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Trey Poling · Published by Trey Poling
Last updated 28 Sept 2026
A narrative idle game about healing in your family's lighthouse. Clean, paint, eat healthy, and improve these habits while you reflect on the memories which brought you here. Make sure to give Dad a call too.
Indie, Casual · More free games
About this game
A Lighthouse on Rock Bottom is a narrative idle game about confronting depression and healing from your lowest. Take care of yourself, when you have the Energy, and build up Willpower that can upgrade your life little by little.
Immerse yourself in the thoughtful narrative
Healing mentally also takes reflection. Immerse yourself in unique monologue gameplay; guide boats to safety to complete thoughts while a voice-over plays. Every few monologues, continue to the next floor and enter the next step of your journey.
Set in your family's lighthouse, A Lighthouse on Rock Bottom is a comforting narrative-driven experience with authentic writing and endearing artwork.
Features
Progress up the lighthouse through 3 floors of evolving mechanics
Confront deep emotions with unique idle gameplay
Guide boats to safety in fully voiced monologue segments
Play at your own pace — stack bottles, play minigames, or create paintings as long as you'd like
Reflect on memories, such as office crunch time, lighthouse history, or your first painting
System Requirements
Will my PC run this? →Minimum
- OS: Windows 10
- Processor: 2 Ghz
- Memory: 2 GB RAM
- Graphics: 128MB, OpenGL 3+
- Storage: 200 MB available space
Recommended
- Storage: 200 MB available space
Supported Languages
*languages with full audio support
Latest news
AnnouncementsOfficial
A Prologue has been Released!
To motivate myself on the project, I spent a week to make a prologue to A Lighthouse on Rock Bottom! This will appear in the full game as the intro, AKA the first thing you play. It will be modified before release, but until then, it is free to play as a stand-alone title on itch.io!Office Attitudes is a 5-minute clicker game that explores the moments before Emerson's depression. In their newest assignment, scan papers in an office faster and faster until the game moves out of control.I hope you enjoy it!I'm very excited to share this piece of the project! It's satisfying to have built something new after so long of being committed to ALRB. If you do play the game, consider leaving feedback in the comments or in our discord community!Play Office Attitudes here: https://treypoling.itch.io/a-lighthouse-on-rock-bottom-prologueRead full article on Community Announcements (trey.poling)
