Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 21 August, 2025 — Indie development studio Rusty Lake has unveiled the first trailer for its upcoming point-and-click puzzle adventure, Servant of the Lake, during the recent Future Games Show digital event. Servant of the Lake is a classic single-player Rusty Lake point-and-click adventure set in the infamous Vanderboom house during the era of Aldous and William Vanderboom. Fans who missed the trailer during the show can check it out now for a first look at the haunting new journey from the developer of Cube Escape, The Past Within, and Underground Blossom, coming to Steam, iOS and Android. They can also get hands-on at Gamescom with an immersive demo experience inside a life-sized, ornate carriage.
Watch the new announcement trailer below:
In Servant of the Lake, players will immerse themselves in the signature Rusty Lake atmosphere where unsettling puzzles meet surreal storytelling. To celebrate the reveal, the developer is also bringing Servant of the Lake to gamescom with a real-world mystery where visitors can hunt for clues across the showfloor to turn in for Rusty Lake merch and play the game at the Indie Arena Booth inside a life-sized replica of one of the game’s iconic carriages.
Servant of the Lake is also nominated for 'Best Mobile Game' and 'Best Booth' at the 2025 Gamescom Awards.
Key Features
- Back to the beginning: Servant of the Lake is a classic single-player Rusty Lake point-and-click adventure set in the infamous Vanderboom house during the era of Aldous and William Vanderboom
- Solve surreal puzzles: Go from simple tasks such as straightening the family portraits and doing the laundry to assisting in complex experiments and cleaning up the aftermath
- Unravel a dark narrative: Live through events set decades before Rusty Lake: Roots! As the housekeeper of the Vanderboom estate, you can explore each room of The House while ensuring the family is taken care of. Can you survive the weekend?
- Immersive soundtrack: Haunting melodies composed and performed by Victor Butzelaar to keep you company while puzzling your way through your daily usual and unusual tasks
Wishlist Servant of the Lake on Steam now to stay up to date on its release.
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Handy Links
Steam page: store.steampowered.com/app/3636770/Servant_of_the_Lake
Press kit: available here
Rusty Lake Itch.io page: rustylake.itch.io
Rusty Lake website: rustylake.com
Merch: lostincult.co.uk/rustylake
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About Rusty Lake
Rusty Lake is an indie game studio based in Amsterdam, founded by Robin Ras & Maarten Looise. Since 2015, they have developed 18 surrealistic point-and-click adventure games in the Rusty Lake Universe. Inspired by David Lynch's TV series, Twin Peaks, the story of all these games is intertwined and every instalment reveals more about the Rusty Lake mysteries. They have released the following games on PC and mobile: Cube Escape Collection (bundle of our 9 Cube Escape episodes), a free remake of Samsara Room and six premium games: Rusty Lake Hotel, Rusty Lake: Roots, Rusty Lake Paradise, The White Door, The Past Within (the first co-op game of the series and the first game to come to Nintendo Switch) and Underground Blossom.
For more information visit rustylake.com
Press Contact
Bram van Lith (Game Drive)
bram@game-drive.nl