Lamplight City

Lamplight City is a detective adventure set in New Bretagne, a thriving port in the New World known as the City of Air and Light. Beneath its promises of 19th-century progress and industrial advancement lie poverty, class struggle and crime. You play Miles Fordham, a police detective turned private investigator, as he solves cases and searches for his former partner’s killer while the partner’s voice from beyond the grave steadily tests his sanity.

Investigate the cases

You investigate crime scenes, interrogate suspects and gather information by whatever means you choose. You can follow the law or make your own rules; your actions affect how people regard you. The game has five cases, each with multiple suspects, false leads and different outcomes. If a case becomes unsolvable, you can move on to the next, and the story adapts to your choices.

Explore New Bretagne

The fictional city has four distinct boroughs, which you visit throughout the game. Their stories explore themes including the class divide and the public’s fear of emerging steam technology. You also meet more than 50 professionally voiced characters.

Casework and presentation

A single-click interface handles investigation without an inventory. Clues and documents go into your casebook for review, while a context-sensitive cursor handles item interactions. The game is inspired by the works of Edgar Allan Poe and Charles Dickens and features an original score by Mark Benis.