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Steam app 3636770 · updated 13 Sep 2026, 07:26 UTC

Servant of the Lake

Begin your new job as a servant at the mysterious Vanderboom estate. Solve puzzles, serve the family and uncover their dark alchemical secrets in Servant of the Lake, a new upcoming single-player point-and-click adventure in the Rusty Lake series.

Servant of the Lake Steam header artwork
Rusty LakeRusty Lake
624playing now
93524-hour peak
13,579all-time peak
1,773average, last 30 days

The last 30 days

−867.8Gain−32.86%% gain13,579Peak

697 hourly samples, with the daily peak drawn over them. Weekends are shaded.

04k7k11k15k15 Aug20 Aug25 Aug30 Aug04 Sep09 SepSaturday 15 August 202613,579 peakSunday 16 August 202610,776 peakMonday 17 August 20268,372 peakTuesday 18 August 20266,804 peakWednesday 19 August 20265,515 peakThursday 20 August 20264,741 peakFriday 21 August 20264,604 peakSaturday 22 August 20264,759 peakSunday 23 August 20264,241 peakMonday 24 August 20263,442 peakTuesday 25 August 20263,033 peakWednesday 26 August 20262,779 peakThursday 27 August 20262,512 peakFriday 28 August 20262,198 peakSaturday 29 August 20262,437 peakSunday 30 August 20262,169 peakMonday 31 August 20261,624 peakTuesday 01 September 20261,484 peakWednesday 02 September 20261,310 peakThursday 03 September 20261,207 peakFriday 04 September 20261,251 peakSaturday 05 September 20261,438 peakSunday 06 September 20261,321 peakMonday 07 September 20261,003 peakTuesday 08 September 2026917 peakWednesday 09 September 2026834 peakThursday 10 September 2026794 peakFriday 11 September 2026830 peakSaturday 12 September 2026935 peakSunday 13 September 2026624 peak
Daily peakEvery hourly sample

All time

2 months, August 2026 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.

04k7k11k15kAug 2026Sep 2026August 202613,579 monthly peakSeptember 20261,484 monthly peak
Monthly peak

The last four months

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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.

04k7k11k15kJuly 2026August 2026September 2026October 2026August 202613,579 peak — hourly detail belowSeptember 20261,484 peak — hourly detail below
Monthly peakHas finer data

July 2026

Servant of the Lake was released on Aug 13, 2026.

Not out yet.There is nothing to draw for this month.

August 2026

17 days as the curve, each the highest figure that day. Behind it, 402 hourly samples. Each dip is a night. Weekends are shaded.

04k7k11k15k15 Aug17 Aug19 Aug21 Aug23 Aug25 Aug27 Aug29 Aug31 AugSaturday 15 August 202613,579 peakSunday 16 August 202610,776 peakMonday 17 August 20268,372 peakTuesday 18 August 20266,804 peakWednesday 19 August 20265,515 peakThursday 20 August 20264,741 peakFriday 21 August 20264,604 peakSaturday 22 August 20264,759 peakSunday 23 August 20264,241 peakMonday 24 August 20263,442 peakTuesday 25 August 20263,033 peakWednesday 26 August 20262,779 peakThursday 27 August 20262,512 peakFriday 28 August 20262,198 peakSaturday 29 August 20262,437 peakSunday 30 August 20262,169 peakMonday 31 August 20261,624 peak

September 2026

13 days as the curve, each the highest figure that day. Behind it, 295 hourly samples. Each dip is a night. Weekends are shaded.

04018011k2k01 Sep03 Sep05 Sep07 Sep09 Sep11 Sep13 SepTuesday 01 September 20261,484 peakWednesday 02 September 20261,310 peakThursday 03 September 20261,207 peakFriday 04 September 20261,251 peakSaturday 05 September 20261,438 peakSunday 06 September 20261,321 peakMonday 07 September 20261,003 peakTuesday 08 September 2026917 peakWednesday 09 September 2026834 peakThursday 10 September 2026794 peakFriday 11 September 2026830 peakSaturday 12 September 2026935 peakSunday 13 September 2026624 peak

October 2026

Servant of the Lake was released on Aug 13, 2026.

Not out yet.There is nothing to draw for this month.
Nothing here is interpolated or estimated; where a sample is missing the line is broken.

