, 374 hourly samples from 13 Aug, which is as far back as the source keeps every hour. Weekends are shaded.
12 days as the curve, each the highest figure that day. Behind it, 187 hourly samples. Each dip is a night. Weekends are shaded.
Lake was released on 1 Sep, 2021.
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| English | ● |
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A blank audio cell means full audio was not marked in the returned language list.
10 achievements in total.
39 developer announcements, Apr 2021 to Nov 2025 · times in UTC
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 are you more of a morning person? Are you…
GamiousA 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 response, so it’s up to you to determine…
GamiousFixed 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 across the Lake.
Patch notesFixed 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 Main Street 107 W 1st Street 105 W 2nd…
Patch notesThe 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 on. So, here it finally is: Endless…
GamiousKimchica plays the first part of Lake's DLC: Season's Greetings. Check out the Season's Greetings DLC
GamiousFix "Ring doorbell" shown incorrectly when package can be dropped. Fix motel sign incorrect placement. Fix Thomas wearing Christmas sweater for several days. Fixed incorrect time of day during some events. Fixed Mildred moonwalking /…
Patch notesChanges Updated localization Fixed missing collider diner Update farm missing chairs Prevent mail truck from blocking conversations Fixed font missing characters in Chinese and Japanese localization Fixed credits in menu not matching end…
Patch notesFixed phone ringing audio missing in classic. Several smaller technical improvements and changes to help track down the audio issue(s). Politely asked Frank to leave the Weiss residence during the evening, he can no longer be seen in the…
Patch notesFixes: Fixed autopilot audio missing. Fixed 400 E Lakeview Blvd incorrect position. Fixed tutorial not stopping correctly resulting in a performance drop. Several smaller technical fixes.
Patch notesThank you all for playing! This small hotfix contains several smaller bugfixes and some audio changes to hopefully narrow down the reported issues. We are working hard to solve any remaining issues. It would help us a lot if you could…
Patch notesChristmas came early this year! Grab a nice cup of cocoa and your favorite blanket, and jump right into the winter wonderland of Providence Oaks today! In Season’s Greetings, a prequel DLC to Lake, you’ll be transported back to beautiful…
GamiousLake - Season's Greetings has a release date! November 15 is the day when you can start delivering mail in our snow-covered little laketown. Check out our new trailer to get in the holiday season mood!
GamiousWe're super happy to announce 'Season's Greetings', in which we return to our cozy little laketown Providence Oaks! You might wonder how Lake's story could continue with all the different endings it offered. Well, we were wondering the…
GamiousThis is a small patch that includes a few minor changes. After this update we will nog longer support Windows 8, as Microsoft has also ended support for it on January 10, 2023 Changes: Credits update. Added missing entries and fixed…
Patch notesChanges: Added languages: Italian & Hungarian. Added controls rebinding. Fixed controller detection when not using Steam Input. Many bugfixes and optimizations. If you find any issues, please report them in the appropriate section of the…
LucWe're happy to be a part of The Big Adventure Event! To welcome adventure gamers to the world of Lake, we've captured a no-commentary playthrough of the first four days in good old Providence Oaks.
