Lake

September 1, 2021 Gamious Gamious, Whitethorn Games
Role-playing (RPG) Simulator Adventure Indie
Stadia Series X|S PS4 PC PS5 XONE Switch
About

It's 1986 - Meredith Weiss takes a break from her career in the big city to deliver mail in her hometown. How will she experience two weeks in beautiful Providence Oaks, with its iconic lake and quirky community? And what will she do next? It's up to you.
Storyline

It's September 1, 1986. You take on the role of 40-something Meredith Weiss, who returns to her beautiful hometown Providence Oaks in Oregon. She exchanges her busy career job to temporary fill in for her dad, a mail carrier.

Meredith has an eventful two weeks. She meets lots of new people, gets into romances, helps prevent the construction of apartments, gets reconnected with her bff, rats or bails out a colleague, and gets pushed by her boss back home to recommit to her career job.
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User Score
66.7
Critic Score
67.9
Total Score
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Game Info

Release Date September 1, 2021
Developer Gamious
Publisher Gamious, Whitethorn Games
Game Modes Single player
Perspective Third person
Themes Comedy, Drama, Open world
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