Game information

Updated 13 Sep 2026, 07:26 UTC
App ID
3636770
Last updated
01 Sep 2026 build 25008445
Developer
Rusty Lake
Publisher
Rusty Lake
Release date
Aug 13, 2026
Platforms
WindowsmacOS
Download size
563 MB580 MB
Install size
681 MB724 MB
Genres
Adventure, Indie
Game modes
Single-player
Controller support
Unknown
Achievements
49
Metacritic
79

Features & support

Steam features

Steam AchievementsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

Controllers & input

Accessibility

Popular tags

PuzzleAdventurePoint & ClickAtmosphericEscape RoomStory RichPsychological HorrorIndieHorrorMysterySingleplayer2DSurrealHand-drawnInvestigationDark
About this gameFull description from Steam
Welcome to the Vanderboom house, home to the infamous Vanderboom family! Visitors are arriving soon, and you are meant to start your housekeeping duties immediately! Solve the puzzles needed to fulfil your daily tasks, look after the household, welcome the visitor and ensure their comfort while helping the family achieve their alchemical ambitions! Servant of the Lake is the new premium point-and-click adventure in the Rusty Lake series from the creators of the Cube Escape series, The Past Within and Underground Blossom. Features: Going back to our Roots -  Servant of the Lake is a classic single-player Rusty Lake point-and-click adventure set in the infamous Vanderboom house during the era of Aldous and William Vanderboom. Solve surreal puzzles – Expect to go from simple tasks such as straightening the family portraits and doing the laundry to assisting in complex experiments and cleaning up the aftermath. Unravel a dark narrative – Live through events set decades before Rusty Lake: Roots! As the servant of the Vanderboom estate, you can explore each room of The House while making sure the family is looked after. Do you think you can survive the weekend? Immersive soundtrack - Haunting melodies composed and performed by Victor Butzelaar to keep you company while puzzling your way through your daily, usual and unusual tasks.
Content & age ratings2 regional ratings

Regional ratings

DEJUS12Violência
IGRS18Horor · Kekerasan
System requirementsMinimum and recommended hardware

Minimum

Minimum: OS: Microsoft® Windows® 10 or later Processor: 2.4GHz Dual Core Memory: 4 GB RAM Storage: 1 GB available space

Recommended

macOS

Minimum: OS: OS X version macOS Big Sur 10.16 or later Memory: 2 GB RAM
Supported languages23 languages
LanguageFull audio
English
French
Italian
German
Spanish - Spain
Czech
Danish
Dutch
Finnish
Japanese
Korean
Polish
Portuguese - Portugal
Romanian
Russian
Simplified Chinese
Swedish
Traditional Chinese
Turkish
Ukrainian
Vietnamese
Portuguese - Brazil
Spanish - Latin America

A blank audio cell means full audio was not marked in the returned language list.

Screenshots & trailersScreenshots and trailers

Trailers

AchievementsTotal count and selected achievements

49 achievements in total.

Show selected achievements (may contain spoilers)
Petting the HorseAchievement
Exercising with Mr. AldousAchievement
Feeding the CatAchievement
Small RepairsAchievement
Ruining the BouquetAchievement
Serving Matcha LatteAchievement
Soothing the BabyAchievement
Checking for IntrudersAchievement
Chase away the CrowAchievement
The ArrivalAchievement

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DemosPlayable demos on Steam

31 developer announcements, Jul 2025 to Sep 2026 · times in UTC

September

  1. Servant of the Lake - Patch Notes 1.6.3

    Hey everyone! Thank you all for your continued support and for playing Servant of the Lake. We hope you're still enjoying your time at the Vanderboom Estate. We’ve made some more improvements so here are the patch notes for the new version…

    Patch notes

August

  1. We hope you’ve enjoyed your weekend at the Vanderboom estate ✨

    We hope you’ve enjoyed your weekend at the Vanderboom estate. ✨ Watch the clip on YouTube.Now that it’s time for the closing dinner, we can take some time to reminisce about what a delightful post-launch week we had together. We've been…

    Rusty Lake
  2. Servant of the Lake - Game startup crash hotfix (version 1.6.3)

    Hi everyone, thank you for playing Servant of the Lake Since our last update 1.6.2 we noticed some players having a crash at startup. This hotfix should solve this issue. It might also fix flickering screens or other visual issues that…

    Patch notes
  3. Servant of the Lake - Patch Notes 1.6.2

    Hey everyone! Thank you all so much for playing Servant of the Lake. After the initial hot fixes we pushed out to address a critical problem with the game we're happy to announce all major game breaking issues should now be resolved! We…

