A gothic Halloween tower defence

Hold the line.
Keep the light.

The harvest has awakened. Build your defence, grow your arsenal, and follow the lanterns into the dark.

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Single-player strategy · Windows PC · Coming to Steam

Step into the night

The village is counting on you

A lovely place.
A terrible night.

Something is moving in the pumpkin patch. Beyond it lie restless graves, dark water, and a forest that no longer wants you there. Every road needs a defence. Every purchase has a future.

Lanternfall gameplay: defending the Whispering Pumpkin Patch with towers, miners and a persistent arsenal — Inside LanternfallActual gameplay

01 / BUILD

Your arsenal comes with you.

Keep the towers you buy. Redeploy them on the next battlefield, upgrade your favourites, and make every foundation count.

02 / ADAPT

Read the enemy. Change the answer.

Match Physical, Fire, Shock and Magic against enemy armour. Watch the skies and waterways: the road is only part of the battle.

03 / RISK

Survive now. Invest in later.

Hire a miner or build another tower? Call the next wave early for gold, or take a breath? The best defence starts before the fight.

The opening chapter

Four realms.
Deeper into the dark.

The demo follows one connected journey. Your gold, lives and owned towers carry forward. What you build tonight shapes what survives tomorrow.

Warm lanterns, crooked fences and pumpkins beside the winding road of the first realm

Realm I · Where it begins

Whispering
Pumpkin Patch

Home should feel safe. Tonight, the things growing in the fields have other ideas.

Power has a price

Keep your essence.
Or play your hand.

Stored essence makes your towers attack faster. Activate cards for special powers, and that same reserve starts to drain.

Bank it for speed. Spend it on a clever combination. Switch cards as the battle changes. The right answer depends on what is coming next.

More stored essenceFaster towersActive cardsNew powers. Ongoing drain.

Discover cards. Build combinations. Choose your moment.

Character artwork of the Beckoner, an ancient figure carrying three great lanterns

At the edge of the demo

He is not here
to be defeated.

The Beckoner

Survive the Hollow Hart and Lanternwood’s final wave. Then something far older enters the road.

The Beckoner walks against the tide of enemies, carrying three lanterns and a warning of what lies ahead. Your task is to survive his passage—and the creatures that come with it.

The opening chapter ends. His story does not.

Prize won

Won on 9 October 2026.
Congratulations, VampyrX!

VampyrX was the first player to finish the free Steam demo — surviving Lanternwood's final wave and the Beckoner's passage — with a score of 849,956, checked by our replay verifier. The competition is now closed.

Thank you to everyone who took on the challenge. The Top 100 is still open, so every run still counts.

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This promotion closed when the prize was won on 9 October 2026. Amazon is not a sponsor of this promotion.

Leave your mark

One more wave.
One higher place.

Make your run count. Submit your score from the game and see how your defence compares with the Top 100.

Scores appear after verification, which can take a few minutes. You can carry on playing while your run is checked. This board also retains earlier demo scores.

Demo leaderboard

The Top 100

Best runs

Lanternfall verified high scores
Rank	Player	Score	Level	Wave

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The dark is coming.
Make it work for you.

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Hold the line.
Keep the light.