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The Hope Lake Boarding School was abandoned long ago, when one of its teachers drowned by accident. Many years later, all of the female students began to disappear, one by one. Visit the place where it all began. Try to pick up the maniac's trail and put a stop to his crime spree.

Hope Lake is a hidden object, adventure and casual game developed by Far Mills and Mysterytag and published by RunServer.
Released on June 03rd 2016 is available only on Windows in 5 languages: English, German, Czech, Polish and Russian.

It has received 515 reviews of which 373 were positive and 142 were negative resulting in a rating of 6.9 out of 10. 😐

The game is currently priced at 7.99€ on Steam.

The Steam community has classified Hope Lake into these genres:

Hidden Object Adventure Casual Indie Point & Click Female Protagonist Puzzle Detective Mystery Crime Atmospheric

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Windows

OS *: Windows XP
Processor: 1.4 GHz
Memory: 512 MB RAM
DirectX: Version 9.0c
Storage: 2 GB available space
Sound Card: Any

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Jan. 2025

Good point and click adventure game expect weird solutions to simple tasks just like every other adventure game haha

Jan. 2025

I really enjoyed this. A gloomy hidden object game with a lot of grungy aesthetic. The game is light on story but it sets the mood well. You're a detective trying to find and free women that have been kidnapped by some maniac. Gameplay wise, it's pretty easy but for the most part i'm here for the vibe. That said there are some jank elements worth mentioning. Interacting with objects can be finnickly -- like you have to click on a specific area on the object in order for it to trigger. The next big issue is in the mini-game where you have a list of words across the bottom and you need to find these objects on the screen. The problem is that a lot and i mean A LOT of these words seems to be, i'm just guessing, badly translated. The word says "key" but they want you to click on a wrench. The word says "glass" it means a crumpled coke can. On and on and on. No doubt i would have been pretty stuck in some parts if the game wasn't generous with the clue system. You have a walkie talkie with a bar that slowly fills, if the light is green and you press the button, it will show the item to click. When exploring room to room, this meter can also be used to point you in the right direction of where you should go, there is also a map that shows you where there are objects that you can currently perform actions with your current inventory. There is also a skip puzzle meter, which i only used once accidentally. Honestly, it's pretty cheap on sale. I grabbed it for less than 3 bucks and i got almost 4 hours of enjoyment out of it. It satiated the kind of gloomy horror atmo i was looking for in a point and click. But it is janky and very VERY LIGHT on story, so know this going in.

Dec. 2024

Hope Lake is a captivating hidden object game that offers a gripping and dark story line. This is further enhanced by the numerous cut scenes which helps provide more intrigue into the story. My Grandmother use to play these type of games a lot, so I tend to have a soft spot for hidden object games and to be honest, this one would have stood out to her. Unlike many hidden object games that rely heavily and solely on finding hidden items as the core mechanic, Hope Lake blends it with a variety of puzzles, requiring you to gather items and objects throughout the game to unlock the puzzles and solve challenges to progress. The game's suspenseful narrative, centered around the mysterious disappearance of multiple female students, keeps you engaged, wanting more and eager to uncover the mystery. The only drawback was the mislabelling of items, which I am assuming was due to poor translation. This did make finding certain items challenging in a few stages. Overall, I loved this game and would highly recommend it to those who want a hidden object game but do not like the repetitive nature they can provide. This game has such a wide variety of different puzzles and objectives which keeps you constantly engaged and wanting more.

Oct. 2024

what can i say....the puzzles were lackluster. theres a lot of going back and forth, its frustrating. theres alot of eye spy. i mean it wasnt a bad game. it was unique. get it on sale. yeah im at a loss trying to write a review on this game.

July 2024

I first have to say that i never encountered such a bad translation for the HOS were a key is a wrench and a wrench is a key. And this is only one example for it. The game itself was pretty ok, sadly it had a few moments where you needed a tool that you had a bit earlier. Most of the minigames were really easy to handle, there was only one annoying puzzle that i skipped. The story was pretty nice and the overall graphics were really nice and cool. There were very few cutscenes, which was a bit sad, but not really bad. All in one a pretty nice game, if you dont look at the HOS translation for many objects, which i pretty much liked. I can really recommend it.

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Hope Lake is currently priced at 7.99€ on Steam.

Hope Lake is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 7.99€ on Steam.

Hope Lake received 373 positive votes out of a total of 515 achieving a rating of 6.90.

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Hope Lake was developed by Far Mills and Mysterytag and published by RunServer.

Hope Lake is playable and fully supported on Windows.

Hope Lake is not playable on MacOS.

Hope Lake is not playable on Linux.

Hope Lake is a single-player game.

Hope Lake does not currently offer any DLC.

Hope Lake does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

Hope Lake does not support Steam Remote Play.

Hope Lake is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.

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Release 03 Jun 2016

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