    Patch notes
  4. Thank you to everyone who boarded the carriage so far! 🙏

    Thank you for the Overwhelming Positive reviews and for helping us get Servant of the Lake in the top of Popular New Releases on Steam! We are overwhelmed to see that Servant of the Lake has already over 1400 reviews on Steam, with a 97%…

    BloodRaven
  5. Servant of the Lake - save-file corruption hotfix 2 (version 1.5.6)

    Hi everyone, thank you for playing Servant of the Lake Like announced earlier we discovered a critical error which causes our savefile system to corrupt when you switch off Servant of the Lake while in a level / screen transition. We've…

    Patch notes
  6. Servant of the Lake - Save file corruption hotfix (version 1.5.5)

    Hi everyone, thank you for playing Servant of the Lake! Like we announced earlier we discoverd a critical error which caused save files to corrupt when you switch off Servant of the Lake while in a level / screen transition (closing the…

    Patch notes
  7. Servant of the Lake - Missing inventory items hotfix

    Hi! We have just released a hotfix (version 0.4.1); please download and update before continuing playing. Unfortunately, the previous version of the game has corrupted the save file and your game has to be restarted after the update. We've…

    Patch notes
  8. 🐴 Servant of the lake is OUT NOW! ✨🧹

    🎊 The day has finally come! 🗓️ Servant of the lake is OUT NOW! ✨🧹 The game is also available on iOS, Android, and itchio! But before you board the carriage to spend a long weekend waiting on the eccentric whims of the Vanderboom family, we…

    BloodRaven
  9. 1 Day left 🗺️ Launch Time and Cost of Servant of the Lake 👛

    Future Servants of the Lake! 🧹 With the launch of Servant of the Lake taking place in less than 24h, we’re furiously working on adding all the final touches to ensure tomorrow everything goes as smooth as possible during your carriage ride…

    BloodRaven
  10. Servant of the Lake Devlog #4 - Q&A with Rusty Lake

    Servant of the Lake Devlog #4 - Q&A We cannot believe there are only 3 days left until Servant of the Lake releases! Let’s take one final look at your questions about the development process, behind-the-scenes details, gameplay, price…

    BloodRaven
  11. 4️⃣ Days Until the Servant of the Lake Launch!🍽️

    4 days until launch, and we're excited to share that Servant of the Lake is Steam Deck Verified! ✅ 🛎️ Dinner is served!

    Damy
  12. Servant of the Lake has officially passed 250k Wishlists on Steam! 🎉

    Servant of the Lake has officially passed 250k Wishlists on Steam! 🎉 Thank you all for your ongoing support! We can’t wait to welcome you to the Vanderboom Estate on August 13th… although we might need more contracts! 👀 Wishlist and follow…

    Rusty Lake
  13. 📣 The Servant of the Lake Demo is part of the Six One Indie Demo Days! 🎉

    We're part of Demo Days hosted by Six One Indie 🎉https://store.steampowered.com/curator/45119430/sale/SixOneIndieDemoDays2026 Check out the Servant of the Lake Demo, as well as the whole amazing line-up of over 200 others, before the full…

    Damy

July

  1. Devlog 3 - The Sounds of Servant of the Lake: Music and Sound Design

    The Sounds of Servant of the Lake: Music and Sound DesignWe are back with a new music devlog! Servant of the Lake is our most ambitious project to date in many ways, but especially in terms of music collaborations and SFX design. With less…

    BloodRaven
  2. Devlog 2 – The canvas of Servant of the Lake

    Hello everyone,A lot has happened since our last devlog, with our most important recent announcement being the August 13th, 2026 release date for Servant of the Lake!And now, as we enter the final 2 months before the big launch, we are as…

    BloodRaven

June

  1. 🎊 Servant of the Lake launches August 13th, 2026 ✨

    Servant of the Lake launches on August 13th 2026 ✨We’re excited to announce that the release of Servant of the Lake, our upcoming premium point-and-click adventure, is only a few months away! In the coming weeks, all of our energy will be…

    BloodRaven
  2. 📣 Servant of the Lake is part of the first ever Story-Rich Showcase! 🎊

    📣 Servant of the Lake is part of the first ever Story-Rich Showcase! 🎊https://store.steampowered.com/sale/thestoryrichshowcase Tune in this #SummerGameFest Saturday, June 6th at 07 pm CEST for some important information you do not want to…

