Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 13 October 2025 — Indie developer Rusty Lake has today launched a free demo for Servant of the Lake, its upcoming point-and-click mystery adventure. Available now as part of Steam Next Fest, the demo invites players to enter the Vanderboom estate to take on the role of a servant tasked with completing daily routines that unravel into unsettling puzzles. Players will take care of Aldous Vanderboom and his mysterious guests while working to uncover clues that hint at sinister secrets hidden within the walls of the estate.
Watch the latest trailer below and play the demo now on Steam
Servant of the Lake is the upcoming game from the team behind Cube Escape, The Past Within, and Underground Blossom, arriving on Steam, iOS and Android in Spring 2026. Play the demo and wishlist the game on Steam now.
Key Features
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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.
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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.
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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?
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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.
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Helpful Links
Steam store 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
Rusty Lake on Social Media
Discord: discord.com/invite/rustylake
Instagram: instagram.com/rustylakecom
X: x.com/rustylakecom
YouTube: youtube.com/@RustyLake
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