Lowtarn 00 M · Surface
Dusk over the drained lake: mud flats, a row of stilt houses on tall posts with one lit window, a leaning bell frame, reeds in the foreground

Lowtarn

A narrative adventure for one surveyor, one lake, and the village on its floor.

Release
Mar 18 2027
Platforms
PCConsole
Genre
Narrative adventure
Players
1 · Single-player
Pre-order · from $24 Watch trailer

[ 01 ] Premise

Surface · 00–03 M

Every dusk the lake empties. Something walks up from the bottom.

You are Wren Aske, sent by the county to chart Lowtarn before it is flooded for good. Each evening the water drains to the silt and the drowned village of the Hollow stands up in the mud for one night. Go down with a sounding line, write down what you find, and be back on the shore before the water returns.

Depth
48 M
Chapters
7
Playtime
~9 H
Saves
Auto

[ 02 ] Trailers

Poster frame · No autoplay

Trailer poster frame: a surveyor with a sounding pole on a rope walkway between two stilt houses, seen from below, fog overhead

Announce · 01:42

[ 03 ] Where you go down

Three regions · 00–36 M

  1. −04 M The PostsA forest of mooring posts in wet sand. The boats are gone; the ropes are not. 00–08 M
  2. −14 M Stilt QuarterHouses on stilts over the emptied bed, joined by rope walkways. One window is still lit. 08–20 M
  3. −36 M The Drowned BellA timber bell frame at the lowest point. Someone rings it every night. 20–36 M

[ 04 ] Editions

USD · Pre-order open

Standard$24The whole game. Deluxe · Recommended$39Game, artbook, soundtrack, epilogue. Collector's$119Deluxe, plus map, plumb and journal. Compare editions

[ 05 ] Field log

Every second Thursday

  1. Sep 24 2026Dev log #14How the lake drains: timing a tide that isn't one
  2. Sep 10 2026Patch v0.9.3Demo patch: lamp flicker, saving on stairs
  3. Aug 27 2026Dev log #13Casting the bell