    BloodRaven

April

  1. Servant of the Lake Official Narrative Trailer

    Join us in celebrating 11 years of Rusty Lake with a toast from Aldous Vanderboom! 🥂 We’re excited to show off more exclusive footage from the full game together with the new launch date of August 2026 in our new Servant of the Lake…

    BloodRaven
  2. Important Update: Servant of the Lake

    We have some Servant of the Lake launch updates now that we have a clearer picture of where we are in our internal development timeline! We’ve made the difficult but necessary decision to move the release date for Servant of the Lake to…

    BloodRaven

March

  1. Servant of the Lake: Devlog 1 - The journey so far…

    The days are growing longer, the sun is slowly defrosting this long winter, and we are very excited to return with a fresh devlog for Servant of the Lake #SotLDevlog. And what better way to start than with a brief history of the project?!…

    BloodRaven

January

  1. 🎊 Happy New Year! 🥂✨

    🎊 Happy New Year! 🥂✨ 🎂 Our 10-year anniversary curtain call 🪄 ushers in a carriage journey back to our roots! 🏡In 2026, get ready to once again step through the doors of the Vanderboom family home and take up the role of Servant of the Lake…

    Rusty Lake

December

  1. 🕯️ Happy Holidays from the whole Rusty Lake team! 🎄✨

    We hope you enjoyed a glimpse 👀 of the original Vanderboom siblings during their Winter Holidays at Rusty Lake on our socials! 🏡❄️ And that you had fun solving all the window puzzles 🪟🧩 (if you haven't yet, check them out below and try your…

    BloodRaven

October

  1. Servant of the Lake is the No.14 most played demo of Next Fest! 🙌

    Here is our Steam Next Fest Wrap Up! 🤩Our Servant of the Lake demo launched during Steam Next Fest, and just one week later, we’re the No.14 most-played demo out of 3k+ participating demos! Thank you to all content creators, press, and most…

    BloodRaven
  2. The Servant of the Lake Demo is OUT NOW as part of Steam Next Fest!

    The Servant of the Lake Demo is OUT NOW on Steam during #SteamNextFest! ⏰ 🖼️ 🧹Welcome to the Servant of the Lake demo, a 15 - 30 min preview of what’s to be expected of you as a servant to the infamous Vanderboom family! There's a long…

    BloodRaven

September

  1. The Servant of the Lake Demo is coming to Steam Next Fest

    The Servant of the Lake Demo is coming to Steam Next Fest on Oct 13th! 🗓️In just a few weeks, you'll be able to board the carriage and begin your 15-30 minute free trial. 🏡 After all... the Vanderbooms need to know if you are fit for the…

    BloodRaven
  2. A carriage ride to Gamescom - Aftermovie

    What a carriage ride! 🐎🛞 Thanks to everyone who visited us at the Indie Arena Booth, Gamescom! Fans, cosplayers, newcomers we are truly honored! 🎟️ We had an incredible time showcasing the very first demo of Servant of the Lake, dropping…

    Rusty Lake

August

  1. Servant of the Lake - Official Announcement Trailer

    In case you missed our official reveal in the awesome Future Game Show Gamescom edition: Board the carriage to get swept back into the world of Rusty Lake! Wishlist Servant of the Lake now on Steam…

    Rusty Lake
  2. Servant of the Lake World Premiere @ FGS

    We’re thrilled to share that Servant of the Lake will be part of the upcoming Future Games Show 🔴 Live Stream this coming Wednesday, 🗓️ August 20th! 🙌Tune in for an exclusive first look at our upcoming Rusty Lake title! 🤩 And remember to…

    BloodRaven
  3. Sneak Peek at Some Behind the Scenes Art! 🖼️

    We hope you'll enjoy this early look at some of the art from Servant of the Lake, straight from Johan Scherft's studio!A few weeks ago, we had the incredible opportunity to visit the studio of the talented Johan Scherft and see the work in…

    BloodRaven

July

  1. Servant of the Lake is Going to Gamescom 2025!

    🔥 We have some exciting news straight from the shores of Rusty Lake! 🚣 As you might have discovered from playing The Mr. Rabbit Magic Show, we’ve been hard at work on a brand new Rusty Lake title! 👀 And now we can finally share that we’ll…

    BloodRaven

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