The Lantern of the Laughless Saint

The Lantern of the Laughless Saint

Early access since Aug 2026

A solo or co-op RPG inspired by Morrowind. Drawn by a shared dream, you awaken on an isolated island crowned by a silent Tower. Unravel the mystery of the Laughless Saint, confront the weight of human desire, and decide what deserves to be saved when the light beneath the world finally stirs.

89% positive · 1,720 reviews
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Still in early access
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Steam $19.99
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Evaluation

The Lantern of the Laughless Saint launched into Early Access on August 17, 2026 — today's date. NerveLabs, a self-described "very small team," released the game on that date alongside two rapid hotfixes addressing launch-day issues such as shopkeeper lag, multiplayer saving, and GPU compatibility. The developer is clearly actively engaged, responding to player reports on the same day as launch. The game is explicitly marked as Early Access on Steam, meaning NerveLabs has communicated to buyers that it is an unfinished product. No roadmap, DLC listings, or post-launch content announcements have been made yet — the studio is focused entirely on stabilizing the launch build. There is no basis yet to assess what future content or updates are planned beyond what is in the current build.
Evidence
Game is listed as Early Access on Steam, indicating the developer has explicitly communicated it is an unfinished product available for purchase in an incomplete state.
store metadata · Aug 17, 2026 source development ongoing
high
Developer launch post acknowledges a small team working toward this release, asks players to report issues, and signals active standby support — but does not announce any future content or roadmap.
news post · Aug 17, 2026 source ambiguous
medium

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Details

Developer
Publisher
NerveLabs
Achievements
—
Platform
Windows
Controller
partial support
Steam Deck
Playable
Players
Single-player · Multiplayer · Co-op · Local/Split Screen

About this game

Lured in by shared nightmares, madmen travel to a remote island crowned by a silent Tower. No one remembers the journey.

The Lantern of the Laughless Saint is an open world RPG built around exploration and connection. You learn the land by walking it, following rumors, reading scraps of burned history, and meeting lost souls who wandered to the ends of the Earth, following the same feverish dream of a light buried beneath the Tower.

Somewhere in the depths is a theater with an empty stage, waiting for an audience. As you repair or ruin the lives of the island's inhabitants, the phantoms they leave behind take their seats in the audience. The more seats you fill, the more the island listens, and the greater the applause for your final act.

And if you don’t want to descend alone, you don’t have to. The entire game is fully playable in co-op: explore the island together, delve into the depths for treasures, and make the choices that will decide the fate of everyone on the island, and beyond...

What makes it different

  • A wild, ancient island to explore
    Follow leads, find shortcuts into the Tower, stumble into side stories, and piece together what is real and what is mere delusion.

  • Open Ended
    Most quests have multiple resolutions. Mercy, violence, compromise, deceit.

  • A large cast of bizarre characters
    Many strange folk find their home on the island. A giant toad learning to read. An ancient skeleton who just wants to swim. A musician from a faraway land hunts for something precious. Everyone has a theory for why you’re here. None of them agree.

  • The Amphitheater

    Your choices change the world. Treat others with kindness and generosity, and a trusted friend will take their seat in your audience. Fail or abuse them, and something darker takes their place. The House fills either way.

  • Visceral Combat with multiple weapon types
    Punchy combat against strange horrors

  • Full co-op
    Play the whole game together. Explore the world, share the spoils, and decide who you will become, because the consequences belong to all of you.

The Tower does not call the whole. It calls the broken, the wanting.
Fill the seats. Start the performance. Find out what is buried at the bottom of the well.

Last evaluated Aug 17, 2026
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