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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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System requirements

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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. 2026
Great atmosphere, lots of locations to explore and plenty of puzzles to solve. Chasing a mysterious kidnapper though an abandoned boarding school next to a lake is always a good setting. I also really liked the music and sound effects, they added to the creepy vibe without taking you out of the game. My only complaint is that some translations in the hidden object games are rough, but thankfully hints refresh after a minute or two in case you get stuck. The rest of the dialogue/text/journals do not have any translation issues, it was only a few spots in the minigames.
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Jan. 2026
A good simple game, which you be like. For big sale you can take her! This a little history about big problem, which can be played with you angry joke. Than need be a kind and good persons! Be careful with your actions always!
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Oct. 2025
This game has crap translations so sometimes you spend 10 minutes looking for a key only to use a hint a see that they actually meant wrench, or (my favorite) looking for a comb, deciding to try clicking the brush in case that's what they meant, get credit for comb, but then see that brush is also on the list (and in this case referred to what I can only assume was a possum pelt on the back wall...?). The clickbox for some interactive scenes was at times almost infuriatingly small, so that after half a dozen tries I had to use a hint to see exactly where the game wanted me to put the item. BUT, this game doesn't penalize using hints, so I can spam that ish to my heart's content and still get all my sweet, sweet cheevos. Besides that, it scratched a definite itch that only horror-themed HOGs can handle. I felt kinda ick about the whole Native subplot and implied "oh no vengeful Indian spirits" vibe, and I did not have "Ed Gein without the skin suit" on my bingo card as the left hook that knocked us off that path. On the other hand, badges and cheevos. :D
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Sept. 2025
Decent HOG, not sure why people gave it a negative review. There was only a few items that were named slightly wrong, for example, a brush was actually a feather duster. I have played so so many HOGs over the years and this is one of the better ones, especially the story being decent. I did feel bad for Peter. They could have included more than one music track playing all the way through, it did get on my nerves after a few hours of hearing it on loop. Sound affects and graphics were great, helped make it eerie and spooky, even more so if the music is turned off completely. Puzzles were mostly easy which is good because I dislike being stuck for ages, only one I got stuck on for too long was the book puzzle. And a big big plus is that the achievements are doable and not frustrating, they pop as you progress through the game. I love that! Recommend if you are neurodivergent. Great game for Halloween!
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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
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Frequently Asked Questions

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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Hope Lake
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Rating
6.9
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Developer
Far Mills, Mysterytag
Publisher
RunServer
Release 03 Jun 2016
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