GamiousDear mail carriers! We're happy to share the news that Lake now has its own plushies! Together with Makeship, we've created one of Meredith and one of the mail truck (Goose for friends). They're available for a limited time only, so head…
GamiousLake lovers, listen up! The Steam Awards 2021 have kicked off, and the coming weeks will decide which games will get nonimated. It won't actually be the weeks that decide the nominations, but the players! So, if you feel that Lake should…
GamiousChanges: Skip dialogue line: if you're replaying the game and don't want to listen to every single spoken sentence again, switch on this option in the Settings -> Language menu. Off by default. Robert: is referred to as 'Robert' after…
Patch notesChanges Fixed: Localization issues. Fixed: Large & overlapping fonts for all languages have been brought back to normal size. Fixed: Situation where Meredith would make a phone call while holding another object (Sorry Mortimer!). Fixed…
Patch notesChanges Fixed: the Fast Travel feature would sometimes explode when the mail truck was already on Auto Pilot. Added extra checks resulting in much safer journeys. Fixed: when setting a course using the Auto Pilot feature, opening the map…
Patch notesChanges: Fixed black camera pictures! Finally admire your snapshots in all their glory. (Any pictures that are still black are definitely Nancy's fault.) Fixed the seemingly random teleport bug on Friday September 12! Poor Meredith was…
Patch notesA few changes in late game dialogue branching, improving the clarity and gameflow, as well as updated sound implementation, and several technical improvements. Changes: Updated sound implementation, hopefully fixing certain reported issues.…
Patch notesChanges: Fixed "Return to post office" bug. In several cases this was shown too early or not at all. Fixed several issues related to saving/loading. Please let us know if you're still experiencing any issues. Slightly reduced splash screen…
Patch notesChanges: More achievement fixes. All achievements should be working. Let us know if you encounter issues! Licensing information updated (English only for now, sorry! Translations are on their way). Thanks again for all the reported…
Patch notesThank you to everyone who has submitted bugs/feedback, and thank you all for playing! Since the release yesterday we have been hard at work trying to solve as much of the reported issues as possible. Changes Invert Y axis setting applied to…
Patch notesDear mail carriers, Just a quick message from the dev team! We're very happy with yesterday's launch and want to thank you all for your support and feedback! We're aware that we still need to look at some issues, and we're currently hard at…
GamiousIt's Wednesday, September 1st, Lake launch day! Join @Kimchica in her first days as a mail carrier, exploring Providence Oaks and getting to know the community there.
PimsterHey again! Manta here, and I just wanted to apologize for the issues with the stream earlier! To (hopefully) make up for it, I'll be doing another short Lake livestream.... RIGHT NOW! This is for those of you who didn't get a chance to see…
MysticKittehIt's almost time! Lake launches September 1st, but before that, you can check out some of the early gameplay with us. As part of the Indie Houses event, join Manta as he gives a brief look at Lake! We'll be right here at 3PM PDT/6PM…
MysticKittehWe're proud to showcase the Lake demo, as part of the Indie Arena Booth Online, from August 25 - 29. This online Gamescom event highlights the best Indie games of 2021. The Lake Demo allows you to play the first couple of days in beautiful…
PimsterIt's Steam Next Fest, and the Lake Demo is patiently waiting for you to play the first couple of days in beautiful Providence Oaks. Please be reminded that this is not the final build (you may encounter some bugs and performance issues), so…
GamiousWelcome to Providence Oaks- Game Director Dylan Nagel introduces Lake Building the world of Lake - Environment Art Director Jonathan van Immerzeel about creating Lake's game world The Characters of Lake - Character Art Director Sonja van…
GamiousGame Director Dylan Nagel introduces the game and talks about its evolution from a humble idea into something larger. Includes a playthrough of a day or two and a look behind-the-scenes.
GamiousGame Director Dylan Nagel introduces the game and talks about its evolution from a humble idea into something larger. Includes a playthrough of a day or two and a look behind-the-scenes.
Gamious"Building the world of Lake" is an Art stream by our Environment Art Director Jonathan van Immerzeel. He dives into how Lake's beautiful game world came about.
Gamious"The Characters of Lake": Character Art Director Sonja van Vuure introduces you to some of the residents of Lake’s Providence Oaks. Take a peek into how the character style developed over time and learn more about the inspiration behind the…
GamiousLake's lead writer/co-game designer Jos Bouman hosts an AMA on Discord, and will try not to spoil anything. Please head over to: https://discord.gg/fellowtraveller And join #attendee-ama
GamiousEverything Steam lists as add-on content for this game, newest first. Prices are left out on purpose: the store answers this page in one currency and it is not the reader's.
| Name | Platforms | Released |
|---|---|---|
| Lake - Season's Greetings | Windows | 15 Nov 2023 |
What Steam runs, and with what. Straight from the app configuration.
| Description | Executable | Arguments | Platform | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launch | Lake.exe | any |
The folders Steam Cloud syncs. The root is a token Steam uses for a location on your own machine, not a path this page can know.
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WinAppDataLocalLow | Gamious/Lake/lake/saves | *.lake |
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WinAppDataLocalLow | Gamious/Lake/lake/saves | *.txt |
WinAppDataLocalLow | Gamious/Lake/lake/photos | *.png |
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