Lantern Forge
Released Jul 2014
Lantern Forge is a sandbox survival game with building, crafting, and RPG elements. Mine and forage for resources to build a home, plant crops, and craft weapons and armor. Then venture out to explore the wilderness, find hidden dungeons and temples, fight unique monsters, and collect the treasures they guard.
53% positive · 283 reviews
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
Where to buy
Steam $9.99
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Evaluation
Lantern Forge launched on July 18, 2014 and received a series of patches and feature updates throughout 2014 and into 2015. The developer was active during this period, shipping language support, new items, performance improvements, and bug fixes. The last recorded developer communication was a hotfix patch on October 8, 2015 (version 1.11), which resolved a bug introduced in the prior update. Since that date — more than a decade ago — there have been no further announcements, patches, roadmaps, or developer posts of any kind. The store description contains no mention of planned future content, season passes, or ongoing development. There are no unreleased DLC entries in the store listing. The developer's update activity ended in late 2015, and the game appears to have been released as a finished product at that point with no further content additions communicated.
Evidence
Version 1.11 hotfix released to address a loading bug introduced in v1.10. This is the last known developer communication.
Version 1.10 released with major map generation, lighting, and performance improvements, plus balance changes and new items.
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Details
Developer
Publisher
Hearthfire Studios
Achievements
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Platform
Windows
Controller
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Steam Deck
Not rated
Players
Single-player
About this game
Lantern Forge is a sandbox survival game with building, crafting, and RPG elements.
It features an isometric view with hack 'n slash combat. Players will mine and forage for resources to build a home, plant crops, and craft weapons and armor. They can then venture out to explore the wilderness, find hidden dungeons and temples, fight unique monsters, and collect the treasures they guard.
Lantern Forge features:
It features an isometric view with hack 'n slash combat. Players will mine and forage for resources to build a home, plant crops, and craft weapons and armor. They can then venture out to explore the wilderness, find hidden dungeons and temples, fight unique monsters, and collect the treasures they guard.
Lantern Forge features:
- A massive procedurally generated world, plant growth, and day/night cycles with dynamic lighting.
- Choose from 4 skill trees to gain special combat and survival abilities.
- Discover hundreds of resource types and recipes for weapons, armor, tools, food, and home furnishings.
- Travel through 8 different biomes, each home to unique monsters and resources.
- Enchant equipment and add powerful gems.
- Build a town center to open up merchant stands for trade.
- Dig down 90 levels underground in search of the rarest and most powerful materials!
Are these done yet?
Last evaluated Jun 28, 2026
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