Keep the Lights On

Keep the Lights On

Light the Lantern Studios · 2023 · Adventure, Platformer, Horror, 2D, Atmospheric

PC
Positive90% · 49
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About Keep the Lights On

Keep the Lights On is an atmospheric horror game where you step in the shoes of Edmund Rosental, a private detective, who is tasked with investigating an old abbey and the mystery surrounding it. Will he be able to keep the lights on or will he succumb to the darkness?

In Keep the Lights On, the player will experience a terrifying tale of horror by exploring the environments, interacting with the environments and completing puzzles. The player can discover hidden sections of the abbey with platforming and defend himself from the darkness with holy water. As the player explores and solves mysteries, the dark past of the haunted abbey will be uncovered.
  • A complete story of Keep the Lights On
  • Introquet puzzles that will make you think
  • Platform sections, what’s that up there?
  • Enemies Ready to Snuff Of Your Light
  • Completely Original Soundtrack
  • Gorgeous Pixel Art
  • Controller Support
  • A Horror Game Experience Inspired By the Classics
  • And Secrets
Edmund Rosental, a private detective has fallen to dark times after the passing of his wife and he is offered a case to investigate a long abandoned abbey that has been rumoured to be haunted. Edmund accepts the job inorder to escape his dark and lonely existence. In Keep the Lights on, Edmund has to uncover the dark past of the abbey and face his own darkness.

What Steam players say

Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.

Recommended Sep 19, 2024
The hardened, resigned detective who lost his wife trope meets The Nun (2018), and I’m here for it! I’m still surprised that this was free because, for what it was, it was really fun. Sweet, short, straight-to-the-point, it had some fun mechanics, and I really enjoyed the puzzles. Coupled with the creepy atmosphere and the cosy vibes of the pixel art, it makes for a perfect little game to kick off fall! (My only gripe is the font, which was really difficult to read at times.)
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Not recommended Aug 31, 2025
"Keep the Lights On" is a poorly made 2D pixelcrap side view adventure game that escaped containment at Itch where this kind of amateur mediocrity belongs, so we have to put up with it here on Steam. Despite the pixelcrap this isn't the worst game on Steam, but it's so far from being the best it's not funny. The plot is dry and uninspired, you're an investigator exploring a haunted abbey. The key challenge in the game is staying awake long enough to alt+F4 and uninstall. There's also a number of unresolved bugs that can softlock you out of completing the game, not that anyone would want to (see the player count numbers below). This features really godawful pixelcrap "art" instead of real graphics. It's hard to say if this was because the developer didn't have the skill to do the job of creating 3D visuals, or couldn't afford to hire someone who does, but it also doesn't matter. What matters is that this looks much worse than most other games because of that decision, and that's a major deterrent to gamers. Games like Terraria and Stardew Valley succeeded [i]despite[/i] the bad graphics, not because of them. This was made with the utterly awful "Construct" game constructio…
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Recommended Nov 15, 2025
Игра 'Keep the Lights On' – это очаровательная головоломка с оригинальной механикой. Игрок в роли маленького робота путешествует по уровням, активируя источники питания, чтобы поддерживать свет. Геймплей простой в освоении, но быстро набирает сложность, заставляя думать наперед и планировать каждый шаг. Визуальный стиль минималистичный, но при этом очень приятный: мягкие цвета и четкие силуэты создают расслабляющую атмосферу. Музыкальное сопровождение тоже способствует погружению в игровой процесс. Что особенно понравилось, так это ощущение удовлетворения, которое получаешь, решив сложную головоломку. Игра идеально подходит для коротких сессий, когда нужно немного отвлечься и потренировать логику. 'Keep the Lights On' – это отличный пример того, как из простой идеи можно сделать увлекательную и запоминающуюся игру. Рекомендую всем любителям головоломок!
Recommended Sep 14, 2025
still waiting for a new game from this devloper
Recommended Sep 20, 2024
this was a great game and i enjoyed playing this the scares the sounds the art everything about this i'm gonna go and see if they produced any other games also i do recomend everyone play it and have their experience have fun finding secrets and all
Recommended Sep 4, 2024
Overall a cool spooky game, but I ran into a few game-breaking bugs where I couldn't interact with important objects, leading to me needing to start a whole new game. I couldn't interact with the candle puzzle in the chapel no matter what I tried so I started a new game, only to be unable to interact with a painting piece. Both very annoying! I recommend anyways because I think it's a neat project, but that bug definitely needs work. Controls and movement were kind of clunky as well.

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