Lone Lantern

One flame. Endless dark.

You are a living lantern, the last ember against an infinite tide of darkness. Move to survive, gather embers to grow brighter, and shape your build with every level-up. The night never stops. Neither do you.

Free to play in your browser. No download, no install, no account. If you enjoy it, a small tip helps keep the flame lit.

Two ways to play

Classic · Light the Wick
One life. One run. No second chances. Hold as long as you can.

Everflame · Fan the Flames
Build deeper, burn brighter. Forge wicks that absorb a killing blow, light beacon checkpoints by felling bosses, and fuse maxed-out upgrades into powerful Evolutions.

Features

• Auto-fire combat: you move, your light hunts
• Endless, escalating waves and a named boss every 90 seconds
• Abilities, passives and Everflame-only Evolutions, so every run builds differently
• Elite foes: Swift, Armored and Volatile
• Autosave: close anytime and continue your run
• Plays on desktop and mobile (landscape)

Controls

• WASD / Arrow keys: move
• Mouse or touch drag: move
• 1 2 3: choose upgrades
• Esc: menu · M: mute

Best played fullscreen, using the button at the bottom-right of the game frame.

More

Official game site: lonelanterngame.com
Dev site : playblt.com
Bugs or feedback: use the contact form on the game site.
Saves on itch.io are separate from saves on the official site.
Mobile version may work better on the official site. Lone Lantern is fully optimized for mobile.
A Steam version with achievements should be coming soon
Everflame sequel is being worked on. If you make it to end game the game will give you a code to unlock the new "world" once it is ready!
- AI was used to help create the random text and dialogue that is shown during gameplay
- AI was also used to help come up with some of the ability names.