Varney Lake
Summer, 1954. A perfect vacation awaits three best friends, playing games, making crazy plans, and running from bullies... Until they meet the vampire. What really happened that summer at Varney Lake?
Varney Lake is an adventure developed by LCB Game Studio, released 28 April 2023 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4. It currently starts at $1.99 at IndieGala.
What Varney Lake is
Varney Lake is an adventure game developed by LCB Game Studio and released in 2023. It was published by Chorus Worldwide. It is available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity.
The premise, in the publisher's words
1954. During the long, hot summer, Jimmy, Doug and Christine are spending their fourth vacation together at Varney Lake. Teenage crushes, pranks and card tricks, long days of adventure, a pipe dream of saving the local drive-in from demolition; they’re kids, coming of age. Until they find the Vampire. 1981. Lou Hill, paranormal investigator, has a lead on a mind-blowing case. Will he be able to convince the now 40-something Christine and Jimmy to tell him the truth about that Summer? Do they even know themselves? And what really happened to Doug?
How it plays
Its themes are horror and mystery. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it costs, and where
The cheapest verified price right now is $1.99 at IndieGala, 80% below its usual price. Across the 4 stores we track, the same game ranges up to $3.00 — a spread of $1.01 for an identical product.
What it launched against
Varney Lake launched on 28 April 2023, within three weeks of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, Dead Island 2, Star Wars Jedi: Survivor and Honkai: Star Rail. It arrived 3 years into the PlayStation 5's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, Dead Island 2, Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, Honkai: Star Rail.
Official trailer
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