The Fall of Lazarus
Released Oct 2017
The Fall of Lazarus is first person exploration and puzzle game. A deeply narrative scifi mystery game based on the exploration of an abandoned cargo spaceship about redemption and second chances.
64% positive · 123 reviews
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
Where to get it
Free on Steam
Evaluation
The Fall of Lazarus launched on October 4, 2017 and received bug fix patches and one significant technical update (Version 2.0 on February 5, 2018) in the months following release. On November 2, 2018, the studio posted a formal postmortem announcing that No Wand Studios had closed, that they had run out of money, and that there would be no further patches or fixes. This was an explicit end-of-development statement. The studio followed up on January 1, 2023 with a final post confirming the studio no longer exists and making the game permanently free to play, reiterating that no one is working on it and that any technical issues cannot be addressed. The game is complete as shipped — no additional content was ever announced or planned beyond the base release, and the developer has clearly and definitively communicated that development ended in late 2018.
Evidence
Co-founder confirms the studio no longer exists, the game has been made permanently free to play, and no one is working on it. Any technical issues will go unaddressed.
Studio postmortem post: No Wand Studios ran out of money and has closed. No more patches or fixes will be released. Described as likely the last update.
Media
Details
Developer
Publisher
No Wand Studios
Achievements
9
Platform
Windows
Controller
full support
Steam Deck
Not rated
Players
Single-player
About this game
You are a crew member of the USSC Lazarus waking up from cryo sleep without memories and even without name in an apparently abandoned drifting cargo spaceship. But you’re not alone, there is also Hybris, the Artificial intelligence who commands the ship. Who are you? What are you doing there? What is the Black Cube?
The Truth Is Darker Than Space.
The game takes place aboard the USSC Lazarus (Unified Space Ship Companies), a ship that belongs to KR Corporation (Kross-Rübel), a company dedicated to the interstellar transport of goods and with close ties to the mining industry. The player takes on the role of the protagonist, a veteran of the Venusian wars looking to carve out a new future for herself. She has enlisted to participate in an nine-year mission to work on a mining colony. When she wakes up from hypersleep she finds herself alone on the ship and with no memories.
The player must then explore, investigate and find a way to get off the ship before the situation gets worse. Along the way, the protagonist will experience a series of traumatic events related to his personal life: visions, dreamlike recollections, strange noises and apparitions that mess with his head and make her question what is real and what is not.
We have a script with a main plot and a linear emotive journey waiting for you, but this is just the beginning. If you go deep and investigate you'll see there ir more beneath the surface. Once you've played the first scenes of the game you'll be able of wandering the full ship, searching and exploring every single detail.
The mystery of what is happening is the basis of the Lazarus gameplay, although the player is the one who gathers all the clues and details scattered throughout the ship to reach the conclusion.
· INMERSIVE STORYTELLING FULL OF MYSTERIES to unveil in a science fiction set up with a multi-level funcional script.
· UNCOMPRESSED NARRATIVE where there is more than meets the eye and every detail is there for a reason.
· A bunch of DIVERSE PUZZLES to solve. Logical and mechanical puzzles and social hacking.
· Powered by UNREAL ENGINE 4
The Truth Is Darker Than Space.
WELCOME TO THE USSC LAZARUS
The game takes place aboard the USSC Lazarus (Unified Space Ship Companies), a ship that belongs to KR Corporation (Kross-Rübel), a company dedicated to the interstellar transport of goods and with close ties to the mining industry. The player takes on the role of the protagonist, a veteran of the Venusian wars looking to carve out a new future for herself. She has enlisted to participate in an nine-year mission to work on a mining colony. When she wakes up from hypersleep she finds herself alone on the ship and with no memories.
The player must then explore, investigate and find a way to get off the ship before the situation gets worse. Along the way, the protagonist will experience a series of traumatic events related to his personal life: visions, dreamlike recollections, strange noises and apparitions that mess with his head and make her question what is real and what is not.
We have a script with a main plot and a linear emotive journey waiting for you, but this is just the beginning. If you go deep and investigate you'll see there ir more beneath the surface. Once you've played the first scenes of the game you'll be able of wandering the full ship, searching and exploring every single detail.
The mystery of what is happening is the basis of the Lazarus gameplay, although the player is the one who gathers all the clues and details scattered throughout the ship to reach the conclusion.
FEATURES
· INMERSIVE STORYTELLING FULL OF MYSTERIES to unveil in a science fiction set up with a multi-level funcional script.
· UNCOMPRESSED NARRATIVE where there is more than meets the eye and every detail is there for a reason.
· A bunch of DIVERSE PUZZLES to solve. Logical and mechanical puzzles and social hacking.
· Powered by UNREAL ENGINE 4
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