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The Red Lantern is a narrative, dog sledding game about survival. You play as the Musher who, along with her team of 5 sled dogs, must find her way home. Care for your dogs, discover their stories, and learn how to navigate the unknowns of the Alaskan wilderness and prepare for your new life.

The Red Lantern is a exploration, dog and choose your own adventure game developed by Timberline Studio and published by Kepler Interactive.
Released on December 08th 2021 is available in English only on Windows.

It has received 957 reviews of which 791 were positive and 166 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.9 out of 10. 😊

The game is currently priced at 20.99€ on Steam, but you can find it for 1.00€ on Instant Gaming.


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Windows
  • OS *: Windows 7+ (64 bit)
  • Processor: Dual Core 2.5 GHz
  • Memory: 4 GB RAM
  • Graphics: Nvidia 9600GT or equivalent / 1 GB VRAM
  • DirectX: Version 10
  • Storage: 4 GB available space

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Feb. 2025
Wow I love that game, It's really cozy even tho there is some survival mechanics. The rogelite (I think) elements are veru enjoyable and of course all of our pups are super cute!! Perfect to play in the cold winter of the True North. I would recommend for any dog lover AND snow lover, the landscapes are beautiful and it also runs really well on my computer.
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Nov. 2024
---{ Graphics }--- ☐ You forget what reality is β˜‘ Beautiful ☐ Good ☐ Decent ☐ Bad ☐ Donβ€˜t look too long at it ☐ MS-DOS ---{ Gameplay }--- ☐ Very good β˜‘ Good ☐ It's just gameplay ☐ Mehh ☐ Watch paint dry instead ☐ Just don't ---{ Audio }--- ☐ Eargasm β˜‘ Very good ☐ Good ☐ Not too bad ☐ Bad ☐ I'm now deaf ---{ Audience }--- β˜‘ Kids β˜‘ Teens β˜‘ Adults ☐ Grandma ---{ PC Requirements }--- ☐ Check if you can run paint ☐ Potato β˜‘ Decent ☐ Fast ☐ Rich boi ☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer ---{ Game Size }--- ☐ Floppy Disk ☐ Old Fashioned β˜‘ Workable ☐ Big ☐ Will eat 10% of your 1TB hard drive ☐ You will want an entire hard drive to hold it ☐ You will need to invest in a black hole to hold all the data ---{ Difficulty }--- ☐ Just press 'W' ☐ Easy ☐ Easy to learn / Hard to master β˜‘ Significant brain usage ☐ Difficult ☐ Dark Souls ---{ Grind }--- ☐ Nothing to grind ☐ Only if u care about leaderboards/ranks ☐ Isn't necessary to progress ☐ Average grind level ☐ Too much grind ☐ You'll need a second life for grinding ---{ Story }--- ☐ No Story ☐ Some lore β˜‘ Average ☐ Good ☐ Lovely ☐ It'll replace your life ---{ Game Time }--- ☐ Long enough for a cup of coffee ☐ Short β˜‘ Average ☐ Long ☐ To infinity and beyond ---{ Price }--- ☐ It's free! ☐ Worth the price β˜‘ If it's on sale ☐ If u have some spare money left ☐ Not recommended ☐ You could also just burn your money ---{ Bugs }--- ☐ Never heard of β˜‘ Minor bugs ☐ Can get annoying ☐ ARK: Survival Evolved ☐ The game itself is a big terrarium for bugs ---{ ? / 10 }--- ☐ 1 ☐ 2 ☐ 3 ☐ 4 ☐ 5 ☐ 6 ☐ 7 β˜‘ 8 ☐ 9 ☐ 10
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Aug. 2024
This is a lovely little game about leaving your old life in the city to start a new life in the Alaskan wilderness. You are traveling to your new home with 5 sled dogs. This is a survival game built around making choices that determine if you will survive and reach your destination. You are also unlocking the stories of each dog (you travel with 5 at a time but there are more dogs to choose from). This game has rogue-lite elements where you learn from each failed or successful run so that next time, you start with more resources which aid in your survival. The game is visually gorgeous, the main character is voiced by the talented Ashley Burch, and the dogs are adorable and you can pet them as much as you want to. There is some replayability with regard to unlocking all of the dogs' stories, finding the best items and completing the journal by making different choices but it's still a fairly short game even with all of that. I really enjoyed my time with it. Recommended for people who like survival-lite, rouge-lite and/or choice-based adventure games.
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Aug. 2024
If you enjoy this game, read Winterdance by Gary Paulsen! Yes, the dude who wrote Hatchet also became dog-sled racer. Plays well on Steam Deck and is mellow and gets easier as you play. In the beginning, the randomness is annoying in foiling your runs.
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June 2024
Red Lantern is one of those few games I encounter in life that feels hand designed for me, from the plot down to the atmosphere. Dog sledding across Alaska was always a childhood dream of mine, so when I realized the protagonist was trying to realize that dream in reconciliation of adulthood hardships it could not help but move me. Obviously this make for a deep bias towards the game, but I still think it makes for a nice experience for others. It is a bit buggy since the last update, and some things do not work as well since the original design was an infinite loop (not being able to pet Fin or do the story of any but the lead dog's in training runs for example), but if you are here for a light strategy rogue lite romp through the ice it will suit you.
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Frequently Asked Questions

The Red Lantern is currently priced at 20.99€ on Steam.

The Red Lantern is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 20.99€ on Steam.

The Red Lantern received 791 positive votes out of a total of 957 achieving a rating of 7.85.
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The Red Lantern was developed by Timberline Studio and published by Kepler Interactive.

The Red Lantern is playable and fully supported on Windows.

The Red Lantern is not playable on MacOS.

The Red Lantern is not playable on Linux.

The Red Lantern does not currently offer any DLC.

The Red Lantern does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

The Red Lantern does not support Steam Remote Play.

The Red Lantern does not currently support Steam Family Sharing.

You can find solutions or submit a support ticket by visiting the Steam Support page for The Red Lantern.

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The Red Lantern
7.9
791
166
Online players
4
Developer
Timberline Studio
Publisher
Kepler Interactive
Release 08 Dec 2021
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