
- 75/100
- Metacritic11 critic reviews
More scores
- Metacritic usersuser score
- 71/100
- Player reviews
- 90% positive1,410 reviews
- Steam Deck
- Verified
- Runs on
- Windows, Mac
- Price
- US$5.23
Where to get it

2025 · Solarsuit · Simulation · Adventure
Static Dread: The Lighthouse
Lovecraft meets Papers, Please. Play as a lighthouse keeper and guide ships safely into the harbor using your radio. Survive the presence of something impossible, and don’t let the shadows consume you!
- Released
- 6 August 2025
- Platforms
- Nintendo SwitchPlayStation 4PlayStation 5WindowsXbox OneXbox Series X/SmacOS
- Genres
- SimulationAdventureIndie
- Developers
- Solarsuit
- Publishers
- Polden PublishingGames Harbor
- Modes
- Single-player
- Perspective
- First person
- Themes
- ActionHorror
- Engine
- Unity
- Age ratings
- ESRB T
- Languages
- Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), English, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese (Brazil), Portuguese (Portugal), Russian, Spanish (Spain), Turkish and 1 more
- Features
- Family SharingFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam CloudSteam achievements
- Time to beat
- 6hmain story9hwith extras11hcompletionist
›Story
In the aftermath of a global cataclysm, the harbor authorities reactivated an ancient lighthouse, hoping to keep the seas navigable amidst the growing chaos. A lone keeper is dispatched to the forsaken island, tasked with manning the beacon. The fate of passing vessels and the nearby town now rests in his hands. Far away, a wife and daughter wait for his return.
Each night, his duties grow more perilous. Mariners report encounters with creatures beyond the reach of science. Ships drift back from distant waters - empty, their crews vanished without a trace. In the island’s fishing village, the locals whisper prayers to sea gods and perform rituals to raise the dead.
Will the keeper preserve his sanity, protect those he loves, and guide the vessels entrusted to him through the abyss? Or will he, too, be lost to the dark tides gathering beneath the surface of the world?
Players say
Media
Releases by platformdates and regions as published
Games like this
70Choo-Choo Charles
2022 · Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 +4
Two Star Games
74The Outlast Trials
2023 · Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 4 +4
Red Barrels
83Visage
2020 · PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5 +2
SadSquare Studio
83Signalis
2022 · Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 +3
rose-engine
76Escape the Backrooms
2022 · Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 5 +2
74Madison
2022 · Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 +4
Bloodious Games
66Escape From Playtime
2021 · Android, Nintendo Switch +6
Mob Entertainment
87Luto
2025 · Xbox Series X/S, Windows +1
Broken Bird Games
Added from the Steam catalog; not on any collection yet.
