RedLantern

RedLantern is set in a snowbound village in 1990s Japan, where you work for the country’s largest illegal deep-web marketplace. Guns, drugs, disappearances and forbidden technology pass through its encrypted threads, but the marketplace is also cursed: some posts reach beyond the screen, and two relentless hunters try to stop you from finishing your shift.

Your boss expects results. You trace illegal shipments, track down users and file reports while trying to survive until 6:00 AM, which is one hour in real time. The game is run-based, with permadeath and no checkpoints; each failure restarts the shift, while each run takes you further into the network’s secrets.

Investigate RedLantern

The marketplace contains over 400 listings with images and hundreds of user profiles, each with a distinct tone and history. Coins are your lifeline: you earn them by completing reports, investigating users or gambling on RedLantern. You can spend them on illicit software or arrange risky alley pickups for hardware, with every upgrade carrying a price and a risk.

Prologue and Hardcore Mode

Your first playthrough begins with a 10–15 minute prologue that sets up the story. Hardcore Mode adds another handler to report to and over 50 additional unique RedLantern users, with new posts. These users do not appear on normal difficulty and are exclusive to Hardcore Mode.