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Released Aug 13, 2026 $7.99 Overwhelmingly Positive Counts toward your Steam games

Servant of the Lake

By Rusty Lake

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Reviews 7,680 Overwhelmingly Positive
Players now 98 Peak today 98
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About Servant of the Lake

Servant of the Lake is a game tagged Puzzle, Adventure and Point & Click by Rusty Lake, released Aug 13, 2026. It has 7,680 Steam reviews (Overwhelmingly Positive). The Steam games most like it include Rusty Lake Paradise, Underground Blossom and Rusty Lake Hotel.

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.
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Steam data

Everything Steam lists for Servant of the Lake · record updated 15 hours ago

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Overview

App ID3636770
Release dateAug 13, 2026
Last change number40106233
Last record update15 hours ago

App info

App type
Game
Developer
Rusty Lake
Publisher
Rusty Lake
Steam profile
Counts toward game count and achievement totals · checked Nov 1, 2025
Franchise
Rusty Lake
Technologies
Unity detected
Metacritic
79

Platforms

Windows macOS
Steam Deck
Verified

Features

4
Single-playerSteam AchievementsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

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Prices

Price · US$7.99
On sale0 of 41regions right now
Lowest seen · US$7.99Oct 23, 2026
Checked8 hours agoin 41 regions

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Patches

Patch notes

6
  1. Sep 1, 2026 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…

  2. Aug 19, 2026 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 sta…

  3. Aug 16, 2026 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 wi…

  4. Aug 13, 2026 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 id…

  5. Aug 13, 2026 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 ga…

  6. Aug 13, 2026 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…

Builds

1
BuildBranchUpdated
25008445publicSep 1, 2026

Depots

Depots

2
IDNameSystemsSizeDownloadManifest
3636773 — Windows 680.8 MB 563.2 MB 4745949035667876239
3636774 — macOS 724.3 MB 579.7 MB 7626483905290248160

Branches

1
BranchBuildUpdatedAccess
public 25008445 Sep 1, 2026 Open

Configuration

Install foldersteamapps/common/Servant of the Lake

Launch options

2
ExecutableArgumentsSystemsDescription
ServantOfTheLake.exe Windows
ServantOfTheLake.app macOS

Cloud saves

Space per player976.6 KB
Filesup to 30
Save locations1
RootPathPatternSystems
WinAppDataLocalLowRustyLake/ServantOfTheLake/Serialization/SaveFiles/*.jsonAll

Achievements

Achievements490 hidden
Most unlocked97.3%The Arrival
Rarest30.3%Finishing Touch

Global unlock rate

share of players who have it
  • The Arrival Morning, Day 1 97.3%
  • Preparing Breakfast Morning, Day 1 96.8%
  • Waking up Aldous Morning, Day 1 95.9%
  • Preparing the Reception Afternoon, Day 1 94.9%
  • Welcoming the Guests Afternoon, Day 1 92.9%
  • Serving Tea Evening, Day 1 92.3%
  • Opening the Reunion Evening, Day 1 90.9%
  • The Night Watch Night, Day 1 89.6%
  • Searching the Attic Night, Day 1 89%
  • Preparing Coffee Morning, Day 2 87.3%
  • Waking up William Morning, Day 2 86.5%
  • Cleaning the Floors Afternoon, Day 2 85.7%
  • Going Hunting Afternoon, Day 2 85%
  • Doing the Washing Evening, Day 2 84.5%
  • Helping with Bathing Evening, Day 2 83.7%
  • Night Time Duties Night, Day 2 83.3%
  • Inspecting the Cellar Night, Day 2 82%
  • Looking for the Cat Morning, Day 3 81.3%
All 49 achievements
  • Chase away the Crow Night, Day 1 81%
  • Assisting in Alchemy Morning, Day 3 79.5%
  • Unforeseen Maintenance Afternoon, Day 3 79.3%
  • Preparing Dinner Afternoon, Day 3 79%
  • Serving Dinner Evening, Day 3 78.4%
  • Dressing up for Dinner Evening, Day 3 77.9%
  • The Departure Night, Day 3 77.8%
  • Close Inspections Evening, Day 2 71.3%
  • Checking for Intruders Night, Day 1 68.7%
  • Cleaning the Windows Evening, Day 2 63.6%
  • Garbage Disposal Night, Day 2 59%
  • Tickling Mr. William Morning, Day 2 58.6%
  • Petting the Horse Morning, Day 1 58.4%
  • Exercising with Mr. Aldous Morning, Day 1 56.7%
  • Small Repairs Afternoon, Day 1 50%
  • A Perfect Hunt Afternoon, Day 2 48.9%
  • Safety Test Evening, Day 3 45.6%
  • Pest Control Night, Day 2 40.6%
  • Ruining the Bouquet Afternoon, Day 1 40.1%
  • Deep Cleaning Afternoon, Day 2 40%
  • Feeding the Cat Morning, Day 1 39.5%
  • Animal testing Morning, Day 3 37.9%
  • Petting the Cat Morning, Day 3 37.5%
  • You've found him! Secret Location 35.8%
  • Soothing the Baby Evening, Day 1 34.9%
  • First Aid Night, Day 3 34.7%
  • Seasoning the Soup Afternoon, Day 3 33.7%
  • Serving Matcha Latte Serving Tea 32.6%
  • Serving Mr. Aldous his Favorite Coffee Morning, Day 2 32%
  • Checking the Furniture Afternoon, Day 3 30.3%
  • Finishing Touch Evening, Day 3 30.3%

News

  1. Oct 9, 2026 · Community Announcements Servant of the Lake is part of LudoNarraCon! 🌟

    We're excited to share that Servant of the Lake is part of LudoNarraCon! Make sure to check out our latest release and many other narrative games, both upcoming and released, in the LudoNarraCon Stea…

  2. Oct 1, 2026 · Community Announcements 🧹 Servant of the Lake is 30% OFF in the Steam Autumn Sale 🍂

    🍂 Fall arrives with cozy discounts at Rusty Lake! 🍂Take a weekend trip to the Vanderboom estate and pick up a shift as Servant of the Lake, now 30% off in the Steam Autumn Sale! 🧹And please consid…

  3. Sep 30, 2026 · Community Announcements #SotLDevlog 🗣️ The Voices of Servant of the Lake ✨

    Hello everyone, as promised, we are back with more behind-the-scenes from Servant of the Lake, some 6 weeks post-launch! Since Servant of the Lake is such a narrative-heavy Rusty Lake title, we wante…

  4. Sep 17, 2026 · Community Announcements One Month at the Vanderboom Estate 🏡

    Can you believe it’s already been a month since we all boarded the carriage to Rusty Lake to work for the demanding Vanderboom family? 🤩Servant of the Lake has been one of our most ambitious titles …

  5. Aug 22, 2026 · Community Announcements 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-l…

  6. Aug 18, 2026 · PC Gamer The new Rusty Lake game is a grim, sinister tale of family, destiny, and cooking: I fed a man porridge filled with dead bugs and he told me it tasted good

    Crunch the incessant offness of Twin Peaks into a surprisingly beefy collection of point-and-click puzzle adventures and you've got Rusty Lake: Twisted tales of familial obligation and tradition unfo…

  7. Aug 14, 2026 · Community Announcements 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 …

  8. Aug 13, 2026 · Community Announcements 🐴 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 e…

  9. Aug 12, 2026 · Community Announcements 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 smo…

  10. Aug 10, 2026 · Community Announcements 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-…

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