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The Thing in the Lake

The death of your uncle does not seem accidental: what does disfigurement have to do with drowning? It does not look like the fish were that hungry for the man's face.

28 February 2020

The Thing in the Lake is an adventure developed by chiropteram, released 28 February 2020 on Web browser.

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What The Thing in the Lake is

The Thing in the Lake is an adventure game developed by chiropteram and released in 2020. It is available on Web browser only. It runs on Bitsy.

The premise, in the publisher's words

The death of your uncle does not seem accidental: what does disfigurement have to do with drowning? It does not look like the fish were that hungry for the man's face.
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are horror. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

The Thing in the Lake launched on 28 February 2020, within three weeks of Doom Eternal, Ori and the Will of the Wisps, Animal Crossing: New Horizons and Black Mesa.

Released around the same time: Doom Eternal, Ori and the Will of the Wisps, Animal Crossing: New Horizons, Black Mesa.

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When did The Thing in the Lake come out?
The Thing in the Lake was released on 28 February 2020 for Web browser.

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