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Fathomlight · Published by Crytivo
Content notice: This Game may contain content not appropriate for all ages, or may not be appropriate for viewing at work: Mature Content
Last updated 6 Oct 2026
Drownlight is a city-building survival simulator set in a flooded world. Build and expand your city around a lighthouse, manage resources, and make moral decisions that shape the fate of the survivors. Secrets lurk in the raging waters, and if the lighthouse goes out, the city may be lost forever.
Simulation, Strategy · More free games
In Drownlight, you'll construct and expand your city using a lighthouse as its core. Navigate resource management challenges while making decisions that affect the survivors' fate.
About this game
When the world drowned, only the light remained
After a cataclysm that swallowed continents and erased civilization, a handful of survivors discover a solitary lighthouse standing above the endless ocean. Around its glow, humanity makes its last stand.
You are their leader, the one who must rebuild, protect, and guide the final city of humankind.
The Lighthouse: The Heart of Survival
Your lighthouse is more than a beacon. It’s life itself.
🔹 Keep the Flame Alive – Generate power, gather fuel, and manage what little remains of the old world. If the light dies, people vanish into the darkness.
🔹 A Beacon for the Lost – The light draws drifters from across the sea. Each new survivor brings labor, stories, and hope, but also new mouths to feed.
🔹 Guard the Light, Fear the Depths – The ocean hides ancient secrets and unknown dangers waiting beyond the beam’s reach.
Survive the Unforgiving Ocean
⚫ The Darkness – The lighthouse must never fail, or you risk losing people to an unseen force that lurks beyond the light.
🌊 Unforgiving Weather – Face devastating storms that tear apart your structures and dead calms that starve your city of resources.
🎣 Resource Scarcity – Manage food, energy, and morale as supplies dwindle and the sea grows more hostile.
⚖ Choices That Shape Humanity – Decide who to save, who to sacrifice, and what kind of world is worth rebuilding.
Key Features
🏗 Radial City-Building – Expand your city outward from the lighthouse, constructing and optimizing structures in a dynamic, ever-growing settlement.
⚖ Moral Dilemmas – Survivors will come to you with desperate requests. Deny too many, and your rule will collapse. How far will you go to maintain order?
⏳ Constant Tension – Keep the lighthouse running, manage limited resources, and adapt to the ever-changing oceanic environment—your survival depends on it.
The sea remembers.
The light flickers.
And somewhere in the deep, something stirs.
Will you lead humanity’s last city or watch it drown beneath the waves?
System Requirements
Will my PC run this? →Minimum
- OS: Windows 10, 11
- Processor: AMD Ryzen 2600
- Memory: 2 GB RAM
- Graphics: 1050Ti, AMD RX570
- Storage: 2 GB available space
Supported Languages
Latest news
Patch NotesOfficial
Development Update #1
Hello everyone!It's been a little while since our last major development update, so we'd like to share some of the progress we've made on Drownlight. Over the past few months, we’ve been continuing to expand several core systems, rework existing features, and experiment with new ideas. Some of these changes are already in a solid state, while others are still being refined.Here’s a closer look at what we’ve been working on.ExpeditionsExpeditions have been one of our main development priorities recently.This system connects to many other parts of the game, including progression, resource balance, survivor management, and the different types of encounters players can discover.The underlying system is now in a good functional state.We’re following our “functionality first, visuals later” approach, so while the final presentation still needs additional work, the core mechanics are already in place.Players will be able to organize expeditions to search for resources, rescue survivors, and investigate various locations scattered across the world. Some places may have been abandoned long ago, others might be better left unexplored.2. StoryDuring one of our earlier closed playtests, a small group of players had the opportunity to experience an early version of Drownlight.Their feedback helped us identify several areas that needed improvement, particularly when it came to introducing players to the game.At that stage, much of the story content was temporary and primarily existed to test the narrative systems.Since then, we’ve completely rewritten the opening portion of the game.The goal is to make the introduction feel more natural, while giving players a clearer understanding of both Drownlight’s mechanics and the world they are entering.The underlying storytelling systems remain largely the same, but the experience surrounding them has changed significantly.3. CitizensWe’ve also continued expanding the behavior of citizens living within your settlement.Citizens now have ac...Read full article on Community Announcements (Crytivo)AnnouncementsOfficial
Drownlight Kickstarter is Now Live
Hello everyone,I’m really excited (and honestly a bit nervous) to finally share this moment with you - Drownlight is now live on Kickstarter.Check out a new trailer for the game: Drownlight has been a long journey for me. I’ve been working on this project for quite some time, slowly building it piece by piece and trying to shape it into something meaningful. Getting to this point is a big step for me. It’s exciting, but also a bit scary, putting something so personal out there.Seeing people wishlist the game, follow its development, and support it along the way has meant a lot more than I can properly express. It’s something that genuinely helped me keep going and continue improving the game.The Kickstarter campaign is now live, and if you’re interested, I’d really appreciate you taking a look. Even just checking it out, sharing it, or spreading the word can make a big difference.Check Out the Drownlight Kickstarter Thank you again for being here and for supporting the project.Read full article on Community Announcements (Crytivo)AnnouncementsOfficial
Drownlight Story Trailer and Final Days Before Kickstarter
Four days remain until something I have been working toward for a long time becomes real. We are at 626 Followers on Kickstarter. Can we make it 1000 until the launch ? Today I want to share the story trailer for Drownlight.Drownlight began as a personal project, developed at night with a simple idea. What happens when survival depends on something fragile, something that can fail at any moment.In this world, the ocean has taken everything. A small group of survivors finds a lighthouse and begins building around it. That light becomes their only chance to survive, but also their greatest responsibility.Over the past months, closed playtests and feedback have helped shape the direction of the game. The Kickstarter on March 24 is the next step to grow Drownlight into what it is meant to become.If you have been following the project, thank you.If you want to help bring Drownlight further, following and supporting the Kickstarter would mean a lot.We are very close now.Follow on Kickstarter and make sure to join DiscordRead full article on Community Announcements (Crytivo)AnnouncementsOfficial
Drownlight Kickstarter Launches March 24
Hi everyone,I have some exciting and important news to share. Drownlight will be launching on Kickstarter on March 24, 2026.Over the past months development has been moving forward with closed playtests on Discord and adjustments based on feedback from players. It has been great to see the game evolving and moving in the right direction.Taking Drownlight to Kickstarter will allow me to scale the game further and bring more of the ideas I have planned to life. The goal is to expand the systems, add more content, and deepen the experience around building and managing your floating city.This is a huge milestone for me as a solo developer and for the future of the project.If you'd like to support the game when the campaign launches, following the Kickstarter and sharing it with others would help a lot. Thank you for continuing to follow the development of Drownlight.Read full article on Community Announcements (Crytivo)AnnouncementsOfficial
New Trailer & Announcement for Drownlight!
Hello everyone!I have some exciting news to share today.First, there’s a new announcement trailer — you can find it below! And second, I’m happy to reveal that Drownlight has found a publishing partner. I’ve teamed up with Crytivo, who will be helping bring the project to life and supporting its next stages of development. Drownlight tells the story of humanity’s last hope — a city built around a solitary lighthouse in a world consumed by the ocean. It’s a game about survival, tough choices, and keeping the light alive when everything else has faded.This trailer is just the beginning. I’ll be sharing more updates, behind-the-scenes looks, and devlogs as development moves forward.If you’d like to support the project, please wishlist Drownlight on Steam — it really helps the team and keeps the light shining.Join my discord to stay up to date first hand!DiscordKeep the light going, — FathomlightRead full article on Community Announcements (Satori)
