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Lake horror games on GOG

Horror games set on and around lakes: a cabin by a forest jetty, a hotel on an island reached by rowboat, black water crossed on a maze of bridges. You row out, search the shore and solve what the place hides. The fear is in the water itself, still and dark, with no telling what lies at the bottom or what it has already taken.

The top 11 of 11 lake horror games on GOG, ranked by player and critic scores

The 11 best on GOG

  1. Servant of the Lake key art: the silhouettes of a horse-drawn carriage and a servant holding a covered tray before a tall house, against green patterned wallpaper PsychologicalServant of the LakePart of the Rusty Lake series, with the Cave of the Lady of the Lake and Rusty Lake itself among its places 98% on Google Play (9,490 ratings)about 4.5 hPaidPC, Mac, iPhone, Android
  2. Rusty Lake: Roots key art: a painted valley with a lake, mountains, a white palace on an island, a chapel and a windmill PsychologicalRusty Lake: RootsThe painted valley of Rusty Lake, its water, chapel and island palace, frames the house where the family lives 96% on Google Play (16,100 ratings)about 4 hPaidPC, Mac, iPhone, Android
  3. Rusty Lake Hotel key art: the grey gothic hotel on a small island in a still green lake, with mountains and a cloudy sky behind PsychologicalRusty Lake HotelThe hotel stands on a small island in a still green lake, reached by rowboat. 96% on Google Play (20,600 ratings)about 3 hPaidPC, Mac, iPhone, Android
  4. Rusty Lake Paradise art: a man in a mosquito mask with insect wings hovers in a bare grey forest above a white rabbit beside a hole PsychologicalRusty Lake ParadiseThe island sits in a misty mountain lake whose water turns red with blood in the first plague 96% on Google Play (10,400 ratings)about 3.5 hPaidPC, Mac, iPhone, Android
  5. Cube Escape Collection key art: a white cube outline and the title on a purple starry background PsychologicalCube Escape CollectionThe Lake chapter has a wooden room with a doorway opening onto a lake and mountains. 94% on Google Play (64,100 ratings)about 7 hPaidPC, Mac, iPhone, Android
  6. Buddy Simulator 1984 library art: a repeating pattern of grey pixel-art creatures, robots, animals and objects from the game on a near-black field PsychologicalBuddy Simulator 1984One scene shows a lakeside with a rowing boat and a fishing rod while a wide-eyed figure rises out of the water. 94% on Steam (3,196 reviews)about 5 hPaidPC, Switch, PlayStation, Xbox
  7. Midnight Scenes: The Nanny key art: a shadowy figure with tangled pale hair, glowing red eyes and bared teeth at the right of a dark banner 2D horrorMidnight Scenes: The NannyThe search leads to a jetty on a lake at dusk, where Tina tells Oliver to get in the rowing boat. 97% on Steam (235 reviews)about 30 minPaidPC
  8. Dread X Collection 2 key art: a skeleton in sunglasses and bow tie plays a brass horn while a tentacle-faced giant looms over a dark forest under stars CosmicDread X Collection 2The Thing in the Lake is about something horrible hiding in a lake's murky depths 94% on Steam (696 reviews)about 8.5 hPaidPC
  9. Scanner Sombre key art: a green figure stands in a dark cave drawn in glowing orange, green and blue scan dots, with the title at top right PsychologicalScanner SombrePC Gamer describes a large underground lake level where dots fade on the water and you wade nearly blind. 89% on Steam (4,594 reviews)about 1.5 hPaidPC, Mac, VR
  10. Kona key art: the yellow KONA title on white snow, with the dark silhouette of a man's legs and his long shadow PsychologicalKonaThe whole game is set around Atamipek Lake in northern Canada, with houses and cabins along the frozen shore. 83% on the PlayStation Store (1,943 ratings)about 5.5 hPaidPC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  11. Martha Is Dead key art: the upside-down face of a young woman with a pearl necklace, as if seen through dark water PsychologicalMartha Is DeadMartha is found drowned in the lake near the family villa, and you row across it by boat. 79% on Steam (3,986 reviews)about 6 hPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox

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